SKINCARE ROUTINE // ALL NATURAL PRODUCTS

The first thing you need to be on the lookout for is any product that has an ingredient that says 'derived from'. This means that the original, natural ingredient has been chemically modified, possibly to the point of now being toxic. Many companies find it cheaper to substitute natural products with man made alternatives, but they still want to create the illusion that their product is all natural, or organic. 

If your body is getting all the nutrients it needs it will be better able to keep all your systems 'in check' and that includes your skin. Moisturizing your skin also starts on the inside. Make sure you keep your body hydrated. Drink at least eight glasses of water daily. And remember, pop, coffee, or tea don't count. 

This is one reason why fitness experts no longer recommend a regime of just diet or exercise for weight loss, but suggest a program of both; a form of weight loss called High calorie expenditure suggests that a low or moderate intensity activity is better than merely dieting; the program recommends about 45 minutes of walking at least five times a week at a moderate rate, this walking should burn around one pound per week, which is the recommended rate of fat-loss for a healthy program. 

Then, lay on the ball face down; keeping the balance by having your feet on the floor, and arms behind head; push the head downwards and raise back up. Do this about twenty times in total. Once you are confident in performing these exercises, add weights to provide more resistance. These are a few of the ways in which you can exercise for weight loss at home, without needing to buy an entire home gym. 

Sometimes this will allow us to 'get over ourselves' which in and of itself can help us releive a lot of stress. To answer the question, "do hobbies relieve stress?", yes, sort of. Some hobbies will relax you more than others. As with most anything else, you have a lot of choices and to get the maximum stress relief for you it's important to find the right hobby for you and your goals and personality. 

In order to help prevent the formation of the kidney stones in the first place one thing you can do is to make sure you drink plenty of water every single day. Proper hydration will keep your kidneys flushed out which might help prevent the formation of stones. There are some herbs that act as diuretics and help increase urine flow: dandelion, juniper berry, fennel, meadowsweet, cornsilk, horsetail, goldenrod, and sassafras.