Archive for February, 2010

Nicotine gum and pregnancy

Sunday, February 28th, 2010


Nicotine gum, if not help to quit smoking pregnant lady, but to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked daily for a few pieces may well help. This means that with the help of nicotine gum can reduce the risk of having a premature baby with low birth weight.

U.S. researchers studied 194 pregnant smokers, randomly dividing them into two groups, one of which received nicotine gum, and the second – gum “pacifier”. The test lasted six weeks, chewing gum is used in a downward pattern. All women provided consulting support for smoking cessation. Women, and believes that they will not quit smoking were asked to try to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day, replacing them when necessary, chewing gum.

As a result, the number of quit smoking in both groups was roughly equal. However, with the help of nicotine gum number of cigarettes smoked per day decreased by an average of 5.7 units, whereas the use of “dummy” has caused a decrease of only 3.5 cigarettes per day.

In addition, infants of women who used nicotine gum, at birth weighed significantly more than in “pustyshechnoy” group, and were born closer to term.

Despite the positive effects of nicotine chewing gum on the date of childbirth and infant weight at birth, the study’s authors, however, objected to the use of pregnant nicotine gum on a regular basis, because the study of the effect of nicotine on animals revealed the emergence of cellular abnormalities that may lead to sudden death of the child. For this reason, pregnant women use nicotine gum and other nicotine replacement agents was not approved.

Rice Diet

Monday, February 22nd, 2010


The rice diet is effective and useful. Rice has a remarkable ability to rid the body of harmful substances. In rice grains contains eight essential amino acids, which are essential for a healthy human life. First, potassium, essential for cardiac muscle, and secondly, a protein that promotes the healthy functioning of the organism, as well as phosphorus, iron, zinc, iodine, calcium, and vitamin B complex, strengthens the nervous system, improves condition of hair, nails and skin. Unlike other cereals, rice contains no gluten – vegetable protein, which causes an allergic reaction, also contains no sodium, which causes swelling.

It is worth noting that most vitamins found in unprocessed grains. Rice grain white hiding under a layer of brown envelope, and which contain most of the vitamins and minerals. The shell protects the hard husk yellow. When the husk is removed, there is brown rice. This figure most useful. If the rice steamed, then it will become a golden color and keep useful materials. Once the shell is removed and this, it turns white rice (the most familiar to us), it, unfortunately, very few minerals and vitamins, but it is better boiled soft.

Application of rice diet broadly: it can be used to reduce weight, to cleanse the body of wastes.

Apple diet

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010


We often dream that my figure was perfect. Forswear begin to run from tomorrow morning, we promise to soon buy a subscription to the gym or sit on a diet. But which diet to choose, when so many options? It is better to set eyes on such a diet, which will not only lose weight, but also have a positive impact on your health. Good choice in this case will be apple diet. First, apples combine excellent taste and lots of useful substances, and secondly, are the most common fruit in our climate zone.Yablochnaya diet will not only lose weight but also to restore the normal exchange veschestv.Esli You suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, you should consult with their physician. The presence of such diseases does not exclude the use of diet, simply, better to warn against potential adverse effects. Stop the choice of sweet apples! Apple diet is useful in hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, diseases of liver, kidney and gall bladder. Apple diet is an excellent prevention of atherosclerosis, allows you to control cholesterol levels.

Consider weekly apple diet. Option for the patient. During the six days should have only apples. Their number varies depending on the day diet:
1 and Day 6: 1 kg. apples. You can drink mineral water and green tea without sugar.
2 and 5 day: 1,5 kg. apples.
3 and 4 day: 2 kg.

To hold such a diet is not easy, but the results are impressive. It is better to eat baked apples, they contain lots of pectin – a useful substance that promotes the best cleaning of the organism.

Sometimes it can be done apple fasting days. For example, apple-kefir day. Apples to eat at a fixed time: at 8:00, at 11:00, at 14:00, at 17:00 and at 20:00 one apple and half a cup of yogurt.

For the recovery of the organism will be useful during the handling of the day to drink apple herbal infusions. On days like apples can be eaten in unlimited quantities, and drink various herbal infusions and mineral water without gas.

Discharge day with baked and raw apples. You need three pounds of apples. Pound bake in the oven, the remaining eat raw. Apples distribute evenly and drink throughout the day. Drinking in the day deleted. All necessary body fluids will apple.

There is one discharge day, specially allocate it separately for those who can not do some apples:
For breakfast, mix the grated apple with nonfat yogurt, add a tablespoon of oatmeal. Mix and leave for 3-5 minutes.
For lunch, finely chop a couple of apples, add fresh herbs, salad leaves and tuck all sauce (apple vinegar, nonfat yogurt and olive oil).
At mid-morning snack eat an apple.
In the evening you can prepare the salad of apple and 150 grams of solid low-fat cheese.

We hope you will choose from these variations apple diet one that is right for you. Do not forget about the physical exertion! Together with them apple diet absolutely help you achieve the perfect figure and beautiful feeling!

Apple you health!

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Laser Hair Removal

Thursday, February 11th, 2010


Laser hair removal involves the removal of unwanted vegetation on the body using a laser. It destroys the unwanted hair follicle by means of thermal effect, giving the skin on this site remains unscathed. Laser hair removal recognized harmless and very effective. However, within two or three days after you have passed the procedure of laser hair removal, will need to make sure that your skin is not exposed to certain influences.

First of all, do not pick on the beach or in the solarium. Sunburn, no matter what origin, is undesirable. Before you go out in sunny weather, sunscreen, treat those skin areas that are subjected to hair removal. During this period, give up water procedures. Although laser hair removal and is considered harmless, your skin is, nevertheless, subjected to a kind of “stress”, after which she simply needs to “relax”.

The main advantage of laser hair removal – is, first of all, the speed of the procedure. The laser does not affect the whole skin, rather than on individual hairs, as it is practiced in other methods of hair removal.
In addition, immediately after the procedure, you will get a perfectly smooth skin with no scars and other signs of the just-concluded “ordeal”. Enjoy the effect of laser hair removal you can about a half to two months.

Laser hair removal virtually painless, and is therefore ideal for treatment of intimate and other sensitive areas.

For a complete deliverance specific area of unwanted hair requires several laser hair removal procedures. But after the first time a woman notices that the hairs become thin and lifeless.

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Chocolate Diet

Monday, February 8th, 2010


If you want to quickly lose weight without depriving themselves of a favorite treat, try the chocolate diet!

The chocolate diet is not only tasty, but also useful. Do not believe me? Then let’s see what part of the chocolate! Basis of the amount of cocoa beans, which contain antioxidants. With their help increase immunity and increasing the human lifespan. Also in chocolate are flavonoids, they have antiulcer and anti-inflammatory effects. And, importantly, (especially when the windows of the slush, and the mood is not quite), chocolate stimulates endorphins – happiness hormones. Also in the favorite all product includes magnesium, iron, protein and vitamins A, B, E.

Chocolate helps reduce blood cholesterol levels, improves the work of the cardiovascular system.

The chocolate diet is tough, but effective! Calculated at 5 days, lets reset during this time from 3 to 6 kilograms. Between courses of chocolate diet must take breaks in 4-6 days!

The essence of the diet are as follows: Eat only 80 grams. chocolate, drink black coffee without sugar, you can add skim milk. Chocolate is very well satisfy your hunger. Water and mineral water without gas can drink, not earlier than 3 hours after meals.

During the chocolate diet can not eat fruits, vegetables and mineral water! Any fruit can be eaten to increase appetite and spoil the diet.

Important Chocolate diet can not be followed in diabetes, diseases of the stomach, liver and pancreas. Chocolate diet can badly affect the liver, where possible, before selecting a diet, consult with your doctor! Do not forget that coffee increases blood pressure!

Chocolate Pasta Diet

If you can not do only chocolate, but to abandon it does not work, try the chocolate-pasta diet! Unusually, that during the chocolate-pasta diet “to intercept the pieces” between meals is not only possible but necessary!

During the diet should forgo alcohol, salt and sugar, fruit, with a high content of sugar (raisins, dates), dairy products, crisps, fizzy drinks, vegetable oil.

Recommended Products: pasta, sauces for pasta (low fat), salads (with low-fat sauces), vegetable, fruit, popcorn, cooked without butter and salt, chocolate (30 oz. Per day), water (about 2 liters day).

Sample menu:

Breakfast: Fresh fruit or fruit salad, you can add a salad a little lemon juice, or wheat flakes with skimmed milk and strawberries. Snacking between breakfast and lunch can be popcorn and fruit.

Lunch: Green salad or salad with pasta. You can eat popcorn, vegetables, and fruit cocktail.

Dinner: fettuccine (green noodle) with garlic-tomato sauce, fruit salad, boiled vegetables. Snack: popcorn and chocolate.

You can drink mineral water and boiled.

Chocolate diet can be a pleasure, above all, do not consume more than a specified number of chocolate!

Honey Diet

Friday, February 5th, 2010


Another sweet diet. Honey diet, like chocolate diet, very tasty and effective. For three days you can get rid of 2-2,5 kg, provided that you follow all the rules of honey diet!

Especially do not have to starve, because honey diet includes 5 meals: breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner.

Sample menu of honey diet:
The first breakfast – 150 gr. nonfat cottage cheese, one teaspoon of honey and tea with lemon.
Second breakfast – 125 gr. diet yogurt, sour juice.
Lunch – 200 gr. boiled cauliflower, 200 grams. strawberries, one teaspoon of honey and warm tea.
Snack – one orange.
Dinner – one glass of low-fat yogurt and a teaspoon of honey.

Between meals you can drink tea, water, preferably without gas and acid juices. It is worth noting that the daily volume of juice should not exceed 0.75 liters. Tea and water you can drink without any restrictions.

You do not have much to limit themselves in food, because the list of allowed products is wide enough! Combine favorite products in all variants, but not exceed 1200 calories a day!

Honey diet good for health, can be used as unloading. Moreover, the term diet is very small, but during this time it is possible to lose more than 2 kg.

Option honey diet for up to three days:

Day One
Breakfast – Almost an egg-flip (two egg yolks and a teaspoon of honey beat with a mixer), tea with lemon or coffee.
Lunch – 90 gr. cheese, tea or coffee, a teaspoon of honey.
Dinner – a cup of broth, a slice of rye bread, fruit (pear, apple or orange).
Bedtime tea with lemon.

Day Two
Breakfast is the same as the first day.
Lunch – 100 gr. cottage cheese, egg and honey, tea with lemon or coffee.
egg with honey, 100 g of cottage cheese, tea with lemon or coffee.
Dinner – a small vegetable salad, 150 g of fish or poultry, tea with lemon.

Day Three
Breakfast – egg with honey, apple and tea with lemon.
Lunch – 250 gr. salad filled with lemon juice, 50 oz. cheese, a slice of rye bread
Dinner – 300 gr. cooked vegetables (not potatoes), eggs, teaspoon of honey and tea.

Mandatory component of half a lemon honey diet every day!

Few pluses honey diet. Honey supports the forces of the body, and weakness, which can sometimes feel a diet is much less. Lemons quickly break down fats, intensely deduce from the body slags and toxins. Honey diet prevents cellulite, promotes its resorption.

If possible, hold honey diet is better at the weekend. Do not abuse the use of honey diet! There are contraindications for people with pochechnokamennym disease. And in any case do not choose honey diet, if you are allergic to honey!

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Power against cellulite

Monday, February 1st, 2010


One of the reasons for cellulite – unhealthy diet. The short diet to get rid of “orange peel” does not exist. But a balanced, healthy diet should be an integral part of your program for the treatment of cellulite. First, try to avoid foods that promote fluid retention and the formation of excess body fat. Replace it to products, activate digestion and promote the conclusion of slag. If you need to lose weight, try to lose weight slowly, so that the skin had time to react to changes. Sharp jumps of weight, inherent in the application of different diets make cellulite more prominent. Particularly high probability of the appearance of cellulite during pregnancy, so this period should pay special attention to food.

If you do not want to see soon on their feet nasty bumps reduce to a minimum the use of fried foods, fatty foods, with a sharp, salty, sweet and canned. If your mom and grandmother had a problem with cellulite, it is better to abandon these products. Try to avoid artificial additives – colors, flavors, etc. The less processed the food has passed, so it is useful. Begin to cook poultry without skin and refrain from fatty dairy products. Remember that excess fat will be in your immediate problem areas.

Necessary to reduce the number of alcoholic drinks, especially sweet liqueurs and beer. If you really want to relax can drink a glass of red dry wine. Coffee and soda also only exacerbate the condition of your thighs and buttocks. Forget about the existence of milkshakes, hot chocolate and sweet black tea. It is better to drink as much clean water, not less than two liters a day. Water well bowels. It is useful to drink freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices and herbal teas. Carrot, beet, cucumber, apple, cabbage, orange juice and celery juice are indispensable in the treatment of cellulite. Some anti-cellulite program, even based on the integrated use of freshly squeezed vegetable and fruit juices.

It is important to minimize the amount you have consumed sugar and salt. Salt holds water, thereby contributing to the appearance of edema and increased cellulite. But do not limit the amount of liquid. Need to drink a lot. Moreover, it is desirable to drink a half hour before meals, not during it. Only in this way the water will help get rid of toxins and will not stay in a problematic field.

With help fight cellulite, raw vegetables (especially lettuce and cabbage), vegetables, legumes, fruits, grain bread, porridge, fish, seafood, vegetable oils. It is also very beneficial to the health of fasting days (on the water, herbal teas, vegetable juices, apples, etc.). But do not try to torture myself with hunger! Starvation will only increase the “orange peel”.

To look good you must have good digestion, because it directly affects the cellulite. To help digestion, can be used infusions of anise, fennel and cumin, to massage his stomach in a clockwise direction. To revitalize the intestines should be added to food wheat bran and increase the amount of liquid drunken.

If you really want to have a beautiful figure and looks delicious, you must comply with these recommendations and the result will be there very soon!