Christy's Healthy Living

Many people suffer from constipation and it is not a funny situation at all, for the person who has to live with this condition it’s definitely a serious problem. 

Constipation home remedies are often the first port of call for someone who has constipation and with good reason; most of these home remedies work very well.

Seventy percent or more of the population struggles with constipation. The market for laxatives is really booming ,now approaching 1 billion each year. 

It appears that constipation is an issue that most people have to deal with at one time or the other.

Regular bowel movements are necessary in order to keep the digestive system working properly and to avoid hemorrhoids or other serious pain. 

Early symptoms of constipation may include  irregularity with bowel movements, Severe stomach pains, cramps or nausea may also be an early warning sign of constipation.

Constipation is a symptom and not a disease. It is a condition that tells you that your colon is not working properly or that you have some underlying gastrointestinal disease you are not aware of.

Constipation may also be a warning that your diet and lifestyle are causing an imbalance in your body. 

It is a symptom that many people ignore or that many people try to eliminate by using unnatural and oftentimes dangerous drugstore laxatives.

The symptoms of constipation can range from nausea, leg pains, headache, flatulence, fever and loss of appetite. 

All of which should not be underestimated and can become a problem if care is not taken.

Juices have cleansing and laxative properties, which will help you eliminate constipation. Taken regularly they will help you have daily bowel movements.

Organic juices contain loads of mineral, bioflavonoids, vitamins, enzymes, antioxidants, and other nutrients. 

Citric fruits have citric acid and the more tart they are the more acid they have.

Fresh juice is a fast way to get all types of nutrients into the blood quickly. 

As juice nutrients get into your blood, they suck out toxins and build up tissues. In your colon they destroy bad bacteria, feed wall tissue, pull out toxins.

The Following are  Juice Recipes For Constipation

Prune Juice For Constipation

• 300 g prunes
• 2 liters of water

Method                             

1. Fill a pot with 2 liters of water. Add 300 g of prunes to the pot. Heat the pot over medium or high heat. Once boiling, reduce to low heat, cover with a lid, and simmer for about 5minutes.
2. Pour prunes and water into a blender and blend until smooth.
3. Sieve the juice
4. Pour prune juice into bottles and store in the refrigerator.
   

Green Juice For Constipation

Ingredients:

• 2 cups raw Kale
• 1 cup prune juice
• 1 cup chopped cucumber

Method

1. Add all ingredients to a blender and combine until smooth.
2. Add water to thin the smoothie if it is too thick.

Citrus Juice For Constipation

Ingredients

• 4 mandarins
• 2 oranges
• 1 small grapefruit
• ½ lemon

Method

1. Simply remove the peels from the mandarins, oranges,and grapefruit. 
2. You can juice the lemon with the peel if it’s organic.
3. Place everything in your juice and start juicing
4. If you find this juice too bitter or sour, adjust by adding more mandarins and less lemon and grapefruit

Beetroot Juice for Constipation

Ingredients

• 1 small beetroot
• 2 apples, cut into pieces 
• ½ lemon

Method

1. Peel the beet and core the apples. Peel the lemon, if it’s not organic.
2. Place everything into your juicer and juice them.

Apple Juice For Constipation

Ingredients

• 1 apple
• ½ teaspoon fennel powder
• ½ cup water

Method

1. Roughly chop the apples and toss them into a blender.
2. Add the water and give blend
3. Pour out the juice into a glass.
4. Add the fennel powder and stir well.

Orange Juice For Constipation

Ingredients

• 1 cup roughly chopped oranges
• A pinch of black salt

Method

1. Toss the oranges into the blender
2. Blend
3. Pour the juice into a glass.
4. Add a pinch of black salt and stir well before drinking.

Cherry Juice For Constipation

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh cherries
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• ½ cup water
• Black salt to taste

Method

1. Rinse the cherries well and remove the seeds.
2. Blend the cherries in a blender
3. Sprinkle black salt to taste.

Lemon Juice For Constipation

Ingredients

• ½ lemon
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon honey
• ½ teaspoon cumin powder

Method

1. Add lemon juice, honey, and cumin powder to a cup of warm water.
2. Stir well before drinking.

if you think the only thing that not showering will do to you is make you smell, you better think again.

Not taking your bath is extremely bad for your health, bacteria build up and deterioration of your overall health is expected.

You’re more likely to get sick or contract infections, if you’re not cleaning the dangerous microbes off of your body reasonably regularly.

Showering helps to keep your skin blemish-free, by preventing oils in the skin from building up, and this is particularly important if you regularly work out.

Maintaining cleanliness is also important for our self-confidence, physical and emotional well-being. The main purpose of washing is to remove dirt and odors and germs.

The following are gross things that happens when you don’t shower

Itchy Skin: When you don’t shower, dirt and other pollutants will stick to your body  causing irritation and very itchy skin.

Low confidence: Not taking a shower can make you feel dirty and make you feel little less confident about yourself

You May Get Sick: The body is filled with thousands of different types of bacteria and fungi. Some are good and necessary for some functions in your body while some are bad. 

If you stop showering this will give room for the bad bacteria to overcome the good ones, and they will find their way into your nose and mouth making you sick

Bad Body Odor:  if you don’t shower you will start to stink. The bad  bacteria will be multiplying on your body producing gasses as they consume proteins and fatty acids. That stink you really need to worry about.

Risk of Infection: Not showering can cause a build up of dead skin from when it breaks down. This can raise the risk of bacterial and fungal infections like, staph.

Skin Problem: when you don’t shower, any existing skin problems you have are likely to worsen over time. You’ll start scratching your skin as bacteria and dirt start working together to cause the itching sensation. This will cause your skin to break and in turn will become infected.

Excessive Dead Skin : When you take a shower and scrub your skin, any dead skin cells are removed giving room for new ones to grow. But if you don’t shower this will led to dead skin accumulation.

Poor Genital Hygiene: Your genitals will be the  most affected body part when it comes to not showering. It will not only smell awful, you will also be most likely prone to yeast infection.

Dermatitis Neglecta :If you do not shower regularly your skin will suffer from dirt, sweat and various bacteria. It can lead to a skin condition known as dermatitis neglecta. Your skin will be covered with brown scaly patches.

Sweat and Dirt: If you don’t take shower, then not only will germs accumulate on your skin, but dirt and sweat too. Dirt and sweat don’t let your pores function properly and can provoke different problems like pimples, acne.

Halloween brings great fun and festivity. Every popular holiday does that, but Halloween is different. 

During Halloween, your mood is totally different. Your heart is full of joy and your mind is full of ideas. There are no stresses and no body thinks about work. 

Its only fun and joy. Halloween changes every mind and heart.

If you are looking for Cute Halloween T shirts for this year Halloween Party, the following are good choices to consider.

witch, on a dark desert highway, funny halloween T-Shirt
by ZeusSE

Don't make me get my FLYING MONKEYS tee shirt
by Wapoka_Gifts

Yes, I Can Drive A Stick T-Shirt
by MoeWampum

Happy Turkey Day Thanksgiving T-Shirt
by blossomchicdesigns

Cute Jack O Lantern Pumpkin Halloween T-Shirt
by blossomchicdesigns

Cute Happy Halloween Bats,Cats,Spiders T-Shirt
by blossomchicdesigns

Hey Boo Halloween, Ghost, Spider, Pumpkin T-Shirt
by blossomchicdesigns

• Foot soaks soothes your muscles and relieves you of aches and pains from standing for hours or walking.

• It helps reduce bacteria from setting into blisters and cuts or under toenails

• if you have thick calluses, softening them in a soak makes it easier to exfoliate

• Foot soaks relieves aches, pains and decrease inflammation

• It heals a variety of foot infections including athletes foot, toenails, fungus, and small wounds

• Foot soaks helps detoxify the body and relieve stress

• It increases blood flow and alleviates pain

• By soaking your feet, you can dilate your blood vessel and promote blood circulation throughout your body.

• foot soaks reduce fatigue and relaxes your whole body.

•  1 cup white distilled vinegar
• 1 gallon of warm water
• A big Basin

• 1 cup Epsom salt
• Warm water
• Big Basin

• 1/2 cup Listerine
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1-gallon warm water
• Big Basin

• 1 Cup Honey
• 1-gallon warm water
• Big Basin

• Help prevent stroke
• Lower cholesterol  level
• Prevent Heart diseases
• Lower the risk of type2 diabetes
• Reduce the risk of Breast Cancer
• Improve mood swing
• Reduce the risk of Alzheimer disease

• Moisturises the skin: Olive oil has been used for decades as a skin moisturizer. Olive oil penetrates into the skin and provides a long-lasting shield for your skin protecting it against harsh weather.
• Slows the aging process
• Reduces wrinkles
• Promotes hair growth
• Moisturizes the hair
• Protects against dandruff
• Remove Earwax 
• Eye make up Remover
• Prevent diapers rash 
• Substitute for shaving stick

• Remove car grease
• Use as Furniture polish
• As shoe polish 
• Use to remove a sticker
• Prevent Hairballs in cats
• Shine your stainless steel
• Use on squeaky doors.

• flush out toxins
• improve your complexion
• Restore lost energy
• Regulates the body temperature
• Help prevent headaches and migraines
• Prevent and relieve constipation
• Prevent Backaches

• Eat Small Meals: One method is to eat five or six, small and healthy meals divided up throughout your day. Instead of eating three large meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner, divide the same quantity of food into 6 small meals instead, and have a healthy snacks in between. Endeavor to abstain from having the last dinner near sleep time,anything up to 2 hours before bed is good.

• Do not hesitate when you feel hungry.Eat as soon as you can. If you wait for a long period of time before you eat, your body will go into panic mode, thinking that you don't have enough resources to replenish it and this might lead to overeating later. Therefore, eating frequent yet smaller meals, will help keep your body satisfied and you will be less likely to over-indulge.

• Do not skip a meal in the hope that it will help burn off some extra calories. The general believe that skipping a meal  will save you from some calories or fat intake is really false, the opposite tends to happen. In addition, if you go for a long period without a meal you are much more likely to over-indulge when you get fed-up and can't take the starvation any more.

• Are you aware that by skipping meals you are actually slowing down your body metabolism? This is because when your body thinks there is a food shortage , it not only stores extra fat but it also slows down the amount of fat it burns. The body's natural survival instinct is triggered, and you end up putting  on extra weight and burning fewer calories and fat. As your body burns fat to convert into energy, you will soon find out that you become more lethargic and tired. Starving yourself just doesn't work!

• Apart from eating smaller, frequent meals, teach yourself to eat slower. Place your knife and fork down between every bite and chew for a few seconds longer than normal. When you eat at a fast pace, you tend to eat more before you have the time to recognize the" i am full "signal your body is sending to your brain. When you eat at a slower pace you tend to recognize these signals from your body ,and train yourself to identify them at an earlier stage.

• Add an additional 15minutes to your day daily, it might sound like a lot, but all you have to do is split it up throughout the day. Leave for work with an extra 5 minutes to spare and walk to a bus stop further away from your house or park the car 5 minutes further away than you normally do and walk. During lunch break, take a 5 minute stroll or take the stairs instead of the elevator. Walk to the local shop instead of driving. It is very easy to complete 15, 30 or even an hour's exercise everyday if you split it up like this. And remember starvation is not the answer, it just doesn't work.

• Banana Facial Mask: Having a beautiful and smooth face is more easier than you think. Mash up a Banana and splash it on your face for a beautiful glow.

• Small bowl

• Metal spoon for mashing

• Avocado Hydrating Mask: when your skin is all stressed out from being out all day, mash up Avocado and yogurt for a smooth stress free skin.

• Mixing bowl

• Spoon 

• 1/2 ripe Avocado
• 1 tablespoon plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon organic honey 

• Mixing bowl
• Spoon

• Mixing bowl
• spoon

• Mixing bowl
• Spoon

• Foot soaks soothes your muscles and relieves you of aches and pains from standing for hours or walking.

• It helps reduce bacteria from setting into blisters and cuts or under toenails

• if you have thick calluses, softening them in a soak makes it easier to exfoliate

• Foot soaks relieves aches, pains and decrease inflammation

• It heals a variety of foot infections including athletes foot, toenails, fungus, and small wounds

• Foot soaks helps detoxify the body and relieve stress

• It increases blood flow and alleviates pain

• By soaking your feet, you can dilate your blood vessel and promote blood circulation throughout your body.

• foot soaks reduce fatigue and relaxes your whole body.

•  1 cup white distilled vinegar
• 1 gallon of warm water
• A big Basin 

• 1 cup Epsom salt
• Warm water
• Big Basin

• 1/2 cup Listerine
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1-gallon warm water
• Big Basin

• 1 Cup Honey
• 1-gallon warm water
• Big Basin