Watch Labels on Your Cleaning Products

Companies are required by law to share any potential risks on their labels such as skin or eye irritants. They must share how to handle and store the product.  However, for cleaning products, not until now were they willing to share their ingredients.

Mixture of Sugar and Lemon Juice

Our hands have a way of giving away our real age.  And yes, they see the difference between freckles and brown sun spots, so let’s get rid of the later.  Try mixing 1 Tbsp. of sugar and the juice of one lemon.  Use a cotton ball to apply to the age spots on your hands, then rinse.  Lemons have a natural bleaching action and will, over time, fade sun spots.

Keep your hands out of the sun by wearing gloves when working in the yard and keep them well moisturized.

Enjoy The New Superfruit Jelly Belly's

Do you have a sweet tooth—yeah, me too!!  I am always looking for a snack that will satisfy my craving for something sweet!  Jelly Belly has just come out with a new “Superfruit Mix”.  They are made from natural sources and real juices, including acai, blueberry, pomegranate and cherry. According to their website, JellyBelly.com, pomegranate and cherry are very popular.

Walnuts are Rich in Antioxidants

Here is a report of the latest research on nut consumption from Medscape website.  The good news…nuts are good for us!

The consumption of nuts of nearly any type improves blood lipid levels, lowering total- and LDL-cholesterol levels, and improves important lipid ratios, according to the results of a new meta-analysis [1]. The cholesterol-lowering effects of nuts are dose related and more pronounced in individuals with higher baseline LDL-cholesterol levels and in those with a lower body-mass index (BMI), according to investigators.

Phyto B

I finally found a product to banish my menopause symptoms, and it’s completely natural.  

I always said in my younger years, “I can’t wait for menopause and hot flashes because I’m always cold.” Be careful what you wish for! Thankfully, the hot flashes never came, but I was having a terrible time with night sweats. The first night that I had one, I woke in horror as I thought a large spider was crawling across my chest. It was sweat, rolling down to the sheet! Now, you that don’t know me must realize that I rarely sweat, even in the hottest summer months. Maybe a slight glistening, as they say in the movies. So this phenomenon was totally new to me.

Eat a Wide Variety of Healthy Foods

The human skeleton consists of both fused and individual bones supported and supplemented by ligaments, tendons, muscles and cartilage.  It serves as a scaffold which supports organs, anchors muscles and protects organs such as the brain, lungs and heart.  The biggest bone in the body is the femur in the upper leg, and the smallest is the stapes bone in the middle ear.  In an adult, the skeleton comprises around 14% of the total body weight and half of this weight is water.

When we are young we don’t give much thought to this skeletal system, but the older we get we are reminded of its importance.  Here is a list of the bone-building vitamins and where we can find them in our foods.

SoundSleeping.com

This is my pick for July: SoundSleeping.com

I am really in love with this website.  In fact, as I write this, I am listening to sounds of thunder, rain and the ocean all created by me with what is provided on this website.  They are promoting “Sounds to Promote Sleep & Relaxation”.   They offer tips for sound sleep, MP3 downloads and relaxing music with nature slideshows. And it’s fun.

I am betting that you will love this one too.  I encourage you to explore this wonderful website.