Jillian Michaels Recipes

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The book has 125 recipes,so that is about 5 cents a recipe for meals that have the right ratio of nutrients that will get your metabolism going in the right direction. Want to get your grocery bill going in the right direction too? See our post
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Jillian Michaels, America’s health and wellnesss specialist wants to help you start the year off right so she is making this great offer. Get recipes for Fudge Brownies, Mediterranean Pizza and Spice Mahi Mah Tacos.

For less than $5 you can start losing weight and getting healthy. Start your year off with a bargain and better health.

Does Sunscreen Have An Expiration Date

Americans throw away $75 billion of food each year with the average American family tossing 14 to 33 percent of the food they buy. That’s almost $600.00 of wasted grocery dollars per family per year. Learning the meanings of terms “best before”, “use by” and “sell by” dates on the products in your grocery store will help you avoid wasting food. Here is a quick guide:

The important thing to remember, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture is that shelf life has to do with consuming the product while it is at it’s peak, when you are most likely to enjoy it, while expiration dates are all about food safety.

“Use by” or “best before” are a guide to optimum enjoyment of the product. So you can actually use the product long past those dates and it is perfectly safe to consume. Sell by dates are the manufacturer’s guideline to grocery stores, so their products are placed on the shelves when they’re the most desirable. If a food has a true expiration or discard after date, that means you really have to throw it away because the product will be unsafe to consume.

If you want to know the guidelines onHow to check the shelf life of your baking ingredients see our post at Fasthowto.com the site that tells how to do anything quickly and easily.

Non food items don’t usually come with a date but many should be replaced after a certain time. Here are some guidelines:

Toothbrush – Buy a new one every three to four months or after you have been sick since the old one can have bacteria that can reinfect you.

Mascara – Replace every three months to avoid pink eye or sties.

Lipstick - You can keep this for two to three years, but if the color changes or it smells bad, toss it.

Sunscreen – Chemicals in sun block decompose, making it ineffective after a year.

Surge protector on your computer - Most standard surge protectors will last around five years. However, if the indicator light has gone out or it is flickering, better to replace a $20.00 surge protector than a $2000.00 computer.

Razor – Change your razor blade or toss your disposable razor after three or four uses, as nicks can allow bacteria to penetrate your skin.

Running shoes – Runners should replace their shoes every 200 to 300 miles. If you don’t run but work out regularly, buy new sneakers every six months.

Sports bra - Invest in a new sports bra every six months to a year. If your breasts bounce around a lot when you jog or jump, or if a bra that used to stay in place starts riding up your back, go ahead and replace it.

Shower loofah - Change every three to four weeks. Mesh puffs can be used for eight weeks.

Make Your Own Eye Glass Cleaner

Just saw this in Hints from Heloise. You can use gentle dish washing detergent as an eye glass lens cleaner. Just squirt a little bit on each lens and rub in with your fingers. Rinse thoroughly and dry with a soft cloth. You can also use hand sanitizer as an eye glass lens cleaner.

To make a holder for your glasses at night or any time use a potholder. You just fold the pot holder in half, stitch up the bottom and one side. You can use a very brightly colored one and you will never have trouble finding your glasses in the morning.

Hair care products can be expensive. If you want have great looking hair for not much money see our post Hair Care Tips To Save You Money

Healthy Hair Tips

Here are some great tips I found in the weekly column from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen.  These tips will help your hair stay healthy and you will save money too because you will be using less hair products.

Skip shampoo – The natural oils produced by your scalp are moisturizing to your hair. Unless you’ve been working up a big sweat, wash you hair every two or three days. Other days, just rinse and massage your scalp with water, or water and conditioner.

Rinse promptly – After a day at the beach or pool, remove chlorine and saltwater which are drying to hair. You can get a head start at the pool or beach if you bring a can of club soda and pour it over your hair. My hairdresser taught me that one.

Avoid chemicals - Dyes and bleaches can cause hair to become fragile and prone to breakage. Avoid do-it-yourself products because they tend to be extra-damaging on the hair shaft.

Be gentle - Blot hair dry with a towel, skip heated irons and dryers, and use low heat if you must blow dry. Use a brush with smooth or rounded bristles.

Benefits of Apple Juice

If you have apples that are bruised or soft and you don’t want to make applesauce – you can make a great homemade facial. Not a well known fact but apples are excellent for the skin. Check out our sister site Curepure.com and see our post on Benefits of Apple Juice for your Skin

Want to know how to give yourself a professional manicure at home? Check out this post on HubPages on Tips On Home Manicures Find out why white vinegar should be part of your nail care routine and how to properly store your nail polish so it lasts longer.

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Here is a great use for over ripe cucumbers. You can make some great natural cleansers out of cucumber juice and a few other inexpensive ingredients. Apparently the best types of cucumbers to use for skin care recipes are cucumbers that are fully ripe and starting to yellow. So check out our post at Curepure.com on Cucumber Facts and Cures

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How To Stay Healthy

Here are some tips which will help keep out of your doctors office and away from the pharmacy. Best way to save money is to avoid spending. No one likes paying for expensive doctor visits or high priced medicine. There are times when you simply can’t avoid this expense but there is a lot you can do on your own to stay healthy.

Give blood – I know it sounds crazy but a recent long-term study of more than a million Scandanavian blood donors showed giving blood was found to be linked with a lower rate of cancer (liver, lung, colon, stomach, and throat) in men, with risk dropping as blood donation increased. Women don’t despair, you will get a mini-check-up when you give blood. They take your blood pressure and determine the iron level in your blood. That is how I found out I was slightly anemic. I was not able to give the first time because my iron levels were not high enough. I was told to go home and eat my spinach.

Wash your hands – I know you have heard it a million times but it bears repeating a million more. Washing your hands frequently is one of the best ways to protect yourself from infectious diseases. Many infections are transmitted by touching things – door knobs, other people’s hands (reminder – if someone has a cold – don’t shake hands), stair rails, telephones and desktops. Hand-washing is important for everyone no matter what age, especially children. A 2005 study showed that hand-washing cut children’s risk of pneumonia and diarrhea in half. Use hand sanitizer if soap is not available.

Drive less – Recent research from both Harvard and the University of Alabama at Birmingham found a drop in traffic fatalities with the rise in gas prices and predicted that 1000 lives per month could be saved each month if gas prices stayed at $4.00 or above per gallon. Driving can also make you very tense and tension is never good for the body. Sustained tension leads to all sorts of expensive health problems.

Get your rest -Over half of American adults experience some difficulty sleeping or don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis. Sleep disorders have been linked with serious health problems such as high blood pressure and heart attacks. Sleep eprivation may also make you gain weight. While it’s best to get the required amount (7 to 8 hours) of sleep every night, you can make up for lost sleep by taking a quick nap or sleeping in on weekends. If you feel you have insomnia you might try an non-addictive natural sleep aide.

Eat fish - There few things you can eat that are as good for you as fish. Eating fish just twice a week may reduce the risk of heart attack or sudden cardiac death, and eating fish more than once a month may reduce the risk of stroke. The American Heart Association recommends eating oily fish at least twice a week. It is best to eat smaller fish such as salmon, mackerel, herring or sardines. Avoid fried fish because of unhealthy fats found in fried foods. Chunk light tuna (which is much less costly than albacore) is good because of its healthy fat content and because it typically has lower mercury levels than albacore or tuna steaks.

Try to avoid antibiotics - If you’re suffering from a head cold, sinus infection, earache, bronchitis or the flu, don’t try to make your doctor give you antibiotics. In some cases, antiobiotics have negative effects. A study reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases estimated that 142,000 emergency-room visits each year are due to adverse reactions to antibiotics. Reactions range from rashes to life-threatening allergic reactions. I, myself am allergic to two different types of antibiotics. Fortunately, I had the rash not the life threatening allergic reaction.  For the common cold, flu, and many minor infections such as bronchitis, antibiotics don’t seem to help. Overuse and overprescription of antibiotics also has led to the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that have become a serious public health concern, especially in hospitals.

Get your shots - Keep current on immunizations. If you haven’t had a tetnus shot in the last ten years you will need one. New vaccines also have become available, such as the shingles vaccine and human papillomavirus vaccine and the flu shot. Shots like the pneumonia vaccine and the annual flu vaccine have been shown to prevent potentially serious infections.

Get screened - Avoid putting off important screening tests like a colonoscopy, PAP smear and mammagram, bone density test, blood pressure, cholesterol, and other blood work.

Question your meds and supplements - Many medications cause digestive symptoms such as nausea, constipation, diarrhea and heartburn. If a change in your diet doesn’t improve your digestive health, ask your doctor or pharmacist if your medications could be causing side effects. Even some supplements and vitamins can cause side effects. For instance calcium supplements often cause constipation and magnesium and vitamin C can cause loose stools and diarrhea. Try eliminating the supplement or if you take more than one, try eliminating one the supplements per week to see if they might be contributing to digestive problems.

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Are You One of The Hundred Million?

Let me tell you that neglecting a bit of dental care now can add up to big dental expenses in the future! You do not want to sacrifice your health, or possibly suffer pain later, because you cannot find accessible routine dental care now. But over 100 million Americans lack dental coverage, and this stastistic does not get as much press as the equally horrible fact that almost fifty million Americans lack health coverage.

Dental Access

You may look for dental insurance, but premiums are substantial and these plans often come with yearly limits and high deductibles and/or copays for major work. Discount Dental Benefit Programs are more affordable. The have one feature of many dental PPOS, in that they have a network. Sometimes large health or dental insurance companies offer these discount plans as a way to help consumers, who do not have dental insurance, keep costs down. They use these networks to keep their own costs down, and so all charges for procedures are negotiated at a group discount, sometimes as much as 60%!

Discount Dental vs. Dental Insurance

A discount dental plan will not pay your bill, but it will make it easier for you to pay it! Some plans include routine dental care at very reduced rates, or even for free, to keep future costs down and attract new members. You can also find discount work on cosmetic dental, orthodontics, dentures, and other services that many dental insurance policies do not cover.

FIND DISCOUNT DENTAL ONLINE

You can search for a dental discount program right away, by using your zip code. Get a price quote and find available dentists before you enter any personal information! Then if you find a program you like, you can even sign up online!

FIND DISCOUNT DENTAL PLANS

Hey Cheapskaters, You know how we love free stuff – well here is an offer I saw in the Dear Abby column in our local paper.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Women’s Health wants to encourage women to get the most out of their health and beauty products by taking the time to read the directions and following them properly. The message to women is “Take Time to Care…. Health and Beauty.

In celebration of National Women’s Health Week this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration is offering a free Health and Beauty Kit that includes tools for making informed choices about the cosmetics and other products women use every day. According to the letter in Abby’s column this effort has already been paid for with taxpayer dollars, including postage and handling.

Okay cheapskaters, looks like we might as well get what we paid for so just click  Free-Health-And-Beauty-Kit to order. This offer is also available in Spanish. I just ordered mine. I’ll let you know when I get it.

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