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Is Colon Cleansing Safe While Breastfeeding?

Colon cleansing products make many promises — from detoxification to weight loss. If you have spent your whole pregnancy seeing colon cleanser commercials and wondering what the hype was about, you might be interested in trying it out once you give birth. If you are breastfeeding your baby, consider his health, as well as yours, when you think about investing in a colon cleanser.

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How to Detox Before Pregnancy

Your body has an excellent set of systems in place for ridding your body of toxins and waste. Part of good health is maintaining these systems so they work as efficiently as possible. Commercial detox programs aren’t proven by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as effective, and some are downright dangerous. The safest way to cleanse and prepare your body for pregnancy is to practice a healthy lifestyle that you can continue into your pregnancy.

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Beauty Tips & Homemade Remedies

Beauty products often are expensive and have harsh ingredients. Homemade beauty remedies work as well–and sometimes even better–than the expensive commercially made products. Making your own beauty products allows you to customize the ingredients to fit your needs. With just a few inexpensive materials, you will be able to treat yourself to beauty remedies that will make you feel like a million bucks.

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Uses for Potassium Permanganate

Potassium permanganate, sometimes known as Condy’s crystals, is a dark-purple, powder-like salt that has strong oxidizing agent properties. An oxidizing agent is a compound that can either easily transfer oxygen atoms to another compound or readily receive them from another compound. Both oxidation processes change the properties of the original compound interacting with potassium permanganate. As the Derm Net NZ website reports, potassium permanganate’s oxidizing ability gives it disinfectant, deodorizing and cleansing properties that make it useful in a number of ways.