Sunday, January 22, 2012

Say Good-Bye to ACNE


The foremost problem that is sitting on everyone’s nerve from teens to adults is the ACNE. Not really it affects the adults or old ages, but rapidly is seen in teens and the young adults. It is also a problem of self esteem and self confidence levels for an individual. No matter there are many tablets prescribed by doctors and skin specialists, it repeats the same again and again. So we are here to help you in solving the problem of ACNE. 

Oatmeal face pack
Yes, Oatmeal that is mostly taken to reduce the weight also helps in reducing the ACNE problems. All you need to do is mash the oatmeals with little honey and water. Then make it a thick paste and apply it all over the face. This helps in removing the oils, dirt and lessens the inflammation and redness present on the face.

Oranges and Lemons
Citric fruits like lemons and oranges play a primary role in washing the toxins from your body either in the form of drink or as a peel. Yes in order to avoid the acne, you need to rub the peel on your face or else you can crush the peel and add it to the gram flour. Then you can mix it with water and apply as a face scrub. The astringent of vitamin c present in the fruit will help avoiding the pimples on the face. 

Lavender oil
One of the aroma therapy oils that can give you peace of mind and pleasant glow on your face is the Lavender oil. This reduces the pain and has good effects on the skin. It assists in stimulating the cell growth, minimizing the oil on face, avoiding scarring and lessens the inflammation all together heals the skin.

Potato juice
The superior content of phosphorous, chlorine and potassium present in the potato juice will assist in clearing the blemishes and scars present on the face that are left by the ACNE. You are supposed to use only the raw potatoes as they consist of live organic atoms and this is one of the successful for ACNE.

Egg whites
Whatever might the season or situation, having an egg is always healthy. Most of the doctors recommend the intake of the boiled egg since it contains lot of proteins. Not only health, even for beauty you can make use of the egg white for a clear skin. You have to apply the egg white on the face at the night time and wash the face with cold water next morning. You can observe a difference in your face.

Garlic
Garlic is one such product that has antiseptic, antibacterial properties. It kills the bad bacteria present on the skin and removes the unnecessary dirt. This also reduces the puffiness and also the inflammatory process of acne.

Strawberries
Who wouldn’t love strawberries? Every one love strawberries because of its taste and smell. The salicylic acid present in the strawberry avoids the scars and acne on the face. They consist of the vitamins and antioxidants that assist to heal the acne scars. You can apply the strawberry gel or the pulp directly on the scars or else you can make in to a thick paste and wash the face with cold water after half an hour.
Not only these even sandal wood paste, aloevera gel, cucumber, rose water and all these help you to have a beautiful skin. So shout at the top of your voice and say to the world that you are the happiest person with a cute smile on the lips.

Fruits that help to keep you fresh and healthy


Chilly mornings, bonfires in the night and a warm soup is what generally we love to have in the winter season. Not only that, there will be a tremendous difference in the life style and food habits, craving for some really hot stuffs that put on high calories and weight. Then what is the best way to overcome this? In order to help you, we have listed seven fruits that will keep you cozy and act as oxidants fight with the restlessness. 

An Apple a day keeps the doctor away!
As the proverb says, so is the result. The most nutritious fruit and the one that has the highest levels of heart-healthy antioxidants widely grown in US are Apples. Low in calories, every 100 g of fresh fruit slices give only 50 calories. The C-vitamin and beta carotene present in the apple work like an antioxidant and save us from infections and provide the resistance power. There are also various health benefits like management of diabetes, weight loss, prevention of various cancers and a help for Asthma patients.

Kumquats
Delightfully saccharine and tasty kumquat fruit is highly delicious and one of the sweetest fruit that is avidly grown in China. They are usually small in size and contain heavy resistant power to fight against diseases that are mostly present in their edible skin. Low in calories it contains good level of B-complex group of vitamins like pantothenic acid, folates, niacin, thiamin and pyridoxine. There are various tasty recipes associated with this fruit and can be served to everyone.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Fruit, How I wonder what you are?
Carambolas or Star Fruit as the name suggests they look like stars when the fruit is cut opened. Taking its roots from countries like South Florida and Hawaii they are yellow colored fruit which care for your heart and consist high amounts of fibre, potassium and are superior in inflammation-lessening polyphenols. They can be eaten as ripe or dried or even heated for tasty and yummy recipes. The juice acts as a body fresher for fully tired people and has many health benefits.

Yellow Apple- Quinces
Resembling exactly the shape of Apple except the yellow color make you feel that it is a dearest cousin to Apples and Pears. A perfect healthy fruit that can protect you against Flu has lot more health benefits like double the protein value of Apples, fights as a super antioxidant. Mainly grown in Caucasous regions, USA and Asian parts it is known for its varied tastes in different parts of the world. Best served as snacks and breakfast, they keep you fresh throughout the day.

Rambutans
Rambutans mostly known as Hula berry are mostly grown in the time of winter season and stay till March. They consist of anthocyanins, flavanoids and help in controlling the cardiovascular problems, chronic diseases and serve more benefits than Green tea. A power house of calcium, iron and rich proteins they must be consumed in a time period of two days or refrigerate them and cover them in a plastic bag.
Longans
Want to taste the Dragon eye? Shocked? Yes, it is the other names of Longans a powerful fruit that acts against the infections like scavengers and prevents the flu, stomach upset, fever and many more. Taking the roots from Peurto rico, Hawaii they are best served as desserts, fruit salads, snacks. Not only that, in order to have a lustrous hair you can use them as shampoos as they contain superficial amount of Saponin.
Persimmons
Richer than Apple, it is highly recommended to have Persimmons as a daily dose to prevent the stroke, heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases. Giving a taste of apricots, plums they are spicy and can be best served with cakes, breads, pureed in ice creams and holiday puddings.

Diet plans & their effect on your fitness


Having worked and exercised thoroughly for a long time, yet not satisfied with the results of your body shape? Want to shed that fab and have a distinctive figure and a mark of a style icon? If yes, then probably these diets will help you a lot. We have selected a list of diets which keep you fit and your body in right place.

TLC diet
The Therapeutic Life style changes diet, a product of National institutes of health’s national cholesterol program is a recipe developed especially for preventing the cardiovascular diseases. Do follow the diet and you won’t believe that there can be a tremendous change in your weight. Not only that you need not avoid meat or carbohydrate food. 

South Beach Diet
There are both good and bad carbohydrates, fats. So choosing the best from both is the right way for physical fitness. This plan perfectly helps you in loosing time in a short period of time but it only depends on you to maintain the weight in that manner for long period of time.  The long term benefits are mainly depended on you.

Raw food diet
The Raw food diet has his roots since 18th century when a Doctor planned this diet to cure his jaundice with the help of raw foods. The healthy benefit of consuming the raw food is it allows only half of the calories than the cooked vegetables or fruits. This way you keep the weight in control. This type of diet has both long and short term implications, and the diet isn’t recommended to everyone.

Volumetrics diet
One of the best diets that actually scored well in long and short term weight loss categories when compared with others is Volumetrics diet. The benefit from this diet is it controls the decipher for food and reduce the volume of the consumption and makes the best choice that can battle the hunger.

Atkins Diet
Body is an engine and the carbohydrates act as a gas and run the mechanism of the body. Restraining the carbohydrates will turn the body in to a depositor of fat. Atkins diet help to maintain the weight and shed that extra fat within a short period of time. The most important thing is you cannot have a long term effect of losing weight, so people who are urgently in need of reducing their fat for time being can approach Atkins diet.

Slim Fast diet
If you really want to reduce your weight within a short period of time and maintain that balance for long time is only with the help of slim Fast diet. This generally gives you 1,200 calories a day from Slim Fast Snack Bar, 500 calorie meal and replacements like shakes. It takes hardly 50-70 days to lose about 20 pounds of fat. 

Vegan diet
If you really want to reduce the weight without giving way to the temptations then you must follow a particular vegetarian diet. Say bye to meat, poultry, fish, eggs and welcome the fresh fruits and vegetables stuffs that allow you to maintain the diet. It gives you long term effect if you are committed to the rules of the diet.

So stop thinking and start taking immediate action for instant results. Follow this diet and lead a healthy, happy life.

Fitness regime for 2012


New Year comes in and so are the resolutions. One of the common resolutions that most of us take is shedding the weight this year at any cost. It is the re-repeating resolution that has been passing year by year but results are very less. So this year we are here to help you in reducing the fat in your body. Take a look over these exercises that help you in shedding the weight. 

Quadruped bent knee hip extension:

Such a big word for an exercise! Shocking isn’t it? But you need not worry since it is very easy to work with this exercise. This does not need any machinery or tools. Initially you have to place hands and your knees straight on the floor, and then slowly lift your body upwards by keeping both the hands on the ground. Then gently raise one leg and move hip using your glutes to press your lifted foot up to the ceiling. This will reduce the fat present in the butt and at the same time will reduce your waist size.

Forward lunge:
Very general but it is the superficial one. In order to get more intensity add some weights to the moves.

Step ups:
Dumb bells help you in many ways. If you really want to reduce the extra fat that is stored in your body, then you must take the help of dumb bells and do 12-15 sittings.
Everyone on this Earth from children to teens to adults wants to have a beautiful physique. Not only that, it also improves the overall confidence level in an individual. Having a flat stomach and a strong lower back is the aim of most of the people. Here we are with few exercises that help you in many ways.

Front Plank:
For a perfect stamina and power you must definitely work on Front Plank exercise. Generally the front plank comprises in putting on your stomach with your elbows near to your sides of the body. Also to the shoulders, palms down, fingers facing straight in the front. You have to engage the thigh and abdominal muscles to straighten your legs flex your ankles, lift your torso and thighs off the floor. 

Side Plank:
If you are facing some spine problems and want to build up the stamina then you must work on side Plank. There is a slight difference between the Front Plank and the Side Plank. As the name suggests, you will start the exercise in side way, instead of lifting on your stomach, you must start from the side on one side. 

Bird Dog:
The name is different and unique and it helps in strengthening your lower back. You need to start this exercise on your knees and hands. Firstly engage your core muscles and then uplift the opposite legs, arms constantly. This has to be repeated vice versa and very soon you will know the good feel in the abdominal muscles.
Strengthening your trice-ups is the only way to tone up your upper arms.

Triangle Push Up:
This is the form of regular push up but a slight difference. In the Triangle push up, you have to place your forefingers and thumbs together with your hands straightly beneath your chest. If someone is looking at you, then they will see your body lying on the floor in a triangle shape. This is the reason why this push up is known as Triangle Push Up. This push up will provide strength to your knees.

Dips:
As the name suggests, the exercise involves carrying the dip bars or else you can make use of weight benches, sturdy chair on which you generally sit. Firstly, you need to place your hands on one side of the hip with the feet together then later you have to expand your legs out forward. Then very gently raise your buttocks off the bench, leaving the hands at the same place and lower your hips on the floor till the upper arms are equivalent to the floor. Then gently push back up with the help of hands. 

Triceps Kick back:
For this exercise, you can make use of dumb bells or even the large cans that mainly brings in uplifting the weights behind your back. Foremost, it is crucial that triceps kick back has to be performed with utmost care to avoid complicated problems.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Review: Top Digital Cameras


Memories with our loved ones remain in our heart forever but to add more life to it, the only way is through a Camera. There are various camera’s available in the market, but choosing the best ones that can save your finance and give you the best quality output is a arduous task. To help you in this and clear your confusion we are here with 'best of the lot' Digital Cameras that come of your way.

Canon PowerShot Elph 310 HS
Canon's compact PowerShot Elph 310 HS  is a 1080p  high definition video capture, high resolution LCD and gives the best picture quality. It is a compact body with 8x zoom lens that can be a perfect fit even in your shirt pocket.

Canon PowerShot S100
Canon Power Shot S100 chips in beautiful quality images, GPS Zoom lens and adds killing performance. It is a laudable heir to the previous Editor’s choice high-end point and shoot camera, the Power Shot S95.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A580
Are you planning to articulate LCD in live view mode or to sequence your shots with the help of an optical finder then Sony Alpha DSLR-A580 is an excellent digital SLR that can produce

Digital SLRs

Nikon D5100 
Are you searching for the mega combination of high definition video recording quality and still images, then Nikon D5100 is an absolute cam that gives you unbelievable camera features. This is widely chosen as an Editors choice and is offered at a good price.
shining super fast autofocus and give spell bound images. The only con is that the video capture options are not fully available.

Compact Interchangeable-Lens Cameras

Sony Alpha NEX-C3 
If you really want to click some awesome photographs even in the night time, then you must definitely choose Sony Alpha NEX-C3 that is compact, overcomes ISO settings and gives you the fine quality images.

Olympus PEN E-PM1
Though Olympus E-PM1 is the small of all existing in the Micro Four Thirds PEN family, it gives the super lightning effect and high quality images. For all those stunning images, this makes the best.


Sony Alpha NEX-5N
The Sony Alpha NEX-5N gives in superior and escalating shots and recording video in 1080p high definition.  It is a stylish, light weight wonder that gives packing a sensor as large as those found in most digital SLRs and recording video in full 1080p HD.

Rugged/Waterproof Cameras
 
Nikon Coolpix AW100
The Nikon Coolpix AW100 is a powerful point cam that clicks the best photos and makes you spell bound. A little pricey but is worth buying.

SuperZoom Cameras

Nikon Coolpix S9100
The trendy shooting Nikon S9100 gives a super fast clicks that comes in large 18x optical zoom lens and high resolution LCD screen. It is a handy cam that can easily be fit in a pocket without any pain and is available at a cost effective price.
Nikon Coolpix P500

Nikon Coolpix P500
This jumbo structure, Nikon’s Coolpix P500 is one of the superior cam that merges magnificent speed with high resistant eloquent LCD screen, high definition video recording and large 36x zoom lens.