Category: Natural Resource

Shea butter is a fat extracted from nuts of African tree. It includes fatty acids, namely oleic acid, stearic acid, palmitic and linolenic acid in its arsenal.  According to SFGate.com, shea butter is non saponifiable, mean it doesn’t turn to soap when mixed with alkaline, this aids to have greater healing potential than other oils.

Wonder if it makes your face oily or sticky?

Though shea butter remains solid at room temperature, it melts when subjected to body temperature and your skin quickly absorbs it. It’s non comedogenic, mean it doesn’t clog pores.

Jump to: How to use Raw Shea Butter on Face

What properties in shea butter aids to have well hydrated & smooth skin/face

As mentioned shea butter is non saponifiable, oils with this property has more healing fractions. And oils which are saponifiable have little or no healing fractions and more moisturizing fractions. Luckily shea butter has both healing and moisturizing fractions. Moisturizing elements in shea butter resembles to that in sebum, thus aids to hydrate your body and because of more healing fractions, repeated application of this African butter enhances healing.

Vitamin A in shea butter is a superb moisturizing agent and helps in improving skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, wrinkles, skin allergies and sunburns. Though exact benefit of vitamin E is not clear, it’s described as an effective remedy in improving micro-circulation and thwarts free radicals. Vitamin A and E both exhibits antioxidant qualities. Whereas acids in this butter, exhibits anti-inflammatory qualities.

Also read: Shea butter for stretch marks

Non saponifiable and vitamin F improves skin elasticity, this fades wrinkles and frown lines.

To reap the nutritional benefits from shea butter on face, beauty experts suggests raw shea butter. American Shea Butter Institute states, pure shea butter has strong smell, anyhow after applying it over body it no more smells.

How to Use Raw Shea Butter on Face

It’s damn simple to apply this African shea butter on your face. But to take in the listed nutritional properties you must follow the right way. Let’s make it in points.

Note: Unrefined shea butter has all the properties listed above; refined shea butter loses most of the healing properties. So we recommend getting only pure raw shea butter.

1. Your face is exposed to harmful pollution and impurities get settled over your smooth face. So first step is to wipe them out. Use any natural or store bought cleanser.
2. Pat dry with soft towel.
3. When your skin is still damp, apply raw solid butter optionally mixed with any essential oil on your face. Use your finger to massage in circular motion. This improves blood circulation on your skin. [Related post: Shea butter face mask]
4. As mentioned above, your body heat melts this solid shea butter and it gets absorbed into your skin.
5. Apply it at night, so you can rinse it off in the morning.

Don’t miss this: How to make whipped shea butter

Regular application will show significance change in your face.

Worried about oily skin? Shea butter properties doesn’t clog pores and it also controls excess sebum production, but remember to try with light layer first.

Are you curious about how to use shea butter on skin?

Simple, exactly the same way mentioned above.

You can also use raw shea butter on your hair. Take fresh shea butter in your palm, using your fingertips apply it over dry scalp. Using wide toothed comb, run the raw shea butter to hair end. Wrap your head with cloth for 10 minutes and then rinse it off.

Did you ever use raw shea butter on face?

Don’t miss this: 5 Simple Steps to Make Shea Butter Lotion

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Though Indians and Pakistanis can reach pricey modern face masks available in local stores, most of them opt to go for traditional homemade face pack. Multani mitti is native to these areas and it got the name from Multan, a place in Pakistan. Multani mitti is nothing but it just represents clay, which has abundant of benefits for skin.

Westerners are not aware of the benefits of multani mitti for skin, so they’re struck with spa and salons. However they identify this natural remedy as Fuller’s Earth. Industries use fuller’s earth for absorbing oil, grease and animal waste and the primary benefit to skin is it absorbs excess oil over skin and reduces bacterial infection.

Let’s pause here and quickly have a glance over nutritional profile of multani mitti.

It has great cleansing and astringent properties. Magnesium chloride in multani mitti reduces acne lesions. Mainly it consists of clay minerals (hydrous aluminum silicates).

Also read: Home remedies back acne

Benefits of Multani Mitti

1. One of the most raved reason about multani mitti is it removes dead skin cells accumulated over skin, making it easy for your skin to breath.
2. Because of some hormonal changes our body sometimes releases excess sebum which gets clogged at skin pores, and bacteria feed on them resulting in acne lesions. Multani mitti face pack removes impurities off the skin, thus restraining bacterial infection.
3. One of the eminent benefits of multani mitti is it absorbs excess oil from skin. Excess oil plays vital role in acne blemishes. Topical application of this clay helps to reduce acne blemishes. Annoyed with oily skin? You can now cope for clear normal skin. Apply multani mitti face pack with honey, lime and water as ingredients. Regular use will relieve your from oily skin.
   To reduce acne, mix multani mitti with turmeric, sandalwood and tomato juice. Then add required amount of water. Apply it on prewashed face and rinse it off after 15 minutes. If you’ve dry skin, apply moisturizer after face pack treatment.
4. Not just acne but regular topical application of multani mitti helps fade scars on skin. Mix carrot and olive oil with this clay.
5. Antiseptic and healing properties in multani mitti helps soothe irritated skin. Irritation starts when your skin comes in contact with allergic substances, which causes redness or rashes.
6. Our skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. When melanin producing cells gets damaged they produce excess melanin which gets accumulated over one place of the body resulting in dark patches. Multani mitti topical application reduces skin pigmentation.
   Blend papaya, vitamin E with multani mitti and apply it on pigments. (Read: Benefits of Papaya for skin)
7. Cleansing properties of multani mitti pulls out the dirt accumulated over skin, like neck where dirt gather to form black layer, regular application of this mask reduces blackening of neck.
8. Fine lines and sagging skin which are a night mare for many of us can now be treated with this natural homemade face mask.
   Mix multani mitti powder with curd or beaten egg and apply it on prewashed face. Rinse it off with cold water.
9. Mixed with grinded almond, multani mitti can be used a scrubber to remove black and white heads.
10. Healthy nutrients and minerals in multani mitti has abundant benefits for skin, you can also mix it with other face mask and see your skin glowing. Regular application will removed dead cells, fades scars, reduces acne, removes black and white heads, tightens skin, clears pores, soothes skin and fades freckles.

Note: Dry skin people must apply moisturizer after using multani mitti.

Did we miss any rave benefits of multani mitti for skin? Share here in comments.

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Benefits of this Asian native citrus fruit are not confined to culinary purpose; it can be used as an energy drink and also as a cleanser. Both lemon juice and zest has a bunch of benefits for your skin and health.

Same benefits are transferred to lemon tea, reason is simple, and it has lemon juice and zest in it. According to University of Rochester, drinking lemon tea can decongest blocked nose. Not just aroma, squeezing lemon juice in tea adds health and skin benefits.

Tired or feeling sleepy, try this traditional and natural tea to wake-up your hormones. You can add this slightly sour tasting tea to morning or evening tea time. You’ll sense the change in your skin and health, because it stimulates metabolism and rogues free radicals settled in your body.

Am afraid I’ve to pause dwelling into benefits of lemon tea and quickly share few nutritional values of lemon tea.

Lemon Tea Nutritional Profile

• Ascorbic acid in lemon is rich source of vitamin C.
• Flavonoids include Hesperetin, naringin, and naringenin. Where Naringenin has antioxidant and anti inflammatory properties.
• Low percentage of vitamin A and also packed with B-complex vitamins.
• Minerals include iron, copper, potassium, and calcium.

Benefits of Lemon Tea

#1 Hydrates Skin

In sleep your body experiences mild state of dehydration. Drinking a cup of lemon tea first in the morning will lifts your mood as well as stimulates metabolism, which kicks free radicals in the body. Morning lemon tea also assists liver and digestive function which helps in losing weight.

Skin releases natural moisturizers called sebum, this keeps bacteria and yeast at bay. In dehydration state body fails to secret this natural moisturizer leaving your skin dry and itchy. Drinking lemon tea helps to overcome this problem. Yes, as a quick remedy you can apply topical natural moisturizer or honey face mask.

Note: Excess sebum may result in acne and pimples.

Also read: Remedies for dry skin

#2 Clears Skin

Lemon is a natural diuretic, mean it promotes production of urine. This helps to flush all the toxins from the body. Skin is the largest organ of your body and it reacts to your health. Free toxins make your skin dry, itchy and develop wrinkles.

Also vitamin C in lemon tea fights with free radicals to rogue them and triggers collagen, which is plays vital role in new cell production. It also repairs broken tissues and rejuvenating skin, thus giving a clear look.

#3 Maintain pH level

In acidic environment our body is vulnerable to diseases. Lemon tea is of the alkaline food which balances pH level. Above mentioned features of lemon tea helps to flush all the unwanted things out, helping to maintain pH level.

#4 Freshens Breath

Odor is caused due to bacteria. Either its body odor or bad breathe bacteria plays vital role. Lemons clear bacteria and odor from mouth and add its aroma instead.

#5 Smooth and flawless skin

You believe it or not, a cup of lemon tea has bunch of health benefits. Replace your beverage with a cup of tea and see how it keeps all diseases causing bacteria at bay. Antioxidant and vitamin C in lemon tea helps in digestion and healing skin. And antiseptic and antibacterial properties strive for free and flawless skin.

Chronic diseases like acne, eczema and psoriasis are caused to dry skin or bacteria, properties found in lemon tea has ability to restrains these bacteria from damaging your skin.

Want to try this mood lifting tea? Click here to know the process.

Don’t forget to share your experience and benefits after having a cup of lemon tea.

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Natural ingredients are packed with essential nutrients that are essential for your health. Apart from digestion, you can use best foods for skin whitening.

Do you’ve gastric, diarrhoea or constipation problem? Then your digestive system has to be blamed. Sorry, you need to be blamed for taking food that is tough for your digestive system to handle.

Your overall health depends on functioning of your digestive system. As we seldom do any physical work, it becomes very tough for digestive system to break down food compounds, so it takes longer time affecting your health. If you’re softhearted person then reduce the burden of digestion by taking easily digested food.

Here is the list of easily digestible foods and rich in proteins.

Best Easily Digested Foods to Consider

#1 Salmon (Baked salmon)

Apart from having Omega-3 benefits salmon has many fascinating health benefits which involves amino acids and proteins. A recent study shows that salmon has a small bioactive protein called bioactive peptides which control inflammation in digestive system. (source: whfoods.com) Selenium an antioxidant mineral found in salmon, helps in cardiovascular protection.

Not only this, there other fishes too which are easy to digest, as they’re less oily.

#2 Chicken Breast

Are you serious? Yes.

Though many of us think that non-veg food takes high on digestive system chicken breast and other lean meat including lean beef don’t upset your stomach, at the same time they provide rich some of nutritional benefits to your body.

But remember you must cook them well. Though chicken breast is rich in proteins and nutrients they’ve no fiber, so it’s recommended to take fiber contained food with it so that your digestive system will have a good experience.

#3 Eggs (Chicken or Duck eggs)

If you’re dieting then avoid yolk, else take whole egg. Eggs give minerals and nutritional benefits to your body at the same time making it easy for digestive system.

Don’t think that only chicken eggs are recommended, you can try duck eggs too.

#4 Leafy Vegetables

Apart from having fascinating nutritional benefits leafy vegetables like spinach, cabbage and others will help your digestive system to push undigested food.

Good for weight loss.

 

#5 Brown Rice

Brown rice is the “unrefined” version of white rice. In terms of nutrition and other health benefits brown rice tops according to American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Yes, white rice looks delicious than brown rice, but you must know that in refining process white rice has been stripped of iron, vitamins, zinc and other nutrients.

So brown rice has more nutrients including selenium, natural occurring oils, manganese and considered as whole grain because it hadn’t under go any refining process.

Both white rice and brown rice are easily digestible, but sometimes white rice may cause gas and constipation problems.

#6 Yogurt

There are two types of yogurt; one is yogurt-regular and Greek. Greek yogurt is made after straining whey (the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled) from regular yogurt.

Though yogurt is a dairy product it is easy on digestive system. Both types of yogurt are rich in proteins and easily digestible.

#7 Oatmeal

For people dealing with heart disease or diabetes oats provides nutrients and proteins. Oatmeal is great in fiber and less in cholesterol, thus making it the best food for many diseased as wells as healthy people.

One bowl of oatmeal is enough for you to deal with the hectic work schedule. Because of rich fiber it gets digested easily and helps digestive system to digest other foods.

Stick with traditional oats.

#8 Sauerkraut

Your digestive system needs some bacteria which aids to digestion. Sauerkraut is fermented cabbage which has rich amount of lactic acid bacteria which helps in digestion of other foods.

So not just is easily gets digested it also helps you to break down other foods.

#9 Cod liver oil

It’s derived from liver of Cod fish. Rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin A and D. Vitamin A plays crucial role in maintaining mucosal membrane and tissue lines in digestive system. Like vitamin D affects your digestive tract.

 

 #10 Ginger

Various stomach problems such as vomiting, gas and diarrhea can be cured by ginger intake. But it shouldn’t be consumed excess.

 

 

 

 

#11 Tomatoes

Rich in fiber tomatoes is good for good digestion. Potassium and magnesium in tomatoes helps in regulating fluids in the body. Anyway, when you’ve constipation or other stomach problems avoid tomatoes sauce.

 

 #12 Peaches

Potassium, fiber, iron, calcium and vitamin C in peaches aids in good digestion and proper functioning of heart. They’re also high in fiber, making it easily digested. Powerful peaches help to get rid of intestinal worms.

 

#13 Beetroots

According to lovebeetroot.co.uk beetroot was used to treat fever, constipation and skin problems during Roman times. It is rich in fiber, potassium and magnesium which help to remove the waste.

Related post: Benefits of Beet juice for skin

 

#14 Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are helpful to treat peptic and duodenal ulcers. Fiber, carbohydrates and manganese present in sweet potatoes makes it easy to digest.

 

 

#15 Beet Greens

Tops of beetroot consist of calcium and beta-carotene which helps digestion. But excess consumption of beet greens makes your teeth weak.

 

 

 #16 Carrots

Apart from giving healthy vision carrot consumption can makes digestion process easy because of fiber and antioxidants elements.

Related post: Carrot benefits for skin

 

 #17 Cucumber

Cucumber has vitamin K, C, B1, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties which helps to treat various health diseases including skin and stomach problems. Our intestinal glands produce a protein called Erepsin which plays a vital role in digestion. Cucumber has this protein in it.

You can eat raw or make cucumber juice.

#18 Apples

Apples are packed with lots of health benefits which are used to treat many health issues. This is why they say, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”.

Apples are rich in fiber, antioxidant and vitamin C, which aids in digestion.

#19 Bananas

Rich in fiber bananas helps in digestion and a must fruit when suffering with diarrhea.

 

 

 

 #20 Avocado

Avocados are rich in carotenoids like alpha-carotene, beta-carotene etc… Beta-carotene are converted to vitamin A which helps in maintaining digestive tract, pancreas functioning and gall bladder.

 

 

#21 Blueberries

Fiber aids in waste management, natural detoxification and reducing cholesterol level. Blueberries are a high-fiber fruit. Antioxidants present in blueberries helps to fight free radicals.

 

#22 Papaya

Papaya helps in proper bowl functioning and makes it easy to break down food in the body. If you’re affecting from diarrhoea or constipation eat papaya, anti-inflammatory properties present in this fruit soothe stomach problems.

Papain present in papaya helps to break down proteins in the body; this is why it is used as a meat tenderizer. Experts say green papaya has more papain than yellow papaya.

 #23 Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe is low in calories and high in fiber, thus helping is digestion and weight loss. This fruit is rich in myo-inositol, vitamin A, C and potassium which all together aids in easy digestion.

 

#24 Kiwi

Pepsin, an enzyme present in stomach, used to break down proteins into peptides is present in kiwi fruit. Other nutritional properties include actinidin, linolenic acid, vitamin C &, E, magnesium and potassium.

 

#25 Kimchi

Kimchi is a traditional fermented Korean side dish made using different vegetables; this is why they contain high amount of dietary fiber. Though it spicy and sour it aids to easy digestion.

Here is the Kimchi recipe.

 5 Foods That Are Not Easily Digested

1. Dairy products
2. Grains
3. Hot Peppers
4. Chocolate
5. Corn

Share your favorite easily digested food with us in comments.

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