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Remodeling – Removing Walls is Easier Than You Think

Before you start, make sure you understand all of the wall’s functions and know how well they can be served when it’s gone. Check to be certain that the space the wall divides will not seem ill-proportioned without it. Note that besides serving as a partition a wall may carry pipes, wires or heat ducts. Keep in mind that although removing a wall may join two spaces together it does not actually add any more space than the few square feet in which the wall stands.

To size up the job, look the wall over. The number of outlets and switches will suggest how much wiring lies inside it. A bathroom directly above may be hooked to plumbing that goes down through the wall. From the basement you may be able to detect whether heating pipes or conductors rise within the wall.

If all you find is wiring that terminates at outlets in the wall, you can remove it when you break the wall. A hot-air duct connected to a wall register can be cut back to the floor and capped with a grid. Even if you encounter many pipes and cables, you may be able to remove the bulk of the partition and leave part of one end of the wall to carry the various conductors, which can be moved there by a plumber or an electrician.

More critically, you should be aware that the wall may bear weight from above, thus serving as a vital structural element of the house. If it does, you will have to limit the width of the opening to 14 feet, because a bigger span entails too many risks and difficulties. To replace the weight-carrying function of the wall, you will have to install a visible overhead beam, as well as end posts for this beam that may also be visible, so that instead of removing the wall without a trace you make an arch. These intrusions can be minimized by surfacing the structural members with wallboard to match the walls, or by positioning furniture, such as bookcases, to hide the posts.

The key clue to a load-bearing wall is joists crossing its top plates perpendicular to them. You may be able to see the direction of the joists from your attic; you may have to cut a peephole in the ceiling next to the wall to be removed. The basement can also yield clues. If you find a girder or a wall running under and parallel to the partition in question, you can be quite sure that the partition carries weight down to this support. If any doubt remains, assume that the wall bears weight.

As the converse of a load-bearing wall, a nonbearing wall usually runs parallel to the joists and perpendicular to the long walls of the house. Walls enclosing small spaces like closets are probably non-bearing walls – but be sure to check. Because nonbearing walls serve no structural function, they can be removed without leaving an arch.

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Give Aging a Knockout Punch With This Skin Care Guide

Keeping your skin young and supple is not as difficult as it sounds. Whilst many anti-aging skin care guides try to complicate matters, really all you need is to follow a simple, yet effective strategy. There is no need to try all the latest fads on the market. Using sensible strategies will keep your skin looking young for  a long time.

Admittedly, an anti skin care treatment can be very useful and there are some very effective ones on the market. However, there are some things you should know before you buy one. You’ll get more details on this later in this article. But first, here are some easy to do tips for getting and maintaining healthy and young looking skin:

Strategy #1

We all like to lay on the beach and get a great looking tan. However, even though some sun exposure is healthy, too much exposure can actually ruin your skin. If you work outdoors or have to be in the sun often, find a broad  hat that can shield your face from the sunshine.

Now, here is a shocker. Don’t over rely on sunscreen. Even though it can protect your skin from the signs of premature aging, it may not be as effective as you think. A recent study showed that the chemicals in some sunscreens break down quickly under exposure to sunlight, hence compromising the protection it offers. Recognize that we do need a moderate amount sunlight because it is vital to the production of vitamin D in our bodies, an essential requirement for good health.

However, too much exposure is harmful because it impedes your body’s production of hyaluronan, a key substance that aids tissue repair. As we get older and are exposed to the sun more, the UVB in the sun’s rays damage our skin cells. This results in the skin producing a reduced amount of  hyaluronan as time goes on.

Strategy #2

For being such a simple, cheap and powerful anti aging skin care treatment, this is often ignored. Drink a reasonable amount of water daily. Unfortunately, most people don’t drink enough pure water. Furthermore, water from our taps contain elements that are harmful to our health. Drinking clean, filtered water will solve this problem. Being that our bodies are largely made up of  water and our skin is the largest organ, keeping it hydrated with clean filtered water will keep us healthy both inside and out.

Strategy #3

Herein lies the main problem with most skin care regimens. They focus more on what is what we put on our bodies that what we put in our bodies. The old adage you are what you eat is applicable here.

Any anti aging skin care guide worth its salt must include the importance of diet. Eating dark, leafy green vegetables like spinach and broccoli as well as berries is advised because of its free radical fighting properties. These “super foods” are rich in antioxidants which can counter its effects. Free radicals are highly destructive molecules that damage your skin cells and accounts for wrinkles and other signs of aging we see outwardly.

Skin Care Products

The beauty of following the above-mentioned tips consistently, is that you can achieve a healthy, youthful looking skin fairly inexpensively. Your look can be further enhanced by buying and using a high quality anti aging skin care treatment cream. The highest quality creams would achieve the following:

1. Encourage the production of collagen and elastin within your body. These two components give your skin a supple, radiant and firm look. As we get older, collagen and elastin breaks down and we produce less of it. This results in our skin having that saggy look.

Many creams contain phytessence wakame and nanobelle CoQ10 that can help the body increase its production of  collagen and elastin. Contrary to popular belief, collagen itself isn’t effective when directly applied to the skin as some anti aging skin care treatment creams suggest. The molecules are too big to be absorbed into the skin. Collagen, to be effective, must be manufactured by your body.

2. Shouldn’t be too oily or greasy and yet help to keep your skin hydrated. This would help keep your skin supple and soft.

3. Is comprised of elements that minimize the appearance of  lines and wrinkles and reduce age spots by keep the color of your skin consistent throughout.

Although this is anti aging skin care guide may not include all the information there is, you can use it as a basis for find out more information on maintaining skin health.

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Heavyweight Lightweight Or Paperweight – Knockout Gifts For Him

Once again you are hit with the weighty problem of finding gifts for men that will knock their socks off. Who is it this time? Your husband/boyfriend/lover/significant other? Your best mate? Your dad? Your son? Your brother? Your uncle? Your granddad? Trying to find good gifts for men can be a challenge, however well you may think you know them.

Men come in a range of shapes and sizes and may have a variety of interests but they tend to have certain things in common. Here are a few points to keep in mind when seeking out gifts for men.

He doesn’t want to be criticised or improved and doesn’t like to be told what to do or how to do it

Don’t say “I got you a calendar (or diary) because you’re so disorganised and never remember when things are.” He won’t thank you for it. Let him think it was his idea. Say “I got you this because you said you wanted to be more organised next year”. Why not choose a personalised one with an appropriate theme?

He likes to be in control

How about a gift that puts him firmly in the driving seat? Give him the chance to find out firsthand what it’s like to control an aircraft, a helicopter or a top of the range sports car. If that’s outside your price range, how about a Radio Controlled Forklift Truck or a Head Boy Badge? Or a Remote Control device that works (with a little help from the power of positive thinking) on the Boss, the Cat, the Dog, the Kids or even the Woman in his life. Yeah right!

He likes to know what’s going on in the world

Get him an original newspaper for any date, either to commemorate a world shattering event or a day of significance to him personally. Or put him in the headlines with a spoof news story.

He doesn’t want to be told where to go

He may know where he’s going but can he remember where he’s been? Get him a World Map on which to plot his travels or a Travel Journal in which to keep his souvenirs and jot down notes and memories. If his travels are on a more localised scale; how about an engraved London underground map?

He likes to be successful

Challenge him to solve a puzzle, build a model car, learn to juggle or grow something unusual. Or make him the hero of his own personalised football commentary.

He likes a laugh

Fuel his funny side with Crime Scene or Barbed Wire toilet paper. Or keep him chuckling wherever he goes with A Little Britain Key chain featuring 12 classic quotes. If he prefers his laughs to come at someone else’s expense, A Dad’s Cab Taxi Meter will make sure he gets rewarded for all those lifts he keeps getting asked for.

He gets a bit cross when things don’t quite go to plan

Let him take out his pent up aggression on the Dead Fred Pen
Holder. Or destroy some aliens. Or he can spear those errant sausages with the BBQ Sword.

He never knows where anything is

There are plenty of gifts for men that will help. Is he always rifling through the kitchen drawers demanding to know what you’ve done with the bottle opener? How about a magnetic one that sticks to the fridge? Or a Loc8or that will help him find his valuables quickly and easily. Or a Vehicle Document File to save him from hunting high and low for the insurance and MOT certificates when the car tax is due.

He likes to feel special

Personalised bottles of champagne, whisky or port make great gifts for men who enjoy a classy tipple. Or, if he’s not a drinker, how about his own unique specially blended tea? Or choose from a range of personalised gifts for men featuring his name or initials, including mugs, prints, posters, calendars, diaries, money boxes, money clips or cuff links.

He likes to feel loved and wanted

Get him something that reminds him every day how much you love him. Have your own personal message of affection engraved on a tankard, wine glasses, key ring, pen holder, cuff link box or Silver Star paperweight. A few well chosen words can turn classic gifts for men into unique keepsakes. Or get him a “Nuts about you” key ring or a fridge magnet that reveals the Secret of True Love.

There is no need to knock yourself out trudging round the shops, all these gifts for men can be ordered on line.

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Selling Yourself to the Media – Tips to Deliver a Knock-Out Interview

Giving an interview is like going on a first date: It will lay the groundwork for your relationship with the media. You’ve caught their attention, now you need to build a rapport and develop a long-term relationship, gathering the publicity results on your way. An interview is the best free publicity you can get, so you need to be the best interviewee-or date-the journalist has ever had. Make it so whenever they need an expert or need a source-regarding your area of expertise-you are the person they contact. Giving a good interview is the first step in getting more publicity, so sell yourself to the media, and score a second date.

Here are a few publicity tips to remember for your interview:

1. If the interview is going to be over the phone make sure you use a landline, not your cell. A dropped call or a bad connection can lead to confusion, wasted time, or worse, for you and the person interviewing you. It’s the same reason you don’t talk to your date with you mouth full. Good crisp connections are the key to achieving the publicity results you desire.

2. Take a promotional break. When you’re being interviewed, remember that the interview is your promotion, so there’s no need for you to do it. Don’t say “In my book…” fifteen times during an interview, or during a date. Take a backseat to the interview’s promotional power and enjoy the publicity results.

3. If you’re doing television, give some thought into what you’ll be wearing. Ask yourself, “How will I look on set?” You want to stand out, not blend in. Do you wear camouflage on a first date? Of course not. And always bring a change of clothes. You don’t want to be wearing the same outfit as your interviewer, or your date! It’s also a good idea to dress professionally in a phone interview. You’re likely to be more confident in your professional attire than in your pajamas. Publicity success lies in a person’s confidence.

4. Send in a suggested list of questions for the interviewer to use. Note: Do not try this before a first, second, or third date. You’ll be able to answer these questions in a very succinct and clear manner, making great sound bites that can be pulled out and used in print articles, getting more publicity for you. It’s always a good idea to review your online press kit prior to the interview as well.

The best free publicity tip-and dating tip- you’ll ever receive is this: Be prepared. For interviews and everything else in the PR realm being prepared is the key ingredient to a successful publicity campaign. Lack of preparation is a publicist’s nightmare-yours too-so dress up, know your sound bites ahead of time, and review your online press kit. With a little preparation, you too can be a publicity success.

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Champions League Qualifiers For Knockout Stages 12-11-07 And 12-12-07

The final qualification matches were played on Tuesday and Wednesday and it is now known which 16 teams would be playing in the next stage of Champions League.

In Group A Liverpool, Marseilles and Porto had the chance to progress through to the next stage. Porto defeated Beskitas by 2 goals to 0 while in the other game of the group; Liverpool defeated Marseilles in Marseilles by an emphatic 4-0 scoreline.

Steve Gerrard opened the scoring on 4 minutes with a penalty while Fernando scored a superb second to put the Reds 2 goals up in the 1st 11 minutes of play. Dirk Kuyt. Early in the 2nd half and Ryan Babel in the dying minutes completed the rout.

Porto finished as group winners with Liverpool following them through as runners up. Marseilles’ consolation is to feature in the UEFA cup for coming 3rd.

In Group B Chelsea had already qualified as winners and the only issue was which team would follow then as runners up.

All the remaining teams had a chance of qualification with Schalke defeating Rosenborg 3-1 with Kevin Kuranyi amongst the goals in a straight shootout to see which of the teams would qualify while Valencia could only draw at Chelsea.

This meant that Schalke qualified as runner up and Rosenborg qualified for UEFA cup with Valencia going out altogether after a bitterly disappointing campaign.

In Group C all 4 teams could still qualify and they all had something to play for. Real Madrid defeated lazio by 3 goals to 1 with Raul increasing his goal scoring lead at the top by scoring the 2nd goal with a header as they totally outclassed their Italian opponents.

Julio Baptista and Robinho scoring either side of Raul and Darko Pandev scoring Lazio’s consolation goal.

In the other game Olympiakos defeated Werder Bremen by 3 goals to 0 with Ieroklis Stoltidis scoring a brace and Darko Kovacevic scoring the other.

This meant that Real topped the group, Olympiakos came second and Werder Bremen having the consolation of UEFA cup.

In Group D Milan had already qualified and they wanted to top the group while Celtic, Shakhtar Donesk and Benfica all had something to play for as Celtic could still qualify as wiiners or runner up and Shakhtar could still qualify as runner up while Benfica had the chance to play in UEFA.

Milan defeated Celtic by a Filipo Inzaghi goal and they were anxious as to what was going on in the Shakhtar but they needn’t had worried as Benfica won in Moscow by 2 goals to 1 with Oscar Cardozo grabbing a brace and Cristiano Lucarelli scoring a penalty for the host but it was not enough.

Milan qualified as winners with Celtic joining them in the next stage and Benfica grabbing the UEFA spot.

In group E, Barcelona had already qualified as winners and they routinely defeated Stuttgart 3-1 with the returning Samuel Etoo and Ronaldinho amongst the goals.

Lyon and Rangers knew that the winner of this their game would qualify or in the event of a draw, Ranger would go through but Lyon defeated Ranger by 3 goals to win reversing the scoreline of their first meeting in Lyon when Ranger surprisingly won 3-0.

It may have been different if Jean-Claude Darchville did not miss a complete sitter that would have made it 1-1 with 9 minutes to go but they fell down to 2 goals from Karim Benzema and another from Sidney Gogou.

Rangers at least have the consolation of UEFA football in the New Year.

In group F all the qualifiers had been known with Manchester United topping group and Roma coming second. They played out a 1-1 draw with both sides fielding weakened teams understandably.

Sporting defeated the hapless Dinamo Kiev, 3-0, who went the whole campaign losing every game.

In Group G Inter Milan that had already won the group defeated 10-man PSV Eindhoven by a Julio Cruz goal to nil in Eindhoven.

In the other game Fenerbache defeated CSKA Moscow by 3 goals to 1 with Alex scoring 1 of the best goals of the competition so far.

Fenerbache qualified alongside Inter with PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA cup.

In Group H, the only issue was which side Arsenal or Sevilla would top the group and it was Sevilla as they won in Prague by beating Slavia Prague 3-0 with the inform Luis Fabiano opening the scoring and Freddi Kanoute and Daniel Alves completing the scoring.

Arsenal, with goals from Abou Dialby and Nicklas Bendtner defeated Steaua Bucharest 2-1.

Slavia Prague with just 5 points qualified for UEFA by coming 3rd.

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How To Knock Out A Quick Business Plan In One Hour

For those business owners who have waited for the 11th hour to get a solid plan under their belt, here is a quick outline for you to work with. This outline will allow you to get up and running fast. Just get into each heading and flesh them out.

Heading

This is where your company heading goes. Drop in your company details. Blitz

Objective

What is our company about and why should we care? This is where the core principles of your business will go..

Summary

The major details of your business will fill out the rest of the plan but if someone was just skimming your plan, they should be able to develop confidence in your business from your objective page.

Concept

This is where you pitch the reason for your plan. This part is elevator speech about the future of your business. This segment is what’s on your refrigerator and you bathroom mirror.

Current Situation

Give the good, the bad and the ugly. Keep it real and honest. Keep it short.

The market

This is your expert assessment of the climate of the market, the statistics and the fundamentals that make the market and sub-markets viable. Show your know-how.

Market segment

How do you plan to find and work with your target market? Who is your target market?

How do you reach them? What can you do for them?

Consumer analysis

This is where you tell the reader about the market in greater detail. Keep your analysis sharp and to the point. Use facts and figures.

Completion

Summarize at this point.

Product/Service features and benefits

Pitch your top selling service or item and show how the after market or up sell items fit in.

Competitive analysis

Time to layout the profile of the competition. Who are they, how many are there and what kind of advantage and weakness do you have in relation to your competitors?

Positioning

How will you portray your company to the media and to your target market? What methods will you use?

Advertising and promotions

Outline your proposed mix of marketing sources. Explain your choices of marketing vehicles and how they will reach your target market.

Sales

Explain how your sales strategy will work in concert with your business strategy.

Research and Development

This will relate to any new projects your team is working on for the future.

Operations

Any important aspect of the business that does not apply to a topic above.

Staff

Indicate the names and titles of your key players. The roster should also include the names and positions of major consultants and mentors.

Financial Summary

This is the tough part. You’ll need to provide a pro forma, income statements, balance sheets and cash flow forecasts. Keep the figures as accurate as possible, and make your projections about five years out.

Payback and exit strategy

Debt and equity lenders want to know what your exit strategy will be. Are you planning to sell the company; go public; liquidate assets; or consolidate with another company? Let the reader know what your end game will be.

Closing Summary

This final statement to the audience will tell them what you told them before. Keep it positive and upbeat but levelheaded and practical.

In order to make this business plan in record time, you need to be prepared ahead of time. Get all your materials ready before you get started.

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The Real Key to Getting a Knockout Ancient Greek Tattoo

Are you looking for a great ancient Greek tattoo that will stand out from all the others out there? Want something unique that you’ll be sure to love? There are definitely some steps that you can take to find a design that is unique to your personality, one that will have the dynamics that you want.

The first step to getting that incredible ancient Greek tattoo is to determine which ancient symbol, figure, or personality you want to focus on. A lot of people don’t realize that many popular tattoos symbols originated from Greece and their ancient tattoos.

The snake, for example, is symbolic of healing rituals because their venom was considered to be medicinal in ancient Greece. The Greek god Asclepius was the god of healing and medicine. Legend has it that the incredible physician Hippocrates called upon Asclepius to produce the purest form of healing for his patients. The staff of Asclepius Tattoo is a symbol of healing for the medical field and is depicted as a staff with a snake wrapped around it. If healing interests you, whether it be physical, spiritual, or emotional healing, a variation of the staff of Asclepius tattoo is worth pursing.

Butterflies are also symbolic of ancient Greek history. Butterfly in Greek is translated as “psyche” or “soul”. Butterflies were significant in mythology and were associated with the human soul. They were thought to be the souls of those who were deceased and are depicted as being the means of passage for the soul to enter into the heavens. Butterflies can be used in designs that are a tribute or remembrance of a loved one.

Angels were very significant in ancient Greek religions. An angel, or “angelos”, was a divine messenger who was responsible for relaying messages from the gods down to the humans. The halo that Christians depict with angels actually originated in Greek times. The sun God Helios is often pictured surrounded with angels with halos, and oftentimes he was shown with a halo himself. Angels can give a sense of peace or serenity to any tattoo.

While these three ancient symbols may get overlooked in Greek designs, there are so many other design ideas that are easily associated. Greek key patterns, words, phrases, crosses, and of course the incredibly popular mythology designs are just a few others.

So what do you do once you’ve got an idea of which symbols you want to use in your personal ancient Greek tattoo? Well, you should get some references for good tattoo artists and find one that you’re comfortable with. But there’s one important thing that you need to keep in mind. When you look at designs in a parlor, be aware that these designs are standard and easy to complete. Many other people will be wearing the same design as you, a design that is simple enough to get you in and out of the parlor as quickly as possible.

The real key to getting that knockout ancient Greek tattoo will take a little bit of work on your behalf. You’ve already done some of that work by doing some research on ancient symbols and figures that have meaning to you.

Next you need to look for some award winning printable designs that are unique and fit your personality. You can combine these designs and make your own classic work of art that will turn heads where ever you go. Take these printable designs into the parlor with you and discuss the your ideas with the artist that will be doing the work for you. Trust me, they’ll be thrilled to help you because your unique design will also help promote their business.

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How to Become Niche Marketing Knockout

What is a Niche Market? A Niche market is a market for a specific product category or group of products and services. For example health industry is one main Niche.

However since this Niche Market would be huge we would go down to for example diet pills as a niche. So before come up with your Niche ideas or try finding your niche, you should really study what interests you.

A good way to find niches is to look into magazines. Since Niche Internet Marketing can become very competitive, you really need to do your Due Diligence or Niche marketing research before you start build your niche website.

There are other ways to find niche ideas. Once again many niche marketers are full time marketer who know niche Internet marketing really well. However most don’t.

Internet Marketing or Niche Affiliate Marketing will become more and more popular as the amount of web pages and information just explode. And niche marketing on crack is a new saying for the phenomena.

Too start become a master in your niche markets. You need to develop you niche market strategy. And to make it worth the efforts, you really need to learn the basics. The basics include setting up your own domain, install WordPress, add some plugins to WordPress.

Social Bookmark your new sites. Add internal links. And Build your list, so you can update your customers as well. Its much easier to sell again to old buyers. Then to find new customers.

That is how you build a profitable niche on it’s own.

WHAT NICHE TO WORK WITH?

When it comes to select a niche, you really should start to study a category of products and services that you personally like. Simply cause if you go into Internet Marketing with one reason, to make money. You will never make it happen. Look at Roger Federer? Think he thought of money as a 3 years old? No way. He managed to become the worlds best Tennis player as he had total passion and loved what he is doing.

So when you select a niche market to work with. Make sure you work with anything in health, wealth or relationships. Why? Cause they are evergreen niches. They are always asked for and will always be there.

STAY AWAY FROM BEING A NEWBIE AND GET KNOCKED OUT

There is no marketer online who has not yet failed. Most do. And most give up. You can’t if you are going to build your Business. There is a lot to learn. But when you start to work your Business a lot of knowledge comes naturally. So make sure your become a Newbie Knockout instead of being knocked out in The Niche Affiliate Marketing Field.

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How to Find a Knock-out Dress

Everyone feels more confident and outgoing when they are wearing something that suits them and feels comfortable. When you need to get dressed up for a special occasion it’s easy to spend hours trawling round the shops trying to find exactly what you want, but with some simple preparation and forethought the whole process can be made a lot easier.

Firstly, consider what type of dresses you like to wear. The dress you need for the special occasion may be very different from what you would wear on an everyday basis, so do some research before you hit the shops and think about the type of shapes and cuts that would suit your body shape the best.

You can also look online to get a good idea of the styles of clothes and dresses available. The advantage of this is that instead of starting to shop with no real idea of what you want (regardless of whether that is online or in your local shopping centre) you will already have a good idea of what you need. This improves your chances of getting just the right dress for you, and it will prevent you from shopping for much longer than is necessary.

Bear in mind that some dresses will be of a more unusual colour, which makes it harder to find shoes to go with them. Consider this aspect of your outfit carefully and don’t fall for buying a wonderful dress when you know you won’t be able to match in a pair of shoes.

Once you have chosen your dress you can think about finishing it off and accentuating it with some accessories such as fashion jewellery. You may already have some pieces in mind but if you don’t, think about the style and design of the dress and look for some jewellery that blends in nicely.

The main rule you need to remember when you are shopping for a big occasion is not to automatically go with what’s in fashion. Think about what suits you instead and what you will feel comfortable and confident in, and focus on those kinds of going out dresses [http://www.littlewoodsdirect.com/images/ptools/lwd_new/pages/going-out-dresses/landing.html] to ensure you get the best result.

Finally, have some kind of budget in mind before you get started. This will save you bags of time as you will automatically go for the type of dress that you can afford.

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The 7 Vegetables You MUST Eat to Knock Out Acne For Good

Your Mother was right, you know.

“Eat your vegetables”, she would say when you were little. As important as it was then, it is even more important now that you are older. Not only do vegetables and fruits help promote a healthy body, but they are vitally important to your skin.

Eating vegetables and drinking vegetable juice can actually help keep your skin free from acne. Most of us so not eat near enough vegetables and seldom drink vegetable juices. It’s no wonder we get acne.

How Do Vegetables Help My Body?

Vegetables and vegetable juices are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. Your cells quickly get nutrients they need and cell waste is washed away. Eating and drinking vegetables also provide your body with the minerals and nutrients that build and repair your blood, tissue, bones and cells. It is minerals that keep your body’s pH at the required level.

Drink plenty of water and concentrate on putting minerals into your body by eating and drinking plenty of fruits and vegetables.

What Vegetables and Vegetable Juices are the Best?

Let’s face it — any vegetable that you will eat is a good choice. The more regularly you eat the vegetables, the better you will be.

However, some are better for your skin than others. Here are 7 of the best.

Carrots – contain vitamin A carotenoids. These phytochemicals have been shown to enhance the health of skin and repair it when it is damaged. Eat raw carrots (the “baby”kind are good) or drink carrot juice. If you don’t like carrot juice (I don’t blame you –yuck) try mixing it 50-50 with apple juice. Cabbage – helps to detoxify the body of harmful chemicals from the air and food additives. You can drink this if you have a juicer — maybe with the carrot/apple combo, but if you’d rather just include it in a salad. Celery – contains many minerals that help to neutralize body acid waste and is high in fiber. Cucumber – helps to reduce acne problems because it is high in silicon and sulfur. It is also a diuretic which helps flow more water through the kidney to clean out your blood. Garlic – is a natural antibiotic and will help relieve skin bacterial infections. Cook with it. Unlike most veggies it is even better for you when it is cooked. Just go easy on the salt and oil. Peppers – The nutrients in peppers are good for liver health and constipation. Its minerals are good for neutralizing acid waste. Not only good for you, but they liven up any bland food. Watercress – helps to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiencies at the skin surface. It provides Vitamin A, B1, B2, C, iron, manganese, copper, and calcium. Wow. Who who have thunk it?

Is it Better to Eat the Vegetables or Juice Them?

Yes!

Again, whatever gets vegetables into your body is good. They can’t help you if you don’t eat or drink them.

Find the veggies you like. Find the preparation you like. Vary it up. Eat a salad with Watercress and cabbage, snack on some baby carrots, juice some celery and carrots, whatever gets them into you.

If you want to knock out acne, you’ve got to go to the source. Your diet is the source of most of your health and health complaints.

Listen to your Mother. Eat your Vegetables!

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