Foods to Prevent Your Arteries from Clogging

Like any plumbing system, your arteries can get clogged up. When you have high blood pressure, inflammation causes cholesterol to stick to the walls of your blood vessels, forming a plaque. The following foods are powerful enough to prevent this dangerous clogging. Kiwi and Cantaloupe These antioxidant-rich foods work by reducing toxic LDL cholesterol, which is formed by a rusting process...

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Reasons Lemon Juice Is a Superfood

Prevent kidney stones: Drinking one half-cup of lemon juice every day raises citrate levels in the urine. Studies have shown that this could protect against calcium stones in the kidney. Soothe a sore throat: Mixing lemon juice with honey can help alleviate the discomfort that comes from a nasty sore throat. Support weight loss: Beyond the old notion that the Master...

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5 Germiest Places You're Not Cleaning

Sponges It's easy for bacteria and food particles to get trapped in the crevasses of sponges, creating ideal conditions for bacteria to breed. Moist, dark — what else could bacteria ask for?! What to do: Try antibacterial sponges and dish soaps to limit the lesser of bacteria evils — but neither are very effective at controlling the spread of big name baddies like E. Coli and Salmonella ....

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Make Your Own Carpet Cleaner for a Steam Cleaner

You will need: –Warm Water–2 Gallon Pitcher–Distilled White Vinegar–Bleach-free liquid dish soap–Essential Oils (optional) What to do: In 2-Gallon Pitcher, mix 1 gallon of warm water with 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar and 1/4 cup of bleach-free liquid dish soap.  Optionally you can add a few drops of essential oils to give carpet fresh scent. Pour mixture into the cleaning solution...

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6 Speed Cleaning Tips

1. Move in a circle around the rooms. Make a pact to not come back to finish something. This will only slow you down. Do things thoroughly the first time. This includes dishes.  This should be done the night before, if need be. 2. To avoid spending precious time (and elbow grease!) scrubbing stuck on food in the kitchen,mix simple white vinegar and equal parts dish soap together. Gently...

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4 Ways to Save $100 Per Year

DVDs & CD’s Not all libraries offer free DVD rentals, but if your library does, take advantage of it! Our kids especially love checking out old TV series to watch during movie time each day. We also have enjoyed checking out music CD’s from the library, too. I can’t even begin to fathom the money we’ve saved by checking out DVDs from the library over the years instead of renting or buying...

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Awesome Money Saving Tips for Families

Sign Up for Customer Rewards Programs Signing up for customer rewards programs is free and full of benefits.  I sign up for all that are available, even if I don't shop at the store too often.  I created an email just for my rewards and coupon related mail.  I check it just before shopping at certain stores to print coupons, compare deals, etc.  This has saved...

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5 Tips for Beginning Gardeners

1.  Grow What You Eat Rule #1 – If you (or your family) won’t eat it, don’t grow it.  If you’ve got limited space and time, focus on the fruits or vegetables that your family enjoys the most.  It’s no accident that the most popular produce item grown in backyard gardens is the tomato.  The taste a homegrown tomato is worlds apart from tomato shipped green from a thousand...

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