Tired of hearing health and beauty product recipes you'd need a chemistry text book to decipher? Here are ten simple ideas you can try today with things most people have sitting in the cupboards and pantries at home.
For the most part, these ideas are pretty unisex. So guys, feel free to indulge too. The only thing you'll need in addition to the ingredients is a few different types of empty containers such as spray bottles, squeezable squirt bottles, and empty jars with screw on caps.
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How many of you think Crocs are just the best thing since sliced bread? I'd have to put my hand up, too. But several news stories have broken in the last few days that say Crocs are a hazard on escalators and that several injuries have already led to malls and other public places banning Crocs.
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Posted May 21, 2007 - 12:56 by Lynn Truong
Food and Drink, Health and Beauty, Green Living
Let me start by making one thing clear: I do not think it is wrong to eat meat. It's not because I believe God gave us "dominion" over everything on Earth either. It's because I've watched shows on Discovery; I've seen
Planet Earth. Nature doesn't blink an eye when it comes to one species eating another. So I'm not a newly converted vegan animal rights activist condemning all meat eaters. I just think there is a lot of information about the real and true cost of meat that most people aren't aware of. It might make you think twice before buying that $0.99 whopper. And that's all I could hope for. We should want to be able to make informed decisions that affect our personal health, public health, the environment, the animals we use for food, and legislation in our country.
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Posted May 21, 2007 - 12:55 by Lynn Truong
Extra Commentary
This continues from "The Cost of Meat—Too High To Pay." The Personal Health Argument attempts to show that there is few, if any, benefit from eating meat. This will cover heart disease, cancer, and calcium intake.
While the meat/dairy industry would have us believe we need both in every meal to have a balanced diet, many studies have shown a high correlation between meat/dairy consumption and major health problems, including heart disease and cancer. Significant decrease in health problems have been associated with moving to a plant-based diet.
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To get rich never risk your health. For it is true that health is the wealth of wealth.
-Richard Barker
He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not.
-Italian proverb
The first wealth is health.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not convinced yet? There are plenty of studies tying health to wealth (and vice versa), on a national and a personal level. Rest assured, though, this isn't The Secret. If you really want to know a secret, here's one: thinking good thoughts about the universe will only make you more disappointed when they don't come true. But that's another thought for another post. Instead, here are some tried and true suggestions for feeling better.
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There's a saying that no one ever walks anywhere in Los Angeles. Apparently, that idea has been imported to where I live. Now if only we could get a King Taco.
I just started up a contracting job with a little company named Microsoft. My new team is relegated to a building that's pretty old - such is the case with the less sexy projects at the First Evil Empire (Starbucks is the Second, in case you didn't already know the rankings).
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Posted May 2, 2007 - 11:53 by Andrea Dickson
Life Hacks, Health and Beauty
Keeping blood sugars in check can be tricky - there's an endless cycle of highs and lows that can be hard to navigate. Sometimes, sugars get high and we should take more meds to counteract them. Sometimes, though, if sugars are elevated but not dangerously so, we can use these cheap methods to get our glucose back to normal - without popping another pill.
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Feeling wheezy? Asthma attack coming on? Reaching for that inhaler? Let's stop and think about the CPP (cost per puff). Oh, it may not seem like much now, but that will all change soon.
The cost of an albuterol inhaler is going to nearly triple, due to the repatenting of the propellant used in the most common drugs used to reduce the inflamation associated with an asthma attack.
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Posted March 29, 2007 - 15:44 by Andrea Dickson
Health and Beauty, Food and Drink
I've had acid reflux (also known as GERD, for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) for about three years. It's painful, constant heartburn that is tough to control. There are a number of reasons why people get it. The most common is gaining weight. In fact, my doctor told me that it doesn't take much of a weight gain to start experiencing the symptoms of GERD.
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One of my favorite scent blogs, Now Smell This, offers up some tempting online deals to be had. I have shamelessly cut and pasted the following four deals from their blog (do visit them sometime if you are a perfume addict like me):
Deal at victoriassecret: get a free beauty tote with 14 samples (Escada Sunset Heat seems to be the only fragrance) with any beauty order of $50 or more using coupon code BTYBAG, good through 4/3. New scents include Michael Kors Island Hawaii and Hampton Sun Privet Bloom.
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