Monthly Archives: September 2012
6 Health Benefits Of Coffee
Te gusta el café? / Do you like coffee? - Well I have some great news for you, recent studies have discover that drinking coffee has some health benefits for you!
1 Helps You Proofread Better
The caffeine in coffee could actually help you to spot grammar errors, according to a new study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Researchers found that caffeine helped students to correct errors in subject-verb agreement and verb tense, MSNBC reported. However, the caffeine still didn’t seem to make a difference at identifying misspelled words — sorry.
2 Lowers Women’s Depression Risk
Women who drink a few cups of caffeinated coffee have a lower risk of depression than women who don’t drink any coffee, according to a Harvard study.
That research, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that women who drink two to three cups of coffee a day have a 15 percent lower risk, while women who drink four or more cups of coffee a day have a 20 percent
Continue reading the rest of the benefits
Mascarilla Facial de Otoño
Se va el verano y nuestra piel queda reseca de tanto exceso , de tanto sol y por supuesto pidiendo …agua. Antes tenía la costumbre de hacerme faciales y exfoliar mucho la piel , después comprendí que mi piel reacciona mejor cuando la tengo hidratada y hasta se notan mucho menos las lineas de expresión. Dale un cariñito a tu piel con esta mascarilla casera.
Una de las mejores mascarillas hidratantes caseras la puedes hacer tu misma
Ingredientes:
- Aguacate
- Plátano
- Algunas gotas de Aceite de Oliva
Preparación:
Simplemente tienes que pelar el plátano y pisarlo bien, luego partir al medio el aguacate, quitarle el hueso, extraer la pulpa y mezclarla bien con el plátano, de manera que quede una mascarilla bien homogénea, cremosa y sin grumos. Si hiciese falta, agregas algunas gotas de aceite de oliva para que adquiera la consistencia deseada.
Luego, solamente es cuestión de colocarla sobre tu piel y dejarla actuar de 15 a 20 minutos, retirando con una toalla de papel absorbente o lavando bien con agua.
Puedes repetirla una vez a la semana si tienes la piel muy seca.
Fall Natural Facial Mask
Summer is gone and our skin remains dry, all the sun exposure, dehydration and of course: Our skin is asking for water.
I used to do facial masks and exfoliate my sking a lot, but then I understood that my skin reacts better when its hydrated and even the expression lines are less noticeable.
Give your skin some love with this homemade facial mask.
This is one of the best hydrating home masks you can make yourself:
Ingredients:
- Avocado
- Plantain
- Some drops of Olive Oil
Preparation:
Simply peel the plantain and smash it well, then slice the avocado in a half and remove the seed, extract the food and mix it with the plantain, make sure to mix it well so you can get a smooth, homogeneous and creamy. If needed, then add a few drops of olive oil so it gets the desired consistency.
Then, is just a matter of applying it over your skin and let it work for about 15 to 20 minutes, remove it with an absorbent paper towel and rinse it well with water.
You can do this once a week if you have very dry skin.
Por qué sale Acné
Facts About Acne [infographic]
Do you remember growing up and getting that horrible feeling of having acne? – Even worse, it doesn’t stop after some years.
I found a very nice infographic that describes how acne affects people and how sometimes we make it worse.
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Alarming: Arsenic in in White Rice.
In organic rice cereal for babies, rice cereals for breakfast, whole rice, white rice; the Consumer Reports have found new evidence that all of these types of rice products that are on the shelves in the supermarket contain arsenic and in many of these products the arsenic level is too high and worrying.
- White rice grown in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas represents the 76% of domestic rice in general and contained the highest level of arsenic and inorganic arsenic than rice from other states.
In each brand of rice that we evaluated, the average of arsenic and inorganic arsenic was higher in whole rice than white rice.- People who ate rice had arsenic levels 44% higher than those who didn’t, according to analysis of federal health data. Some ethnics groups were seriously affected, including Mexicans, Hispanics and another categories that included Asians.
- It is feasible to reduce arsenic in food. We examined the efforts of two food companies that are trying to control the problem and found out about the methods that are being used to try to reduce arsenic in their products.
Conclusion: whole rice, whole rice, whole rice!
Grains that we can eat instead of rice:
Barley, Rye, Oat, Chickpea, Peas.
Alarmante: Arsénico en el Arroz Blanco
En el cereal de arroz orgánico para bebé, los cereales de arroz para el desayuno, el arroz integral, el arroz blanco; se ha encontrado en nuevas pruebas llevadas a cabo por Consumer Reports, que todos estos y otros tipos de productos de arroz en los estantes del supermercado contienen arsénico, y en muchos de ellos el nivel es preocupante.
• El arroz blanco cultivado en Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri y Texas, que representa el 76% del arroz doméstico, en general, contenía niveles más altos de arsénico total y de arsénico inorgánico en nuestras pruebas que las muestras de arroz de otras partes.
• En cada marca de arroz que evaluamos, el promedio de los niveles de arsénico total e inorgánico eran siempre más altos en el arroz integral que en el blanco.
• 
La gente que comía arroz tenía niveles de arsénico 44% más altos que los que no lo consumían, según nuestro análisis de los datos federales de salud. Y algunos grupos étnicos se vieron más seriamente afectados, incluídos los mexicanos, otros hispanos y una categoría más amplia que incluye a los asiáticos.
• Es factible reducir el arsénico en la comida. Examinamos los esfuerzos de dos compañías de alimentos que están tratando de controlar el problema y nos enteramos de los métodos que están siendo usados para tratar de reducir el arsénico en los productos.
Conclusión: arroz integral , arroz integral, arroz integral!
Granos que podemos comer en vez del arroz:
Bulgur, cebada, Centeno, Quinoa, Avena, Garbanzo, Arvejas
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2- Acne scars and others are less visible.
3- Enlarged pores and fine lines are less prominent.
4- The blood with its nutrients and oxygen flows to the surface of the skin to repair tissues faster.
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