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How Healthy are ‘Light Products’?
No-fat, sugar-free, low-calorie, diet... these products promise something of the sort. According to their manufacturers, these healthy alternatives allow you to stay slim without making any compromises. But can light products keep their promises?
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These low-maintenance houseplants will freshen up any space, add character to your home, improve your sense of well-being and are near-impossible to kill. How could you go wrong?
Weiterlesen4 sustainable alternatives to tampons and pads
Most women use tampons and pads during their menstrual period. But using these disposable products produces a lot of waste. Fortunately, there are now practical and above all, sustainable alternatives. The four most important products are presented here.
WeiterlesenGrandma’s Home Remedies That Really Work
There is often a deep sense of comfort to being taken care of at home when you are sick. Our moms, dads, grandparents, and others carefully prepare the perfect elixir and compress that will cure whatever malady you are suffering from. As you get older, you might realize that there was little logic to the home remedy you were applying, or you might wonder why it works.
WeiterlesenWer mit offenem Mund schläft, erhöht sein Risiko für Zahnkrankheiten
Trocknet der Mund beim Schlafen aus, kann das den Zähnen schaden. Das geht aus einer Studie hervor, die im Fachmagazin „Journal of Oral Rehabilitation“ veröffentlicht wurde.
WeiterlesenGiftige Schwermetalle in Reinigungsmasken
Reinigungsmasken können Hautunreinheiten nicht verschwinden lassen, versprechen aber zumindest ein feineres Hautbild. In einem aktuellen Vergleich von „Öko-Test“ schneiden Peel-off-Masken mit Kunststoff besser ab als Reinigungsmasken mit Tonerde. Etliche der Gesichtsmasken mit Heilerde und Co. enthielten giftiges Arsen, Blei oder Cadmium.
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