A Healthy Diet

The first ingredient necessary for healthy hair is a healthy diet. If you are consuming too much processed, chemical-laden food and not enough fresh vegetables, fruits, and grains, your hair is going to suffer. It might get thin, it might fall out altogether, or it might just get dry and listless, but it will suffer to some degree. In the absence of a genetic history predisposing to early hair loss, a healthy scalp will grow healthy hair…and an unhealthy scalp will go bald pretty quick.

What Makes A Healthy Diet?

What can you do to combat hair loss? Eat a healthy diet, drink plenty of water, and take a daily vitamin rich in Omega 3 Fatty acids. Also important is eating sufficient protein and consuming regular quantities of silica, a nutrient most easily gained from oats, rice, sunflower seeds, and green cabbage. Biotin, a nutrient found in high levels in eggs, salmon, and sardines, is also essential for strong hair that will not break easily or fall out due to weak roots. All of these combined might serve you much better than Rogaine by actually addressing the problems causing your hair loss rather than trying to force hair growth from an unhealthy scalp.

In the end, genetics has a lot to do with hair loss and whether an individual loses their hair at a young age. But following these simple steps can help to preserve your hair if all else is in order.

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Treat Your Skin Gently

First, remember to treat your skin gently. Harsh chemicals and painful scrubbing just aren’t necessary to cleanse the skin, especially the sensitive skin of your face. A mild cleanser is usually all that is needed, with a few extras thrown in to bring out that inner glow.

Exfoliate Your Skin

Second, exfoliate your skin regularly. A good idea is to use a gentle exfolient at night when you are not going to be applying cosmetics or other products to your face, then follow up with a mild astringent to tighten your skin and close your pores. Let the skin rest for a few minutes before applying moisturizer. Cleanse your face in the morning with mild soap and re-moisturize before applying makeup.

Use A Monthly Cleansing Mask

Lastly, treat yourself to a monthly cleansing mask to remove debris form your pores and tighten the skin. Avoid masks containing harsh chemicals, and go instead with a mild mud mask perhaps with nourishing salts included. Always follow a mud mask with a good moisturizer and a tall glass of water, as the mask will draw quite a bit of the natural oils from your skin. Using a spritzer made from lemon juice, honey, and filtered water is also soothing to the skin following a deep cleansing.

Putting your best face forward doesn’t have to be difficult or painful. It is just a matter of cleaning up your skin, nourishing it with the essential elements it needs, and being careful not to over-strip it of its natural oils and moisture. The glow within will show right through as you follow these simple steps.

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Well Balanced Diet

First, remember that true beauty really does begin on the inside and emanates from a healthy and well-nourished body. Feeding yourself properly is the first step toward natural radiance, and staying well-hydrated is equally important. Water cleanses toxins from the body and keeps the skin resilient and youthful, so it makes sense that inadequate water intake will only lead to prematurely aging skin. Adding honey and lemon to your daily diet, whether in warm tea or a n icy cold drink, will also help to cleanse the body and provide essential nutrients such a Vitamins B and C. Honey and lemon juice can also be used directly as a facial cleanser and is quite effective in nourishing the skin while at the same time removing excess oils and reducing surface bacteria that can lead to blemishes.

Essential Nutrients

It is also a good idea to consume generous quantities of cruciferous vegetables, those form the cabbage family. Brussel sprouts, green cabbage, cauliflower, bok choy and broccoli are all high in fiber high in essential nutrients, and are perfectly suited to nourish the female endocrine system. Supporting well-balanced hormones brings energy to all facets of your life, as well as enhancing your mood and sense of positive well-being.

Protect Your Skin

By the same token, making salmon and other oily fish a regular part of your diet boosts your intake of Omega 3 fatty acids, which are beneficial to everything from your heart to your skin. The Omega 3 oils help to protect the skin from sun damage, hold off premature drying and wrinkling, and bring a natural vibrancy to your face.

In the end, being beautiful does not require trips to the doctor or spending thousands of dollars at the make-up counter. All women can be beautiful and vibrant when they ca for their bodies well and project the health and vitality that begins when they care for themselves from the inside out.

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Steps To Protect Pandas

Conservationists have been aware of the Panda problem for decades, and have taken steps to protect the Pandas from being killed as well as attempting to breed more Pandas in captivity in order to keep the species alive. To date, only 180 Giant Pandas have ever been bred in captivity, which makes captive breeding a less than likely solution to the species’ current desperate situation. Yet, in the wild they are being denied the ability to freely migrate and find mates in order to produce young on their own.

Solutions To Prevent Extinction

Authorities for the World Wildlife Fund in Beijing are also aware of the precarious position of the giant Pandas and are working hard to find a solution. Unfortunately, when human progress and animal rights clash, human beings tend to take precedence no matter how many species become extinct. Ideally, a solution would be found wherein the Pandas get to keep their natural home and China gets to develop its land and resources unhindered. Hopefully that will indeed be the case, and hopefully it will happen soon…for the Giant Pandas simply do not have much time left.

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Various Possibilities

One possibility is that a marine parasite may have infected the sockeye population as they leave the river, swimming past commercial fish hatcheries where sea lice can be a problem. This could reduce the population drastically before the sockeye ever reach adulthood and return to the river to spawn.

Another possibility is that the rising temperature of the river may have weakened the fish, causing a massive die-off. This raises eyebrows in the conservative community who recognize that the documented temperature of the Fraser River has only risen by one degree Fahrenheit over the last half of a century. It seems unlikely that this gradual change would cause the sudden death of nine million fish.

Also up for consideration is the possibility that climate changes in the river and the ocean have reduced the Sockeye’s natural food supply, which also seems like a very gradual change causing a rather sudden shift in the salmon population.

Essentially, no one really knows why the Sockeye population is only one tenth what it is assumed it should be, in spite of efforts to protect the salmon and ensure their ongoing health and reproduction in the Fraser River. Hopefully the mystery will be solved before the Sockeye disappear altogether.

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Ingredients To Avoid:

• Antibacterial products.  Regular soap and water have been proven to work just as well, and over-use of antibacterial agents has been shown to eventually render them ineffective against infections when they truly are needed. Hand sanitizers are nothing more than gelled rubbing alcohol, which is drying to the skin and increases the likelihood of surface cuts and splits in the skin.
• Diethanolamine (DEA), 1,4 Dioxane, formaldehyde, lead, and mercury are all neurotoxins and some have been proven to be carcinogenic in laboratory settings
• Coal tar, commonly used in dandruff shampoos and anti-itch creams and powders, has long been known to be carcinogenic. Tea Tree oil is a safe and effective alternative. Add ½ teaspoon pure Tea Tree oil to a quart of mild shampoo and use regularly.
• Nanoparticles of any substance. These are tiny particles that are so small they can actually penetrate the skin and be carried to the brain, causing damage. The worst seem to be zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, commonly used in sunscreens. Look for particles larger than 100 nanometers. Many manufacturers are now including this information on product labels.
• Parabens and petroleum distillates of any kind. All are known to contribute to cancer cell growth in laboratory studies, and some are banned for use in cosmetics in Europe.
• P-Phenylenediamine and Hydroquinone, both neurotoxins, are found most often in hair dyes and skin lighteners.
• Unnecessary fragrances. Not only can perfumes be irritating to the skin, but many also contain phthalates, which can cause endocrine disruptions, reproductive difficulty, and developmental harm. Substitute with an essential oil instead.

Read The Labels

It all boils down to reading labels on the products you buy, and choosing to buy products that use natural elements rather than toxic chemicals. There are thousands of good products available that keep safety in mind without sacrificing the benefits the products are designed to deliver. Discovering these products and choosing them over their chemical-laden counterparts can be enjoyable and beneficial, so give it a try. You will be glad you did! Here’s to your health.

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1. From your kitchen

You can compost just about anything from the kitchen, except meat and grease products. Any and all vegetables, fruits, grains, breads, pasta, eggs, milk, nuts, potato chips, breakfast cereals, crackers, and canned goods that do not contain meat are all candidates for the compost pile. Cheese can be included if you cut it into small pieces first. Nut shells can also be included, minus walnut shells as these are harmful to some kinds of plants. Coffee grounds, tea bags and cut or dried herbs make excellent additions to the compost pile.

2. From your home and office

Compost your shredded documents, paper bags, used envelopes (no plastic windows), egg cartons, muffin cups, corks, cardboard boxes, toothpicks, cotton balls, paper towel and toilet paper tubes, Kleenex, Q-tips, and paper plates (no plastic, only paper!). Shredded into small pieces, these items will all break down in a well-working compost pile.

3. Miscellaneous items

Most people don’t think of adding include fireplace ashes, combings of pet hair, used matches, dead flower arrangements, dryer lint, dead houseplants and houseplant trimmings, tissue paper from gifts, vacuum cleaner bag contents, and paper tablecloths.

Remember that a compost pile will work best when it is regularly turned, allowing moisture and heat to mix throughout the pile. If your compost pile is cool and dry, it may need a little water added to get things going, but don’t get it too wet. A soggy pile won’t break down very well, either. Keep an eye on yours and watch all of these things you thought you couldn’t compost turn into mulch and fertilizer for your yard and gardens!

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