Most folks know that vinegar is used in kitchen recipes, canning, and even for household cleaning and other home care.  Did you know that the acetic acid in vinegar has attributes that make it good to use for other applications, including medicinal use, personal care, and pet care? Medicinal/Home Remedies Let’s start with what matters most—our health and feeling better when we’re coming down with something or have somehow hurt ourselves.  Try the following suggestions for relief. Cough – A sprinkling of apple cider vinegar on your pillowcase or on a cloth near your head
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Regardless of the color hair you have, or whether it’s coarse, fine, or thick, it’s all hair. Maybe you’ve paid money to have those luscious blonde locks or that perfect red hair, or maybe you just lucked out. Taking care of it on a daily basis keeps it looking its best. This includes shampoos, and for those of you looking to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle, choosing the products you put in your hair is important. Have you tried to pronounce some of the ingredients that are in your shampoo though? Chances are those ingredients
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Many women and some men enjoy dying their hair. Some people want to keep the gray covered while others simply like to change the color of their hair. However, hair dyes are full of chemicals that are not only unhealthy for your hair, they could be detrimental for your health. Anything you put on your hair goes to your scalp. This means there is the possibility that chemicals could penetrate your skin and get into your blood stream. Hair dyes also have fumes that could cause health problems when you breathe them in repeatedly. This
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Honey is one of nature’s most delightful creations. This gooey, sticky liquid that can range from dark amber to light gold in color is a miracle creation made by our friends the honeybees. Honey is not only tasty, it is also very good for you. It is a natural source of sweetness, uncontaminated by human
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You have heard the expression literally a thousand times in your life, “You are what you eat.” The assumption being that whatever you put in your mouth has an affect on your body – good, bad, or indifferent. If you eat excessive amounts of starch and other things that turn into sugar, your body will thank you by developing diabetes. If you eat too much meat and not enough vegetables, your body will return the favor by making you (forgive the bluntness) bloated and constipated. By contrast, if you eat lots of green veggies (especially
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