Natural treatments for stretch marks

Pregnant women or those who suddenly lose or gain weight are more likely to have stretch marks. So, we found 4 natural remedies for stretch marks.

Unfortunately, this problem although doesn’t affect our health, makes us anxious and frustrated because of skins bad appearance, especially when we struggle with all the power to remove them from our skin.

Although on the market are dozens treatments, each more expensive and more demanding than other, specially designed to remove stretch marks, you should not have high expectations. Any money you invest in these products, will not make stretch marks disappeared, the only method of complete removal is the surgical, laser or ultrasound way.

However, instead of using expensive creams, you can turn to natural treatments, much cheaper, and you might be surprised that they will work, even better than the luxury products.

Here are some of the best natural treatments:

Aloe Vera
On the market you can see a wide variety of creams and ointments that contain Aloe Vera. Acquire a cream and massage the areas affected by stretch marks daily, about three times a day. Also it would be great to have an aloe plant, you can massage the skin with the juice obtained from squeezing the plant.


Olive Oil
Olive oil is a powerful ally in fighting with stretch marks, especially if used regularly. Heat a little olive oil (as much as your skin supports), massage the skin, and wrap up with foil and wait for 20 minutes. After that, get in the shower to get rid of dead skin cells.




Balm with Swedish Bitter

Swedish balsam role is to heal wounds, but also to restore skin elasticity. Therefore it can be successfully used to significantly reduce stretch marks. Affected skin has to be massaged daily for at least a month, twice per day. In a short time, results will appear.

Marigold Cream

Although it is very oily, calendula cream helps reduce stretch marks. For visible results you can mix calendula cream, collagen and vitamin A. These ampules offer skin elasticity, treat stretch marks and prevent the emergence of new ones, are therefore they are especially recommended for massage during pregnancy.

VITAMIN D

Vitamin D helps the immune system to defend against viruses. It is a real natural health defender. Researchers at Oregon State University have published a major study showing that vitamin D has a crucial role for the immune system: stimulates immune function and destroys invading microorganisms (including viruses). Vitamin D prompts innate immune response by activating an antimicrobial protein.

This study shows that without sufficient vitamin D in their blood, viruses grow freely in your body. If you lack vitamin D, your immune system is weakened and does not work effectively. A simple example is: the people with lack of vitamin D get the flu more often in the winter.

Specific immune system genes are activated by vitamin D. Thus, it will protect the initial infection with the virus, in addition it will prevent the body to react in excess by swelling (bacterial pneumonia, an infection of the lungs). If your body maintains a sufficient level of vitamin D, the flu viruses are rapidly neutralized.

Sources of vitamin D

The main source of vitamin D is the skin. In the skin is found a fat, called pro-vitamin D. Under the influence of light, pro-vitamin turns into vitamin D which is then absorbed into the body through vessels located in the deep layer of skin.

What to do to protect our health?

Although you probably thought of supplementation with vitamins, it is much easier to follow a healthy diet and to have the correct alimentation.
High doses of vitamin D are found in natural pollen collected by bees, seeds, wheat (attention: not in germinated wheat), unrefined vegetable oils (sunflower, olive, rape, etc.. – the first extraction). Because this vitamin is very sensitive to heat, light, oxygen and acidic environments, fire-cooked food is very poor in vitamin D.

Although fish liver, fatty fish, egg yolks, whole milk and milk products are rich in vitamin D, by cooking them you diminish their amount of vitamin D (even pasteurized milk is the factory – at UHT is completely useless).

The recommendation is to eat foods rich in vitamin D – raw use, without heat treatment. This treatment (dietary) is absolutely safe, inexpensive, natural, and – most importantly – easy to follow.

In addition, it is very pleasant! Sufficient vitamin D in the blood will help your immune system to protect you against the swine flu, bird flu, human flu, and many other viruses. Vitamin D is a true support for the immune system, a guarantee of its well functioning and efficiency for a sustainable health.

have you gone bananas ?

it is ok to be a banana...

Never, put your banana in the refrigerator! !!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again .

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit.

It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest
ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking & Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and ma gnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in 'The New England Journal of Medicine, 'eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A banana a day keeps the doctor away!'

How & When to eat FRUIT

EATING FRUIT

We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It's not that easy. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit.

What's the correct way to eat fruit?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUIT AFTER MEAL! FRUIT SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

Eating fruit like that plays a major role in detoxifying your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities..

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.

Let's say you eat two slices of bread, then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it's prevented from doing so.

In the meantime, the whole meal rots and ferments, and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach, and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil
Eat your fruit on an empty stomach, or before your meal! You've heard people complain: Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc. This will not happen if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. Fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas. Hence, you bloat!

Graying Hair

Balding

Nervous Outburst

Dark Circles under the Eyes

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes - all of these will NOT happen if you eat fruit on an empty stomach.

There's no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruit becomes alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruit, you have the Secret of Beauty, Longevity, Health, Energy, Happiness and normal weight.
When you need to drink fruit juice drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't drink juice that has been heated. Don't eat cooked fruit; you don't get the nutrients at all. You get only the taste... Cooking destroys all of the vitamins

Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit-fast to cleanse your body. Eat fruit and drink fruit juice for just 3 days, and you will be surprised when your friends say how radiant you look!

KIWI:

Tiny but mighty, and a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange!

APPLE

An APPLE a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C, thereby helping to lower the risk of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY:

Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGES:

Eating 2-4 Oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones, and reduce the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON:

Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. Also a key source of lycopene, the cancer-fighting oxidant. Also found in watermelon: Vitamin C & Potassium..

GUAVA & PAPAYA:

Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, good for your eyes..

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer!

Can u believe this? For those who like to drink cold water, this applies to you. It's nice to have a cold drink after a meal, however, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you've just consumed, which slows digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer.. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks.

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they're asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Be careful, and be aware. The more we know, the better our chance to survive.