Thursday, December 8, 2016

MISTAKES THAT WE MAKE WHEN DIETING

Diets often are performed without any controls, following our own guidelines. For this reason diets do not generally show positive changes, since we make mistakes that end up taking away all its slimming effect. If you’re on a diet and want to wear a fancy body, before getting frustrated because you fail the desired results, consider the most common mistakes when dieting then we’ll teach you so you can lose weight effectively.

Skipping breakfast

Again, maybe you think that by not eating breakfast, you lose weight. In fact, breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it is the one that gives us the energy that we’re going to handle all day. Also, skipping breakfast causes a decrease of blood sugar which makes us very hungry then.
Prohibitions

It is very important that, once a week, you allow yourself to eat certain foods you want but are not included in the diet. This is because we do not want that the metabolism get used to the diet food and because it forces it to work hard to digest those “allowed” foods. Also, giving yourself a treat every now and then it is necessary to increase adherence to the diet plan.
Abusing of “light” foods
Many times we buy food that in the container says “light” and we believe we have free rein to eat everything that we please. Well, this is not true, primarily because these foods contain fewer calories but that does not mean they are free of calories. Also, labels often say that is a product low in sugars and we do not consider that it has a lot of fat. Beware of these foods!
Eat fast

To make a diet is imperative that you eat relaxed, often chewing each bite. This is because the information that we are full takes to get to our brains and so we continue eating even though we have already incorporated the necessary nutrients. Also, eating slowly produces satiety sooner. Enjoy the moment of the food and take it as a moment of relaxation.
Skipping meals
A typical mistake is skipping meals because we believe that if we don’t eat when we are not hungry, then we lose weight. Actually the opposite happens because eating every two to three hours helps keep metabolism in constant motion, which favors fat burning. Also, eating small snacks every two or three hours, helps prevent bingeing because our body does not feel hungry.
Little liquid

Water is an essential part of any diet. However, sometimes we think it is not important and we drink little liquid. It is best to drink at least two liters of water per day. This is because the water purifies and promotes the functioning of the metabolism, while giving us a feeling of satiety. Also, many times we eat something because we think we are hungry but in fact what we have is thirst. For these reasons it is important to drink water before any meal.
Consume salt

Although salt does not add calories, it generates fluid retention, which gives us more weight. Besides the salt is very harmful to the cardiovascular system, so it is better to avoid it. You can replace it with spices, which give flavor and do not affect our body.
“Pecking”

When we said that you should not skip meals, we did not want to say that you should eat all the time and anything. The snacks should be planned and low in calories. A common mistake is often eating the first thing you see every time you feel hungry, without paying attention to their calorie content. This obviously contributes to gaining weight.
Drinking alcohol
Many times we make a diet but we continue consuming alcohol because we do not consider it is very high in calories and that makes the fat burning difficult. Therefore, if you are someone who likes to drink alcohol, it is better that you keep a day to consume a glass of wine but avoiding excessive drinking.
Eat few vegetables
Those who hate vegetables think that if they eat a little less of other foods, they can perfectly perform a diet without consuming vegetables. However, it is very important to eat vegetables because they are a rich source of fiber, which has a powerful cleansing effect. Besides these foods help us feel full incorporating few calories to our body.

Monday, October 31, 2016

JASMINE TOOKES - SUPER MODEL

Tookes was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. She has a younger sister, who is 19 years her junior. She did gymnastics for ten years and was also active in volleyball and softball before she became a model at about the age of 15. Her mother is a celebrity fashion stylist. Tookes was discovered at one of her mother's showroom appointments.

As a child, she was inspired by Tyra Banks. Tookes is of mixed ancestry. African, Brazilian, and West Indian. She is in a relationship with Danish model Tobias Sorensen.

Tookes' first commercial ad campaigns were in 2010 for ugg boots and Gap. Before breaking out on the international scene, she booked a Spring 2011 DKNY campaign and a layout in Vogue Italia. 

when Oprah Winfrey saw Tookes perform on the catwalk in October 2011 at the "Lincoln Center Presents: An Evening With Ralph Lauren", Winfrey extolled Tookes' buttery soft skin and requested that Tookes "Rub your face against mine." Models.com named Tookes as one of the top 10 new models in a September 27, 2011 fashion week post.

Tookes was selected by Style as its top new model in November 2011 based on her work for the Spring Fashion Shows. She was one of eleven new models for the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2012. 

The 2012 show was taped in November and broadcast on the CBS network on December 4.The night before the airing of the fashion show, Tookes and fellow Victoria's Secret models Behati Prinsloo and Jacquelyn Jablonski guest starred on the December 3 "Ha'awe Make Loa" episode of CBS' Hawaii Five-0. French Vogue named her as one of its 10 New faces from fall/winter 2012-2013 Fashion Week.

Tookes has appeared in editorials for Italian, American, French, German, and Spanish VogueHarper's BazaarNuméroW, and V.

She has walked the runways for Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Carolina Herrera, Moschino, Ralph Lauren, DKNY, Shiatzy Chen, Herve Leger, Ermanno Scervino, Giorgio Armani, Philipp Plein, Missoni, Jason Wu, Alberta Ferretti, Emilio Pucci, Balmain, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Giambattista Valli, Vera Wang, Calvin Klein, Tom Ford, Yves Saint Laurent, Trussardi, Marchesa, Tory Burch, Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCartney, Paco Rabanne, Helmut Lang, Louis Vuitton, DSquared2, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Tom Ford, Prada, Jill Stuart, rag+bone, Miu Miu and Versace.

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Jimmy Choo, Calvin Klein, Lancôme, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Gap, Ugg, and Victoria's Secret

In 2015, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel. Tookes was selected to be spotlighed with the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Fantasy Bra (worth $3 million in 2016) at the 2016 show.

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

GET CLEAR SKIN NATURALLY OVERNIGHT

Clear oils and dirt from skin
Wash your face twice a day to remove the dust and oils from your skin. Lemon is one of the best natural remedy with bleaching properties that help in clearing the dirt from skin and making it non sticky and beautiful. 

Citric acid in lemon cleans skin naturally and vitamin C helps in reducing the darkness and dark spots by increasing the cell renewal process. After the lemon treatment place cucumber slices on skin. Water content in cucumber helps to skin making it soft and moisturized.

Steaming is helpful for unlocking the skin pores and washing out the oils from it. Add hot water to a bowl and allow steam to pass to your skin. This will help in clearing impurities making skin soft. Exfoliate your skin by making a paste of natural ingredients. Mix drops of lemon to gram flour plus 1 spoon of honey and aloe gel and little water. Mix them well and apply it to your face. Let it remain for 20 minutes and then rinse your face with warm water. This is an excellent remedy for to get clear skin.

Remove dark spots to get clear skin
Dark spots and scars are the result of improper skin care during acne. Lack of proper care during pimples leaves behind dark scars. These tips will erase dark spots and scars from skin making it clear. Increase the vitamin C content in your diet to clear the scars and spots from skin. Vitamin C produces collagen that quickly repairs skin making it beautiful.

Rub lemon or orange juice to lighten your dark spots.
Apply aloe vera face mask to provide anti-oxidants to skin treating scars and making skin look young. Aloe gel provides moisture and contains cleansing agents that help in cleaning skin. Rub potato slices to your face for lightening the pimple scars and black spots. Catecholase in potato is a skin lightening enzyme that helps in clearing skin and making it fair. You can exfoliate skin with egg and turmeric mixture. Egg has acids that help in clearing and removing wrinkles and dark spots from skin while turmeric is an anti-septic skin lightening agent making skin clear and glowing.

Clear acne from skin
Neem is one of the best anti-bacterial natural product for killing the bacteria from skin and reducing acne. Wash some neem leaves and make a paste os it. Apply it to your pimples daily for 10 minutes for clearing your acne problem. Again aloe-vera gel is one of the most suitable product for removing acne from skin. Since its gel is anti-septic it has powers to kill germs from skin making it healthy. Turmeric paste is also a good anti-septic and skin lightening agent that helps in clearing acne leaving behind no scars.

Clear dry skin
Moisturizing is the best way to get rid of dry skin. Apply honey to your skin and let it dry. Water content in honey deeply moisturizes skin making it soft. It also helps in removing dry skin flakes and helping you to get rid of dry rough skin. Almond, nuts, spinach, avocado are some vitamin E rich foods that help to hydrate skin from inside. Olive oil, almond oil, coconut oil contains anti-oxidants and vitamin E that helps to clear dry skin from face and hands making skin soft and moisturised. Apply olive oil to your dry skin for 15 minutes daily and then rinse it off with water. Use moisturizing soaps to stay away from dry skin problem. Low quality soaps tend to remove moisture from skin making it dry. Make a paste of avocado and use it as a skin moisturizing mask. Avocado has vitamin E and moisturizing extracts that helps to clear dry skin. Avocado extracts are widely used in skin moisturizing products.

Clear stretch marks from skin
Stretch marks are caused when skin stretches over its flexible limit. Aloe Vera , olive oil are some natural remedies to clear stretch marks from skin. Massage aloe gel to your skin for lightening your marks. Anti-oxidants and moisture in aloe gel helps to fix skin problem quickly. Natural oils like olive oil, almonds oil are also very effective in clearing marks from skin. Apply these oils to skin before bed and wash it in morning. Apply milk cream to the affected area for 20 minutes daily. Mix lemon juice to apple and cucumber paste and apply it to your skin for lightening the stretch marks and getting clear skin.

Remove wrinkles from skin
Anti-oxidant rich foods like tomato, strawberries, Raspberry, blueberry, plums, apples etc are some great foods that help in keeping skin young. Also aloe vera gel, olive oil are good source of anti-oxidants.You can prepare facial masks out of them to clear the lines from face.

 Tomato is one of the most available product in kitchens. Make a paste of two toatoes plus aloe gel and apply it to your skin. Anti-oxidants in tomato will eliminate wrinkles making your skin young and glowing. Also apples work great in reducing the lines from skin. Apply apple honey mixture pack to your face for 20 minutes and make your skin clear and beautiful. Strawberry facial packs work great in eliminating old looking skin and giving you a flawless look.

Food for nice and clear skin
Vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants in fruits, vegetables have proved to be very helpful for improving the condition of skin. Fruits like banana, papaya, apple, oranges, berries and vegetables like tomato, cucumber, lemon contain good source of skin cleansing agents. Antioxidants in these foods help to slow down the ageing process that keep skin clear from wrinkles while moisture makes skin soft and smooth.

Other home remedies for clear skin
 Rub ice cubes to improve the circulation of blood to skin for making it clear and glowing.Wash your face twice or thrice a day to remove the dirt from skin. This precaution will prevent acne breakouts and blackheads on skin. Keep your skin always moisturized to prevent it from drying and becoming oily.

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Monday, August 1, 2016

DRUGS THAT MAKE YOU GAIN WEIGHT

Trying to lose WEIGHT????, Make sure that any prescription medication you’re taking isn’t standing in your way. Talk to your doctor and explore alternative treatments.
Here are some of the common drugs that make you gain weight, from antidepressants and diabetes drugs to steroids, hormones and other medication that could be keeping you from achieving your weight loss goal.
Mood Stabilizers
Drugs used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia can also cause weight gain, and mood stabilizers and anticonvulsants for epilepsy have the same effect. Valproic acid (Depakote) is particularly linked to weight gain in women, and lithium is another drug that could have a similar effect. They aren’t drugs that you can easily replace, so it’s important to pay close attention to your diet while you’re in treatment.

Cancer-Fighting Medication

When you’re undergoing treatment for cancer, you’ll probably be prescribed one of the drugs that make you gain weight. Methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, tamoxifen, 5-fluorouracil, and aromatase inhibitors can all have that effect.

Steroids

Oral corticosteroids are also among the drugs that make you gain weight. Prednisone (Deltasone) can halt your weight loss efforts and make you pack on the pounds when you’re taking higher doses, for inflammatory bowel disease or asthma, but even smaller doses for rheumatoid arthritis can contribute to weight gain. Metformin (Glucophage) might be able to help, but you should make sure you exercise regularly to stay in shape and stick to a healthy diet.

Diabetes Medication

When you need to regulate your insulin, your appetite might also be affected. Both sulfonylurea drugs, like Insulase and Diabinese, and non-sulfonylurea drugs, like nateglinide and repaglinide can make you gain weight. If you’re taking type 2 diabetes medication and getting heavier, ask your doctor about treatments with a lower risk of weight gain, including Levemir, Januvia, Metformin and Byetta.

Antihistamines

Antidepressants can often have antihistamine activity, but even on on their own, they’re some of the most common drugs that make you gain weight. The problem is that histamine blocking can mess with your brain’s ability to regulate food consumption, so the chronic use of everything from fexofenadine and loratadine to diphenhydramine and cyproheptadine can impact your weight. If you’re taking Zyrtec, Allegra or other brand name antihistamines, you’ll have trouble losing weight or even maintaining your current one.

Hormones

While most forms of oral birth control only cause water retention, medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera) is one of the drugs that make you gain weight. Progestin-only birth control has been linked to long term weight gain, and any etonogestrel implant is likely to do the same.

Migraine Medications

Gabapentin (Neurontin) is one of the drugs that make you gain weight, but any type of prescription for migraines that includes SSRIs, TCAs, and valproic acid (Depakote) is also likely to contribute to the problem.

Beta Blockers

Used to treat cardiac conditions, beta blockers are among the most commonly prescribed drugs for high blood pressure, and they’re also likely to contribute to weight gain. Propranolol (Inderal), metoprolol (Lopressor) and atenolol (Tenormin) are older drugs that are more likely to block your weight loss progress as well.

Antidepressants

While most SSRIs don’t mess with your weight, paroxetine (Paxil) can have unwanted side-effects when it comes to weight gain. Fluoxetine (Prozac) and citalopram (Celexa) can also contribute to weight gain in the long run. Other antidepressants that will mess with your dieting efforts include TCAs like mirtazapine (Remeron), and amitriptyline (Elavil).

Calcium Channel Blockers

When you’re prescribed this type of medication, it’s important to keep your weight monitored closely. Flunarizine and verapamil can cause rapid weight gain, and if it’s happening to you, it’s important to talk to your doctor right away.

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK - PREMIER NATIONAL PARKS & GAME RESERVES: PART 1


The Serengeti is one of the most famous parks of Africa. It is featured in many documentaries and so stunningly beautiful, it is declared a Unesco World Heritage site.

 It is home to the spectacular wildebeest migration and offers top class wildlife viewing throughout the year.

The Serengeti offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Africa. All the major safari animals occur in great numbers. Cheetahs and four of the Big 5 are easily seen, but rhino sightings are rare and only black rhinos are present. 

The Serengeti is arguably Tanzania's best park. Great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of elandtopi,kongoniimpala and Grant's gazelle are resident at any time of the year.

 All three big cats are easily seen. Lions are everywhere and are often found on a kill.

Cheetahs are very common on the southeastern plains, while leopards can often be found lazing in one of the big trees along the Seronera River.


Hot air balloon safaris, walking safari, picnicking, game drives, bush lunch/dinner can be arranged with hotels/tour operators.  Maasai rock paintings and musical rocks.

Four Seasons Safari Lodge is located in the central part of Serengeti National Park 
with an exceptional service and comfortable surrounding enhanced by the beauty of Serengeti.