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Everyday Head-to-Toe strategies for Better Health

Everyday Head-to-Toe Strategies for Better Health Looking after your health, as you doubtless know, is crucial. But your busy schedule may not leave you as much time as you’d like to give yourself the care you need and deserve. Fortunately, you don’t truly need long stretches of free time to look after yourself — you can do it in short, powerful bursts, whilst you follow your everyday routine. Today, Redefining The Face  Of Beauty shares some great head-to-toe health strategies that will help you maintain your health and well-being. 1.  Set Positive Intentions for the Day When you wake up, a good habit to pick up is to set positive intentions for what you’d like the  rest of your day to be like. See yourself doing the things you want to when you want to. This is a  great way to get focused and allows you to set and power through your goals. 2. Include a a Quick Workout A quick yoga sequence — something as short as 5 to 15 minutes — every morning, can help you wake up, reduce the s

What is Bitter Almond Oil?

There are two main types of Almond Oil: sweet and bitter. If you have not read about Sweet Almond Oil, please read Part I of our series on Almond Oil. In this article we will focus on bitter Almond Oil. Bitter Almond Oil is used worldwide. Believe it or not, it contains a poisonous chemical called hydrocyanic acid (HCN), which can cause serious side effects. Historically, in certain it has been used for cooking, but because of its toxic ingredients, it has been banned in the United States. However, a synthetic version of Bitter Almond Oil can be found available from bakers’ supply shops or online. This particular Bitter Almond Oil is processed to be free of prussic acid  and is generally recognized as safe for food additives. In addition, there have also been claims that Bitter Almond Oil can be used as a supplemental Cancer treatment because it contains amygdalin, which may be used to create laetrile. Laetrile has been used worldwide as an alternative cancer treatment. However, since there has been no clinical evidence to suggest that this method works, it has been banned in the United States and certainly is not supported by Redefining the Face of Beauty. In fact, experts at the American Cancer Society report that the side effects from the oil mimic the symptoms of cyanide poisoning, including possible death.

Bitter  Almond Oil should be used only under a doctor's supervision. It has antiviral, anti-bacterial, anti-itch, anti-fungal and anti-spasmodic properties. In addition, Bitter Almond Oil is used as a filler in many over-the-counter and prescription medications. For example, it is used as cough suppressant, local anesthetic, sedative, pain suppressant and a diuretic. Bitter Almond Oil cannot be ingested directly. The medicinal qualities are derived from the center (kernel) of the bitter almond, which may be used for spasms, pain, cough, and itch. In addition, Bitter Almond Oil is typically harvested from North Africa and Western Asia, and grown historically by countries that border the Mediterranean. In ancient Rome they even used bitter almond oil to treat intestinal parasites and fevers.

 


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