The Great Barrier Reef (Cairns)

types of recreation in the region:

Private tours beach holiday diving tours

Resort Description

The Great Barrier Reef (RAB) - the largest coral reef in the world. In the north it is almost continuous, and is only 50 km from the coast and in the south is divided into a group of individual reefs in some places, retreating from the coast to 300 km. Hundreds of islands protrude from the sea to the surface, but only two dozen of them are inhabited. Without exaggeration: RAB - "underwater mecca" of all divers in the world. The most popular places in Cairns, Palm Cove, Port Douglas is located on the mainland, opposite the coral islands.

climate

The climate in the RAB hot, sub-equatorial with an almost constant temperature throughout the year. As elsewhere in the tropics, the air is humid, but this humidity is transferred more easily than in Thailand or other countries in South-East Asia. The best time to stay here - from May to October, when the humidity is lower than usual. At this time, RAB replaces Gold Coast, becoming the main holiday destination in the country. The average temperature in December-February, +24 .. +31 ° C, March-May +22 .. +29 ° C, June-August, +17 .. +26 ° C, September-November +19 .. +28 ° C.

Beaches

Swimming on site RAB, located thirty kilometers from the coast, is allowed year-round, and the water there is so clear that visibility is more than 30 meters. In Cairns there is nowhere to swim, so if you plan a vacation at sea, you need to choose a hotel in North Beach (Palm Cove, Trinity Beach) or Port Douglas, where bathing is permitted from May to oktyabr.S late October to early May in waters of the northern coast of poisonous jellyfish invade. These jellyfish length of about 10 cm, and with long tentacles are transparent and thus almost invisible under water. Installed at dangerous beaches warning placards, and sometimes even created special fenced area. Bathing in this period, or perhaps in a place enclosed nets, or in special costumes.

Alice Springs and Ayers Rock

types of recreation in the region:

Excursions individual tours

Resort Description

Alice Springs and Ayers Rock, located in the "red center" of the country, named for the color of the local soil. Anyone who wants to see the real Australia, have to come here. If only to witness the famous natural monuments - monoliths of Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon ancient. Alice Springs is located in the heart of Australia, is the starting point of the journey to Ayers rock, but on their own neighborhood Alice Springs are equally interesting. Once you are there, you should definitely see the National Park Alice Springs, which shows the Australian desert ecosystem and you can get acquainted with the flora and fauna of the region. Montane species Alice Springs - the complete opposite perfectly flat desert landscapes Ayers Rock.

excursions

Monolith Ayers Rock (Uluru), 450 km from Alice Springs - all that remained of the great mountain range Peterman, whose age is 450 million years old. In any light, it looks very strange, and looking at him during a sunset or sunrise, have to constantly remind yourself that you are still on Earth. Ayers Rock is famous for the fact that changes color throughout the day, from all shades of fiery red to pale purple, blue, pink, brown. 32 km west of Uluru is an array of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas or mountain) - not less impressive and much higher than Uluru monolith, and runs the Valley of the Winds. Kings Canyon ("Kings Canyon"), one of the most interesting sights of the "Red Centre" of Australia, located in the national park Uatarrka (Watarrka National Park). Here you can take a trip through time - the fact that the faults are visible canyon rocks are formed 440 million years ago. At the bottom of the gorge - the relic forest Eden (The Garden of Eden).

That require real ladies hotels

Hotel Corporation "Hyatt Hotels & Resorts" recently conducted a study whose purpose was revealed preferences of women who stay in hotels. The study found that many a traveler want in hotel rooms it provides easy access to a charger. Also, women would like to see in the rooms for hair straightening irons, yoga mats and shampoos, which would provide protection for the hair. Representatives of the "Hyatt" noted that the presence of all the above things in hotel rooms, the business traveler can take on the road with bags that do not need to sit in the luggage. Due to this, passengers save precious time that is spent waiting at the airport.

Studies have shown that women during their stay at the hotel wanted to they could easily connect with the hotel management. Also, for women it is important to hotel guests-established feedback with hotel staff. Hearing requests Barnett, the corporation "Hyatt" has begun testing of proposed changes in its eight hotels. Some hotels will refocus on the female audience has been reduced to a change of shampoos and conditioners. However, in some hotel "Hyatt" have been more obvious changes. Studies show that many women need the assurance that their room had been cleaned. As a result, some hotels Hyatt appeared sheets of paper on which the hotel manager personally write their names, confirming that the room is cleaned. Hyatt Hotels offer their guests to express their wishes with a pen and paper. While such a letter personnel often guests write a "Thank you."

The study also found that female guest, unlike men, do not like to ask for help. This means that if a woman forgets to take some small change in the way, such as the power cord from the laptop, for her it can be a serious problem. In order to help women avoid unnecessary trouble, the corporation "Hyatt" announced the launch of a program called "The Hyatt is there." As part of the program guests can "borrow" from the hotel items such as chargers, curling irons, flat irons, steamers, wipes for removing makeup, yoga mats. In this case, as the hotel guests can purchase items and take them to lend. Many women in the road harder to keep track of the health and weight. In order to help the traveler in this matter, the company "Hyatt" has recently updated the menu in some of its hotels.

What does the name of the hotel

Well, again, stuck in a hole (option: Well, again, chose not know that) - such statements often hear from tourists, who had identified the wrong choice of hotel, spend the whole holiday irritated, depressed. Yet too often in the name of the hotel laid its basic parameters, and, say, reading the name Long Beach Garden Hotel & SPA, can already imagine what the concept of leisure facilities. The main thing - not to be confused in terms! So, in the name of the hotel you can meet ...

B & B, it - the board

This is the real private sector - usually guesthouse located in the same house where the owners live. The price includes Bed & Breakfast (Bed and Breakfast), as incorporated in the title. Pet boarding usually take no more than six guests at a time and are not official "star" classification. Because of this they are quite unpredictable: lucky - get in a pleasant home town, where the same will be served hot and hearty breakfast will provide valuable practical advice. No luck - find yourself visiting sloppy and indifferent mistress, get a handful of breakfast cereal with milk and a cup of fresh tea. But in any case there is nothing to count on the hour room service, mini-bar and a hair dryer in the room, and sometimes their own bath or shower will be. Or, for example, shower may be right in the room, and the toilet is shared with other guests. Finally, the last negative - pensions are rare in the center, usually the private sector shifted to the outskirts.

All these disadvantages balances the biggest plus - price, which can be significantly less than in the hotel with the same level of service. 20-30 euros for a decent room (that is, for two) - a very real cost to resorts in Turkey, Croatia and even Western Europe. Besides mistress, seeking regular customers or even advertising on "word of mouth", usually offer a really clean and comfortable rooms. But firms rarely work with board, because the owners do not like this: after the travel agency will have to "unbuckle" commission, far better to work directly with a tourist!

Guest House

The hosts, "overgrown" stage guesthouse can open your Guest House, or a guest house, accommodation in which a little more expensive than B & B, but still much cheaper than in the "real hotels." Guest bedrooms (4 to 10) occupy the whole house, and works not only the owner, but also hired staff. Recently, at the entrance of the mini-gostinichek even stars appear, but the overall level of service they still unpredictable. Facilities can be either en suite - a room or private - that is, in the hallway, but intended only for the guests of one room. Breakfast, again, can be either hot or cold continental (but certainly not rich buffet). Usually, owners of guest houses (as well as B & B) do not buy a license to sell alcohol, so drink a glass before bedtime will not work.

Perhaps the author of this article just had bad luck, but I personally have not seen any really clean and the friendly Guest House. The impression that the money for normal service and good staff host more are missing, and tinker with the very making the bed and cooking omelettes no longer want.

Hostel

Urban residence, where the shower shared, and the rooms on the 2-20 people are bunk beds. Sometimes even in the rooms there is no separation of "boys and girls". But in Europe the cost of the night and a modest breakfast - about 10-15 euros per person, and this fact determines the clientele: young people stay in hostels all over the world, backpackers and other unpretentious people. In hostels rather strict rules: for example, it is forbidden to be there during the day, at the hour of cleaning, at a certain time in the evening light is extinguished, prohibits drinking alcohol and smoking. In the hostel there is usually a common living room, where there is a computer with Internet access and a TV. Very often the hostels are located in the historical district may hold even entire locks! By the way, very often hostels offer guests their own excursions, which are different fantasy and low price.

Lodge

City hotel, which is usually located near large highways. It is understood that the guests stay here for one, maximum two nights, and all they need - a clean bed and a shower. The price usually does not include breakfast, but the lodge may be the door to door with a restaurant that feeds him in the morning guests at a fixed price. The rooms are simple, like turnip: in the bathroom you will find a piece of myltsa, tiny TV will take 2-3 channels, air conditioning - or it is not common at all. But rooms in lodges are spotlessly clean and comfortable.

Lodges feature is that the fee charge for the room as a whole, regardless of the number of people living in it (although the number of guests should match the number of beds). In other words, a single room at the Lodge Road, but a family with four beds (one of which can be "Attached", that is nominated from a king) - a very, very profitable.

Inn

Originally was the name of the room, attached to the bar and wore the most prosaic sense - the client has to eat and drink, could spend the night, if he does not want to or can not move on.

Some hotels are, of course, has long outgrown "pribarnost", as, for example, the famous chain of Holiday Inn, but it's an exception. Inn's restaurant and bar open to the public, there can be full of smoke and the smell of beer - this is the specificity? But, interestingly, the rooms are usually very, very bad, and is a homely and well-kept, and the breakfast hot and tasty. It is noticed that the Europeans gladly spend in such hotels and private parties, stag and Hen party, after which go home just unreal.

Small Hotel

As soon as the word appears in the title of hotel, on the facade necessary in my stars. The word small (small) indicates that at no more than 20 rooms. It certainly has a nice breakfast room, a small living room, and each room is individually decorated and elegantly. Nothing, of course, expect that in such a crumb you have swimming pool or tennis court. And as for the "big" stars small hotel is always short of the essential characteristics of the infrastructure, it usually gets less stars than worthy of the quality of service and interior design. The price included breakfast, however, as a rule, in the hotel restaurant for dinner or even a drink.

Small hotels - most Western European institutions and are usually located in the most romantic places in historic buildings or even castles.

Resort Hotel

The presence of the word in the title of resort (resort literally) indicates the large size of the hotel and the presence of a strong sporting and entertainment infrastructure. This proud name in Europe is usually assigned hotels in 4 * -5 * (and in Asia, even treshki can become "Resort") which are located on the coasts or in other resorts. It is understood that in this hotel are people who prefer an active lifestyle, but are not going to run around the neighborhood in search of entertainment. Therefore, in the Resort is bound to have a large pool (or more), sauna, gym or a fitness center, tennis courts, a private disco, mini club for children. Depending on the slope of the hotel you can find golf courses, diving schools, Squash, Surfing Centre - in short, all that in the representation of owners need for an active and healthy holiday. The price includes either breakfast and dinner or full board or аll inclusive.

Holiday Village

Translated Holiday Village - a village to rest, which means that you are invited to a family, relaxed, simple in its essence rest. The word village can be found in the names of hotels as low skills, and quite high - the latter have even a graduation: HV-1 corresponds to 5 *, HV-2 - four stars. To live in the bungalow offers (large case - it is not "village theme"), and its equipment is not impressing: floor tile for sure, replaced bathroom shower, small TV takes only 4-5 channels, in room no easy chairs and a huge bed . Instead, the area will be enormous, animation - strong entertainment infrastructure - an interesting and obviously family oriented. Much attention is given to children in the villages, which is mandatory for a mini club, and even a few.

SPA

Usually appears in the title just two terms: Resort & SPA, and this means that the hotel has a powerful SPA-center. That SPA, and not just the beauty parlor, where they can do a manicure or impose a moisturizing mask. SPA will use the most modern (or, conversely, deeply traditional) methods for face and body on the basis of mineral water. In the West SPA-hotels - Luxury 4-5 * and usually quite expensive, but in the East (for example, in Thailand) even modest trehzvezdochnik offers such services. SPA-packages are never included in the price, and sometimes for a 6-day course have to lay out the amount an equivalent cost of the permit. However, they can not buy, and just enjoy the good service and a number of "fine" of services in hotels. After all, these hotels are designed for those who prefer to relax in comfort and luxury, a little lazy, expensive, beautiful ...

Self-Catering Apartments

This, in essence, little apartment, in which, in addition to the bedroom area, there is also a dining-living area, and always - kitchen area, where at least a refrigerator, a microwave and a small set of dishes. In the more expensive and comfortable apartment has a stove, a comfortable dining table, sofa, and then another, and a washing machine and dishwasher. What is not - so it's servants, which will prepare the breakfast and clean bed. Apartment - a temporary home where family and live comfortably with, buying products at retail, you can prepare the usual food and great savings on trips to restaurants and cafes. Our market has not yet taken root apartment, because it is better for our tourists to relax once in a year, but we are so not to think about anything. A practical Europeans who like to travel often, love this kind of economical and comfortable accommodation. Apartments come in different sizes: studio (one room with a kitchenette), one bedroom (second room - living room, kitchen), with two, three or four bedrooms. The more bedrooms, the more people can live in an apartment, but multi-room apartments are rare.

Price per room is never defined "in person", always full for the apartment, no matter how many people either lived there (but more than the number of people still will not be allowed). Private apartments do not take tourists on 1-2 nights, and residence in a few weeks.

Aparthotel (or Serviced Apartments)

Those flats, only to perform a larger body of hotel type. There is a maid who cleaned the rooms, and basic facilities: swimming pool, bar, restaurant, etc. The cost of living is more expensive, but less worries on vacation. Usually, the restaurant can order and pay in advance for breakfast, or even dinner. Most apartkompleksov offered to tourists, it is working on such a system.

Beach Hotel

Veach word (beach) in the title indicates that the hotel is located on the sea front. Stardom on the level of service is not affected.

Garden Notel

Garden - a garden, and therefore, the hotel boasts a beautiful green area. But, with few exceptions, "garden" is located on the second and further lines from the sea. Star can be anything.

Of course, every rule has its exceptions, but they only confirm the general rules described above. That's the hotel anthroponimics, use of health!

Going on a trip. What should not be forgotten.

Today, I want to draw your attention to the issue of how to collect your luggage before you travel and what should be in the luggage of each room, regardless of whether he goes in civilized Europe or unexplored Amazon jungle. If you are an experienced traveler, it is likely that these tips will seem trivial, but most beginners tourists still manages to go on holiday, scoring rubbish bag and leaving home essentials

1. Cash

Of course, no one goes on vacation with no money, but many are too trust bank cards, and yet they are not without drawbacks. ATM card can be swallowed, it can be lost, and if poorly trained girl in the native store will make it illegal operation, it will block the card immediately. In addition, a fair amount of cash may be required at the airport, border control in some countries may ask you for cash at the rate of about 50 euros for each day of stay. The fact that you have passed all the checks at the consular department, they do not care, and bank statement as they are not satisfied, only cash. And, in addition to large bills, it is useful to have a bit of trivia that you can feed the pay toilets, vending machines with candy bars and stuff.

2. Credit card

Yes, although you and brought along a thick wad of cash, a credit card does not hurt. From using solid benefits, and on the exchange rate will save a lot, and do not build up pockets of a handful of local strum little things that I can then take only familiar numismatists. That's only in developing countries, cases of fraud with plastic cards are not uncommon, so it is better to travel to make myself a separate card, not paying that for which you get paid.

3. Copies of all documents

Constantly talk about it all is serving overseas, and yet the Russian consulates constantly have to mess with the tourists who do not have any sort of identity. One more time. Before the trip, clear photocopies of all documents and tickets. Carry a photocopy and the original lock in the hotel safe.

4. Swiss Army Knife

A small folding knife is useful not only to the pioneering campaign, but in a five star hotel. Application of mass. And the fruit peel, and wine to open and cut nails, and even twist the screws came loose in the suitcase. In general, the only useful thing. Where do you need iron and boiler. That's only in your hand luggage to put it is not necessary, the security service can take you for an evil terrorist.

5. Medicine chest

Move all the contents of the suitcase home kit is certainly not worth it, but some medications must be taken with you in any way, overseas you can buy without a prescription only aspirin and vitamins. The standard set of vacationers typically include activated carbon, no-spa, aspirin, stomach remedies and band-aid. Well, if you have some kind of chronic disease, be sure and money from them. But antibiotics are not worth taking, if it comes to them, it is better to use the insurance and seek medical advice. And be careful with strong medicines, harmless by Russian standards tablets abroad may be drugs, particularly zealous in the search for banned drugs Ukrainian customs.

6. Good phone

Many fear of native cunning thieves leave their communicators latest model home, and take a journey lovingly stored Siemens C35, in which case it is not sorry. But here in the Internet do not go out with him, and the access to the network at rest, albeit with a very expensive roaming can be very useful. Find the same abroad free WI-Fi, too, is usually not a problem, especially in Western Europe. So if a good communicator you can find out the weather forecast, see schedules, read descriptions of the tours and save on expensive international calls by simply unsubscribing to relatives in the "ICQ". And the GPS navigation can also be useful.

7. 220V adapter

Not everyone pays attention to the fact that in a country where you go, the standard electrical outlets can be very different, and your cell phone charging from a wall outlet does not accommodate the UK even with the above-mentioned Swiss army knife. So it is better to buy an adapter required in advance, as in a strange city to find him can not be delayed by one hour. If you are still faced with the problem of combining the charger and plug, the search for the required adapter is better to start at the reception hotel, the desired device can find them at the counter or, in extreme cases, they tell you where you can buy.

8. Notebook

The need laptop on a trip - a very controversial issue. On the one hand, it only aggravates the luggage and does not break, and so tired of the eye. On the other hand, on a trip from a good one. And the plane has something to do, and in case of bad weather you can see the movie, and in the network to go with it much more comfortable than a mobile phone. In fact, the lack of a laptop, only one - weight. But if you travel frequently, then it is possible to travel to buy a compact and low-cost netbook.

9. Guide

Whether to take a guide with you, too, a simple question. If you like to walk on the beaten tourist paths it certainly makes sense to reserve a space in your suitcase for a thin book with a description of the area. If you are fairly seasoned traveler and prefer to explore new cities without bias, the guide for you - only an extra load. In any case, buy a guide in Russian - not a problem in almost any significant tourist city in Europe.

10. Common sense

As the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Onishchenko, mainly our people, going on vacation, leave the house down. Of all the things in this journey, perhaps, the most essential. If you have a head on his shoulders and with common sense is all right, regardless of what you left behind, and to pack in a suitcase, you can leave the envy of all.

Abkhazia-interesting

Huge field in the middle of the famous Abkhaz village Lykhny rests on a huge two-story building of the former village council, the corridors of which the wind howled, dogs and occasionally tourists.

We publish travel notes from our correspondent, who returned recently from a trip to the Black Sea coast of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia - ed.

Squeaks under your feet in the former library parquet, gaping eye sockets cut pattern, where Lenin and Stalin at the table reading a book.

In the director's office pile piled photo: teleconference "Lykhny - Tokyo", the chorus 100-year old men, some - with St. George's cross on his chest. Old people dancing to accordion and decorum posing at a table where "Stolichnaya" alternates with mineral water. On the shelves - materials XXII Congress of the CPSU, Gorbachev perestroika works.

Typewriter with a broken keys on the table, ledgers, "Collected drivers, Thursday," "Dump Arik 200,000 rubles," "Rented tobacco" - and the long rows of names on the table ...

Lykhny its abandonment makes an extremely positive impression. Because there is no us, tourists. And no Abkhazians us tourists serving.

Not at all - in any popular Abkhaz route, which, in the Hamburg score, here are three (Lake Riza, Novy Afon, Sukhum).

Road to Ritsu will be the last for Brigitte Bardot (I mean the protection of animals). "Slyushay, fear not, good bear, look, shove your hand" - the owner of a bear that puts into the mouth of the elbow. The teeth of a bear to tear.

Near breaks loose limping raccoon. "You're sorry? Buy it and let out, yes? Her mind!"

Bear teen, yet toothy, sits in a cage under the forty-degree sun. "Mom, the bear was punished, right? - Punished, punished. Will whining, we'll put you in there."

"The pictures are taken with a bear - fifty rubles! Girl, You shall not pass! Take a bear in hand, ten rubles!" - Gloomy Abkhazians shoved in his face bears tour, mountain honey, catamarans on the Ritz (half an hour - 200 rubles), homemade brandy, owls. Money is taken for any "failure" (in addition to the so-called "environmental charge" at 150 rubles, which is collected centrally and all).

Climb to the observation deck? 20 rubles. All right, 10! Climb a rock with a stuffed mountain sheep? 10 rubles!

Photographed against figures of Charlie Chaplin and the waterfall "Men's tears" (a great comedian, apparently, the adequacy of the name) - 20 rubles.

- Listen, I do not understand. You're a journalist, right? Want a cave, right? - Director Athos world wonder Givi Shalvovich Smyr screws up his eyes. - You do not show your ID ... FSB you planted? - Unexpected issues Givi Shalvovich. Long agonizing pause, director surrenders first. - Look at you a thousand - go and buy a ticket!

"Athos cave in 1961 opened a local resident, 16-year-old Givi Smyr" - chanting at dusk guide. Two plus two is four. Who was the first stood up - that and sandals.

Sea in Gagra - soup with meatballs of human bodies. In Pitsunda soup thinner, and in the late afternoon, most of meatballs disperses the cafes.

Come to watch the sunset or the notorious romance, cultural or drink, or those who are here for the first day.

Noisy group of six people, some children.

- Dad, I want to write, I want to write! - Snuffles boy.

- To write, but not in the sea, the sea can not be! (Heart's grateful assents.) In, come ashore to pee.

The boy turns and reduces suffering a meter from the edge of the sea, on the beach.

Local people have forgotten what a smile. Smiling saleswoman rare Russian, sometimes - Russian guides. Local - no. Period of primitive accumulation of capital in its pure form, not to smile and flirting with vacationers.

- Last year, I had four people for the whole summer - breaks due to old Armenian Uncle Andrew. - This year - look, yes!

In the big house of his uncle Andrew, called lodgers Tungus lives simultaneously thirty.

150 rubles a nose with a night on the godly. Not less than ten days, a shorter take very reluctantly.

In three nights comes cock. He shouts not doodle, not kikiri-kikiriki - Abkhazian real cock, he hoarse howls: "Ue-ue-ue". All courts are responding to colleagues. Takes over the baton tyavkaya little dog - these are in all Abkhazian yards. At six in the morning wakes grandson Uncle Andrew, driving into the yard "Lada" and includes the album "100 per cent Arabic hit." To "Habibi" wake up most of the tenants and uterine jog trot to the kitchen - one plate for thirty people, not poroskoshestvuesh. Kettle for boiling water stand in a queue.

Evening events are repeated in reverse order, but without a rooster.

The cafe an hour later it turns out that the waitress forgot about your order. However, it does not matter, you still have the eggplant over.

And kharcho over, and, you know, Greek salad, too over. I can offer a salad "Squirrel."

One of my friends opened a Moscow architect pensions: Mysovoye in the village in the Crimea has opened in Abkhazia - in the process. My second friend, abhazofil, once again came to rest on Lidzaa week later ruefully remarks, "How do they do not understand - if they do so and will continue to treat tourists in two years here will come thick Moscow uncle with more money. And those who now sits behind the counter of his cafe, it will also sweep the floor ... "

Good to know the traveler:

Border of Abkhazia with Russia nominal, in the passport stamps do not. In high season, all on a crosswalk can last for an hour in the car - three.

Prices in August were approximately as follows:

Rent from a private beds: Psou (on the border) - 100 rubles., Gagra - 200 rubles., Pitsunda - 150 rubles. Pension with three meals starts from 450 rubles. per person per day. In August 2005, to find a free room in a boarding house was difficult.

Prices in shops - Moscow. Food service - more democratic than in the capital: barbecue everywhere is 50-100 rubles., Hot meals - 60-150 rubles., Salads - 35-70 rubles.

Guided tour: a visit to Sukhumi monkey nursery, botanical garden and a walk along the waterfront - 300 rubles., Lake Riza - 350-400 rubles. (Ecological tax included), New Athos - 400 rubles., Tickets are included in the cave (a propos, they cost 200 rubles., Plus 15 rubles. Insurance, which for some reason is not voluntary).

Three things that are pleasing in Abkhazia:

1. Sea. Despite the fact that the bottom of his naked and on the beach here and there, scattered artifacts of the human host. Mountain rivers flow into the sea of ​​Abkhazia as a result it is a little colder than the Russian Caucasus, but at 85 percent humidity and it's nice.

2. Wine. There is nothing extraordinary in it, but drinking it is worth at least for the reason that in Adler bottle "Lykhny," "Bouquet of Abkhazia" or "Dioscuri" costs 240 rubles., In Moscow it sold six hundred, and "on the spot" costs a hundred.

3. Tangerines. They grow in all courts, fresh tangerine juice is sold at each Yeah. The most literate - to pick up more green mandarin (they ripen naturally, exactly for the New Year, as well as the local mimosa - March 8), and lounging on the beach, sometimes nadsekat his fingernail, sniff. They say the smell of citrus - antidepressant.

Simple ways to be healthy

Choose any type of physical activity that you like - do exercises in the morning, run, play badminton, go to the pool - it does not matter what you do, as long as it brings you a favor and good humor.

Eat right. This does not mean that you have to live on mere cereals, dairy products and vegetables. Just try not to abuse the product, which can undermine your health - fast junk, fatty foods, soda, etc.

Do not abuse alcohol. It can have many adverse effects on your health. Think there are a few hours of fun numerous risks associated with them. Spirits naptski cause a lot of trouble, from alcoholism to cirrhosis. Of course, sometimes you can afford to relax a little bit, but all you need to know to stop.

Do not smoke. The fact that smoking - this is one of the most dangerous habits, proved a long time and is not subject to any doubt, yet people continue to poison themselves and others. Do not be too careless. Do not think that the terrible diseases caused by nicotine is the lot of any other man, but not you. Take care of yourself.

Do not be too hard on yourself. If you are tired - rest. Tired of the body - it is the most fertile ground for the development of diseases. While you are full of energy, your immune system is the guardian of your health and relentlessly fights all viruses and infections.

Sleep - is vital to the state of your body. During a restore your strength. Try to devote to it at least eight hours a day.

Give yourself a promise to eat daily three useful product.

Do not forget to visit the doctor for a checkup. Easier to prevent disease than to treat it advanced.

Spend more time outdoors, enjoy the sun and fresh air. Importantly, do not overdo it with sunbathing. If the sun is too bright, use a barrier cream.

Do not forget to drink vitamins. They strengthen your immune system.

The transition to a healthy diet for 12 steps

How do I get from point A (junk food) to point B (a healthy diet)? Let me tell you a secret (though for those who have already done the same way, it is not no secret) - I did not follow the route A - B. In fact, it was more like a trip from point A to I, with many intermediate stops . In my experience, any significant improvements are achieved in this way. However, the topic of our conversation - healthy food. Let us not deviate.

Now I'm a vegetarian (near vegan) and try to eat mostly fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes. I still eat burgers, but now it's meatless burgers, they do not contain meat, and have nothing to do with fat meatballs. Eat well and rolls, but when combined with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. I rejected the usual fat mayonnaise instead uses a special vegetarian version.

I still eat pizza, but not with the sausage, or salts, and with vegetables. My diet is still stuffed, but now they are not stuffed with something bold and vegetables and beans. I really like soy yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal, soy milk, oatmeal with berries and nuts. Mmmm.

I did not deny myself the pleasure, I just fell in love with products that are a bit more useful, and in some cases - much healthier than the food I ate before. I can not say that it's not miss the meat, but this is only my first steps.

 

Lack of most diets

In books, magazines and the Internet is a dime a dozen new diets. Some of them are quite well developed, but all of them have one weak spot, so to speak, a major drawback. What? Any diet requires you to sudden changes of habitual diet.

For most of us, it will not work. I tried many diets. During the first week we all are committed and enthusiastic. But too hard to restrain myself constantly, and pretty soon you do give in to temptation, and your whole diet is covered with a copper basin. We all passed through it.

 

Big power of small change

We are talking about the need to make every time your usual diet one single change. To make the so-called baby steps. The miracle is that in a couple of weeks, we are made fit for this small change, get used to it and do not feel that depriving yourself of something.

Take, for example, meat. Suppose you decide to become a vegetarian and just completely eliminated any meat from your diet. You will miss it, it will be almost unbearable. Most of us will not survive long, well, maybe a week or two, then pull the plug, roast yourself a big piece and will tuck into his cheeks, while experiencing guilt.

Now suppose, instead, you remove only one beef. Perhaps today at dinner you would not even notice that it's not, because at your table were dishes of chicken, pork, fried fish. You are quite fine supper. After a few weeks you will have a perfectly normal completely do without beef. You do not even feel it. It remains to repeat this process for pork and you are completely eliminated meat from their diet. Well, of course, if you are not used to eat meat otters, the Australian platypus or other exotics. Then to turn chicken. This step for many may be particularly difficult. Eat more chicken instead of seafood. After a few weeks you get used to the complete absence of chicken. The next step is to get rid of the seafood, and - voila! - You're a vegetarian, not in the least bored over the meat.

I urge you to become a vegetarian. I'm just trying to say that it is easier to make small steps, stretched in time. This trick always works. For example, I did this trick with meat, fried foods and sweets.

You get used to everything, if you make small steps.

 

The program of 12 steps

I admit that this title can be misleading. An association with a program of 12 steps "Alcoholics Anonymous" or something similar, but now we are not talking about it. 12 steps - it's just an example. You can use as many steps as you want, depending on what changes you want to achieve. I mention this case only in order that you can learn from him any ideas.

The main rules:

- To make no more than one change at a time. Each time wait for a complete addiction. Probably require 3-4 weeks for each step. But by the end of the year, you will be so to eat as much as possible.

- At least the first couple of weeks, determined to invest the maximum in each step. Try not to give up. Do not worry, soon it will become commonplace.

- If the next step seems too complicated, make a small step less. For example, instead of having to completely eliminate sweets, you can start with a cake or candy. Minor changes are always much easier to transport.

- Always try to replace junk food more healthy, that you wanted. The fact that I have already given - just examples, everyone has different tastes.

So, here's an example of what could be your program:

1. Snack on fruit. If you're a snack during the day, keep fruit. Just that - eat fruit. Throw in a little backpack apples with them, you just can not do wrong.

2. Drink water instead of soda. The only thing I drink (except beer sometimes) - it is water. Of course, I did not insist, but it would be nice to try to replace sugary drinks with water.

3. Eat wholegrain bread (unprocessed) grains. If you eat white bread, replace it with bread, baked whole wheat, bran or grain sprouted wheat. Also, do not buy bread products containing high fructose corn syrup. In general, try to avoid this ingredient in anything. If the label will show the words "corn sweetener" and "corn syrup" - run from this food away.

4. Add fresh vegetables for dinner. If you do not have fresh, use cooked vegetables instead of a side dish.

5. Give up red meat. You can still eat poultry and seafood. Later, if you want to, and can exclude them.

6. Instead of ordering, make pizza yourself. Pizzas with their hands - the best. The easiest way is to take a little spaghetti sauce (but no sauce "Ragu" production company "Unilever"), cut vegetables (I love tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach and olives, but you can take anything, even a potato). Rub the grated vegetables with a little olive oil. If you want, you can add grated cheese (soy, for example), but this is not necessary. Bake until the pizza will not get an appetizing appearance. Mmmm, vkusnyatinka.

7. Nuts instead of chips. If you love to eat chips, and replace them with peanuts or almonds. Only without the salt.

8. Soy milk instead of whole. Whole milk too fat (I'm not talking about the suffering of poor milking cows in modern shops). Soy milk is much healthier. You quickly get used to it, like everything on this list. However, if you get your milk is not acceptable, then let it be cow, but the most minimal fat - 1%.

9. Whole-grain cereals. If you like sweet cereal flakes or ground cereals, replace whole-grain cereal.

10. Berries instead of candy. This is my recent achievement, and it was much easier than I thought. I used to always throw in your mouth chocolates, but now, to satisfy my cravings, I eat berries. And it works great!

11. Scrambled tofu instead of the usual eggs. Scrambled eggs or an omelet of tofu - a wonderful secret vegans. For example, try this recipe.

12. Try a variety of vegetarian dishes. Among them there are a lot of various yummy. I am sure you will certainly will choose something for themselves.

After completion of these 12 steps, your food will be healthier and healthier than ever. The thing is that after that you will almost certainly want to move on - can be 20 steps or more.

How not to get tired at the computer

Agree that in today's world, most people working time in sedentary positions, move a little, and make the appropriate disease. Working in the office is usually related to a permanent seat at the computer monitor, and it is even more detrimental to health than simple congestion and bad posture muscles. Additionally it also spoils vision, and there are headaches. Further banal tips teach you to sit at a computer.

1. Follow back. Standard office chair is well treated with your spine, but for a long time, no seat will not save you from fatigue and stress. Make it a rule - every 10 minutes to check and straighten your posture, very quickly it will become a habit and help you keep your back a young and flexible.

2. Your feet should be fully pressed to the floor, the height of the chair should be at your height. Knee pain, tight feet can distort your gait, and this will have an impact on the spine.

3. Place the items in a safe place so you do not have them pulled, it will allow you to do the same work with fewer movements, which means you'll soon be able to rest and warm up.

4. Keyboard, mouse, graphics tablet should be not above or below the elbow. Watch for the wrists, they should not depart anywhere, people often work with the keyboard, feel pain, if not trained. Effective solution - ergonomic keyboard with palm rest. Also pretty good exercise, strengthening the wrist - squeezing their fists.

5. Try to position the middle of the screen exactly in the direction of your view, is the most comfortable position for the eyes and the neck. Work best for widescreen monitors, as they are "stretched" by the "form" view. Keep the monitor closer than two feet, even LCD. Vision is not spoiled by the radiation, and from relaxed eye when viewing closer objects. This is based on exercises for the eyes: the distance approximation view of close and distant objects. Perform this gym as often as possible, the best - every hour.

6. Every two hours give yourself at least 5 minutes of complete rest, finish things do not depend on the computer, make a small charge, knead the muscles. Good help squats and stretching the spine.

5 good reasons to eat slowly

The main problem of our time - the eternal lack of time and the constant rush. When the time comes, we will quickly swallow the food and run farther. This leads to chronic accumulation of stress and harmful. If one day you decide to eat slowly - your life will change immediately. Is it difficult? Not at all. You do not need any superhuman effort: you bite off a little piece, carefully and slowly chew it, stretching the pleasure of eating.

Your meal is extended for only a few minutes, but it will lead to significant changes.

You may have already heard of the slow food movement (Slow Food), which originated in Italy a couple of decades ago. Slow food - is the opposite of fast food.

"In order to adequately carry the name of Homo Sapiens, one must get rid of the hustle and bustle, they will inevitably lead to the extinction of the human race" ~ excerpt from the manifesto of the movement Slow Food

 

If you read the manifesto of the movement slow food completely, you will find that it is not only about health, but about another way of life in general. Do you accept these postulates or not, in any case will not hurt you to get acquainted with the benefits of slow food:

1. Getting rid of excess weight. A growing body of research confirms that eating slowly, you will consume fewer calories. This fact in itself is enough to lose up to 10 kg per year. No need to have something else or do something extra. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in the fact that our brain needs about 20 minutes to make sure we were satisfied. If we eat at a fast pace, we do not have time to realize that we already have enough and continue on. But if we eat slowly, we have a plenty of time to feel that it is time to stop. I still recommend you stick to a healthy diet, but if you have a problem of excess weight - slow food simply must be part of your new life.

2. Enjoying a meal. In my view, this reason is also quite compelling. It is hard to enjoy a meal if it does not linger in your mouth. I even think that there is nothing wrong with what you eat a small amount of junk food, but it thoroughly chewing. Do you like fried foods, pizza, sweets? Then what's the point to eat it fast? Think about it. If you eat slowly, you will receive the same amount of fun, but in your stomach will be less harmful. Make your meal object gastronomic pleasure, not something that you are in a rush to throw in itself.

3. Improved digestion. If you chew - it improves digestion. Maybe you did not know, but the digestion begins in the mouth, so that the longer it is - the less work goes to the stomach. This will help to avoid problems with the gastrointestinal tract.

4. Stress reduction. Full concentration on the process of eating can be a great exercise for the development of attention. Live exactly this moment, do not think about what you will do after the meal. When you eat, you should only have. I believe that this prevents the accumulation of stress in modern man. Do not believe me - try it yourself!

5. Rejection of fast food. Our hectic, stressful and chaotic century demands to reduce the time taken for a meal. This way of life obeschelovechivaet us, undermining our health, leading to stress and makes us unhappy. We nosimsya all day, solving one problem after another senseless, depriving themselves of the opportunity to enjoy life, to communicate with your friends, be a man. By eating slowly, you will resist this. Give up fast food products. Have dinner at a nice restaurant, and even better, - prepare yourself. Feel the taste of life.

How to learn to not overeat

Delicious food - one of the main pleasures of man. But you did not notice for such a thing: what would a plate of food in front of you is not standing, small or large, you can still eat every last crumb? Your stomach is already full, you eat, but there's something in your head does not allow you to stay as long as you do not see a clean plate. How to learn to not overeat?

It would seem that the solution is simple. Are you hungry? No? Then stop there!

Yet too often we overeat and could barely crawl out from the table. Probably so laid ancient human nature: to eat any good, because do not know when the next time happen to catch a mammoth. But now these habits is useless and leads to extra pounds, which in our pace of life is very hard to drive. So, you need to learn how to finish is when you ate, even if you ate only half portions. In this article are some tips to follow that you will be able to deal with the habit to eat up all the way.

Repeat: "I do not have to eat everything till the end"

Write this phrase on a sheet of paper, write it in the comments to this post, say it out loud a few times to gain a foothold in this thought: you do not have to eat it all to end. Stop as soon as you feel that your stomach is full, that you are satisfied.

How to avoid overeating, if you eat in the cafe

Overeat in the cafe is very simple. Normally, if you eat at the cafe, we do it in a leisurely atmosphere and good company. This means that you have too much time to sit for about 15-20 minutes, and then eat up the remains, the conversation these little pieces will imperceptibly. However, at the end of the meal you will surely feel that overeat.

Felt already ate? Immediately ask the waiter to wrap leftover food and put it in the bag. If for some reason you do not want to take food with you, just ask the waiter to take away the plate. If it stays on the table, then you will not be able to resist the temptation to eat another bite, and then another ...

How to avoid overeating at home

It's OK to eat a full plate of food, or even two plates of food. The main thing - stop when you feel that ate.

Before you start the meal, leftovers that you do not put on a plate, immediately packed in containers and store in the refrigerator.

If after a meal you feel like you ate, drink a glass of water and wait 10 minutes, possibly before your brain is just not reached saturation alarm. If after 10 minutes you are still hungry, then eat a few slices of fruit or chocolate.

Here you can face another challenge. When putting the leftovers in the fridge, you will hear the quiet inner voice that will whisper, "Hey, there remained only one spoon! Is this a handful of food to clean the refrigerator? Eat it now! "Stand one's ground, your goal - do not overeat.

Remember, you do not have to have every time the opportunity

Always listen to your body. We decided to have a drink with friends in a cafe - think if you really want to nuts or croutons or eat them out of habit. Away or at home, stop uncontrolled eat candy, cookies and other snacks. Think before you put something in your mouth.

Certainly it is difficult to resist, when everything around you is something chewed. It is difficult to refuse the offer to go to the fast food restaurant. And yet, the only factor that affects the way, would you have now or not, should be the honest answer to the question: Do I really hungry?

5 ways to make your day healthier

You know that every day should eat right and exercise if you want to look and feel better, but these two things are easier said than done. We offer you 5 simple ways to make your day a little healthier.

Necessarily breakfast

Usually, in the morning we all hurry, so do not eat breakfast, or at best drink a cup of tea or coffee. If you care about your health, do not skip breakfast. Scientists have shown that people who eat breakfast, your metabolism is 3-4 times higher than those who refuse to eat. This means that those extra pounds you will not get any, and the energy you are provided with at least half a day. If you want in the morning to be active and productive, your breakfast should consist of carbohydrates and dairy products.

Drink plenty of water

Most of us drink very little water and instead drink plenty of tea, coffee, juice, and alcohol. Lack of water and the whole body suffers premature aging. On the lack of water in the body can indicate headaches, fatigue and nesobrannost. The easiest way to check if there is enough water in your body is the color of urine - the more intense the color, the smaller the body of water. If you want to be healthier, drink at least 1 liter of water per day. You can read the article 10 Reasons to drink more water.

More vegetables and herbs

We underestimate the role of vegetables and herbs in our diet. The more in your diet of fresh vegetables, the healthier will. Also, do not forget the fresh herbs, it has a huge amount of vitamins and some of the items you will not find even in the most useful vegetables. If you do not like to eat greens can make green smoothies and vegetable smoothies, in which the majority (60-70 percent) will consist of fruit and a bit of greenery. Parsley or dill flavor you almost do not feel good and your body is huge.

Move more

Scourge of modern society - a sedentary lifestyle. We already wrote about the importance of the movement. Every day you do not just sit, and sit for 8-10 hours at work. It is understood that the evening is not the strength to play sports, but you can start jogging in the morning, going to the pool on the weekend, or at least move more around the office. Yes, in the office, too, can live a healthy life.

Do not spoil your day

Going home after a hard day, especially wants to relax with a glass of wine or a bowl of ice cream while lying on a sofa, or a dinner out of convenience foods. And that desire can undermine all your efforts for the day. Be alert and think about the consequences of their actions.

Elena, www.vitamarg.com

7 quick and easy way to create a natural beauty

You want to look your best without spending a lot of effort? How about a regular skin care, hair care and make-up, which takes a few minutes in the morning?

Here are seven tips to help you maintain the natural beauty:

1. For a start, note the condition of the skin. You may need to visit a dermatologist if you have severe problems such as acne, age spots, etc. The doctor will pick you a special program of procedures to restore the skin. If no problems, then choose to store creams and lotions that are suitable for your skin type.

2. Choose three or four subjects makeup, without which you can not live, and only use them. Gradually try to reduce the layer of makeup applied to the face. For example, if you paint five layers of mascara, try to apply 2, then change to a less bright shade, etc. The same applies to the foundation (reduce the number of layers).

3. In the hot season be sure to use sunscreen and sunglasses. Skin, especially on the face, it is suffering from the effects of direct sunlight, and faster than the old, and around the eyes from direct soschurivaniya wrinkles.

4. Go to the hairdresser and make correction of eyebrows. Regular shape eyebrows - an affordable, fast and natural way to elegance. Let a professional make you the correct shape of the eyebrows, and then you are able to adjust them in the home.

5. Stylish haircut. This is a very important element of beauty. Refer to the best stylist. It will help you to choose the most suitable hairstyle.

6. Make your own natural cosmetics at home. Internet allows you to find a lot of recipes for all kinds of masks for hair, face and body, which use natural ingredients. Most likely, you already have most of the components in the refrigerator and pantry.

7. And most importantly, a proper diet, eating raw fruits and vegetables, vitamins and healthy night's sleep. Make yourself daily schedule and stick to it. As is known, the beauty comes from within.

fasting days

It is difficult to overstate the importance of fasting days for the body. If you want to maintain your normal weight or lose a few pounds, then you can not do without fasting days.

Fasting days helping the digestive tract a rest from digesting heavy meals, clean and include the reserve forces of the body. They make it possible to maintain normal weight and contribute to overall rejuvenation of body cells. Also fasting days accustom your body to eat less and conscious approach to eating.

What are the fasting days?

- Cottage cheese (500 g cottage cheese or cheesecakes, 5 receptions);

- Fruit (1.5 kg raw or baked apples, 5 receptions);

- Cucumber (the same as the apple);

- Raw vegetables (1.5 kg of cabbage, tomato, radish, carrot, lettuce, cucumbers with a little vegetable oil or cream, 5 receptions);

- Watermelon (1.5 kg of pulp, 5-6 doses);

- Kefir (1.2 - 1.5 liters of yogurt or sour in 5-6 doses).

You can choose the product that best suits your stomach and the type of food cooking.

If you like apples and acidity can eat them in large quantities, then every 3 hours Eat 300 g of these useful cleaning fruit. Apples contain pectin, which act as a broom. Total for the day should eat no more than 1 kg 800 g apples.

Cucumber is very good day, which is especially useful for people with overweight. At 5-6 receptions per day to eat 1.5 kg of fresh cucumbers. If you have to physical work, then add 1 to it boiled egg without salt.

In watermelon watermelon season indispensable fasting days, which are perfectly washed kidneys, beneficial effect on the whole body.

In addition to watermelon, during such unloading is permitted occasionally to eat a piece of bread (better than yesterday). Some insist on limiting the amount eaten watermelon, offering use of 300 g at a time. In which case the daily rate of 1.5 kg watermelon reception. But if you're sitting on a watermelon for several days, then you can safely eat it without restriction.

During the day kefir drink 1.5 liters of buttermilk for 5 receptions for 300 g every 3 hours.

How often is the fasting days?

Very useful to fasting and fasting days, at least one day a week. If you are used to such a regime of restrictions, you can add one daily fasting once a month.

The rules for fasting days

Eliminate the intense physical and mental stress. Try to spend the day in a relaxed atmosphere as possible at home.

After the handling of the day did not immediately jump-place for food. Your body is an "all or nothing" - shock

Eat more plain water - at least 2.5 liters a day!

Fasting days well accompany the purification of the body: to go to the bath or sauna, swim in the pool, get a massage.

Do not perform the fasting days during pregnancy and breast-feeding during illness, the presence of liver disease and kidney disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, without consulting with your doctor!

Basic rules of skin care

There are rules, "the basics" for skin care that every woman should know. You should always remember that the facial skin is thin, sensitive and most exposed to atmospheric action. In other words, it needs careful care, nutrition and protection. But such care should be individualized, to answer your skin type. Wipe skin lotion, apply cream and mask, perform self-massage - all this should be done along the lines of least stretching the lines of the so-called cosmetic skin from the chin to the middle of the middle ear, and the corners of the mouth to the external acoustic opening, from the tip of the nose to the temples.

Cream is applied on the forehead along lines parallel to the lines of the eyebrows. When cosmetic procedures performed on these lines, the skin stretches the least, and it prevents the appearance of wrinkles. After washing your face do not wipe, and lightly soak a towel. This is especially remember the women who have reached 25 years abroad. Important water which wash. Cold water works, tonic, but constricts blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the tissues. From prolonged use of cold water, the skin becomes pale at first, dry, dull, and then wrinkled. Hot water, however, dilates blood vessels, promotes a rush of blood to the tissue, cleanses the face, washing away the grease and dust layers. But her daily washing of persistent vasodilation, then, reduces muscle tone, and leads to aging skin, wrinkles. It is best to use warm water. It also has a tonic, causing transient vasoconstriction, which later changed its extension.

Such action may be compared to a kind of gymnastics, it revitalizes the skin, improves its elasticity. Therefore, wash with water at room temperature should be replaced periodically with cold or hot water. For all skin types, especially oily, very useful contrast water therapy: first wash with hot, then cold water. Wash, the best soft water. Especially in need dry skin prone to irritation and dryness. Soft water is obtained by boiling, using high-quality water filter, and add baking soda (1/2 teaspoon to 1 liter of water). Our grandmothers could use to wash melt water.

Of course, this is the softest and most useful water. But in today to wash it should not be, because it is difficult to provide what the harmful elements contained in it. Do not wash with soap and water to remove make-up, or you will quickly dry the skin, wrinkles appear faster. Wash can use special cosmetics, also suitable for washing handmade soap contains in its composition moisturizing oil. The cream should be applied 30-40 minutes before going outside. Then the skin has time to absorb it well.

I am your body ... and I turn to you

If your body could talk, it would tell us the following:

1) Do I look like you think of me. Please think of me I'm beautiful, and I will so.

2) When you think about the disease and trying to pick on me - I have to adapt your thoughts and I am starting to hurt.

3) When you have spent much time on thoughts that cause you have negative emotions, I am also starting to hurt. Because precious life force is spent on these thoughts.

4) When you think thoughts that cause joy - I literally bloom and young eyes.

5) My reserves and possibilities are very high. Just believe in me ... I'm able to regenerate, I can recover the lost organs. I can get better, even if your doctor has diagnosed me incurable. Just help me with his desire and belief in my ability.

6) I am so constituted that I can easily operate a thousand years and more. Why did you have in 35-40 years, if not sooner you start thinking about aging? You old me your thoughts. For in your society hovers contagious program that is almost 100 years old limit.

7) When you're going to eat something, at least sometimes ask me, what do I need? If you learn to hear me, I always answer you. And it will be you and me only good. You eat food on autopilot or having read the next clever books.

8) Once again I want to touch the beauty. Do not force-feed me please all kinds of pills, silicone, botox, acrylics, gels, etc. I can be beautiful without all this. Just help me. And I'm happy to take the appropriate forms for you.

9) I love to walk in the fresh air. Swim. I like to run. Dance. Enjoy a massage. Sex. Activities that bring you joy. The computer and the TV sit for days ... not really.

10) I really trust you, and if eating a piece of cake, do you think that potolsteesh, I realize your idea ... and thick.

11) I love you very much. And I'd like to hear words of thanks and words of love from you. At least sometimes. But if you do not, I still love you unconditionally.

10 Tips to save vision

Eyes - is the tool through which we see our world, accumulating information, conceptualize and realize their environment. Vision - a gift of nature, which should be protected. However, in the age of computers, people became more and more time in front of the screen. The strain and eye fatigue in people's eyes began to tear, and in some cases, some have begun to pay attention to the fact that their vision was worse. So what to do in this situation? How to keep your vision and prevent the emergence of serious eye diseases. Here are a few simple tips on how to keep your eyesight.

Quit smoking

If you have this bad habit, it affects not only the lungs but also affects the quality of your vision. Smoking increased intraocular pressure, which causes a variety of diseases.

Eat blueberries

Blueberries increase visual acuity, reducing eye strain and helps prevent some eye diseases. Blueberries can be frozen and eat all year round. This is much better than the blueberry tablets.

Take a multivitamin

Statistics show that people who use vitamins, less prone to eye disease.

The correct position of the monitor

When you work with a computer, the monitor should be placed slightly below eye level. So, your upper eyelid will be omitted, reducing the evaporation of the fluid in the eye and reduce the risk of dry eye syndrome.

Often walk

Walking out a beneficial effect on the entire body, including vision. After all, we relax in nature and relaxing your eyes.

Protect your eyes from the bright sunlight

In sunny weather, always wear quality sunglasses. Do not skimp on your vision, buy cheap sunglasses, which not only protect the eyes from sunlight, but also harmful.

Eat more greens

Green onions, parsley, dill, lettuce, celery, etc. Greenery is very useful to view. Also include in your diet beets and dishes from it - it contains zinc, necessary for the maintenance of visual acuity, and iron, which promotes the formation of red blood cells, you need to view, and the whole body.

Rest your eyes

If your work involves a computer or reading a book, at least once every hour to rest your eyes. Focus your eyes on any one point in 30 seconds.

Monitor the level of your blood pressure

Many eye diseases are directly related to high blood pressure.

Safety glasses when working

If you swim in a chlorinated pool, working with welding or just to clean up the street - always wear special goggles to prevent damage to the cornea.

Follow these simple tips and you'll keep your vision for years to come. After all, our vision, as well as health in general - is the most important treasure in the world, which depends primarily on how we will be protected.

15 tips for a good figure

We all dream of a beautiful and healthy body. True what they say: "What we have, we do not value, and losing her cry." Nature gave us the birth of a perfect body, which is able to repair itself and samoizlechivatsya, provided that we listen to him and not his needs. Our body is a reflection of our habits and lifestyle. If you still want to have a beautiful and healthy body, then read our 15 tips.

1. Shaking news, you release the abdominal fat is not

Press will be under a layer of fat, and stomach may even increase. So if you want to drive away the fat from the abdomen, always draw the it, straining muscles. You can go to an individual workout specialist to have it picked up a set of exercises that you do at home. And one press you can not get rid of fat.

2. It takes 2-3 times a week

If you want to have a beautiful body and a balanced, exercise 2-3 times a week, and after the training required to stretch.

3. Drink plenty of water

Morning fasting drink 1-2 glasses of water. During the day, also drink water in small sips better - so useful. During training, a must drink water. By the way, the more water you drink, the less you want to eat.

4. Necessarily breakfast

Breakfast should be a full and dense. By doing this you are giving your body the signal that it's time to wake up and provide you with energy for the whole day.

5. Do not wash down the food

Or during the meal or after a meal or drink another 40 minutes. This slows down the digestive process and expands the stomach wall.

6. There is often, but little

To accelerate the metabolism, you need to eat 5 times a day. Preferably in the same time, approximately every 3 hours. Eating 5 times a day, healthy food, you will be less likely to be distracted by snacks and fast foods, as body simply will not have time to go hungry.

7. Try not to snack

If you still want to eat, then do 20 sit-ups and 50 jumps, and then drink the water. If you still want to eat, eat any vegetable or fruit.

8. Do not eat after six - preferably

But if you come late and go to bed late, then do not eat for 3-4 hours before bedtime.

9. After 16 hours, eat only protein foods

All carbohydrates are eaten by you in the second half of the day will turn into fat.

10. Thoroughly chewing food, the longer the better

This way you can accelerate the metabolism of the body again, and you will eat less. Proved that the feeling of fullness comes after a 20-minute meal. That is why we so often overeat. If we slow down the process of chewing and eating, it will load up a much smaller amount of food. And you'll discover the real taste of food and products, as in the language we have taste buds.

11. Nuts and oil - healthy foods in small amounts

Nuts - a useful but very high-calorie product, but it is so easy to get carried away. If you watch your figure, you eat no more than 10 nuts per day. The oil is also very useful if they do not get carried away, tucking salads and frying something on it every day.

12. Give up bread and flour

And in the white and gray bread calories equally. So learn to live without bread, and especially without buns (cakes, pies, etc.). If hard to refuse at once, go on rye bread.

13. Eliminate harmful foods and fast food

Coffee, soda, chips, mayonnaise, sausage, fast food - your basic enemies. Pick out the words and associate them with obesity and skin problems.

14. Take a douche

It increases blood circulation, improves the complexion, develop your will power and endurance. Forward to new habits!

15. Fasting days

You love the weekend when you can relax, unwind, do something nice? That's your body needs time to time off, ie fasting days. Help your body eliminate toxins from you all and shit. You can spend a day on the water, in yogurt, on fruit or just hungry - choose the one that is closer to you. Importantly, help your body, so it helps you.

What procedures will be useful after the rest of the sea?

Behind the holiday by the sea, replaced by the familiar pale tan urban dweller, eyebrows and eyelashes are burned in the sun, and the hair is lost luster under the influence of sea water and the question arises: how to recover from a summer holiday?

Today it is not rare are the promotions and discounts in beauty salons in Moscow designed to bring the face and hair in order after the summer holidays. For starters, you can advise nourish the body from the inside. Perfectly suited for this variety of vitamins designed specifically for women's health-conscious hair, skin and nails. In addition to cosmetic effect such vitamins will have a favorable effect on the whole body.

Hair

Beauticians recommend even during beach holidays to put on special sunglasses hair sprays, shampoos and conditioners. If you neglect these councils, after a rest better without regret rid of overdried ends. New hairdressing - Haircut hot scissors. Such a procedure would forget about split ends. Besides cutting advisable to regularly use nourishing and moisturizing hair mask. In the first month after the summer of undesirable hair color, highlights, or hold a perm. In addition, a restriction to use a hair dryer and styling products.

Eyebrows and eyelashes

Eyebrows and eyelashes quickly fade under the hot summer sun. After the holidays should contact the salon on their correction and coloring. For the next three weeks you can forget about the eyebrow pencil, and lashes will require less application of mascara.

Skin

After prolonged sun exposure, facial skin becomes dry, wrinkles around the eyes. You need to use moisturizers, thermal water and cooling gel to the skin around the eyes. Gel mask for eye can positively influence the weary eyelids.

To get rid of freckles or age spots to take advantage of special creams or home remedies - cucumber or chamomile. In beauty salons can also undergo the procedure of whitening beauty salons in Moscow rating tells you where it is best to do.

Nails

Tired marigolds best treat special oils - castor or olive and baths with special tools.

All of these procedures will help to recover from the outdoor activities at sea and stock by waiting for the next holiday.

10 ways to improve your health

If you want to change your lifestyle and improve your health, read the following tips. Some tips are very unusual, maybe they will help you improve your health and change.

1. Try nasal lavage technique. It is called Jala Neti. It will help you clean your nasal passages. Also, if you have a chronic illness associated with the nose, this is the best thing for you.

2. You clean your skin? The skin is one of the main organs in our body. When you cleanse your skin, you help your lymphatic system clear of toxins which gathered there for the whole day. Not necessarily every day to wash with soap and water and rinse with a protective layer of the skin, but to take a shower at least once a day, and can be two or more.

3. Try to make a habit of fasting. Fasting helps cleanse and rejuvenate the body. To cleanse the body need to rest your digestive system. But before you start to do this, consult your doctor.

4. Try to put yourself an enema. It may seem ridiculous, but an enema to cleanse the body of parasites, blood work to restore stability, and even eliminate constipation.

5. You can live without food and water, but without the air you will not live. Breathe deeply and more often in the open air. Some breathing techniques allow you to even lose weight. Also, using the method of conscious breathing to get rid of the various complexes, problems, injuries, etc.

6. Studies have shown that walking is better than jogging. Walking, Tai Chi can teach you to get energy with every step. Whenever possible, go. Walk as much as possible. By doing this you not only train your legs, but also the heart and overall health improves. Check!

7. Buy a new mattress. New soft mattress (the one that takes the form of man) will help to relax and enjoy the dream to the fullest.

8. Buy shoes Masai. This shoe was designed to reduce the burden on the human skeleton during walking. Shoes gives a feeling of walking on a soft fur or sand.

9. Add to my room more plants. Because plants recycle carbon dioxide into oxygen and have a mass of useful properties.

10. Laugh every day and amuse others. Laugh life continues. It helps to forget about the pain, and give better breathing.

That's it, change your life for the better.

Lifestyle and Beauty

On a daily basis our appearance affects countless factors, and most of them are directly related to lifestyle. Our figure, body weight, firmness and freshness of the skin, bright eyes - all of this is determined not only by natural data, but also what we do every day. Whether useful or eat junk food, drink plenty of water whether we or not, do you regularly exercise, you feel nervous about nothing - all this is reflected in the way we look. Whether we like it or not. Wrong way of life - it's like a time bomb, which for years may mislead you that beauty will not disappear from eating Big Macs and drinking a liter of Coke, but then put a crushing blow. Of what consists our way of life?

Habits

They can be both useful and harmful. I have one habit insidious feature - they are so firmly and quietly come into our lives that we did not have to pay attention. And of these little habits and develops all our life. Useful if the habit, it will be for years to accumulate a positive effect, and if bad ... Typical harmful lifestyle habits are: load at night, dinner watching TV, reading a book while eating, going to bed after midnight snacking on the go, to touch his face and hair with dirty hands, to save on cosmetics, sunbathing for hours in the sun without protection ... This list is endless.

Observe yourself for a few days, analyze all your actions, ask friends and relatives to speak on the subject (bad habits can be more visible to outside observers), and then make a complete list and next to each item write a useful habit, which can displace the old. Psychologists believe that 3 weeks is enough to adhere to the new rules and they will come naturally in your life.

Food

Who has not heard the phrase: "We - what we eat." Probably every person to know her, but, alas, not everyone sees it as a guide to action. Daily drink at least 1.5 liters of clean drinking water, eat more fruits and vegetables, limit fat intake, but never exclude them completely. Meals should be balanced in all macro-and micronutrients, vitamins and amino acids. Nothing should be excluded from the diet. Information about nutrition (not to be confused with the diets for the correction!) Abound today, so we will not dwell on this issue in detail.

Physical activity

With this phrase, many immediately imagine it extreme, conquering mountains, muscular men with a bar in the gym or to dizziness women doing aerobics. But the need of the human body in physical activities can be successfully replaced by an ordinary pedestrian walking for 40-60 minutes daily. Tell me, do not have time? Sure that each person is able to carve out an hour of free time for a walk, at least due to the Internet and TV. Some people do, but others are always looking for an excuse. So go ahead - to a healthy lifestyle and beauty!

Healing properties of melt water

It has long been believed that the use of melt water rejuvenates the body. Melt water is different from his usual structure more similar to the structure of the protoplasm of our cells. Properties of melt water stored up to 12 hours. Get melt water can freeze ordinary tap water into a freezer.

Those who suffer from headaches, hypertension, obesity, and anyone who wants to stay young and keep you healthy, it is recommended to drink more melted water. Such water has amazing properties: it keeps the chickens give twice the eggs, cows dramatically increase yields.

Used for the prevention and treatment of vascular disorders used 2-3 cups of cold melt water (you can with ice cubes). The first glass of drinking early in the morning for an hour before a meal, and the rest - for a day, an hour before the next meal. Lowest dose has an effect - 4-6 g of melt water for 1 kg of weight. In some cases, the dose should be increased (if the disease started, obesity, metabolic disorders). Apparently, the melt water not only improves the physical resources of the body, but also slows down the aging process, preventing reduction of water content in the cells, which usually occurs in old age.

People over forty years indicate that the use of melt water facilitates the work of internal organs, affects the blood, which provides full-scale operation of the cardiovascular system, nervous system, normalizes muscle, improves overall health.

Giving the human body extra energy, melt water reduces fatigue that can bypass lower-than-normal amount of food and sleep duration, significantly stimulated the vital processes, especially evident in the increasing resistance of the organism as viral diseases and cancer.

Recovering immune system, revitalizes and rejuvenates the body. The longer a person will drink the melted water, the less he needs medication. It is noticed that the very effectiveness of drugs taken from melt water increases dramatically. In patients operated faster the healing and recovery process.

People who drink melt water during fasting, almost do not feel hunger.

Helpful to melt water for children: school, for example, become more attentive, focused on employment, increases efficiency.

The experiments showed that the melt water even cures migraines, colds, osteochondrosis, radiculitis, allergies.

Beauticians recommend periodically wipe the skin on the face with ice cubes. From this exercise, the skin undergoes a light shock, blood circulation improves, the skin begins to better supplied with oxygen, stimulates regenerative processes. Very well, if you get used to wash meltwater

You can start a regular kind of water to drink, to cook it at home. According to its beneficial properties such water is as good as natural melted water. You may not immediately feel the result of its healing effect on your body, because it will take some time until the process will complete replacement of water in the tissues.

The water produced by the melting snow, heavy water content of 20-25% less than normal. The reason is simple: if condensation is a significant part of the deuterium in the atmosphere. And what is the impact of "snow water" on the body? So in one of the farms chickens drank snow water for one month become larger, delayed more eggs, and the eggs have become more severe. Pigs increased weight gain. Snow soaked in water before giving sprouting seeds and the harvest was over. Rye is grown such that harvesters could not cope.

 

Melt water and longevity

Almost all chemical processes that support vital functions are reduced to chemical reactions, aqueous solution - metabolism. Normal tap water that we use most often consists of heterogeneous molecules, most of which is not involved in the metabolism because of the discrepancy between the size of the membrane of our cells. If all the water molecules are smaller than the holes on the cell membrane and to pass freely through it, the chemical reaction would take place faster and more active exchange of salt.

Water is such an ideal is in the nature. It - melt water that is obtained from ice and snow. In the frozen and then thawed water molecular diameter varies and they are fully suitable hole size of the cell membrane. Melt water so much easier ordinary reacts with various substances and the body does not need to spend more energy on its restructuring. Moreover, the active metabolism of the body are derived old, damaged cells that prevent the formation of new, young. As a result of the aging process is slowed down. It is known that the main common feature for all the groups longevity of our planet is that they drink low-mineralized melt water are removed from the glacial rivers. For example, residents of the town of Pakistani Hunzakut live for 100 - 120 years old and registered cases in which men older than 100 years became fathers.