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4 Ingredient Heart Healthy Recipes

Bland. Flavorless. Boring. “Heart healthy” and “delicious recipes” are phrases that sound like they do not go together. If you’re determined to begin eating a heart-healthy diet, it does not mean you have to give up good-tasting food. Nor does it mean that the recipes have to have multiple ingredients. You can cook a complete meal-appetizer, beverage, salad, main and side dish that are all heart healthy and made from just four ingredients.

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How to Use Homemade Skin Treatments

Many homemade beauty recipes are quick and easy to prepare. You can make them yourself in your own kitchen. The best part is that they cost less than commercial skin care products. In addition to saving money, there are numerous benefits to using natural ingredients, many of which you probably already have in your pantry. But be sure not to use any ingredients that you might be allergic to, especially if you have sensitive skin.

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Get Great Feet for Summer

During the winter you probably don’t think about your feet as they are swathed in socks and shoes, or layers of coverage that include boots if you live in a cold climate. As soon as the weather starts getting warm, though, your mind turns to thoughts of strappy heels and cute flip-flops, and panic sets in as you take a look at your mistreated tootsies. Don’t worry. You can get your feet ready for summer weather and cute footwear in no time with a few at-home pedicure treatments.

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About the Lemon Cleansing Diet

Beyonc announced on the Oprah Winfrey show that she did it to drop more than 20 pounds before her role in Dreamgirls. Howard Stern’s co-host, Robin Quivers, did it to lose 73 pounds. Other celebrities are touting the healing or weight-loss effects of it. The “it” is the Lemon Cleansing Diet, also known as the Master Cleanse, the Lemonade Diet or the Maple Syrup Diet. Whatever you call it, the Lemon Cleanse is a short-term, liquid food diet that purports to cleanse your body of toxic build-up and help you feel better. Some use it to lose weight. As with any liquid diet, the Lemon Cleanse comes with some caveats, and might not be for everyone.