There are many uses for coconut oil, from cooking with it to using as a treatment for various problems but the most interesting fact is that you can use it as a beauty all in one product.
You should get original and playful with thanks to its huge variety of beneficial proprieties and because it is natural you can’t do any mistakes.Also, don’t forget to check out the
health uses of coconut oil .

Coconut oil can be used as a makeup remover

Thanks to its nourishing healthy fats this is the best way to make sure your face gets a great treatment while you remove your makeup. Also, what it makes coconut oil such a good cleaner for makeup is the fact that its composition of fatty acids helps bind with the makeup and then make it easy for you to cleanse it.

Use it to cleanse your face and moisturize both your skin and hair

This is by far the most useful beauty product that i have ever tried and there is no doubt, the most natural. You can use coconut oil for achieving a healthy looking glow in your skin and hair while also make it stronger and more resistant to mechanical and chemical damage.
That means this oil can be used as a sunscreen and protect your entire body from bad ultraviolet light that can cause skin cancer and wrinkles.

A great shaving cream and hair conditioner

You can apply coconut oil as a shaving cream to go smooth on your legs and as a hair conditioner if you want to get rid of that nasty dandruff.
As a bonus tip: if you usually have split dry hair ends you can massage a little coconut oil on them to prevent that and make your hair look amazing and natural.

Use coconut oil for teeth health, bad breath and whitening

The technique that you can use for all these amazing benefits is called Coconut Oil Pulling and it helps your dental health in a big way.
Firstly it gets rid of the harmful, odor causing bacteria in your mouth and then it makes sure cleanse your teeth from the collecting plaque and so you will see an improvement in terms of whiter teeth.

Got iron? Many women don't
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world , and women are among those at greatest risk. Iron is critical for producing hemoglobin, a protein that helps red blood cells deliver oxygen throughout your body. So without it, everything suffers—and can lead to
anemia. Check out these symptoms of iron deficiency and, if you have them, see your doc and request a ferritin test, which measures your body's iron stores.


You're exhausted
The most common symptom of iron deficiency, it's also possibly the most difficult one to detect. Women are so used to having frenetic lives and feeling tired. They often just dismiss being tired as part of life. However, iron deficiency causes less oxygen to reach your tissues, so your body is deprived of the energy it needs. If your "normal" fatigue is coupled with you feeling, weak, irritable, or unable to focus, iron (or a lack thereof) might have something to do with it. After all, there's a reason people whose iron deficiency progresses into anemia are often said to have "tired blood."


You have heavy periods
In women, the number-one cause of iron deficiency is too-heavy periods. They lose too much blood, replace about half of it, and then lose too much again the following month. It's like filling up a car with a small hold in the tank. Your period should only fill two to three tablespoons each month. Try the tampon test: If you have to change your tampon more frequently than every two hours, talk to your gyno.


You're pale
There's a reason the words "pale" and "sickly" are often used interchangeably. Hemoglobin gives your blood its red color and, thus, your skin its rosy hue. That means that low levels of the protein can suck the color straight from your skin. If you have a light complexion, it's pretty easy to spot. No matter your skin tone, though, if the inside of your lips, your gums, and the inside of your bottom eyelids are less red than usual, low iron may be to blame.


You get short of breath easily
No matter how deeply you breathe, if your oxygen levels are low, you'll feel out of air. If you notice yourself getting out of breath doing things that you'd normally handle just fine—be it climbing a flight or stairs or knocking out your usual workout—iron deficiency could be to blame.


Your heart is pounding
An overworked heart can end up suffering from irregular heartbeats, heart murmurs, enlargement, and even heart failure. Before you freak out, don't. For things to get that bad, you would probably have to suffer from iron deficiency anemia for quite some time, suggests a review of
cardiomyopathy and iron deficiency in the Texas Heart Institute Journal . However, if you know you have heart problems, it's important to get your iron levels checked as iron deficiency can worsen existing heart problems.


You have restless leg syndrome
Can't stop fidgeting? About 15% of people with restless leg syndrome have iron deficiency. The lower the iron levels, the worse the symptoms.


Your head hurts
An iron-deficient body will prioritize getting oxygen to your brain before it worries about other tissues, but even then, your noggin will still get less than it ideally should. In response, the brain's arteries can swell, causing headaches.

You crave clay, dirt, and ice
Called pica, craving (and actually eating) non-food substances can be a sign of of iron deficiency. Iron-deficient people may be tempted to chow down on chalk, clay, dirt, and paper. Luckily, most women opt for ice.


You feel anxious for no reason
As if your life wasn't stressful enough, iron deficiency can trick you into feeling even more anxious . A lack of oxygen revs up your body's sympathetic nervous system, which is kind of like your body's gas pedal. Plus, since iron deficiency can send your heart racing, it's easy to feel like you're in fight-or-flight mode even when you have every reason to feel relaxed.


You're losing your hair
Iron deficiency, especially when it progresses into full-blown iron deficiency anemia, can cause hair loss. "It sends your body into survival mode, so your body channels oxygen to support vital functions as opposed to ones like keeping your hair intact. Don't panic if there are a few hairs in your drain, though. Most scalps lose about 100 hairs on a good day.


You're vegetarian or vegan
All iron is not created equal. Your body absorbs heme iron—which comes from meat, poultry, and fish—two to three times more efficiently than non-heme iron from plants. You can still get enough iron with careful meal planning. Dark leafy greens, whole grains, and legumes are all rich in iron; pair them with vitamin-C-rich foods like bell peppers, berries, and broccoli to boost your absorption.


You have an underactive thyroid
Iron deficiency slows your body's thyroid function and blocks its metabolism-boosting effects. Hypothyroidism if often missed—six in 10 people with a thyroid disease don't know they have it,so if you notice low energy levels, weight gain, or even a lower body temperature, talk to your doctor.


You're pregnant
Folic acid deservedly gets a lot of pre-natal press, but babies-to-be also need iron, and they can steal mom's stores. What's more, many women lose a substantial amount of blood during delivery, which can lower iron counts. If you're pregnant with multiples, have pregnancies close together, or regularly vomit because of morning sickness, you may need to boost your iron intake.


Your tongue looks weird
Besides sapping the color out of your tongue, low iron counts can reduce levels of myoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that supports muscle health, like the muscle that makes up the tongue. As a result, many people who are iron deficient complain of a sore, inflamed, and strangely smooth tongue.


You have celiac or an inflammatory bowel disease
Even if you get enough iron in your diet, celiac disease and inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's and ulcerative colitis can lead to problems absorbing nutrients, iron included. These conditions cause inflammation in and damage to the digestive tract. If you've been diagnosed with any of these GI diseases, talk to you doctor about how you can increase your iron absorption.



How to get more iron
Iron requirements aren't one-size-fits-all, especially for women . Women between the ages of 19 and 50 typically need 18 mg per day. However, if you're pregnant, that amount bumps up to 27 mg. If you're breastfeeding, you should get just 9 mg. Plus, how heavy your periods are could also alter your needs. Older than 50 and not menstruating? You only need 8 mg per day. That's not a hard target to hit—a single serving of lentils, spinach, beef, nuts, chicken, or chickpeas, will all score you at least a couple milligrams.
And when it comes to iron, more isn't necessarily better. "While most the attention is on iron deficiency, there is a concern as well for iron overload, which studies indicate can damage internal organs and may increase the risk of diabetes, heart attack, and cancer, particularly in older people.

Give your hair and nails a boost

Whey protein

Soap contains many chemicals such as foaming agents, colours, preservatives, artificial frangrances, caustic soda e.t.c.  Facial skin is very delicate and sensitive and soap shouldn't be used on it.
Your skin doctor might have told you to never ever apply soap on your face, and you have always wondered why is that. What could be so bad in soap that it cannot be used on the face.
Well, your dermatologist is right, using soap on face is one of the gravest skincare mistakes. Here is why,

Our skin is acidic, while soap is alkaline 
In simple words, the natural Barrier of your skin is made up of acid mantle. Anything below pH7 is acidic and anything above is alkaline. Generally, our skin's pH is between 4 and 6.5, even among those with a very oily skin. Soap, on the other hand, is the opposite - extremely alkaline. Soap messes with skin's pH and it's acid mantle, making skin condition worse. So, avoid soap for the best.

Soap makes your skin dry
Even people with an oily skin should not use soap on their face. Soap robs off natural oils, leading to a tighter, drier skin. If your skin is super greasy, use a face wash that is especially suited for that skin type. It will effectively wash off oils and dirt from skin's surface without disturbing the delicate pH balance. Washing your face with soap is like washing it with a detergent

Soap can severely damage your skin
When you wash your skin with the wrong kind of products, it looks dull, haggard and wrinkled. The list of wrong products includes soap. Soap is only one kind;there are no different varieties for different skin types. Horse chemicals present in soap may work to clean your body but they damage the delicate skin of your face. So, keep the soap away and invest in quality face wash instead.
If you wish to use the ultra-moisturising varieties of soap marketed by various brands these days, consult your skin doctor first. Make sure you use a product that keeps your skin young and beautiful.

1. Lions are the second largest big cats species in the world... Behind Tigers. 
2. The average male lion weighs around 180kg while the average female lion weighs around 130kg
3. The heaviest lion on record weighed an amazing 375kg
4. Lion can reach a speed of up to 81 kph but only in short bursts because of a lack of stamina 
5. The roar of a lion can be heard from 8 kilometers 
6. Most lions found in the wild live in southern and eastern parts of Africa 
7. Lions are very social compared to other cats species, often living in prides that feature female, offsprings and a few adult males
8. Male lions are easy to recognize thanks to their distinctive manes. Males with darker manes are more likely to attract female lion
9. Lions are the National animal of Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, England, Ethiopia, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Singapore 
10. Lions in the wild live for around 12 years
11. When lion breed with Tigers the resulting hybrids are known as ligers and tigons. There are also lion and Leopard known as leopons and lion and jaguar hybrids known as Jaglions. 
12. Lioness especially are better hunters than males and do most of the hunting for a pride 
13. In the wild lions rest for around 20 hours a day. 
14. Lionesses are caring mothers who will even take care of a neglected cub, allowing him/her to suckle and giving them a chance to survive. Two or more lionesses in a group tend to give birth around the same time, and the cubs are raised together. Cubs are extremely playful.
15. Lions communicate through a range of behaviours and their expressive movements are very highly developed. They will perform peaceful tactile actions such as licking each other and rubbing heads. Head rubbing, or nuzzling, is a common greeting behaviour for lions. They also communicate through a variety of vocalisations including purrs, snarls, miaws and hissing. Their vocalisations also vary in intensity and pitch.

Quick bites:

• Hypertension occurs when the pressure of blood flow is too high against the walls of arteries 
• It is a pretty common disease and is induced by poor lifestyle and diet choices
• Diet changes such as cutting out salt and sugar is vital to treat hypertension 
• Cardamom if taken regularly can help maintain healthy blood pressure levels

Cardamom

Hypertension is defined as blood pressure above 140/90. It is a pretty  common ailment in today's time and around 75 billion people suffer it around the world. Our lifestyle and eating habits have changed to a great extent contributing to increasing occurrence of hypertension related cardiovascular diseases. Less and less physical activity, processed and fatty foods, sodium rich diet and stress of modern lifestyle are the factors responsible for increasing cases of hypertension amongst young and old
A major part of the cure for hypertension is altering the patient's diet and adopting a more active lifestyle. Cutting out sugar, salt and fatty foods and eating healthier improves the condition by a great degree. A healthy diet plan can be supplemented with certain herbs and spices to your diet, which are known to help relieve hypertension.
One such spice is Cardamom. Cardamom is a common household spice in Indian kitchens. It is used for its distinct aroma and taste;however, it also has medicinal properties. A recent study shows that by incorporating a small amount of Cardamom in diet, healthy blood pressure levels can be maintained.

Cardamom is a widely used seasoning valued for its sweet aroma and unique taste. Cardamom and high blood pressure treatment has been a topic of research with some studies showing that Cardamom powder if taken daily can help lower blood pressure. It is easily available worldwide and has a variety of uses in the kitchen. Here are some tips for including Cardamom in your diet



Add it to your savory dishes;
Cardamom is usually added to sweets and desserts, however it takes the flavors of savory dishes up a notch owing to its incredible aroma. Cardamom has been used for hundreds of years to add flavor to biryanis and gravies. You can add Cardamom in tomato based sauces and enjoy the taste as well as health benefits

As a seasoning ;
Sprinkle Cardamom powder on your snacks such as roasted nuts or add a little to your soup and savor the floral aroma

Add flavor to milk;
Cardamom infused milk makes a tasty treat before bedtime. However, makes sure not to add too much sugar or use sugar free alternatives to sweeten your drink.

As mouth freshner;
Cardamom is a traditional Indian mouth fresher. Chew on the seeds post meals to freshen your breath and reap good health benefits.

Your throat is a tube that carries food to your esophagus and air to your windpipe and larynx. The technical name for throat is pharynx.

The following are 6 habits you can easily insert in your daily regimen to keep your throat healthy.

Hydrate Often

1. The bank of America was originally called the bank of Italy, until the founder,  Amedeo Giannini, changed the name in 1930.

2. Men have nipples because, as an embryo, everyone is a female until the Y chromosome kicks in.

3. Frogs dont drink water.

4. Three-hundred-millon cells die in the human body every minute.

5. Birds do not sleep in their nest, although they may rest in them from time to time.

     Today I found out that dolphins don’t breathe automatically, rather it is always consciously done.
     An interesting consequence of the fact that they need to be conscious to control their breathing is that they can never be truly unconscious, even when they sleep. However, being mammals, their brains do need to enter a type of unconscious state every now and again in order to continue to function properly.
How dolphins handle this is to put one half of their brain to sleep, while the other half is still conscious and functioning. They then alternate which side is sleeping periodically. They stay in this state for approximately eight hours a day. Doing this allows them to be conscious enough to control their breathing and periodically swim to the surface and get air, while still giving their brain the rest it needs.

Dolphins use not only their eyesight, but also echolocation (similar to sonar) to avoid obstacles and find prey.
The name “dolphin” comes from the ancient Greek “delphis”, which means more or less “fish with a womb”.
Dolphins have been observed to teach their young to use tools. They also have been observed to display a variety of cultural characteristics such as holding a type of funeral ceremony for their dead.
Dolphins have no sense of smell due to lacking any olfactory nerve and lobes. They use their sense of taste much like we use our sense of smell though. Dolphins will often taste the water around them for this purpose.
The ancient Romans once used dolphins to help them fish. The dolphins were trained to drive fish towards fishermen. Once a large enough group of fish was near the fisherman, the dolphins would signal the fishermen to cast their nets. Today, this practice can still be observed in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Amazon river dolphins swim upside down. It is thought that the humps on their backs help them feel around on the bottom of the river to locate food. This also may help them see what is below them better as below their eyes they have puffy cheeks that obstruct their vision.
Bottle nose dolphins and killer whales belong to the same family.
Dolphins are the only animal other than humans that develop a natural form of type 2 Diabetes.
Dolphins trained to kill by the Soviet Union were sold to Iran in the 1990s when the Russian military closed its marine mammal program. The United States Navy still has such a program, though dolphins are supposedly not trained to kill, but rather to perform other tasks.

Whether roasted, cooked or made into pudding, corn or maize, many Nigerians savour this sweet food. Known scientifically as Zea mays, is one of the most popular cereals in the world including Nigeria. Some health benefits of corn include controlling diabetes, prevention of heart ailments, lowering hypertension and prevention of neural-tube defects at birth. Want to know more, then you have to read this piece, LIVEGOOD247  has put together for you…

– Although we often associate corn with the color yellow, it actually comes in a host of different varieties featuring an array of different colors, including red, pink, black, purple, and blue.

– Corn will always have an even number of rows on each cob.

– In the days of the early settlers to North America, corn was so valuable that it was used as money and traded for other products such as meat and furs.

– Corn not only provides the necessary calories for healthy, daily metabolism, but is also a rich source of vitamins A, B, E and many minerals.

– Its high fiber content ensures that it plays a significant role in the prevention of digestive ailments like constipation and hemorrhoids as well as colorectal cancer.

– The antioxidants present in corn also act as anti-carcinogenic agents and prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

– Besides being a delicious addition to any meal, corn is a rich source of calories and is a staple among dietary habits in many populations.

– It reduces the risk of hemorrhoids and colorectal cancer because the fiber content of one cup of corn amounts to 18.4% of the daily recommended amount.

– According to researchers, corn oil has been shown to have an anti-atherogenic effect on cholesterol levels, thus reducing the risk of various cardiovascular diseases. Corn oil, particularly, is the best way to increase heart health, and this is derived from the fact that corn is close to an optimal fatty acid combination.

– Corn helps to prevent anemia caused by deficiency of these vitamins. Corn also has a significant level of iron, which is one of the essential minerals needed to form new red blood cells; a deficiency in iron is one of the main cause of anemia as well.

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