Thursday, November 3, 2011

Natural Health And Beauty Treatments

By Owen Jones


Prior to the Second World War most people in most countries used natural products each day for most things. People kept a few chickens in the garden and grew a few vegetables. If they could not, they bought fresh vegetables, but normally baked their own bread. There were fresh food markets all over town.

Despite the fact that tinned food has been with us for 200 years, until 50-60 years ago, food in cannisters or cans, was thought to be more suitable for military personnel, than for civilians.

The military consumed food from cans because it was easier to transport, removed their reliance on friendly natives, removed the need to forage and was quicker, because the food could be precooked in huge batches.

Civilians did not need cans because women stayed at home, households were extended and there was plenty of time to cook. The Second World War altered all that, Men went to war and women went to work and cans became 'fit for civilian consumption'.

More powerful and more effective marketing kept it that way and in the Seventies and Eighties, the mass food producers' dream became a fact, a generation did not learn how to cook and they cannot teach their children how to cook because they do not know how themselves.

Nowadays. young people are hooked on tins and frozen meals that are full of sugar, salt. and preservatives However, some people are seeing the errors that were made and are still being made by depending on processed food. There is a huge attempt to re-educate

However, this does not only apply to food, but also to health and beauty products in general, although decent food is still the best health and beauty product you can get. Fresh food and natural products will keep you hair, skin and eyes shiny, supple and bright,

Fruit is healthy for your skin; particularly apricots, bananas and avocados mashed up with a little olive oil. The inside of banana skins will treat numerous minor skin issues, but aloe vera is brilliant for healthy and unhealthy skin. The jelly inside the leaves of the aloe vera should be rubbed on the skin neat. These foodstuffs, or some of them, will grow in lots of places.

Honey has been used for centuries both on skin and the hair as has olive oil and the two may be blended together, rubbed on skin on any part of the body; left to do its work of cleansing and decontaminating for a while and then rinsed off. While treating the skin, do not neglect the scalp. Tea tree oil is a strong disinfectant for cuts and blisters.

Hair can be treated with egg albumen, vinegar, real ale and camomile. They are healthy tonics for hair before you wash it with a mild shampoo. Camomile can be applied after shampooing as may any tea. Some remedies are better for certain colours of hair, which you can check easily on the Web

Eyes can be rinsed in salt water to remove dust and airborne pollutants. Slices of cucumber have long been used to relieve tired eyes..

It is fun to find out about, prepare and use natural health care products for your skin and hair and in most cases it is cheaper than using shop-bought extracts mixed with preservative chemicals and they are less likely to cause an allergic reaction too.




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