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Reasons to Put Mayonnaise in Your Hair and Blue Cheese on Your Muscles
We talk a lot about the value ingesting
whole organic foods, but it is also important to mind what you put on the
outside of your body, as well. The skin is the largest and fastest growing
organ, and of course, whatever you put on it – it will eat! Knowing this, it is
prudent for us to think carefully about any, ointments, rubs or other personal
care products that we use to look and feel our best.
One alternative to commercial products is
to employ whole organic foods; the same foods we eat can be equally as
effective when placed on the skin.
Here are 3 reasons to consider using whole
foods for both beauty and health.
#1 Whole organic foods are chemical-free
One really great reason to consider the
use of whole foods for health and beauty is that they are 100 percent clean and
natural. Whole organic foods are not put through rigorous processing, and don’t
contain additives, pesticides or GMOs.
Fact: Over
400 personal care products sold in our country contain dangerous chemicals that
other countries do not allow.
According to a survey conducted by the
Environmental Working Group, 25 percent of women use more than 15 products each
day that contain over 126 different ingredients, with as many as one in five
being carcinogenic.
#2 Whole organic foods are full of
nutrients
Whole organic foods are teeming with
nutrients, many with powerful medicinal properties.
Keep in mind, the actual potency a number
of personal care and health products is found in nature. However, since it is
impossible to patent whole foods, corporations extract their goodness and
commingle it with other synthetic ingredients, with the end result being a
patentable and marketable product.
When the potent properties found in whole
foods are extracted from the whole, what is left is something subpar. Using
whole foods, not extractions, to boost health allows all the goodness from the
food to work in synergy to repair, restore and revitalize. Whole foods are in a
form that our body knows how to use – they speak the same language as our cells
and feed our bodies whether we eat them with our mouth or through our skin.
#3 Whole foods are inexpensive and simple
As if being chemical free and full of
nutrients were not enough, whole foods are also a lot less expensive and
simpler than commercial products. The more ingredients that a product contains,
the more complicated it is and the more likely it is that there will be side
effects from its use, either short or long term.
The next time you need to condition your
hair or treat a sore muscle and have a prodcut in hand , ask yourself this –
“Would I eat this for dinner?” If the answer is no, you probably don’t want to
use it externally, either. Here are a couple of great whole food options to
consider instead.
Roquefort blue cheese for muscle pain
Do you ever get those nagging muscle pains
after a long workout or just too much time spent on your feet? Even things that
we do every day, like bending over to pick something up or climbing a flight of
stairs, can result in muscle strain and pain.
We are talking about one of the stinkiest
French cheeses around, Roquefort blue cheese, which is made from sheep’s milk.
Scientists have discovered that this aged, aromatic cheese is good for more
than flavoring your meals – it actually contains anti-inflammatory properties
that can significantly ease muscle pain in as little as twenty minutes. Dr. Oz
has even highlighted this cheese on his website as a one of the top nine home
remedies.
Doctors at a Cambridge-based biotech
company have developed a technology which helps them identify anti-inflammatory
factors in foods. According to team leaders, the potent properties in
well-ripened Roquefort could be extracted and used in anti-aging and beauty
creams, and other pharmaceutical applications because of it ability to reduce
inflammation.
The next time you have muscle pain, simply
rub a small amount of blue cheese on the affected area, and after twenty
minutes, wipe it away.
Key to beautiful hair
How do you think of your hair? Do you
think of it as living or dead? Many people will freely put almost anything on
their hair because they think it is dead and nothing will harm it, including
coloring agents, shampoos, conditioners, straightening oils and sprays. After
all, you may suppose, your hair does not bleed or hurt when it is cut right?
However, the thought that your hair is
actually dead is really only half true. Although your locks on the outside of
your scalp are psychologically dead, containing no blood, muscles or nerves,
your scalp and the hair root are alive and sensitive to everything you put on
it.
One of the most life-giving foods you can
treat your hair with is mayonnaise. Real mayonnaise, made from organic eggs and
lemon juice (without any fillers), is an excellent way to restore vitality,
bounce and shine to damaged hair. It does so by feeding the hair root and
scalp.
This inexpensive, yet effective, whole
food hair treatment helps to deep condition your mane and strengthen hair
follicles. All of the nutrients in eggs, including a healthy dose of protein,
selenium, iodine, phosphorus, choline, lutein, molybdenum, phosphorus, vitamins
A, B2, B5, B12, E, D and K, help make mayonnaise a powerful home remedy for
overworked hair.
Mayonnaise home hair treatment
§ Purchase
some organic mayonnaise or make your own.
§ Dampen
your hair with warm water.
§ Rub
mayonnaise through your hair like conditioner (be sure to cover all ends).
§ Wrap
your hair with a shower cap.
§ Let
the treatment set for at least twenty minutes.
§ Wash
the mayonnaise out with warm water.
§ Wash
your hair with an organic shampoo and conditioner.
§ Repeat
once a month.
While these whole food remedies may seem a
little over the top, we should never underestimate their power or therapeutic
value.
A great man once said: “Let food be thy
medicine and medicine be thy food.” -Hippocrates
- The Alternative Daily
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