Your kitchen appliances work hard so you don’t have to. It’s key to keep them sparkling clean so that they can continue to work for years to come! Because your refrigerator and microwave are so close to the foods you eat it is important to give them a good “natural” cleaning! This refrigerator and microwave cleaner recipe will help do the spring cleaning you need in the most natural way!
Ingredients:
1 cup white vinegar
2 cups hot water
15 drops of Lemon essential oil
Directions:
Combine the ingredients in a glass spray bottle.
Spray mixture inside fridge or microwave, then scrub and wipe using damp cloth.
This simple DIY cleaner is sure to be useful in your cleaning routine this spring! Good luck and happy cleaning!
Correct posture is essential for the proper movement of our bodies everyday. I feel that springtime is a good time to improve our overall health and well-being.
One area of our bodies that tends to get neglected is the hips and they’re important to focus on in order to improve our posture, decrease pain and maintain flexibility. In today’s video my friend and our strength and conditioning expert, Mark Roozen, demonstrates exercises that will develop an improved posture.
Using a stick for support, you’ll bend forward bending at the hips. It’s key to keep the stick in contact with your lower body, which is the part of the body we want to stretch and utilize. This movement will engage the lower back, part of the body that gets ignored when we’ve been hunched at our computers or looking down at our phones or other devices.
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Going through life having to deal with hair loss can be a constant struggle, a struggle that as adults can be emotionally and physically taxing. As taxing as it may be for adults imagine experiencing that struggle from a child’s perspective, can you imagine how daunting that would be?
My non-profit organization, Wigs For Kids, has had the opportunity to love, support and assist children who are experiencing medical related hair loss. With this opportunity, we have been blessed with an outstanding network of individuals who give their time, support, funds and services to help children look and feel themselves.
Yet in order to provide wigs to as many children in need as possible, Wigs For Kids needs to rely on generous volunteers, donations, and fundraisers. How can you help make these wishes come true? Here are three ways you can help out:
It takes 20-30 ponytails to create one wig for a child. By growing and donating your hair to Wigs for Kids you can become a part of changing that child’s life.
Host a Ladies Night of Pampering with your friends! Provide the food and drinks and even a silent auction and have donating’s go to Wigs For Kids.
3. Use Aquage/Wigs for Kids Products!
We have been lucky enough to partner with Aquage care and stylist products to create a Wigs for Kids gift pack. Support Wigs for Kids while looking beautiful with these fantastic products.
By getting involved, you’re helping to increase the help and support we can give to these kids at no cost to them. It is with your generosity that we are able to put a smile on these kids’ faces!
If you would like to learn more about Wigs For Kids and how you and your salon can get involved, please find information on their website here, or email or call me.
In my last blog I talked about how you can start to tackle your hair loss this year as a personal resolution for yourself. If you have begun to collect the hairs that fall out each day, then I want to discuss the next steps.
We want to evaluate various factors or your lifestyle at different times to see how problems might be progressing. You should note that hair loss is related to what happened yesterday – not today. We will likely have forgotten what might have caused it, because the loss becomes noticeable only after the events that triggered it. I encourage my clients to keep a diary or a journal of their hair loss over a ninety-day period – which represents the cycle of hair. I encourage you to do the same before you begin addressing your hair loss concerns constructively, and continue to alter.
For the same reasons, we take a two-to five-year personal history on a client in our initial consultation and create a timeline showing the correlation of events in their lives with noticed amounts of loss. When our clients see these timelines, they often say, “I didn’t realize that all of this was happening at the same time.” The main reason to do that initial assessment is to win the first half of the battle – understanding what has actually happened that brought about some of these issues.
After evaluating every aspect of your life, your hair restoration specialist should have a better idea of why you are experiencing hair loss, what steps you can take to prevent further hair loss, and what solution is a best fit for you.
If you would like to learn more about the right solution for your individual hair loss please emailor call me to set up a private and personal consultation with one of my consultation specialists. Or to get your free copy of my Personal Hair Loss Evaluation eBook Guide, which helps determine your loss and best-personalized solution, all you need to do is sign up for my blog.
Temptations are all around us, and the temptation of sweets always seems to be the worst when you are working towards a goal of eating healthy. But completely eliminating the “sweets” food group is not necessarily good for your diet either.
With that being said, there are sweets you can make at home. This way you know exactly what is in what you’re eating. And, you can make sure it’s a healthy sweet temptation.
Try making these tasty peppermint patties:
Ingredients:
1 ½ cup organic coconut oil
¼ cup raw honey
3 drops peppermint essential oil
1 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 candy cane, crushed
“I’m so excited I want to scream… but I don’t want to scare my kids!” – Linsey D.
I am so excited to announce the “A New You Makeover” winner – Linsey D. My team spent a great deal of time trying to decide between the many applicants and the two well deserving finalists. As we spent time with Linsey we found that her hair loss was caused by a combination of Graves Disease, Hashimoto’s Disease and the medications associated with them. We realized that there is a need to bring awareness to women, all over, experiencing thyroid and autoimmune type diseases – that there is a solution for thinning hair and hair loss.
Linsey was so excited to find out that she has been selected as our winner that not only did she want to scream, but said this contest is the only thing she has ever won – besides a coloring contest when she was younger! Her husband was so elated he began yelling and jumping for joy at his office. His co-workers rushed in to see if everything was okay! And our favorite was that when Linsey told her mom, over text, that she had won, Linsey said, “my mom is screaming for joy – over text!”
Lets ring in 2014 with a homemade super food recipe, peanut butter! This powerful protein fills you up and helps fight off those tempting cravings. It is packed full of nutrients like vitamin E, potassium, and vitamin B6. And, most importantly, peanut butter has fats, but heart healthy monounsaturated fats.
To make this tasty treat at home combine the following and mix together using your Vitamix:
2 cups lightly salted peanuts
2 Tbsp organic cane sugar
Thank you Marisa for this great recipe! For more information on Marisa and great recipes, visit her blog! You can find more healthy recipes on my health and wellness sectionhere.
Marisa Dicenso-Pelser– Marisa is one of the Founders and Head Trainers forPure Health and Fitness. Marisa is a Raw Foods Chef, Personal Trainer, and Nationally Qualified Figure Competitor. Along with her husband, Pieter, they are spreading the word of the importance of plant-based raw foodnutrition as well as fitness throughout Northeast Ohio.
You know that feeling, the little voice that says “Well, I can just eat one more cookie, it IS the holidays.” We have all been there. The holiday season can be a challenge when it comes to managing your healthy eating habits. But I want to help. Here are a few simple steps to help you cut down from overindulging this holiday season.
1. Focus on the people – not the food.
The holidays are meant to spend time with friends and family. So do that, talk among those you are with, you’re not there for the food.
2. Make the occasional exception – not the rule.
One day of splurging on holiday food is ok. Just make sure to get back to your normal routine the next day and get through the New Year.
3. Host the party.
You can ensure there are healthy choices when you host. If you are going to someone else’s house, offer to bring food.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I know it’s easy to overindulge on sweets. Marisa Dicenso-Pelser, founder and trainer at Pure Health and Fitness, wants to help your craving for sweets by sharing her Pumpkin Ice Cream recipe.
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This is my absolute favorite Thanksgiving treat! Rich and creamy yet nut free, which makes it a lower fat splurge. It is so easy with no ice cream maker required.
2 cups Butternut Squash (cooked or raw)
1/4 cup Coconut Butter
1/4 cup Maple Syrup
1/2 tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice or 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp allspice
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Pinch Sea Salt
Water (to get blender moving)
Blend all the ingredients in a Vitamix or high-speed blender.
Pour mixture into a freezer friendly airtight container and freeze till firm.
Scoop out and garnish with pecans and enjoy!
Thank you Marisa for this great recipe! For more information on Marisa and great recipes, visit her blog! You can find more healthy recipes on my health and wellness section here.
Marisa Dicenso-Pelser– Marisa is one of the Founders and Head Trainers forPure Health and Fitness. Marisa is a Raw Foods Chef, Personal Trainer, and Nationally Qualified Figure Competitor. Along with her husband, Pieter, they are spreading the word of the importance of plant-based raw foodnutrition as well as fitness throughout Northeast Ohio.
One of the most important parts of growing healthy hair is to have a healthy scalp. Just like when planting flowers if the soil is not good the flowers will not grow beautiful!
Vitamin A is a key vitamin that helps promote a healthy scalp and ultimately healthy hair. Here is a quick morning smoothie, enriched with Vitamin A, to help start your day and your scalp in the right direction!
Citrus Carrot Cocktail*
Ingredients:
¼ cup water
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1/8-inch thick slice lemon, with peel, seeded
1 cup ice cubes
Directions:
Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container, or high powered blender, in the order listed and secure lid.
Select Variable 1.
Turn machine on and slowly increase to Variable 10, then to High.
Blend for 1 minute or until desired consistency is reached.
If you find yourself lagging halfway through the day you may be in need of a healthy snack. The next time you have the munchies try picking up a few of the following foods that are not only good for your body and your mind – but also for your hair:
1. Almonds
2. Walnuts
3. Sunflower seeds
4. Figs
5. Apricots
6. Bananas
7. Raspberries or strawberries
8. Oranges
9. Raisins
10. Prunes
11. Skim milk, soy latte decaf, or 4 oz. frozen or regular low-fat yogurt
12. Small box whole-grain cereal or whole-grain snack bar
Proper nutrition is important for the growth of hair follicles and healthy hair fiber. So, what’s in a healthy diet? Fruits, vegetables, and meats, containing natural vitamins, proteins and mineral. As part of a daily diet, these foods make hair strong and healthy.
The Emerald Smoothie is the first recipe in my Nutrition Tips segment. Not only does it taste great, but has the added bonus for contributing to healthy hair and skin!
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