Long overlooked or given a bad press, coconut oil is coming into its own at last. Packed with good qualities, it’s becoming an essential ingredient for both sweet and savoury recipes, but also, and more importantly, for your beauty regime. Here are some of its advantages… The benefits of coconut oil Coconut oil extracted from the kernel or meat of the coconut by cold pressing is slightly cloudy; solid below…
We often think of a sprain as a trivial thing, and start doing sport again as soon as the pain stops. I’ve just been through this experience myself, and I’d like to pass on to you the results of my thoughts and research. Of course I’m not a doctor, but I can tell you what happened to me, and what I’ve found out. The RICE protocol So, I sprained my…
Oftentimes, you might hear someone offering a compliment that depicts someone is just ‘glowing.’ While of course, this can be an exaggeration, there are certainly times when our skin can appear to have a real, healthy glow, and it’s noticeable by others. This healthy glow is not only desirable, but it’s completely attainable. And the best part? It doesn’t have to come from chemically-enhanced products, or by utilizing an expensive…
Every day of your life, words alter your consciousness. Every time you are stirred by a speech, moved by a poem, captivated by a story or touched by the lyrics of a song it is human thought, encoded in language and conveyed in written or spoken symbols, that is affecting you. So, as language is essentially thought made manifest, can the way we use our own words have an effect…
Is there anybody who hasn’t pounced on a bar of chocolate or a cake when they’ve been under stress or something sad has happened? Our emotions often get the upper hand, creating a feeling of hunger that has nothing to do with our body’s real needs. So, what’s the best way to stop “emotional eating”? Identify your emotions As is often the case, the first step towards avoiding a vicious…
Containing large amounts of lactose and casein, dairy milk is causing more and more dietary allergies. Some consumers have also turned away from it for ethic reasons. How can you replace the nutrients, fatty acids and vitamins provided by dairy milk? There are alternatives! A wide choice of vegetable milks Soya or soy milk is starting to be widely known, but it’s a long way from being the only vegetable-based…
A symbol of fertility since ancient times, the pomegranate has always been part of man’s therapeutic arsenal. Now science is taking an interest and its antioxidant properties are being studied. Let’s take a quick look at what antioxidants are. They’re molecules that are found in a lot of foods, which have the ability to capture the free radicals responsible for ageing. Antioxidants also help to reduce cholesterol levels, and to…
Placed in an environment at -110º for three minutes, the human body produces endorphins, which reduce pain. Sportsmen and women have been benefiting from this for a long time, and it is now reaching the general public. Using cold to ease pain is a very old technique, which got the official stamp of approval about 40 years ago when researchers became interested in its effects. Treatments using intense cold spread…
or Be grateful and it’ll make you patient! A study by an American psychologist looking for a link between patience and the level of gratitude that people feel towards others has prompted me to do some serious thinking. Here are the main points of the study, and its astonishing conclusion. David DeSteno, a researcher at Northeastern University, asked 105 volunteers to carry out a task using a computer – which…
There’s too much sugar in our lives! This “feel good” food, at high doses, is a real toxin for the body. However, reducing consumption is much easier than it might seem. Why not try a little detox? Too much! It’s too much! Sugar is practically an addiction in our society. People in France, for example, currently consume 20-30 kg (45-65 pounds) per year per person, compared with a little over…