Honey Masks Can Bring Out Natural Beauty

I really like honey in my tea, on cereal and in cooking. I never even thought that honey would be good for my skin, but I have been looking for organic skin products and thought that maybe honey would work. It turns out that it is very good for the skin because it is a natural antibacterial and also is an antiseptic. Who knew? From my cooking I know that it contains amino acids and enzymes and that also has to be good for the skin. Wow, I also found that it naturally cures acne!

I found that it cures the acne because it cleans the skin and because of the antibacterial properties it keeps anything from growing on the skin. Antioxidants in honey seem also to protect from the sun, so hooray, it is a sun block too!

So I guess I really don’t need all those potions and lotions with all the stuff we can’t even pronounce when there are the natural anti-aging properties in the honey that is right in my own kitchen. And I can even make my own honey mask to cure the acne and dark spots. What a deal.

Making Honey Masks

In order to make a honey mask, you have to mix it with something. Why use not something else from the kitchen like lemon, milk, oatmeal or anything else that might be good for the skin and for almost nothing, especially compared to the products in the stores.

Try these on for size:

• Combine some raw honey with a few drops of lavender and put on the skin for about 15 minutes

• For sensitive skin: a little bit (a tablespoon) of raw honey, half banana, ¼ cup cooked oatmeal with milk and egg to form a paste Continue reading

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Breast Feeding Is the Gold Standard!

There are many reasons why breast feeding has great advantages. Most doctors recommend breast feeding over formulas when possible. One doctor called mothers milk “liquid gold”. Another doctor look at formulas as a distant 2nd to mothers milk. The reason is that babies benefit greatly from mothers milk over formulas for multiple health reasons that go beyond infancy. Immune factors (infection, disease) and brain building factors (DHA, cholesterol) are generally the two distinct health benefits babies receive from being breast fed. Besides being the best nutrition it provides the strongest bonding time between mother and baby.

No formula can compete with the natural diet breast milk offers. Perfectly balanced amounts of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates made specially for human babies. The whole process of pregnancy includes the production of milk for your baby. This is true of all mammals alike. The basic ingredients found in milk are protein, vitamins, minerals, lactose, fat and water. The difference that makes the milk unique to each species are proportions and the kinds of proteins and fats found in the different species milk. One example is the fact that protein in human milk is lower than other species especially cow’s milk. Also within the protein, amino acids play an important role in the make up of these proteins. Taurine for example is an amino acid that is found in large quantities in human milk and plays an important role in brain and eye development. The vitamin’s and mineral’s in mothers milk are specially formulated naturally by the human body. Continue reading

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