Many people are not aware of the skin condition rosacea, even though it is quite common. Upon hearing it for the first time, one might actually think it is something pleasant, since the name reminds us of roses. The name is very similar?roses come from the family ?rosaceae?. The idea of having ?rosy? cheeks also
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Most of what we read and hear about salt tells us to reduce or avoid it in our diets, because excessive sodium intake can cause many health issues such as high blood pressure.? Most of us only think of salt as something to flavor our food with, but in fact, salt has many other uses;
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After receiving comments on my Paraben Police Report on The Body Shop, I realized that although I have referred to parabens several times in this blog, and told you that they are bad; I have never actually written a post telling you exactly what they are and why I choose to, and encourage people to
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Most people are aware of aloe vera?s soothing and healing capacities. Many families keep an aloe plant in the kitchen to use to quickly treat minor burns from cooking, and other minor wounds. Nearly every drug store and health food store sells a post-sun care product containing aloe vera because of its ability to soothe
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Hormones are responsible for many of the physiological changes that happen in the entire body, which almost always affects the skin. Hormonal changes can cause (or worsen) a range of problems in the skin, from acne breakouts and rosacea flare-ups, to pigmentation problems like melasma (“pregnancy mask”) and “liver spots”, to dehydration and dullness. Hormones:
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