Just as our body muscles need exercise to stay in shape, our face muscles too need exercise to keep the skin from sagging. Sagging of the skin can be due to a number of factors ranging from aging, excess exposure to sun to gravity. Yes, gravity is a very big reason for sagging our body whether it is your face, your breasts or your belly fat. So, you need to exercise everyday at least for 15 minutes to counter the effects of gravity. You can couple the facial exercise with the facial massage everyday to get the maximum benefits. The exercises are very simple and you can perform them while sitting and watching television also. They will take only 10 minutes of your time and take years off from your face. The results will show in as less as a month.
Jaggery – Health Benefits
Jaggery is a natural and viable alternative for Sugar. Sugar is manufactured by chemical processes where as jaggery is obtained from sugarcane juice. It is the safest and the purest form of sugar and the process of obtaining jaggery does not involve any chemicals. The manufacturing process of jaggery is very hygienic and requires no human intervention. It is full of proteins, mineral salts not present in refined sugar and vitamins and is extremely nutritious and delicious. In fact, it has all the nutritional values present in a sugarcane. It is used in many Indian dishes in place of sugar. Let us take a look at few of its many health benefits:
- diabetic people are often advised to replace sugar with jaggery
- purifies the blood
- extremely beneficial for anemic people as it is rich in iron
- helps maintain blood pressure levels due to low amounts of sodium
- reduces water retention in the body so controls weight of the body
- is rich in anti-oxidants so helps in fighting the free radicals in the body
- strengthens the nervous system
- helps control indigestion and constipation problems
- extremely beneficial for throat and lung infections
- helps in preventing breathing problems and asthma
- helps fight pollution by allowing people to breathe easily in higher levels of pollution and smoke
- is rich in magnesium so helpful in relieving fatigue and relaxes muscles and nerves
- prevents rheumatism
So, looking at the subset of the health benefits, I would certainly recommend daily consumption of jaggery in the morning breakfast and afternoon lunch.
Strawberry Hair Mask for Oily Hair
Well, care for oily hair is the exact opposite of care for dry hair. So, we need kind of ingredients which can soak up the oil and balance the sebum production in the scalp. For one, I have written about using Clay masks as hair masks. They work wonderfully. The home remedy I want to share today will not only control the oil in your hair but also make your hair glossy and shiny.
Ingredients:
– 5 Strawberries
Method:
You can blend the strawberries in the blender till they become of watery consistency. Take a little of the pulp and start applying it on the scalp and massage gently. Cover the complete scalp portion by portion. Then, take your hair section by section and dip it into the blended strawberry pulp and cover the hair body thoroughly. Let it stay on your hair for 30 minutes to 1 hour or till it dries off (it will take a long time to dry). Do not go in the sun. The liquid will drip a lot because of the watery consistency. To avoid this problem, you can gently blot your hair once you finish applying the strawberry mask to your hair. That will remove the excess of liquid. You can use this liquid as a hair rinse. After the stipulated time, you can just wash your hair with cold water. The acids in the fruit will clean your hair. The mask will not stink in your hair.
Variances:
– You may mix the strawberry’s with honey for dry hair.
– You can also include lemon juice with the strawberries. That will take care of the dandruff also.