Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Tea Tree Oil for Acne and Pimples

I have found a truly miracle Essential Oil! I tried this concoction on my sixteen year-old and it cleared up a massive outbreak in just two days! The nasty bacteria filled skin fell off to expose pink skin underneath and then beautiful acne free skin following.  The recipe is as follows:

1 Teaspoon of water to 3 or 4 drops of Tea Tree Oil, apply to pimple, blimish or entire face (anywhere on the body really).

We could not believe this truly worked. We had tried so many over the counter treatments as well as some highly televised items. We found absolutely nothing that worked. I did apply this to my daughter three different times throughout the day being that she has very bad breakouts. This may not work for everyone, however it worked well for us.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Grapefruit Juice can help you loose weight. Fact or fiction?

Everyone is looking for that miracle drink or pill that is just going to make all of those unwanted pounds just melt away. I can tell you from my experiences that there is no such pill. There are things that can help aide in weight loss and can actually shrink fat cells!

It all started with my best friend telling me she drank two containers of grapefruit juice daily and she lost like 10 pounds in two months. I thought wow that is great! I started drinking grapefruit juice too. I could not believe that I too began to notice a shrinking waist. Many argue that it does not cause you to loose weight. That you must lower your caloric intake as well. I tried this and found that I still lost weight eating what I wanted, however I did loose more eating low calore foods.

I starting drink one to two cartons of Florida's Natural pink Grapefruit juice and found thai it burned a lot of calories for me, helped me loose, made me crave sweets and sugars less and when I woke up in the morning I was starving! My stomach would growl excessively.

I am in no way trying to push a Grapefruit Juice diet. I am only passing along my "personal" experience with drinking it and loosing weight.

Below you will find the many benefits of consuming Grapfruits:

Grapefruits are great for the digestive system. They have a salicylic content which makes the fruit very valuable in aiding in the removal or dissolving of inorganic calcium that can form deposits in the joints, this happens many times with Arthritis. Grapefruits also contain Naringin, which has been shown to promote the ellimination of old red blood cells from the body which in return normalizes hematocrit levels. Another benefit of eating grapefruit or drinking its juice is that it contains a compound called galacturonic acid. This compound is only found in grapefruits and is has a therapeutic benefit in that it breaks up and dislodges the fatty plaque buildup in the arteries and carries it away.

Give Grapefruits a try today. You may not experience weight loss, however you will be drinking or eating something that is very beneficial to your health. If you do happen to loose weight and/or shrink those nasty fat cells all the better! :)

Saturday, May 28, 2011

My grandmother gave me a "good for the heart" and circulation tea recipe.

My grandmother is a wonderful woman who firmly believes there is a natural remedy for EVERYTHING. When I would call her (before I started trying natural remedies myself) to tell her the doctor prescribed a certain medication. She would tell me "Oh, Mandy those medications are bad for you, they will eat your liver". I would just laugh and blow off her comments and take the medication. Sometimes, I would have no side affects at all. Other times, I would have awful headaches, stomach issues, become very cranky (my husband would always find something we needed from the grocery store lol) or just would feel overall badly.

After trying some of the natural remedies my grandmother as well as others would give me, I stopped laughing and started researching and finding more natural cures and/or remedies. I was amazed that my grandmother was very right. In my findings thus far, there is indeed a natural remedy for many if not all ailments.

 I am including my first Natural Remedy Recipe below for a heart and circulation tea. It has helped my grandmother as well as myself when we feel anxious, have a heavy chest, arm pain, chest pain or just want to get our circulation moving. I hope this tea will help others as it has my grandmother as well as myself. I will warn you, it tastes absolutely horrible. I just hold my nose and drink an entire eight ounce of orange juice to mask the taste. You will be so glad you chose to be brave and finish the last drop.

"Good for the Heart and Circulation" Tea Recipe

1 Cup of water
1 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper (Organic if possible)
2 or 3 Tablespoons Maple Syrup (Organic if possible)
Half a lemon (Squeezed)

Boil one cup of water and mix with one teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper. Let steep for aproximately five minutes. Mix in Maple Syrup and Lemon.

That is all! :) Remember another tidbit my grandmother offered me. The things that are most beneficial to your health do not "tickle" your tongue.