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You may be stocking your fridge with apple cider and white vinegar for silly things like salad dressing, but you are missing the whole point. Yes, you can use vinegar in cooking but it also has a treasure trove of awesome beauty uses – so you may want to start buying the supersize bottles.
Clear up acne
Vinegar can help to clear skin issues and stop acne. The vinegar’s acidity will dry out pimples, allowing healthy and fresh skin to come in, says Lynda Torrey, Director of Education at Woodhouse Day Spa. Some additional benefits of vinegar to the skin include regulating pH levels, promoting blood circulation in capillaries that irritate the skin, and reducing scaly or peeling skin.
Cold sore remedy
If you have a painful canker sore that is giving you grief, dab it with vinegar a few times a day. It’ll help to reduce the swelling and the pain, and also help to keep the area clean and non-infected!
Longer lasting manicures
Sometimes, it’s the base that creates the manicure. Before you even start, soak your fingers in a bowl of vinegar for a few minutes. This will help to remove any residual surface oils from your nails, creating a longer lasting manicure!
Mouthwash
Though gargling with vinegar doesn’t sound super appetizing, it is a great way to get rid of stinky garlic breath in a pinch. Mix a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water and swish. You may not feel minty fresh, but you won’t stink!
For dull, lackluster hair
Harsh shampoos often strip hair of its natural moisture, leaving it feeling dry all over. The acidity of apple cider vinegar counteracts that process and helps revitalize your hair, leaving it soft […]
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Your digestive system is so much more than a winding tract that transports food from point A to point B. Thanks to your gut, foods you eat are broken down so you can absorb the nutrients that benefit your body from head to toe. Bacteria are crucial players in that process. And a slew of new research is finding just how big of a role the bugs that colonize your colon may have on your overall health including improved immunity, decreased risk of obesity, a happier mood, and more.
A study published this month in the journal BioEssays finds that your gut microbes may influence your cravings based on the nutrients they need to thrive (crazy, right?). Another study suggests bacteria in your bowel could influence your personality traits and mood, which may help explain why up to 80 percent of people with irritable bowel syndrome suffer from depression and anxiety. How, exactly, the microbes have such a profound effect on our health is still to be determined. One theory is the byproducts they produce travel through our bloodstream and impact our organs.
The good news? You can influence the balance of good-for-you bacteria to reap the healthy rewards. Here, a few simple strategies.
Fill Up on Fiber
“Probiotics are good bacteria that are important for your digestive health and prebiotics are anything that helps probiotics grow,” says Roshini Raj, M.D., a gastroenterologist at NYU Medical Center/Tisch Hospital and founder of probiotic skincare line TULA. “Probiotics thrive on fiber.” That’s because fiber travels through your small intestine without being broken down and reaches your colon where bacteria go to town. The problem: Less than three percent of Americans meet the daily recommendations for fiber, so be sure to add more fiber-rich foods, especially […]
Unfortunately, if you’ve received unwanted stretch marks from pregnancy, weight gain, or weight loss, it doesn’t look like there is any easy way to get rid of them.
Dr. Roshini Raj, medical editor of Health magazine, reveals there is no cure-all lotion or cream that will reliably erase the stretch marks that start out red or purple, then fade to white over time.
However, she does give some tips on prevention and (pricey) treatment.
While it’s virtually impossible to avoid skin stretching during pregnancy, she recommends staying hydrated and exercising regularly to improve circulation to your skin to maintain elasticity.
Although some women swear by them, there is no scientific evidence to back up the various belly rubs marketed toward pregnant women that help prevent stretch marks, but they do contain ingredients that help retain moisture.
The best, but unfortunately most expensive method of eliminating stretch marks is seeking the help of a board-certified dermatologist for micro-dermabrasion or a chemical peel.
The procedures slowly remove layers of scarred skin tissue, but can cost up to $600 a session and require about six treatments on any spot that needs work!
Sorry, ladies! Sounds like your best bet is to talk to your dermatologist to figure out the best plan that works for both your body and budget.
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You know those special yogurts and fermented drinks that promise to fill your tummy with friendly flora and good bacteria? Now they have that for your face.
In case you’ve never watched Dr. Oz or stepped into a Whole Foods, these beneficial bacteria are referred to as probiotics: microorganisms similar to those that naturally populate your gut. Depleting these micro-critters through poor diet or taking antibiotics can cause major digestive problems. As it turns out, your skin works in a similar way.
Studies like this one, published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, and these reports, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, suggest that probiotics can help reduce skin inflammation–acne, rosacea, eczema, even wounds–by crowding out harmful bacteria (just as they do in the intestinal tract).
Participants in most of the studies took oral probiotic supplements, but topical probiotics can be found in skin care brands like TULA, which I recently tried out.
A relatively new line, TULA incorporates probiotics in its entire range of skin-balancing products. They sent me four samples to try: The Illuminating Face Cleanser, Illuminating Face Serum, Hydrating Day & Night Cream, and Revitalizing Eye Cream.
With a mild, clean scent, the products were lovely and luxurious to use. My favorite was the super hydrating Day and Night Cream. Its rich texture was reminiscent of Greek yogurt, and it felt soothing when layered under my sunscreen. The eye cream was similarly rich and velvety. I especially liked popping it in the fridge before use as an under-eye moisture mask.
Filled with antioxidants, the serum was much lighter and thinner in texture, making it ideal for those with oily skin. The cleanser, however, was a bit drying for my skin.
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We know you care about makeup and hair in the Summer, but let’s get real: the body may just be the most important part. There’s no more time to procrastinate on your skin and body care routine because bikini season is here! Any day now you’re going to head out to the beach, where 80 percent of your skin will be on display. That’s why we’ve rounded up the best beauty buys that cater to perfecting your complexion from head to toe. Everything from wrinkle fighters to self-tanners and sunscreens can be found below, and all these launches are brand-new for Summer.
Tula Skin Care Discovery Collection ($49) is packed with the same good-for-you ingredients as your breakfast. Probiotic skin care? That’s what we call skin food . . .
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Natural probiotics are popping up everywhere. Here are 6 unusual places you might find them.
Okay, so we’re all familiar with the importance of natural probiotics for gut health (those Activia commercials make indigestion look so fun, don’t they?) – and word has it they’re also being used in a number of wild and wacky (but apparently effective) ways. Let’s explore them, shall we?
Here are 6 unusual uses for natural probiotics:
1. Cleaning your home
The idea behind natural probiotics in household cleaners is that our cleaning products tend to temporarily sterilize the area you’ve cleaned, but there’s nothing to prevent the pathogenic bacteria from sprouting up again. By using cleaning supplies that contain probiotics, you’re essentially giving your home a shot of “good” bacteria to protect it from the “bad.”
2. Healing cuts and scrapes
Natural probiotics may also come in handy for minor injuries, like small cuts and scrapes, to keep them infection-free and reduce inflammation.
3. Maintaining oral health
Bad breath is usually caused by a build-up of icky bacteria in your mouth, so it adds up that adding natural probiotics to your oral health routine – like probiotic-spiked mouthwash or toothpaste – could help stave off a case of the nasties. There’s even a case built on the potential benefits ofprobiotic chewing gum. For real.
4. Fighting nasal congestion
Also coming to a medicine cabinet near you: Natural probiotics may help treat sinus congestion and other sinus issues. One study found that a probiotic supplement helped decrease “bad” bacteria in nasal passages, while another found it helped to reduce hay fever symptoms.
5. Improving skin
“Probiotics” has become a big buzz word in the beauty biz (try saying thatfive times fast!), and using them topically has become known as the new frontier. “The American Academy of Dermatology has called probiotics one […]
Why Do I Need Extra Cancer Screenings?
Having more colonoscopies isn’t fun, but it can save your life.
When it comes to screening tests, colonoscopies rank right up there on the list of everyone’s least favorite. For most people, this test to look for colorectal cancer is just a once-every-10-years annoyance. But if you’ve had inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) — either ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease — for a long time, you’ll need to have the test done every year or two.
The fact is, if you’ve had IBD for more than 8 years, you need more frequent colonoscopies because you’re at a higher risk of developing colon cancer, says gastroenterologist Roshini Raj, MD, assistant professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center. “And because colon cancer is treatable when caught early, screening and looking out for warning symptoms are very important,” she says.
Why Is Your Risk Higher?
The reason having IBD for a long time puts you at greater risk for colorectal cancer has to do with inflammation. Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation in the lining of your colon (large intestine). Crohn’s disease can cause inflammation in any part of your digestive tract, including the colon. Over time, that chronic inflammation can make it more likely that you’ll develop colon cancer. And the more of your colon that has chronic inflammation, the higher your risk.
Dr. Raj says colon cancer has become less common in the IBD population in recent years, but the reason for the decline is unknown. “It may be due to more screening, better IBD treatments and more effective colonoscopy techniques,” she says. “But since we don’t know how much each of these is contributing to the decrease, the screening recommendations haven’t changed.”
Why Screening Matters
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