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My grandma Claudia, healing ways I learned

At  95 years of age, she now lays her tired hardworking body on the bed.    Her six living children have just visited her to comfort her aging    body. I called my mother and asked how grandma was doing since    I’m more than 12,000 miles away from home. She said that she    sometimes shows moments of strength whenever she is cared for by her    family. Her family has grown to more than 36 grandchildren and 20    great grandchildren.

Blessed    be my grandmother for she has endured the test of time. Many years    ago she would blow air on my head and utter prayers and blessings    before I had to go to another island. I remember now why I value the    old and hand made things in life.

I    can still see her sewing a quilt by hand from remnants of clothes    she had asked for from the neighbor’s shop. She would smile and    proudly present to me her only hand-made quilt blanket and tell me    that she will make pillow cases for my family. We did use her pillows    and pillow cases for a long time.

Blessed    be my grandmother who takes care of the old and used and made them    into valuable items. She would sleep with me and give me a massage    whenever I had a fever. That may be the reason why I don’t have    to take medications when I have a fever now. She wets me with warm    compresses all over my body and massaged me with coconut oil. For    different kinds of ailments she would use boiled herbs, chewed    plants, incense, chants and prayers. For hours she would stir coconut    juice into oil in a hot burning wooden stove.

Her    strongest potion was her loving hands that would knead and roll my    body and heal me like no other. Like a salesperson for many    afternoons she would bring breads and snacks to the farmers in the    fields. Blessed be my grandmother who heals and makes every time an    important value never to be lost.

Her    laboring hands and feet are strong, short and old. She was an    apprentice midwife     whenever    any one of her daughters and daughters-in-law were having a baby.    With her strong and commanding voice, she would coach them to bear    down    and push their babies. She was there to wash them and their babies    after birth. Her healing hands provided infant    massage    and postpartum    bliss for a new mother. She was their teacher in the first few years    of mothering. Blessed be my grandmother who values herself as a woman    and mother.

She    would tell us stories of her adventures during World War II. Every    day her family had to move to another hiding place away from the    Japanese. She would be carrying two pots full of cooked yams or rice    and chicken adobo. She would also feed the evacuating friends and    family from the city. She made sure that she comforted her children    every minute of the day. It took 40 years before her younger son left    her to marry. But even then, her younger son would always see her    everyday and give her bread and snacks. Blessed be my grandmother for    her caring ways.

Every    time there was someone who needed to be prayed for, she is summoned.    She prayed and chanted in Latin and Visayan. She led the prayer    meetings. She taught us her grandchildren how to respond and pray    with her while we giggled at the foreign words. She never spanked us    her grandchildren but her voice propels us to follow her just like    our mothers. Maybe she was the other mother who mothered us when our    mothers were busy. She was there when we are young and helpless.    Blessed be my grandmother who taught us how to kneel and pray and    sing vespers.

When    everyone in the family is afraid she shows her strength and courage.    When friends are mourning she prays with them and when one is sick    she lays hand on her/him. When one is in crisis like quarreling    husband and wife, she is the mediator. She made sure that we respect    the old people. She made sure that we have said our prayers. Blessed    be my grandmother Claudia Defensor Poral for she taught me how to    cry, be strong, be a woman and now be a mother.

 

 

Be Your Own Herbalist and how to avoid needing health insurance by Nina Price

An herbal kit to boost your immune system by Nina Price

When you or your family get colds, how long are you out of commission? Most of us can’t afford to be out of commission for a week or two. Even a few days away from work and daily responsibilities can be a challenge. But each year the cold season takes its toll. We catch a cold because our kids bring one home from school, or because we’re traveling and spend lots of time on planes, or because of cold weather. Our immune systems are run down and we get sick.

Western medicine only mitigates our cold symptoms, while Traditional Chinese herbal formulas actually kill the virus or bacteria causing what ails us. Now here’s a kit of Traditional Chinese herbal formulas I’ve developed for you, along with information to help you prevent colds and recover quickly from a cold.

With this kit you can be your own knowledgeable herbalist. The instructions tell you what to look for and what formulas to take, so that you can prevent getting a cold or recover quickly. Each kit comes with a free consultation with me, and an audio class that teaches you a new paradigm for colds and simple tactics for getting rid of them. Be your own herbalist and keep yourself and your family cold free all year long.

source:

http://www.midlifewithoutcrisis.com

Avoid health insurance

With the cost of health care, health insurance, deductibles, and copays going through the roof, getting sick has become financially hazardous. Although we can’t fully control our fate, we can sway the odds in our favor so that we need the health care system as little as possible—more than 75 percent of health care costs are devoted to chronic conditions, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and arthritis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) boils down the sorry state of American health and the burden on our health care system into some startling statistics:

  • Chronic diseases cause 7 in 10 deaths each year in the United States.
  • Almost half of all adults live with at least one chronic illness, significantly limiting daily activities in some.
  • The numbers of youth with a chronic health condition has more than tripled since the 1960s.
  • Less than a quarter of Americans eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
  • More than one-third of Americans fail to meet minimum recommendations for physical activity.

Many chronic conditions can be prevented or managed through diet and lifestyle changes and functional medicine approaches. It’s better to invest a little up front in preventive medicine approaches than a whole lot later when a health problem has passed the point of no return.

Your diet determines your health. The most profound and fundamental way to avoid needing health care is to pay attention to your diet. Although we are surrounded by convenient, affordable, and tasty fast-food choices, indulging in them regularly paves a path to developing a chronic disease. Focusing on a whole foods, plant-based diet that is free of processed foods and sweets is a good beginning.

Determine your food sensitivities and eliminate those foods. Many people unknowingly eat foods daily that cause inflammation in their body and brain. Inflammation underlies today’s most common chronic diseases: heart disease, obesity, arthritis, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and more. The most common inflammatory foods are gluten, dairy, various grains, soy, eggs, night shades (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, etc.). Cyrex Labs offers the most cutting-edge and complete food sensitivity testing today.

Heal your gut. Hippocrates said all disease begins in the gut and modern research is increasingly proving that to be true. Many people unknowingly have inflamed and permeable, or leaky, guts. A leaky gut means undigested foods and pathogens can escape into the bloodstream where they trigger inflammation in the body and brain. Studies have shown links between poor gut health and mood and mental disorders, systemic inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disease, and other chronic disorders.

Identify and manage your autoimmunity. Autoimmunity means the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue. This is a chaotic inflammatory scenario that often causes troubling or debilitating chronic symptoms and can progressively worsen until it becomes a serious disease. The health care system will not diagnose or treat an autoimmune condition until it has reached the end stages. This is because they do not have a model of treatment for managing autoimmunity, only for suppressing symptoms. Fortunately, today you can run a test that screens for two dozen of the most common autoimmune reactions and learn how to manage your autoimmunity and prevent it from progressing through functional medicine approaches.

Exercise regularly. Exercise has been shown to be a magic bullet when it comes to preventing chronic disease. It’s ideal if you can work in both aerobic and strength training, but just do whatever it takes to move your body regularly.

For more advice on how to avoid needing conventional health care, contact me ninapricelac@gmail.com

 

Success breeds success while failures make us self-confident and tenacious

If you agree on the above statement, please comment or email motherhealth@gmail.com

If we want to be leaders, we act like one and we then we become one. Our thoughts define our destiny. We have to let positive thoughts empower us to the next level. Do you want to go to the next level in your business? I am attending a millionaire boot camp this Saturday to empower me and my team to help families maximize their wealth and minimize taxes with access to funds when health threats occur. I am also hiring self-motivated people in the bayarea.

The search is over, if you think you can succeed with the effort of the team and your strength, call. You do not need a big capital to have your own business.  I started with less than $1000. I have no way to go but up as a single mother of two teens. My why of doing this retirement planning business is to retire my mom who still works at 78. And many more reasons.

Connie 408-854-1883 motherhealth@gmail.com

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Let us help each other reach our dreams this year.
We are builders and not salesmen.
Vision: empower others to live exemplary lives
Core values: faith, family, business, finance, personal
Mission: create raving fans and loyal fiends
Live by : Example, Experience, Empathy, E__________(guess what this E is)

Relationships, work and spirituality by Amit Sood “Guide to Stress-free living”

Spirituality is associated with meaning in life. Cultivating a deeper spirituality means embodying love, expressed as gratituted, compassion, acceptance, forgiveness, interconnectedness and unselfishness. You are a spiritual being; your life is a spiritual experience.

Work is the second doman in which you live your life’s meaning, providing self-worth and discipline in addition to income. There must be balance between demand and resources, control and purpose. Engage with what is in front of you and maintain a state of joyous acceptance until the meaning unfolds.

Belonging or relationships give our lives meaning. We find strength in our relationships. We celebrate the love received and miss the love withheld. Relationships are our lifeblood and, to many people, the ultimate meaning which is also at increasing risk to some.

Oregano essential oil for ringworm by Case Adams

Ask any veterinarian: Ringworm is one of those infections considered to have no conventional cure. When cats are infected, they may be cleaned and washed and hopefully will repel the infection over time, but there is no known cure for the infection among conventional veterinarians.

In humans, applying antifungals repeatedly over months and months can effect a removal of the infection – but these will often take time. In some cases, powerful prescription antifungals are necessary, and they usually work, but they have been shown to exert considerable toxicity and possible resistance over time, and for these reasons the European Community has banned the use of most ringworm antifungals on sheep and other farm animals.

Over-the-counter antifungal creams advertised as useful for combating the infection also tend to be often ineffective, depending upon the species of infection. Whether this is because the Microsporum canis or Trichophyton mentagrophytes fungi – which produce dermatophytoses that infect the cells – have become resistant remains to be fully understood.

What is known by most veterinarians is that ringworm infections are so difficult to treat that they will often refuse to allow ringworm-infected animals into their clinics or treatment areas.

Does Nature provide Antifungals?

Yet researchers from the University of Pisa have found that certain essential oils can effectively treat and largely cure the ringworm infection. In one study they applied a mixture of essential oils to seven cats infected with ringworm. The mixture cured four of the seven cats completely and the others showed improvement.

The mixture was composed of 5% essential oil of Oregano (O. vulgare), 5% essential oil of Rosemary (R. officinalis) and 2% essential oil of Wild Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) – in a base of sweet almond oil.

The researchers also tested a number of essential oils against no less than eleven different isolated species of ringworm. They found that Wild Thyme and Oregano show the most inhibition of the ringworm fungi. Star anise (Illicium verum), Rosemary and lemon oil (Citrus limon) closely trailed those oils in their ability to stop the infection.

A more recent study at the University of Pisa studied the same essential oils for ringworm infections occurring in sheep – infected by Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The researchers applied the same combination of oils described above onto 13 ringworm-infected sheep. They applied the oil combination twice a day for 15 days. Seven untreated sheep acted as controls.

The mixture was successful in treating all of the infected sheep given the essential oil blend, while the infection among the control animals continued.

Other Studies Confirm These Oils’ Antifungal Actions

Other research has found that Oregano and Wild Thyme have antifungal effects in other areas. A number of studies have found Oregano and Rosemary oils useful in eliminating aflatoxins from harvested fruits and grains.

A species related to Wild Thyme – Thymus broussonetii – was found to inhibit candida in a study from Morroco’s University of Cadi Ayyad.

And In vitro and In vivo tests from Pakistan’s University of Karachi found that Oregano can inhibit urinary tract infections – many of which are fungal in nature.

Mother Nature’s Formulary

Thyme and Oregano share potent antifungal constituents, particularly thymol, which has been isolated and utilized as an antifungal in conventional medicines. Oregano oil contains from
40 to 64% thymol.

Natural Oregano oil was found in a 2012 assay to also contain p-cymene, terpinene, bicyclogermacrene, terpinen-4-ol, α-pinene, octenol, α-terpinene, carvacrol, β-caryophyllene, β-myrcene, terpinenol, octanol, β-pinene, cineole, α-cubebene and β-ocimene. How is that for one of Mother Nature’s recipes!

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Mugnaini L, Nardoni S, Pistelli L, Leonardi M, Giuliotti L, Benvenuti MN, Pisseri F, Mancianti F. A herbal antifungal formulation of Thymus serpillum, Origanum vulgare and Rosmarinus officinalis for treating ovine dermatophytosis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Mycoses. 2013 May;56(3):333-7.

Mugnaini L, Nardoni S, Pinto L, Pistelli L, Leonardi M, Pisseri F, Mancianti F. In vitro and in vivo antifungal activity of some essential oils against feline isolates of Microsporum canis. J Mycol Med. 2012 Jun;22(2):179-84.

de Sousa LL, de Andrade SC, Athayde AJ, de Oliveira CE, de Sales CV, Madruga MS, de Souza EL. Efficacy of Origanum vulgare L. and Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oils in combination to control postharvest pathogenic Aspergilli and autochthonous mycoflora in Vitis labrusca L. (table grapes). Int J Food Microbiol. 2013 Jun 10;165(3):312-318.

Jamali CA, El Bouzidi L, Bekkouche K, Lahcen H, Markouk M, Wohlmuth H, Leach D, Abbad A. Chemical composition and antioxidant and anticandidal activities of essential oils from different wild Moroccan Thymus species. Chem Biodivers. 2012 Jun;9(6):1188-97.

Khan A, Bashir S, Khan SR, Gilani AH. Antiurolithic activity of Origanum vulgare is mediated through multiple pathways. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2011 Oct 17;11:96.

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Kloucek P, Smid J, Flesar J, Havlik J, Titera D, Rada V, Drabek O, Kokoska L. In vitro inhibitory activity of essential oil vapors against Ascosphaera apis. Nat Prod Commun. 2012 Feb;7(2):253-6.

Avila-Sosa R, Palou E, Jiménez Munguía MT, Nevárez-Moorillón GV, Navarro Cruz AR, López-Malo A. Antifungal activity by vapor contact of essential oils added to amaranth, chitosan, or starch edible films. Int J Food Microbiol. 2012 Feb 1;153(1-2):66-72.

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Lazar-Baker EE, Hetherington SD, Ku VV, Newman SM. Evaluation of commercial essential oil samples on the growth of postharvest pathogen Monilinia fructicola (G. Winter) Honey. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2011 Jan 19.

Your thoughts create your reality, tune in only to your intent by Pam Grout

Tune in only to your intent (page 12).  Reasons We Dial into Programs We Don’t like

  1. We’re not really here. The NOWS is the point of power.  If you’re not really here, your mind is not available to do what you’re asking it to do.
  2. We’ve named it difficult.  We spend so much time talking about what doesn’t work that we miss that whole point: namely, that we have the power to create something that does.
  3. We stalk negativity. Once we begin to look for what’s right, our lives begin spinning in unimaginably exciting new directions.
  4. By George, we think we’ve got it. Once you know something, it becomes your reality. But knowing anything is exceedingly restrictive.
  5. The mind is so powerful it can create something “outside” itself to be more powerful.  Suspend judgment long enough to believe they’ll work and if you are convinced they’re a family-size bucket of bull, you’ll collect data to support your viewpoint.
  6. We haven’t really practiced.  You cannot know wisdom. You can only be wisdom.

Pam Grout says that the world out there reflects what I want to see.  She says that it’s nothing but my own illusions that keep me from experiencing peace, joy, and love.

Tax-free retirement savings using index strategy

doctor stanford retirement savings index strategy taxfree prepared by connie

Dear 19-yr son,

In the many years that you will be working, you will be managing your money. There is a way to save early and harvest tax-free all the growth, withdrawal and accumulation of your hard earned money plus leaving an estate to your children.  Leave at least 25% of your savings to a long term, conservative, guaranteed at 2% and grows up to 13% with zero market risk retirement strategy. Currently, the index strategy that I employ when helping business owners, bay area professionals and doctors has a return of 8%.

Allocate 25% to real estate/stocks, 25% to term life/disability/money market for emergency and 25% to a limited IRA/401k. You only need to participate in min matching by your employer since you will be taxed around 50% when you use your 401k money before 59.5 yrs old. Don’t forget I told you to have a business owner mentality.

I like that you love to go to thrift stores and you are not driving yet. And you dress up like a manager.

I love you and believe that you will be great although I tease you at times that it is taking a long time for you to graduate college because you now have a GF.

Mom

DIY: Whiten your teeth with ___ by wellnessmama

I used Activated Charcoal a few months ago when I had an awful bout of food poisoning, and it worked wonders! This is actually the substance that many hospitals have on hand and use when patients have ingested toxins or when they pump patients’ stomachs. It is available as a loose powder and in capsule form (see notes below!)

Activated charcoal is a highly absorbent substance. It removes toxins when they adhere to the surface of the charcoal. It is not absorbed by the body, but passes through the GI system, so chemicals and toxins adhere to it, pass through the body and are expelled by the digestive system.

In the 1800s, two men took lethal doses of poisons (including arsenic) and survived without harm… their secret: they mixed the toxins with activated charcoal powder. (Stating the obvious: do not try to repeat these experiments!)

Activated charcoal is extremely effective at pulling toxins from household chemicals, ingested medicines, and other toxins from the body, especially when taken within 30 minutes of ingestion. For this reason, it is a great first treatment for any kind of poisoning, but should not be taken within several hours of medications (or even vitamins) that DO need to be absorbed.

There is even some evidence that activated charcoal is helpful both before and after alcohol consumption to lessen the amount that is absorbed by the body.

Even mainstream medical sites are on board with the benefits of using activated charcoal for a poison remedy.

Should you ever need to use activated charcoal on yourself of a child for poisoning, use as soon as possible and call a poison control center or go to the emergency room as well to make sure the poison has been fully removed!

I”ve personally used activated charcoal for food poisoning and it worked… I mixed 1-2 tablespoons of activated charcoal with water and drank quickly. The food poisoning went away within a couple of hours. Charcoal should not be taken regularly, as it can cause constipation and block mineral absorption if it is not needed. Also, it can’t be mixed with dairy products or many foods, as they lower its effectiveness. This dose can be repeated up to 3 times a day until symptoms of food poisoning or other poison are gone.

Important note: If you have to take charcoal, make sure to drink a lot of water as it can cause dehydration if taken in large doses!

Activated charcoal is also effective externally as a poultice on spider and insect bites. I tried this when my son was bitten by a brown recluse, and alternating poultices of activated charcoal, baking soda, and powdered plantain completely reversed the bite and he doesn’t even have a scar now.

Activated charcoal is also the stuff used in gas masks and water filters to remove toxins (Here is my favorite water filter).

But what does that have to do with teeth?
So, it’s all well and good that activated charcoal is an effective poison remedy… but you might be wondering why I brushed my teeth with it…

First, please excuse my weird smile in those pictures and the bad lighting in my bathroom… I was trying to show all of my teeth (I don’t usually smile like that! icon smile Best Way to Whiten Teeth Naturally ).

The times that I’d recommended charcoal for use in food poisoning or other digestive issues, I always cautioned people to mix with water and swallow quickly so that it wouldn’t stain their teeth. Then, a holistic dentist I know mentioned that it is very effective at whitening teeth… huh?

Since the powder stains everything, I had always worried that it would do the same to my teeth (one of my kids dumped it in the kitchen one time and it does stain tile, grout, clothes and shoes… just a note).

I did some research and found out that even though it temporarily makes the mouth look extremely black (see picture above!) it has the same effect as it does when ingested: it pulls toxins from the mouth and removes stains. (Fair warning: when you open your mouth, it is completely black and rather scary looking! Right after I did this the first time I was intensely worried that it would stain my teeth!)

To my surprise, all of the black washes away and it makes your teeth feel extremely clean and smooth. After a few uses, my teeth were noticeably whiter too (you can sort of tell in the picture above… the lighting didn’t do it justice!).

Further research I’ve done on this showed that activated charcoal can actually be helpful in changing the pH and health of the mouth, and as such is effective in preventing cavities and killing the bad bacteria present in tooth decay and gingivitis. For this reason, I now suggest and use it as part of my remineralizing protocol for teeth, along with my remineralizing toothpaste.

How to use on teeth: Dip a clean, wet toothbrush into the powdered charcoal (or dump a capsule of charcoal on the toothbrush). Lean over the container or charcoal and quickly put the charcoal covered toothbrush in the mouth (this is to protect your sink). Brush in small, gentle circles for 2 minutes, spit carefully and rinse really well. Your mouth will feel amazingly clean…. your sink, not so much! Use as often as needed.

Where to get Activated Charcoal:
Most natural health stores carry activated charcoal in loose powder or capsule form and it is also available online. I keep both the powdered and capsuled forms on hand in case it is needed for poisoning and I use the powdered in a small glass jar for tooth brushing. Make sure that the charcoal is from wood or coconut sources and not petroleum-based.

After using the activated charcoal for a few months and swishing with diluted regular 3% hydrogen peroxide when I remember (at the recommendation of a dentist) I am really happy with how white my teeth have gotten!

Top DIY recipes for 2013 by wellnessmama

I’m a big fan of homemade alternatives to conventional products. Most often, these homemade versions have fewer toxins, are less expensive and usually work better.

My DIY recipes seem most popular on Pinterest, and these were the most visited DIY posts of 2013:

1. Homemade Bug Spray Recipes That Work

These DIY bug spray recipes use essential oils in place of harmful chemicals and readers have tested them around the world with success. Ingredients:

Essential oils: choose from Citronella, Clove, Lemongrass, Rosemary, Tea Tree, Cajeput, Eucalyptus, Cedar, Catnip, Lavender, Mint
Natural Witch Hazel
Distilled or boiled Water
Vegetable glycerin (optional)

2. Homemade Lotion Recipe

This lotion is much more nourishing than traditional lotions since it doesn’t contain any liquid, only oils. This means that it has a really long shelf life, doesn’t need any chemical preservatives and is great for skin. How to Make Lotion:

Combine ingredients in a pint sized or larger glass jar. I have a mason jar that I keep just for making lotions and lotion bars, or you can even reuse a glass jar from pickles, olives or other foods.
Fill a medium saucepan with a couple inches of water and place over medium heat.
Put a lid on the jar loosely and place in the pan with the water.
As the water heats, the ingredients in the jar will start to melt. Shake or stir occasionally to incorporate. When all ingredients are completely melted, pour into whatever jar or tin you will use for storage. Small mason jars (8 ounce) are great for this. It will not pump well in a lotion pump!
Use as you would regular lotion. This has a longer shelf life than some homemade lotion recipes since all ingredients are already shelf stable and not water is added. Use within 6 months for best moisturizing benefits.

3. Beating the B.O. With Natural Deo – Recipe

Most deodorants contain aluminum, chemicals and harmful ingredients. In fact, there is now some evidence linking some of these chemicals to breast cancer. In my opinion, they aren’t worth the risk- especially since homemade options work better!

http://wellnessmama.com/1523/how-to-make-natural-deodorant/

4. How to Make Lotion Bars

Lotion bars are the best of both worlds. They are used on dry skin like lotion but in the convenience of a bar that spreads on to skin easily. There are many variations, but this original recipe is still my most popular:

How to Make Lotion Bars

5. How to Make Magnesium Oil

I always keep magnesium oil around the house. It helps kids sleep when rubbed on their feet before bedtime. It helped me avoid morning sickness in my last pregnancy and it is necessary for hundreds of reactions in the body. It is also much less expensive to make your own:

How to Make Magnesium Oil

6. Homemade Remineralizing Toothpaste Recipe

This is the toothpaste I use daily. Ever since I reversed cavities with diet and this toothpaste, it is part of my daily routine along with oil pulling. It is pretty simple to make and once you invest in the ingredients, it is less expensive than most natural toothpastes.

How to Make Homemade Remineralizing Toothpaste

7. Natural Sunscreen Recipe

We don’t use sunscreen often (here’s why) but when we do, I avoid the ones with chemicals and ingredients that have been linked to cancer (kinda defeats the purpose…). This homemade version is the most natural option I’ve found and it works really well.

How to Make Natural Sunscreen

8. Best Way to Whiten Teeth Naturally

This post gets the award for most rude commenters on Pinterest. Apparently, some people get really offended by the sight of dirty teeth or something. Anyway, this is also part of my oral care routine and it has whitened my teeth significantly (and made one calcification spot on my front tooth not visible at all anymore. It only takes one ingredient and couldn’t be simpler.

DIY: Whiten your teeth with ___ by wellnessmama

9. DIY Beach Waves Spray

I have a lot of hair, but it is baby fine and gets oily easily. For this reason, most commercial hair sprays and hair products weigh down my hair or make it look dirty. This texturizing spray is the solution for me. It costs a few pennies to make, is completely natural and leaves hair full and volumized (I think I just invented that word) without chemicals. The name comes from the fact that it contains natural salts like the beach and it gives your hair that naturally wavy just-been-to-the-beach look.

Here is the link: DIY Beach Waves Hair Spray

10. Homemade Makeup Recipes

In my opinion, a healthy diet is the best way to have beautiful skin but these homemade make up options work like regular makeup and use ingredients that promote healthy skin.

Homemade Makeup Recipes.

What was your favorite DIY of 2013? Please share!

Stop aging of your face with DIY Vitamin C serum by wellnessmama

Vitamin C serum is a natural skin care ingredient that is often found in high-end beauty regimes, and Vitamin C serums, creams and lotions are popping up everywhere.

Why?

Vitamin C is touted as an anti-aging and anti-wrinkle cream. Many of these products also cost an arm and a leg. Thankfully, there is a natural, homemade and inexpensive alternative (noticing a trend here?) that seems to work just as well. Vitamin C is helpful for brightening and tightening skin (this works if you take it internally too!).

Why Vitamin C? Glad you asked… Vitamin C has been reported to:

Increase collaged production in the skin (this helps get rid of wrinkles) – I personally like to take gelatin and Vitamin C internally too for this purpose.
Brighten and tighten the skin
Reduce the effects of negative sun exposure (Not all sun exposure is bad)
Reduce chlorine exposure
Help skin repair itself
Some cautions from experience:

Measure carefully and do not add extra Vitamin C as it is acidic and can/will burn skin if the concentration is too high.
If you have extra sensitive skin, dilute with even more water
This is best paired with a skin care routine like Oil Pulling
For dry or aging skin, Vitamin C serum is a good solution. It can be used for acne prone skin too, but it seems that Sea Spray for skin works better.
If you are dealing with a lot of wrinkles or very dry skin, extra vitamin C can be added, but work up slowly and test on the inner arm before applying to the face
Ever used a Vitamin C serum on your skin? How did it work for you?

The Recipe:

DIY Vitamin C Serum

DIY Homemade Vitamind C Serum for health skin and wrinkle reduction 295×300 DIY Vitamin C Serum
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A simple and effective Vitamin C serum that boosts skin health with natural ingredients.
Author: Wellness Mama
Recipe type: Beauty
Ingredients
½ tsp Vitamin C Powder (I use this one)
1 tablespoon distilled water OR 1 teaspoons distilled water to dissolve and 2 Tablespoons vegetable glycerine (I used this one)
a dark colored container to store (Vitamin C oxidizes easily) I used this one.
Instructions
Dissolve the Vitamin C powder in the water.
If only using water and Vitamin C, you are done. This will store for up to 2 weeks or longer in the fridge.
If using glycerine, dissolve the Vitamin C in the smaller amount of water, then stir in glycerine and store. This version will last a month or longer.
Notes
Personally, I like the pure Vitamin C and water recipe as a toner after cleansing, though glycerine is moisturizing and softening for the skin and will extend the recipe. DO NOT use glycerine on anything that is used in oral care or in the mouth as it is bad for teeth.

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How to make magnesium oil to relax sore muscles and more by Katie of wellnessmama

I’ve written before about how I use magnesium daily and why I feel it is such a vital part of overall wellness. Many people are deficient in this vital mineral that the body uses for hundreds of reactions. Every cell in the body needs magnesium in some way, and it is vital for bone, tooth, muscle, and joint health as well as for optimal sleep and stress reduction.

Deficiency of magnesium is widespread because many of us have lifestyle factors that actively deplete magnesium such as lack of sleep, excess stress, or alcohol/caffeine/sugar consumption. On top of that, many natural sources of magnesium are becoming depleted (such as the soil due to over-farming and high pesticide use) and water filtration systems remove much of the naturally occurring magnesium in water.

The ocean is still a wonderful source of magnesium and trace minerals, but for those of us who don’t have daily access to a beach, transdermal magnesium oil can be the easiest and most effective way to increase magnesium levels. I’ve recently seen some research that adequate magnesium can do everything from reduce stress to improve sleep and even eliminate morning sickness!

I take magnesium internally and use it on my skin daily in the form of magnesium oil. A brilliant reader recently shared with me how she saved a lot of money by making her own magnesium oil, and I wanted to pass on her recipe to you…

[Note: Ancient Minerals, maker of the Magnesium Oil I use, recently posted about the small differences between homemade magnesium oil made from magnesium flakes and their pre-made magnesium oil. I’d still feel comfortable using a homemade version, especially if the alternative was not taking/using magnesium at all, but you can read the differences here.]

What you need:

1/2 cup Magnesium Chloride Flakes
1/2 cup distilled water
A glass bowl or glass measuring cup
A glass spray bottle (plastic will work too)
What to do:

Boil the distilled water. It is important to use distilled to extend the shelf life of the mixture. Put the Magnesium Chloride Flakes in the glass bowl or measuring cup and the pour the bowling water over it.

Stir well until completely dissolved. Let cool completely and store in the spray bottle. Can be stored at room temperature for at least six months. I keep in my bathroom to use daily.

To Use:

Spray on arms, legs, and stomach daily. I use 10-20 sprays per day. It will tingle on the skin the first few times it is used, and this is normal. It should fade after a few applications, but you can dilute with more water if it bothers you too much.

You can leave on the skin or wash off after 20-30 minutes. I usually apply after a shower and then use coconut oil or a lotion bar to moisturize about 5 minutes later.

Have you tried magnesium to help reduce stress, relax muscles, overall health, improve sleep or for another reason?

Gourmet Sauces

When you mix whole food ingredients, you can create a gourmet sauce. And if are you busy, you can pick up sauces from http://www.barcelonasauces.com with the following ingredients for the Mole sauce:

Water
onions
dried apricot
dried pepper
celery
org chocolate
peanuts
almonds
sea salt
garlic
paprika
spices
red wine vinegar
lemon juice
raisins
tomatoes

Sauces can be mixed in any dish, soups, entrée or just about any dish to add flavor. Add more spice in your food to help with your metabolism aside from the health benefits you can derive from such anti-cancer spices as garlic, rosemary,thyme,oregano and turmeric.

 

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