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DIY Natural Scrubs

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3 cups of sugar Put your sugar in a large mixing bowl, then mix in the oil and vanilla extract. |
3 Cups White Sugar Mix it all up in a bowl. |
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2 parts sugar : 1 part oil. 30-45 second in the microwave on low power should do the trick, or heat it in a saucepan for a few minutes. You don’t want it boiling or anything – just warm enough to melt. |
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar Whisk your sugar into a bowl and breaking it up to get rid of any large chunks. |
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1 Small Lemon Combine the oil and all of the moist ingredients, then add the sugar and lemon and lime peels as a garnish, then stir. |
1/4 cup carrier oil {Vitamin E, grapeseed oil, almond oil, olive oil} Mix, add to your jar and enjoy! Keep in mind that lavender activates when rubbed/broken, so it will be more fragrant in the bath/shower. |
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lemon, orange or 2 limes Zest one orange, lemon or two limes into a bowl |
a mason jar Start by putting a large scoop of coconut oil in the bottom of the jar. |
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1 cup ground coffee Blend all of these ingredients together in an airtight container. |
5 tablespoons sea salt First mix the olive oil and sea salt together. Once the salt gets coated by the oil, the lemon won’t dissolve it! Next cut the lemon in half and squeeze over the salt + oil. Mix and mash. |
Find these and many recipes for homemade scrubs here
Home Remedies for Dental Care (Homemade Toothpaste and Mouthwash) via @MyHealthList and @MotherEarthNews


Clove
Clove is considered to be the best remedy for toothache. Clove is known for its anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anesthetic and antioxidant properties. For toothache relief you will have to dab a small cotton ball in clove oil and apply directly to the infected tooth. You can also make clove oil rinse by adding a few drops of it in ½ glass water, mix well and gargle. If you do not have clove oil you can grind some cloves and add them to cooking oil (few drops) and apply this mixture to the aching tooth.
Garlic
The antibiotic properties of garlic are effective in inhibiting the growth of the bacteria in the mouth, which saves us from tooth decay. Take a clove of garlic and finely crush it with some salt and apply. In case you do not have fresh garlic you can use garlic powder in the same manner.
FRUCTOSE – the new public enemy! and @sophieuliano
I am sure you have noticed food manufacturers reverting back to using good old-fashioned cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in sweetened foods.
While this is a good thing, few of us realize that cane sugar is actually sucrose, which is made of 50% fructose and 50% glucose. High fructose corn syrups average about 55% fructose, so cane sugar has only 5% less fructose than the HFCS that we all know is so bad.
We forget that cane sugar is a highly processed product too!
Remember the golden rule: if it is processed, beware!!!
Whenever these sugars are processed, they enter into the blood stream and liver much quicker and in a more concentrated form than when you, say, munch on an apple!
Some examples of processed or purified fructose:
o High fructose corn syrup
o Pasteurized fruit juices
o Cane sugar
o Any product with added sugar or HFCSFructose has a unique way of being processed by the body. It likes to turn into fat, which is why most of the really sweet fruits are harvested in the fall, when the body is working on storing some winter fat.
Fructose is seven times more harmful than sugar!
When fructose or sugar levels rise too high in the blood, bad things happen! Proteins like collagen andelastin attach to the excess fructose or sucrose in the blood. This pulls these proteins out of circulation, accelerating the aging and wrinkling of the skin, arteries, heart, gut and more! This process of proteins and sugars sticking together is called glycation, and is the leading cause of free radical damage in the body.
Fructoseglycates seven times faster than sugar!
Excess fructose in the blood has been linked to:
o Insulin Resistance (32 studies)*
o Fatty Liver (22 studies)*
o Obesity (13 studies)*
o Metabolic Syndrome (19 studies)*
o Hypertension (10 studies)*
o Elevated Uric Acid (9 studies)*
o Elevated Triglycerides (14 studies)*
o Belly Fat (2 studies)*
o Cardiovascular Diseases (4 studies)*
o Liver Stress (6 studies)*
o Pancreatic Cancer (2 studies)*
o Leptin Resistance (2 studies)*The Solution
Make sweets a treat, like they were in the old days. Sugary snacks and desserts were a delicacy—something to get excited about! Today, those treats are an everyday event. Most desserts use highly processed sugars, which is why this constant glycemic impact on the blood sugar is much more devastating today than it ever was in the past.
Source
* These studies can be found Greenmedinfo
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