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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

EATING AND DRINKING HEALTHY

The Basics

Your body needs the right vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to stay healthy. A healthy diet means that you are eating:

Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk products
Seafood, poultry, lean meats, eggs, beans, peas, seeds, and nuts

Limit foods high in:

Cholesterol, sodium (salt), and added sugars
Trans fats – Trans fats may be in foods like cakes, cookies, stick margarines, and fried foods.
Saturated fats – These fats come from animal products like cheese, fatty meats, whole milk, and butter.
Refined grains – Food products with refined grains include white bread, noodles, white rice, and flour tortillas.

Take note that i'm saying "limit" and not "stop", you do need saturated fats, transfats, grains, etc for your body to receive the vitamins that it needs to function properly. However, too much consumption of these foods can be deadly for your health. Don't starve yourself, eat smart!

A healthy diet can keep your body strong and active.
By making smart food choices, you can help reduce your risk for:

Heart disease
Type 2 diabetes
High blood pressure
Some cancers
Bone loss

CHEERS!

It's also important to check the amount of alcohol you consume everyday. Nothing wrong with having a few drinks with friends, but too much alcohol intake could lead to more than a hangover or loss of brain cells!

Weight gain: Alcohol is not water. A beer has about 150 "empty" calories that provide few if any nutrients. High blood pressure. Along with being overweight, high blood pressure is associated with many serious health problems. Depressed immune system. Impaired immunity makes you more likely to contract viral illnesses such as flu and infections.

Cancer: 2-4% of all cancer cases are related to alcohol. Upper digestive tract cancers are the most common, hitting the esophagus, mouth, larynx, and pharynx. Women who drink prior to menopause are more likely to develop breast cancer. Your risk of skin cancer doubles if you drink slightly more than "moderate levels." Some studies implicate alcohol in colon, stomach, pancreas and lung cancer. And let's not forget the liver...

Liver disease: Heavy drinking can cause fatty liver, hepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer of the liver. The liver breaks down alcohol at the rate of only one drink per hour.

Alcohol poisoning: Drinking large amounts can result in alcohol poisoning, which causes unconsciousness and even death. Breathing slows, and the skin becomes cold and may look blue. Don't let a person in this condition "sleep it off." Call 911. '

Heart or respiratory failure: Excessive drinking can have serious results. Heart or respiratory failure often means death.

I'm not saying stop drinking, coz we all know that's not going to happen, so instead im saying drink responsibly...drink smart!

GOOD DRINKING

Try to increase your consumption of natural juices such as orange, apple, carrot, etc as these would give you a lot of vitamins that are good for you skin, bones, eyes, etc. I don't mean buying flavored drinks, i mean the REAL STUFF!

You can personally visit http://healthfinder.gov for more information :)

Monday, July 8, 2013

HOW TO CONTOUR YOUR FACE

Step 1: Work some magic

“Contouring can be very technical but the basic theory is that you want to use dark, matte shades on areas you want to recede and absorb light, such as the sides of the nose and pockets of the cheeks, and light, shimmery shades on those you want to bring forward and reflect light, like the tops of the cheeks.”

Step 2: Get the right kit

“I like contouring kits, since they have all the shades you need right there and some, like Smashbox’s Step-By-Step, have application instructions inside, too.”

Step 3: Learn the dark arts

“With the darkest color in the kit, I sculpt under the height of the cheekbones and diagonally down toward the jawline using a small round brush and feathering the edges. This deepens the hollows of the cheeks, creating the illusion of depth there. You can also do the sides of your nose for a slimmer shape.”

Step 4: Play with dimension

“I sweep the medium color over the tops of the apples and into the hollows of the cheeks, feathering it away toward the corner of the mouth. I also go around the hair line under the jawline to define the face, and make it more three-dimensional.”

Step 5: Catch the light

“I use the lightest color on top of the cheekbones then swoop it underneath the eyes and gently on top of the brow bone. You can also do the bridge of the nose and just the top of the chin in a small circle to bring the face forward.”

Step 6: Don't forget blush

“Lastly, I like to add a little color to the face to bring it to life. I’ll usually go for a pretty pink blush and apply it a little bit further back than the apples of the cheeks. It’s a simple trick that adds more dimension, and you’re done.”