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5 Tips to Control Exercise Acne
Guest blogger, Cynthia Bailey M.D., is a practicing dermatologist and skin care expert in Northern California. Her skin care products and advice can be found at Only the Best Skin Care. Follow her on Twitter @cbaileymd and become a fan of Only The Best Skincare on Facebook.
Most of the time exercise is great for your skin giving your complexion a healthy vitality and usually improving acne.
Is Cardio Kickboxing Tough on Your Joints?
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Just like almost all exercises, cardio kickboxing can be tough on your joints if you are not careful. The most common injuries from cardio kickboxing generally include joint injuries such as tendinitis in the elbow and knee pain. A few steps to protect yourself will keep your joints in perfect form. As cardio kickboxing is a non-contact sport, contusions (bruises) and other issues don’t happen that often.
Warm-up
During the warm-up, you will go through a series of punches and kickss. Use the warm-up as your chance to get your muscles, tendons and ligaments limbered up and to review correct form. Ask
Top 3 Sugar Substitutes for Baking
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There are a number of reasons you may be searching for sugar substitutes for baking. Of those reasons, some major considerations may come from concern over diabetes or other health conditions, or in relation to a mission to consume healthier substances and limit the amount of chemicals supplied to the body. No matter which sugar substitutes are considered, all have pros and cons.
Regular sugar has been used in a large number of recipes over the years because of its ability to not only provide just the right amount of sweetness, but because it liquefies when it bakes, caramelizes at high temperatures, increases the shelf life of many baked goods and often provides the moistness, structure, texture and volume necessary for a fantastic finished product.
Bagged Salad and Bacteria: What YOU Can Do
catsper / CC BY 2.0Pretty much the last thing you want on your salad greens is bacteria that tends to reside in human feces. Many people, including me, buy the pre-washed spinach and romaine lettuce in bags expecting them to be clean and bacteria-free.
Well, Consumer Reports pretty much blew this belief out of the water. According to their recent tests, 39 percent of packaged salad green samples exceeded the level for total coliforms considered acceptable and 23 percent exceeded this level for enterococcus bacteria…bacteria that Consumer Reports describes as “better indicators of fecal contamination.” Shocked and concerned? I know I am. Continue reading…