HEALTHY GLOWING SKIN

            BEAUTIFUL SKIN REQUIRES COMMITMENT, NOT A MIRACLE                                                                                              (Erno-lazslo)

Good skin care and healthy lifestyle choices can prevent various skin problems. So what are we looking at when it comes to beautiful skin from your own kitchen?

Eat a healthy diet

A healthy diet can help you look and feel your best. Don’t force your beauty. Enhance it. Simplify with more a natural approach. Don’t mask the real you. Living the truth of who you are is gorgeous!

All the beauty products whether natural or synthetic cannot make your skin glow if you are: Stressed, bad eating habits, sleep-deprived and sedentary. Skin care is inside out. Your skin tells your life story.

Here are few ways to get beautiful clear GLOWING skin at home.

HONEY

If no product works for you, it  may be time to go natural with honey.  No matter your skin type or the state of your skin

1. Honey and milk work wonders. Apply a paste of honey and milk or honey and yogurt on your skin. Keep it on for 10 minutes and then wash off your face with lukewarm water. It will add glow to your skin
2. Apply raw honey directly on your skin. Let it dry naturally and then rinse it off with lukewarm water. The water content in honey will deeply moisturize the skin, making it soft.
3. Honey is also good for sun burns, acne and wrinkles.
4. Mix two teaspoons of milk and one teaspoon of honey. Then add one teaspoon of gram flour and mix it in well. Apply it all over your face. Leave it on for 20 minutes and then rinse it off with warm water. Use this face mask once a week to enjoy clear skin.
5. For extra glow, squeeze the juice of one-half lemon and mix one to two tablespoons of raw honey in it. Apply it on your face, leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes and then rinse it off.

What are the Health Benefits of Orange Peels?

We normally throw out the peels when it comes to oranges-whether we’re making fresh orange juice or snacking on whole oranges . But this is one big mistake as many of the highly nutritious compounds of oranges are found in the peels!

1. Skin Whitening

Vitamin c in oranges is very beneficial as a natural skin bleacher. Orange peel extract when applied to skin can lighten and cover up dark blemishes and spots.

2. Take 1 Tbsp. of orange peel powder and mix it with 2 Tbsp milk and apply the paste on your skin, it helps your skin glow and take out the dirt from the pores. Take care to dilute the orange peel paste when creating a face mask because the peels contain a lot of citric acid.
3. Take 1 Tbsp. of orange peel powder and 2 Tbsp. of yogurt. Mix well. Apply on face and wash off after 20 minutes to get clear, fresh, and toned up tight looking skin.
4. Here’s a quick explanation on how to make orange peel powder at home.

• To make powdered orange peel, simply save up orange peels from the organic oranges you eat, remove the white fibrous parts on the inside of the peel, and wash them in warm water.
• Spread the orange peels on a tray, cover them with thin cloth and place them in an area that receives plenty of sunshine. Leave them there until they are thoroughly dried.
• Now, crush your peels into a fine powder
• Store your sun-dried orange peel powder in an airtight jar.
• Do not refrigerate it.
• Place it in dry place.

EGG WHITE

 

1. The egg white facial is known as an “instant face-lift” because of its  tightening effect.
2. Egg white works amazing for oily skin. It helps to tighten the skin and shrink large pores.
3. Mask of egg white will leave your skin glowing and firm.

• Take the egg white. Add lemon juice and mix it.
• Apply it on to your skin.
• Let it sit for 15-20 minutes.
• Wash it off with warm water.

4. Another egg white mask recipe for tightening the skin and wrinkles is following:

• Take egg white and 1 Tbsp. honey.
• Mix it.
• Apply it on your face.

Wash your face after 15-20 minutes. It will make you look younger and fresh.  

                          BANANA

People call banana as inexpensive natural Botox!

1. Banana face pack can be used to reduce wrinkles and it gives extra glow to the skin.

• Take a ripe banana and mash it in a bowl.
• Add 1 tsp. of yogurt and 1 tsp. of orange juice to it and mix it.
• You can add extra few drops of orange juice if you feel the mixture is too thick to apply.
• Wash your face.
• Apply the mask on face; massage it thoroughly for a minute.
• Then apply a second thick coat onto your face and let it sit on your face for 15 minutes to allow the mask to work its magic! And then wash it.

2. Rub the inner portion of the peel over your target areas. Leave on for 30 minutes and then wash it. It really tightens the skin and reduces wrinkles.
3. Peel of banana also helps to close the open pores.
4. Banana peel helps in treating blemishes and acne by rubbing the affected area for a few minutes then rinsing, repeating three times daily.
5. Peel of banana soften and hydrate dry skin which helps to fight wrinkles and acne.

ALOE VERA

Aloe Vera has many benefits for the skin. It has antibacterial properties that help kill bacteria that cause acne, anti-inflammatory properties that help soothe irritated skin AND aloe Vera moisturizes the skin and stimulates new skin cell growth.

1. You can cut off one leaf and squeeze out the gel.  Apply it to your face and body. Once you start treating your face and skin with pure aloe Vera gel, you will soon notice amazing changes.
2. For Glowing Skin.

• This face pack is excellent for making your skin glow and feeling great.
• Ingredients: 1 tsp. Turmeric powder, 1 tsp. Aloe Vera, 1 tsp. Rose.Rose Water, 1 tsp. each Honey & Milk
• Instructions: Mix all the ingredients. Once the paste has been mixed.
• Apply it to the face and neck and leave for roughly 20 minutes.
• Wash off with cold or warm water and reveal your new glowing skin.

3. No one likes their skin aging and wrinkling . So what do about it? Answer is very simple, apply aloe Vera juice on your skin and drink it too. The anti-oxidants like beta carotene, vitamin e and vitamin c prevent your naturally firm skin from losing its elasticity and in fact also reverse effects of aging. So look young, feel younger.
4. Aloe Vera gets absorbed super-fast, so apply it on any dry skin and let it work its magic.
5. When it is used to the skin, it protects the skin against sun burn and works as a protective layer between skin and the harm rays of sun. We can say it acts as a sun screen.

10 Inspiring quotes everyone needs to know...

• “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

• “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray

• “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown

• ''There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness''. - Maria Mitchell

• ''Beauty isn’t worth thinking about; what’s important is your mind. You don’t want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head''.- Garrison Keillor

• “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” ― Coco Chanel

• “All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.” ― Marilyn Monroe

• “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” ― Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata

• “Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone see how awesome you are if you can’t see it yourself?” – Unknown

• “Sometimes people are beautiful.  Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” ― Markus Zusak

GM Diet: The Master Plan to Lose 5-6 Kgs in 7 Days

Lose 5-6 kg in 7 days with GM diet
To be slim and smart is the dream of everyone. . Almost every second person wants to change the way he looks. Obesity has become one of the biggest challenges today. It is affecting people worldwide. And if we are not careful, it would put our lives in danger as well.

I did the following weight loss diet program and it worked wonders. I strongly recommend if anyone wants to lose weight should start this program immediately.

GM DIET PLAN-AN OVER VIEW
This program has been scientifically tested by General Motors employees with 99% success rate. The effectiveness of this seven day plan is that the food eaten burns more calories than they give to the body in caloric value. After seven days you will begin to feel lighter because you will be lighter by at least 10 lbs. You will have an abundance of energy and an improved disposition.
BENEFITS OF FOLLOWING THE GM DIET PLAN
It is named the General Motors Diet plan or more commonly known as GM Diet. It mainly aims at a healthy body, mind and focuses on immediate, hassle free and safe weight loss. You would notice the following by practicing this program:
1. Help you understand how to lose weight in 7 days.
2. Lends a natural glow to the skin.
3. Detoxification of the body which would help you feel lighter.
4. Slimmer waist lines and abdomen.
5. No more flab in the body.
There is absolutely no harm in trying this out once and you would see the results for yourself. This diet plan will help you learn how to lose weight in 7 days in a healthy way.

Day-by-Day Meal Chart

Day 1 (Fruity Day)

The first day of your Diet plan would be the hardest one and you would crave for so many things and headache is one of the symptom of the first day. But stay determined and you can avoid the craving for food, and getting slimmer is your dream.
o You would be consuming only fruits (in any quantity that you like) on the first day of the diet but stay away from Bananas &Mangoes.
o Consume more of watermelons, lemons, oranges, apples, pomegranates, strawberries and melons.
o You may want to eat 20 times a day but this is all that you can eat this day.
o You may cut the fruits to eat them but absolutely nothing can be added to them.
o This is a way of preparing your body for the next six days of the General Motors Diet Plan.
o Drink at least 12 glasses of water.
Day 2 (Veggies day)

Passed the Day 1 successfully? Welcome to Day 2! Just like your first day was “all fruits day”, this is the “all veggies day”.
o You can eat only and only vegetables.
o You will have to start your day with 1 boiled potato. But potato can only be taken once so after having potato in breakfast you won’t take it in any other time of the day.
o For the rest of the day you can take as much veggies as you want in either boiled form or raw form. Cabbage is one of the magic veggie as it really works in losing weight.
o No use of any fat or oil.
o Do not cheat or it won’t work.
o If you need some taste, add a pinch of oregano to the boiled vegetables.
o If you have spent the first two days successfully, you are majorly
Dedicated! Kudos!
Day 3 (Fruits +Veggies)

Treat this as a combination of Day 1 and 2 and also, the options of food have now doubled.
o Eat the fruits and vegetables you used in the first 2 days.
o Avoid potatoes today since you will get enough carbohydrates from fruits and veggies.
o Eat till you fill your stomach.
o You will be feeling lighter. Keep control on your cravings. If you feel “enough is enough”, try to think about your weight loss….
Day 4 (Milk & Bananas only..)

o Bananas and milk.
o Today you will eat as many as 6 bananas whole day.
o Drink three glasses of milk for the whole day.
o This will be combined with the special GM secret soup.
o Recipe of soup is given at the end.
o Take banana and a glass of milk in breakfast and then in brunch again and then take GM soup in lunch and same banana and milk in dinner.

Day 5 (1 cup boil rice & 6 tomatoes)

o Today is feast day.
o You will eat 1 cup of boil rice
o 6 tomatoes.
o Take 2 tomatoes n some of rice in breakfast. 2 tomatoes and rice in lunch or if you want to eat rice at once you can and take 2 tomatoes and GM soup in dinner. I am telling you the way I did it.
o You can do it in your way keeping quantity of each item in mind.

o Take at least 12-15 glasses of water. This is to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.

o You cannot add oil or any fat to cook rice but only plain boil rice and tomato you can either boil or eat raw it’s totally up to you.

o I used to cut tomatoes and add few drops off lemon to it just to add some taste to it as I am not a big fan of raw tomatoes. So you can eat according to your taste.

Day 6 (1 cup boil rice & veggies)

o You will eat boil rice again today but will replace the tomatoes with a variety of vegetables of your own choice. You may eat as much of each as you like.
o Note that by this day, the body is completely inclined towards weight loss and you should see a noticeable difference in the way you look and feel compared to when you started the diet.
o You can eat any vegetable except potatoes. No potato at all.
o Take veggies either in boil form or raw.

Day 7 (Last day)

o Today your food intake will consist of boil rice, fresh fruit juices 1 to 2 glasses and all the vegetables you care to consume.
o By this day, you should have flushed out all the impurities from your body completely if you’ve followed the GM diet without any cheating.
Tomorrow morning you will be 10-17 lbs. lighter than one week ago. If you desire further weight loss, repeat the program again. You may repeat this program once in a month.

G.M.’S Wonder Soup

Wonder Soup Ingredients:
• Onions – 6 large onions
• Green Peppers – 2
• Tomatoes – 3
• Cabbage – 1
• Celery – 1 bunch or use coriander according to taste
• Water – 4 glasses of water
Directions:
o Add all the veggies to water and boil until veggies are tender.
o You can add salt and pepper for taste and lemon as well.
o No sauces at all
The GM Diet wonder soup is really tasty as well; you will find yourself eating this even when you are not on a diet.

Important tips:

• Drink at least 12-15 glasses of water each day of diet
• You can have GM wonder soup from 4th day onward.
• People with any kind of health issues e.g diabetes, blood pressure etc should not try it.
• After completing this 1 week diet, eat healthy food, add protein and all the other nutrients to your add.
• Limit fats and restrict  you carbs.
• During GM diet you cannot use any kind of sweetener or sugar at all.
• In beverages you can just have water, black tea (without milk), green tea or warm water and lemon. No milk allowed.
• Do not cheat yourself.

Side Effects of the GM Diet Plan

As this is a fast-paced diet plan, the followers of the GM diet will likely to experience conditions such as:

• Muscle weakness: This is primarily because there will be a deficiency in the proteins required for the muscle tissues in the first few days. However, this condition will become normal once your system gets used to the nutrients provided by the foods that you consume on the following days.
• Thirst & Dehydration: Like we said in the start of this article, people may feel thirsty and also suffer from dehydration as their fluids will be used by the body in an attempt to foster their metabolism. So, they’re always advised to drink adequate water throughout the day whenever they feel hungry or get thirsty.
• Headaches : On the first days (1 and 2), people may experience headaches as well as uneasiness which is mainly because their body is still in the process of getting used to the dietary effects. So, if your main goal is to lose weight, then you should withstand these obstacles in order to achieve your goal.

BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE STARTS WITH HEALTHY INSIDE

What is Beauty?

“To me, beauty is… simply in the eye of the beholder.’’ Beautiful isn’t about having a pretty face Its about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul….

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” ― Kahlil Gibran.

It is true that beauty is not in the face but….. It is also a fact that each and every person want to look beautiful. Many people spend handsome amount of money to get their surgeries done and use medicines and expensive products to look beautiful but they forget to worry about theirHealth. No matter how much one spends money to look beautiful and ignore his/her diet. There are 0%  that they will maintain it for long because if you are not healthy from inside how can you be OKAY? Even our brain works when it gets its fuel. So there is a very strong relation ofBeauty & Health. And to maintain good health, one should take proper nutrients through food.

Nutrition

Healthy nutrition basically is eating healthy and balanced from all the basic food groups; which consists of the dairy group, poultry group, fruit group, vegetable group and a little from the fats, oils, and sweets groups.  There is no big secret to maintaining healthy skin and overall beauty.

Why is eating healthy so important?

Many people do not even know how great it feels to eat a healthy meal, because they have been making bad food choices for too long.

Healthy diet

Eating a varied diet, rich in fruits and vegetables with moderate amounts of protein and carbohydrates and limiting sugar and fat, is beneficial to beauty and health. Following a balanced diet will not only keep your weight, cholesterol and blood pressure in check, which will make you healthier, but will also ensure clear and healthy skin, hair and nails, which will make you more beautiful.

Healthy food choices include at least five portions of fruit and vegetables per day, two portions of fish a week, lean protein, pulses and wholegrain foods.

“Are you getting enough water?”

 Recommended are 8-10 glasses a day.  Many people go through their busy day without even realizing that their body is really water-deficient, and the long term effects can actually have a physical response on their skin. Lack of hydration is known to speed up the process of aging skin; causing wrinkles, fine lines and other natural signs of aging. Drinking ample amounts of water daily is very important to reduce the process of aging as well as help the skin in forming a stronger protective barrier against environmental pollutants such as UV rays.

If you’ve ever heard the saying “you are what you eat,” you know that it is important to fill your body with natural foods full of vitamins and nutrients to keep it healthy.

                                    

Taking Care of Your Skin

‘‘The moon lives in the lining of your skin.” ― Pablo Neruda

1. Put pomegranate on your list. When applied topically, this antioxidant-rich fruit may help skin create more collagen, while speeding healing.
2. Add walnuts to your diet it add Omega-3 fatty acids to your diet which help put shine in your hair and aid in making skin smoother and younger looking.
3. The real secret to beauty is no secret at all. Eating vitamin-packed healthy foods will provide your skin with its daily nutritional needs to stay healthy and young.
4. Consume foods that are rich in antioxidants (vitamins A, E, C) that help cells resist aging.
5. Avocado improves your skin. By protecting against free-radicals that cause wrinkles and aging.
6. Coconut oil can keep your skin looking young and smooth.

Tips to staying young. Regular exercising also helps to keep your body young and healthy. Exercising three or more times a week is essential for beauty and health. Exercise will not only help you to control your weight, but could also reduce the risk of health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, heart disease and stroke.