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6 exercises for flat and tighten stomach

August 13, 2015 by Amy Brown

Strengthening and shaping the middle part of the body is a big fitness challenge. Casual sit-ups is far enough for you to be proud with your flat and sexy stomach.

With the idea to help women to have perfect figure, personal trainer Chelsea Dorn proposes movements that according to her, are more effective than tedious exercises for abs.

Repeat each of the exercises for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Do the exercises in the order given. If you are physically ready, you can repeat the whole series of exercises 2-3 times.

Lie on the floor and lift your body on your elbows and toes. Put the hands together. Inhale while lifting your buttocks and exhale while returning to the first position.

Lie on the floor and lift your body on your elbows and toes. Tighten your abdominal muscles and hips, move them from left-to-right and back.

Stand upright and put your hands at chest level, so the elbows are close to the body. First step backward with the right foot, with left knee to be in line with the left ankle. Straighten your arms and turn your upper body to the left, and then return it back to the center. Return the right leg to the left. Repeat on the other side.

Lie on your back. Raise your head and shoulders slightly off the floor. Holding your hands up against the body, lift your legs up until they form a right angle with the floor. Then slowly lower them down.

Lie on the floor. Lift the body, holding on the toes and on the palms. Keep your arms straight. Bend your right knee and bring it toward left hand, then your left knee to your right hand.

Lie on the floor on one side. Lift your body so as to hold you on the elbow and one on the side of the foot. Extend your arm up toward the ceiling. Lower the hips towards the floor without touching it. Lower the hips in first position, followed by the outstretched hand reach under the belly.

How to Use Aloe Vera

August 13, 2015 by Amy Brown

Aloe vera is one of the most popular plants in the world and in history it was known for its healing properties. There is a legend that it was used by Cleopatra, and many scientific studies have confirmed its beneficial effects. Aloe vera grows in colder regions but also many people grow it at home. Its application is wide so you can drink it as juice, applied as a lotion or take it in capsules. Here are five tips how to use aloe vera.

You can remove make-up with it because it is suitable for sensitive eyes and it is a perfect replacement for oil makeup remover. Cold aloe vera gel will help tired and swollen eyes.

Acne and eczema respond well to natural antiseptics that contain aloe vera. Apply the gel 2-3 times a day to the area until the skin healed. Aloe contains substances similar to menthol which cools the skin. It acts as a protection of the skin and helps restore moisture. When the skin is hydrated, it will quickly recover from burns.

Give your man a natural shaving gel and aftershave. Aloe vera is an anti-inflammatory due to the high amounts of enzymes and water, and is very moisturizing. Provides smoothness of the skin and provides a thoroughly shave.

The skin like vitamins C and E, which are present in aloe vera, that improve skin firmness and keeps it hydrated. Combining with virgin coconut oil can supplement nutrients, essential fats and moisture. Aloe vera gel penetrates the skin almost four times faster than water, and its nutritional softening properties.

Rich with vitamins A, B1, B2, B5, B12, C, E, FOLOMA acid and niacin, aloe vera infused amino acids in our diet. There is no better way to give priority to the vitamins that make up the immune system and act anti-stress. Start with small amounts and consult your doctor before starting the consumption of aloe vera.

How to build a healthy self-confidence

August 10, 2015 by Amy Brown

Many of us have problems with low self-esteem as a result of the impressions we gained through life. Having a healthy self-esteem does not mean having a big ego, but feeling safe in your own skin, accepting all yours imperfections and uncertainties and having a realistic picture of yourself. Something like that does not come by itself, but requires making changes that will help build a healthy self-esteem.

The first change that you need to master is to learn to say ‘no’. It often happens that we are doing some of the things because we think it will please others. Putting others’ interests before your own means other people are more important than yourself. Determine your priorities and say no to what you do not want to do and you will make each subsequent ‘yes’ to have a higher value, so you will begin to appreciate your time and effort.

Express your views and opinions. When you are retaining all in yourself, in fact you say that you are worth less than others. You have a voice to be heard, so use it to show others that you are here. This does not mean that you need to take it out on the people around you, but the next time you are asked for your opinion, get a new idea or you know a better way to solve a problem you need to communicate with the environment, because your vote is worth the same as and someone else’s.

Dedicate yourself to your hobbies and activities you enjoy. You never know what awaits you and when what you do on the side, in your free time, can turn into something bigger. Go back to college, enter the cooking class, read a book, start to play an instrument, play sports or go to the school of foreign languages. Each of us has a talent that makes us special, and when you go to share it with the world, others will recognize it and your confidence will be built day by day.

Be careful with yourself. Make sure you feed your body with good food. Be active and focus on exercise to maintain a healthy body, and soon the results will positive affect your self-image. Dedicate yourself on what makes you happy, and surround yourself with people who inspire you and bring out the best to you. Kindness and a smile addressed to a stranger on the street or your own reflection in the mirror will turn all on the positive side, and fix your self-image.

Juicy Zucchini Fritters With Cheese

August 10, 2015 by Amy Brown

For this yummy meal , for 4 persons, you will need the next ingredients:

750 g zucchini
1 leek
1 onion
2 boiled potatoes
2 eggs
3 cups (150 g) fresh breadcrumbs
200 g grated hard cheese
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tbsp finely chopped mint
salt and freshly ground black pepper
freshly grated nutmeg
vegetable oil for deep-frying

Preparation:

1. Coarsely grate the zucchini and place in a sieve. Sprinkle lightly with salt and leave to stand for 30 minutes. Then squeeze out well in a clean, dry kitchen towel.

2. Cut the white part of the leek into thin rings. Peel and finely grate the onion and potatoes. Combine thoroughly with the zucchini, eggs, half the breadcrumbs, cheese, flour, and mint. Season with pepper and nutmeg and leave to stand for 15 minutes.

3. Heat the oil to 350 F/175 C in deep-fat fryer or deep pan. Shape the vegetable mixture into small patties and coat in the remaining breadcrumbs. Deep-fry in the hot oil in batches until golden on both sides. Drain briefly on paper towels.

4. Arrange the zucchini on a serving dish and serve hot.

FAST technique for getting rid of cellulite – ready for the summer!

August 8, 2015 by Amy Brown

Cellulite is every woman nightmare! How could it not be when it makes the skin like orange peel. But do not despair!

There are many successful methods and preparation for its elimination, but today’s post is for a very fast technique for removing cellulite!

We present to you a method called “dry brushing”.

Why is this method proved to be one of the most effective in removing cellulite?

The expert, Dr. Carla Hutchinson explains, “When you apply this massage technique on the area of skin with cellulite, you actually accelerating its successful removal.”

And here’s how this method works:

First and foremost you should have a brush (the ideal would be if it is harder) for massaging cellulite. These can be purchased in all well stocked shops of cosmetics.

There are many different shapes, materials and design, the most important thing is the brush you buy is just for that purpose because it is specially designed to massage the skin with cellulite.

Here’s what you should do to solve cellulite:

Every day before you shower, take brush in hand and massage the entire body, paying most attention of course to the region where the cellulite appear. It should not be massaged less than 5 minutes.

The movements are circular, counter-clockwise and slow.On the area where you have cellulite bring a little more attention, detail massaging every inch of skin.

Why it is recommended that this massage works on dry skin?

The answer is simple: to remove dead cells from the skin (and thus prepared for the bath and lotions after bathing) and to encourage better blood circulation in your skin. This circulation is crucial because it helps the formation of new cells in the dermis and epidermis.

Also, due to the circulation, your pores will open and later when you put various lotions and preparations will aid in efficient absorption of their nutrients under the skin.

But how the massage itself helps in removing the cellulite?

The answer lies in the temporary “swelling” of the skin, resulting in that it removed its swelling layer cellulite.Of course, this is instant removal of cellulite, when you are somewhere in a hurry and you have to quickly hide it.

Another great advantage of this is that cellulite massage helps improve circulation of the legs (which as we have said helps regenerate cells and creating new ones), tightening the skin and absorb the lotion. So it is in any case worth it to apply this method every day.

But if you apply this method regularly (every day) will solve the cellulite problem permanently!

7 modest ways in which forgiveness makes your life better

July 15, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Keeping these toxic feelings you can only inflict harm. According to a recent survey, 13,000 injuries or deaths were caused by aggressive driving. Aggressive driving can quickly be uncontrollable, resulting in pain and suffering, just because a person refused to let things go. Do not let toxic negative opinion affect your happiness. See the following 7 reasons why it is best to forgive and let go…

1. It’s good for your health

Keeping your anger can make you physically ill. There are many diseases that are caused by stress and anxiety, such as ulcers. Frequent exposure to anger may even cause heart disease. Well, why not just relax, and thus extend your health and life?

2. You will be more focused

When you forgive, you heal yourselves. That’s a really powerful capability that relieves the burden from your heart, resulting in changing your thoughts to positive. Also you will sleep better and be more successful at work.

3. People will consider you a more pleasant person

Does being right or having the last word is worth the price? Are you ready to finally end any inconvenience with this person? Simply agreeing to disagree, you will break down the syndrome “he said, she said” and continue on.

4. It shows you are strong

Forgiveness is a sign of strength, not weakness. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong” To simplify, this means you are in control of the situation, and leave the role of a “victim” and focus on a place that is filled with positive energy.

5. You will have better relationships

You will experience many benefits from forgiveness to the loved ones. They also deserve respect and recognition, admiration, love, trust and many other things. You will get the opportunity to grow, just like the other person.

6. You will be more successful at work

Because we spend a lot of our time at work, why not start to practice forgiveness there. Forgiveness to your colleagues may increase productivity and energy. Employees who hold anger often miss the long-term mission and threaten the well-being of the company.

7. Forgiveness is a sign of emotional intelligence

The ability to manage your emotions is a key aspect of emotional intelligence. Studies show that emotional intelligence is more important than general intelligence in determining success in the private and professional life.

Delicious Mushroom – Buckwheat Broth Based Soup Recipe!

July 15, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

I love this Delicious Mushroom – Buckwheat Soup Recipe! It is simple for making and it is delicious and most important it is really healthy. For all those that care what are you ingesting, and for all those who are starting to care, I suggest eat soups at least 3 times per week. One of your weekly soups can be this delicious buckwheat mushroom broth based soup.

Ingredients:

(serves 4)

1 onion
2 medium carrots
1 large parsley root
half a small celery root
150 ml of the buckwheat grain
100 g shiitake mushrooms
100 g button mushrooms
1 leek
1 tbsp concentrated tomato paste
100 ml of tomato juice
1 clove garlic
about 1 liter of water
olive oil
sea salt
fresh parsley leaf

Preparation:
At a medium hit putt a bit little olive oil, chop the onion (salted) and then add it into the oil to soften a bit. When the onion is soften, add the cubes of previously chopped root vegetables (carrot, parsley, celery). Stirring occasionally, simmer it about 10 minutes and then add the chopped mushrooms. After 5 minutes add tomato paste, leek (sliced in thick slices) and grain buckwheat, all flooded with about a liter of water and cook over medium heat until it is softened (about 15 minutes).

When buckwheat (and vegetables) softened add tomato juice, finely chopped garlic and sea salt, if necessary, all together cooked another 10 minutes.
Pour the palates for serving with the broth and on the top sprinkle it with chopped parsley leaf, and you can pour it with a little olive oil.

Note: You can put less or more liquids, depending on whether you wan thicker or less frequent broth and if you like spicy initially saved when stewed onions and put finely chopped hot pepper.

Burn 300 calories in 30 minutes

July 14, 2015 by Sheila Smith

You don’t need to work out the whole day in order to get in shape. Take a half an hour every day to do these exercises, and they will help you burn up to 300 calories. This thirty-minute workout combines movement, cardiovascular exercise with lifting weights to speed up your metabolism. To endure until the end, you’ll have to try really hard, but we believe that you are capable of this challenge.

Orange smoothie for energy

July 14, 2015 by Sheila Smith

We often feel as if we lack the energy for all the obligations that we must meet in one day. That can be further aggravated by the food or drinks that we take during the day. Always in a hurry, we grab the first thing that comes to hand, most often unhealthy snacks and sweets, soft drinks, coffee, etc.

We present to you an easy and healthy drink that you can always have with you in a bottle when you need refreshment or if you want to increase energy. This smoothie with orange, banana, goji berries and camu camu powder, will give you a long-lasting feeling of satiety. Banana is the queen of fruits for raising energy, and can be combined with almost any fruit and vegetable and is the best base for a smoothie.

Oranges are rich in vitamin C, folic acid, vitamin A, potassium, calcium and fiber. Together with other types of citrus they are one of the most powerful cancer fighters, and also elevate mood. An orange a day can improve the appearance of your skin and hair, and it’s really a good reason that you consume them daily.

Goji berries are among the most powerful and healthiest berries in the world. It’s a high-energy superfood from the Himalayas which contains the greatest amount of antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids. They are rich in iron and vitamin C, and have the ability to strengthen immunity, can slow down the aging of the organism, have an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, improve vision, and can improve the fertility. They call them even “red diamonds” or “happy berry” which certainly justifies their effects!

Camu camu is the richest source of vitamin C in nature (12%). This incredible fruit is rich in antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins and minerals making it the ideal food for strengthening the immune system and increase energy.

RECIPE FOR ENERGY ORANGE SMOOTHIE

2 bananas
2 oranges
a handfull of Goji berries
a teaspoon of Camu camu powder
Water and ice to taste

Put all the ingredients in a blender, mix and decorate as desired. You can add frozen strawberries or raspberries instead of ice for an even better taste!

(Photo credits: www.journal.hr)

Delicious and Healthy, Integral Crackers and Dip of Chickpeas

July 14, 2015 by Kelly Bennet

Industrial crackers can not be compared with something like this, homemade. You exactly know what you put and how you put…. flour from whole grains, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, olive oil, himalayan salt.. You and your close deserve something like this. With home prepared dip with composition of chickpeas, sesame, olive oil a little salt this integral crackers are the perfect snack for you and the one close to you, exceptionally if they are children, their body will be grateful and they will enjoy the tastiness.

Ingredients needed:

(4 oven pans )

2 table spoons ( 30 grams ) of ground sunflower seeds
2 table spoons (20 grams) of ground pumpkin seeds
200 g of whole wheat, wheat, flour
230 g of soft flour
the pinch of baking soda
little Himalayan salt
100 ml olive oil
about 250 ml of cold

Preparation:
In a mixing bowl put all the dry ingredients, mix them fine and then add olive oil and water, and again mix it, and knead it a bit. If the mixture is too thick add a little water if needed you can add a bit soft flour (the amount is diferent because each flour absorbs different amounts of liquid.
When you make nice dough, cover it in transparent foil and leave to rest for half an hour and then took part of the dough, thin it (adding a little flour that does not stick to the surface) you can make any forms you wish, put them on the baking can,and do small holes with fork so it does not inflates, smeared with a little olive oil and bake it for 12 minutes at 220 degrees.
Note: Try to make them thinner as much as you can, because they will grow and you want to make them crunchy… so just make them tiner and bake them a little longer to achieve the crunchiness that you desire.

For the chickpea dip you will need the next ingredients:

250 grams raw chickpeas
30 grams sesame seeds
50 ml olive oil
little himalayan salt
a couple of cloves of garlic ( if you want a gralic as spice add it )
a bit lemon juice

Preparation for the chickpea dip:
Overnight soak the chickpeas into water and cook them the next day, about 10 minutes. Put the sesame in a small sauce pan, gently fry and grind (or if you use tahini).
If you place the garlic cloves, cut 2-3 and fry them on low heat in a little olive oil (until they get tender).
In blender put the chickpeas, sesame, garlic with olive oil, a little salt and possibly lemon. Mix everything well. Add a little water, preferably the water in which the chickpeas was cooked,so you get the desired density (when it cools down it will be a bit thicken).
Pour the dip into a bowl and chill before serving, and then add a bit olive or lemon oil to the taste.

Part dip can be set aside for a small child and for the adults you can add a little “more concrete” spice(hot pepper, chilli or something).
The chickpeas certainly can be cooked in bulk and then you can freeze them, and when you need you can take little by little, so make a dip for a few minutes.. they are extremely healthy.

Spiced Eggplant Slices From the Barbecue

July 13, 2015 by Amy Brown

Ingredients :

3 small eggplants
2 garlic cloves
generous 1/2 cup (100ml) olive oil
1tbsp red peppercorns
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dries thyme
1/2 tsp ground sweet red paprika
1 tsp salt

Preparation :

1. Light the barbecue. Wash the eggplant, pat dry, and cut across into slices of 1cm. Peel and crush the garlic in a mortar with 1 teaspoon salt. Stir in the oil.

2. Crush the peppercorns in a mortar and mix with the oregano, thyme, and ground paprika.

3. Brush the eggplant slices on both sides with the garlic oil, Place on the barbecue and grill until golden. Turn the eggplant sprinkle with the mixed herbs and finish cooking.

Tip!

Modern eggplant varieties contain hardly any bitter substances. However, to be on the safe side they can be sliced sprinkled with salt and left fot 30 minutes.

Exercising During Your Period

July 13, 2015 by Amy Brown

As much as the girls once avoided the sport class during the period, it has been proven that menstruation does not affect the exercising. Therefore, if you are an adult now and you’re not the girl who goes to school, stop looking for excuses that does not exist and do the workout because the pain, the swelling, the laziness, have no effects on the exercising.

Menstruation causes bloating, pain in the lower abdomen and sleepiness, all these symptoms do not support the working out, but if you resist them and you are working out in spite of all these symptoms, you will be much better and will restore your lost energy.

Running is the best medicine to remove pain from the abdomen, and flatulence, yes it sound incredible! All you need is to go for a short run and be insistent, and soon you will feel the results.

During the running blood easily comes up to the kidneys, causing better work of the kidneys. At the very least you should feel the urge to urinate, which is a very good sign because it means that your kidneys started functioning. By running you will expel the excess fluid of your body which make you fell bloating.

The pace would be like every other day. During your period you should not change anything, run the same intensity and the same route as you do every day, but if you think it is too hard for you reduce the pace or halve the default route, to become a little easier. It is better to reduce the pace then not going for a run at all.

Of course all of these tips apply to women who daily run and if you have not run every day, do not start running during your period. But start with everyday running as soon as the period ends. Running is one of the best exercises for your body, both internally and externally, so you do not denial it.

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