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7 day natural beauty action plan
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7 day natural beauty action plan

7 day natural beauty action plan Wow. What a great first week of natural beauty solutions month! So far, we learned how to: leverage our desire for more beauty in our overall quest for health eat omega 3 rich fish a minimum of 2 times a week for better facial contours and fullness get gorgeous skin fast with this green smoothie eat 2 brazil nuts a day for firm clear skin eat red peppers every day because they act like botox in their wrinkle fighting abilities! dry brush 1 minute a day for glowing, younger looking skin! Wait! How do I fit [...]

The one minute habit for silky skin: dry brushing
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The one minute habit for silky skin: dry brushing

The one minute habit for silky skin: dry brushing I had heard about dry brushing for years, but never really committed to a regular habit until about a year ago. Then, I wrote a giddy post (December 2012) about how body brushing makes your skin silky smooth. I added the habit to my daily morning routine and hit it out the park without fail every AM for 6 months. I am not exaggerating when I say my skin felt utterly silky. Beyond super softness, dry brushing loosens dead skins cells, uncovers new radiant skin underneath, increases skin moisture, boosts the immune system, moves lymph, removes [...]

Ravishing red peppers are better than botox!
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Ravishing red peppers are better than botox!

Ravishing red peppers are better than botox! In our last post we looked at amping up your vitamins A and C intake with a green smoothie designed for gorgeous skin. Another easy thing you can do for your skin is to think about red peppers slightly differently - almost like they are portable fruits. Today's high-tech tip is that you can eat certain kinds of red peppers just like you would an apple! Hear me out on this one if you are a vegetable-phobe. This is a dead easy habit that creates glowing skin and glossy locks. You just need [...]

A ridiculously easy snack for firm clear skin
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A ridiculously easy snack for firm clear skin

A ridiculously easy snack for firm clear skin Today's natural beauty tip is super quick and easy. It's very likely that you are not getting an optimal amount of selenium in your diet. This 2012 Spanish study showed that 50% of men and 53% of women were selenium deficient. While it varies widely between countries, a good chunk of the western world is either selenium deficient or not selenium optimised. Selenium plays a huge role in helping the matrix of collagen fibres in our skin stay firm as well as helping our thyroid activity (hypothyroidism is linked with selenium deficiency), and boosting our [...]

Harness the power of everyday mini-steps, mistakes and failure

Harness the power of everyday mini-steps, mistakes and failure If you're joining in on January's 2 green smoothies a day habit or taking on some other challenge or goal this January, keep in mind that you are very likely going to fail many times along the way. Not just once, and not just temporarily. A lot! Often! Stupidly! But as Edmund Burke said "nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." I think the trick in all of this is just avoid one thing: failing habitually. Just don't make failure a habit [...]

The easiest thing you’ll ever do to dramatically boost your health
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Healthy Recipes, Powerful Habits

The easiest thing you’ll ever do to dramatically boost your health

The easiest thing you'll ever do to dramatically boost your health A green smoothie like this spinach based one, is everything you need to take charge of your health. Just start with 2 a day, and this will give you your daily fruit and veg antioxidants all in one go! I'm no longer a resolutions person. I was for years until I realised that it was too depressing to cheerily wave them off at the door on Jan 1st only to have them fizzle out each February (or Jan 12th!) Now I'm a habits girl. Powerful daily habits, no less. [...]

5 holiday tips to keep spirits bright and healthy!
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5 holiday tips to keep spirits bright and healthy!

5 holiday tips to keep spirits bright and healthy! In the festive season it's far too easy to let health take a back seat! I think last year was the first year I did not gain 5-10 pounds from festive gorging! It felt so amazing to hit the new year feeling light, active, and energetic instead of the usual brain fog and heaviness that accompanies a long period of unhealthy eating and inactivity. So here are 5 easy and quick things you can do each day between Christmas and New Years to "keep spirits bright" this holiday season: Water: Drink [...]

Going beyond oatmeal: A week of recipes featuring oats (to reduce cholesterol)
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Going beyond oatmeal: A week of recipes featuring oats (to reduce cholesterol)

Going beyond oatmeal: A week of recipes featuring oats (to reduce cholesterol) When you are serious about staying healthy and trying to figure out how to reduce your cholesterol (as so many of us are these days), you realise quickly that sugar and flour are very dangerous to your health in general, and heart-health in particular. So you stop eating them. But then after a few months of dreams featuring dancing pastries and devilish thoughts about baked goods, you have to get creative. Wait a minute... It's oat week at The Curious Giraffe! href="https://theconfidencekitchen.com/2012/12/16/eat-this-daily-glorious-fat-olive-coconut-and-avocado-oils-to-reduce-cholesterol/">oils are good for heart health and [...]

Sitting at work is killing you! My journey to standing at work
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Sitting at work is killing you! My journey to standing at work

Sitting at work is killing you! My journey to standing at work I almost spit out my morning green smoothie when I read this sentence a few week's ago: "Your job is killing you. If you sit at a desk for more than four hours a day, you increase your risk of death from any cause by nearly 50 percent and boost your risk of heart problems by 125 percent." - Wired: Get a Standing Desk What? Doesn't that shock you? It did me. Fresh from the Christmas break, and thanks to the gruesome links in a post from Box of [...]

Get healthy and feel incredible with easy daily habits
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Get healthy and feel incredible with easy daily habits

Get healthy and feel incredible with easy daily habits This is going to be a very self-indulgent post... I have realized that the most popular posts on The Confidence Kitchen are ones that are really practical or include a small step that can be done on a daily basis. To that end, I have a new mantra/direction for my blog...drumroll... "Get healthy and feel incredible with easy daily habits" I have created a new "about.me" page that covers my philosophy and why I am writing The Confidence Kitchen. I excerpt some of it below... I've gone down the rabbit hole [...]