Skin Health

How our skin look is important to many of us. At the same time, your skin are organs that do special jobs that support life. Skin protects your inside organs from injury, 
bacteria, and viruses. Your skin, hair, and sweat glands help control body temperature. You can take steps to keep your skin  healthy. You can also look to your skin for clues to your overall health. And, as a bonus, good skin care will help you to feel your best, too.
Follow this simple skin care routine to keep your skin healthy and radiant:

+ Bathe in warm—not hot—water using mild cleansers that don’t irritate. Wash gently—don’t scrub.
+ Keep skin from drying out by drinking plenty of water and using gentle moisturizers, lotions, or creams.

Healthy skin

Menstrual cramps suffer no more!

To reduce the intensity of menstrual symptoms, you can change your diet:
• Less sugar, and slightly more protein.
• Diuretic foods such as eggplant, cucumbers and parsley can help diminish water retention.
•   Calcium supplements  (1 gram per day) and magnesium (500 milligrams) can help reduce anxiety (always take both).
• Vitamin B-6 (not more than 50 milligrams per day) can alleviate symptoms of anxiety and tension.

Iron is necessary to health

Without iron, there would be no hemoglobin in the blood. Hemoglobin gives red corpuscles their color. And it is the hemoglobin that carries oxygen to all parts of the body.

If you lack iron, an insufficient supply of oxygen in your hemoglobin will produce sensations of fatigue, headaches and shortness of breath. Men don’t have to worry too much: most men have a reserve of iron stored in their body that could last 3 years !

But women, because of the menstrual cycle, need twice as much iron as men. And the amount is even higher for pregnant women. Vitamin C doubles the amount of iron the body absorbs: so it is a good idea to add a glass of tomato or orange or grapefruit juice to every meal. On the other hand, tea reduces the amount of iron absorbed by 50% and coffee by about 39%.