When we lose weight we give the thousand times thinking what can we do to achieve the most effective and fast, which is actually a big mistake. A recent investigation showed that the key to losing weight is to relax.

After two years of investigation it was found that women who followed a program of yoga and meditation have lost weight and kept, but those obsessed with food and exercise performed poorly.

The research was conducted at the University of Otago in New Zealand, where women were divided into three groups: one attending yoga classes and meditation, one that was focused on physical activity and nutrition, while the third group received nutritional information.

The study showed that while all lost weight, which belonged to the first group, were those that yielded the best results and the ones that managed to maintain and improve your overall health.

Learn and practice relaxation techniques as part of a lifestyle change is essential, women were able to handle stress and emotions without using food.

The spots on the face are not a medical problem but can be an aesthetic concern rather important. So let’s give you some tips to prevent and reduce stains on the face. These spots are changes in the color of facial skin, usually brown. Generally found in the cheeks, forehead, neck, upper lip or nose.

If you want to avoid spots on the face protect yourself from the sun as much as possible. Use a good sunscreen and avoid exposing during the 11 am and 15 pm). Also avoids sunbathing if you’re taking pills to prevent pregnancy and for this, even if you are taking hormones for menopause.

A treatment for the spots on the face is through phytoremediation, i.e. the use of plants. The goal is to whiten the stained area making them more noticeable, as an alternative to treatments with hydroquinone (as there are suspicions that could harm the health of the eyes). (more…)

When one reads about the almost magical properties of Goji berries, one tends to think that most of these properties are mere exaggeration, but there have been many modern scientific studies have confirmed these facts and possibilities are also open new avenues research in the field with better results.

Goji berries are nutritionally rich in beta-carotene, vitamins C, B1, B2 and other vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids, the companies marketing the berries also claim the grains contain nutrients such as isoleucine, tryptophan, zinc, iron , copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, phosphorus, vitamin B6 and vitamin E.

Goji berries are considered very good when it comes to improving the vision and is a fact documented by more than 15 centuries, which originally only restricted to chronic herbalists who have been supported by modern studies as well. (more…)