Help with irritated eyes
Both at work and at leisure, the eyes are stressed by work or television screen at the present time. Rest breaks to relax the eyes are rarely possible. The result is eye strain, which react with redness, itching, swelling, or even drought. The eyes must absorb almost 80 percent of our sensory impressions. They continuously monitor the environment both near and in the distance as they can focus to different distances easily. In the age of digital media and computer work but they are often overwhelmed. In particular, the concentrated look at the screen means that the eyes are irritated because of the natural blink reflex with which to clean the eyes takes significantly. An additional burden represent dry air, air conditioning, pollution, wind, artificial light and allergens. If the eyes are irritated. Irritation of the eyes are a...
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First rays of the sun – how to protect skin now
After the long winter with cold and darkness not only the mood is depressed in many people, the skin appears pale and unhealthy. The more the first rays of spring are now enjoyed. For this the weaned winter skin does not hurt to special protection is required. Especially at the beginning of the spring, people are pleased with the first sun rays when they exchange the thick winter jacket against T-shirt or short-sleeved shirt and lunch can be enjoyed outdoors the sun. But often end the first sunbathing with a sunburn, because it is a common misconception that the spring sun still has no power. In addition, the skin has lost its natural protection against the sun during the winter and this must build only slowly. However, given to regular tanning bed visits in winter not help, because the...
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Yoga – harmonization of mind and body
Whether in a yoga school, in the gym or at the community college, more and more people are enthusiastic about the product derived from the Indian total body workout of yoga. This Yoga not only provides relaxation and inner balance, but also strengthens the mobility and the muscles. Behind the derived from the ancient Indian concept of Yoga, which means as much as “unity” is not only a relaxation concept for the body hides. The aim is to bring body and mind rather to exploit their own strengths better. To achieve this goal, different elements are combined in yoga. This includes both physical exercises and breathing techniques and meditation, which thus provide a healthy feeling together for physical and mental relaxation and while yoga has been practiced in earlier times, especially on religious or philosophical level to gain spirituality...
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Contact allergy – if touches make you sick
The earrings look beautiful, but for some women it would have extremely unpleasant consequences to wear them, because almost every tenth woman is allergic to the often used in fashion jewelry precious metal nickel. But not only nickel can trigger a contact allergy. Basically, there are a wide range of substances that can cause allergic contact dermatitis. The skin reacts sensitively to the contact with certain substances. Similar to other allergies are called allergens also trigger the over-reaction. However, in a contact allergy reaction is usually limited to the place that has come in contact with the allergen. The typical symptoms besides skin redness and swelling include itching and oozing blisters and crusts. Usually the symptoms develop but until hours or days later, so contact allergy is also known as hypersensitivity reaction of the delayed type. As there is...
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Voluptuous curvy or overweight?
More than half of all Americans is too thick! This affects more and more young people and children. In this alarming increase of overweight people, which is typical of other developed countries, the World Health Organization has pointed out many years ago. But at what point you actually speaks of overweight and how does this happen? Nearly 70 percent of men and 50 percent of women in US are overweight and the number is increasing with age. Responsible for this are the today’s lifestyles. While man earlier by physical labor burned a lot of energy and thus fat, makes today in the age of lack of exercise and well-stocked supermarkets abound for the energy overweight. Because when the body more energy have a dietary intake as it burns, it stores the excess energy as fat in the so-called fat...
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