Measure your recycling with the new Recyclometer

Measuring the impact of recycling is always a challenge, especially when trying to communicate the wider benefits of what is, let's face it, a pretty mundane household task.

However, during the summer, along with other bloggers, I was brought in to help road-test Coca-Cola's Recyclometer, a brand new stats-crunching tool, which has been developed in association with WRAP.   After a few tweaks, the Recyclometer has now been officially launched, on the company's website and at Recycle Now. providing consumers with a means of calculating the wider impact of their recycling activity, by simply translating the action into energy saving data.

Saving energy and fuel resources are one of the key beneficial outcomes of recycling and the Recyclometer tool demonstrates the savings across a wide range of materials that you'd find on your cupboard shelves.

For example, simply totting up the contents of my recycling actions today reveals that I've saved enough energy to power a lightbulb for 12 hours.   Widen the impact of this nationally and the figures highlight that enough energy would be saved to power over 84,000 lightbulbs for a whole year.   That's quite an incredible figure from just a few juice bottles, a can, our local newspaper, a breakfast cereal box and a loo roll tube.  It also demonstrates how wasteful it would be if I just bunged these into landfill.

To work out your own stats, just click on the image above.  Alternatively visit  the company's own website, where there are also links to the organisation's waste-reduction actions, including lightweighting innovations, implementation of recycled materials and, more recently, their usage of plant-based fibres in plastic packaging.

DARK CIRCLES

Home Remedies for dark circles

Dark circles can be effectively diminished somewhat with home remedies. 

Please be cautious when applying anything to the sensitive skin around the eyes. If you accidentally get a few drops of lemon juice in your eye, not only will you have dark circles, you'll also have an unsightly, staring, bloodshot eye, too. The skin around the eyes is very sensitive so don't rub, scratch or exfoliate enthusiastically.

Now, onto the remedies for dark eye circles!

• Drink at least ten glasses of water everyday.
  
  
• Eight hours of sleep is a must for all of us, especially for people having dark circles under their eyes.
  
  
• Almond helps to remove dark circles and is an excellent "skin food".
  
• Close your eyes and cover your eyelids with slices of raw potato or cucumber for 15-20 minutes. Wash with warm water and apply a cream. 
  
  
• Grate a cucumber, squeeze to take out its juice and refrigerate. Make a mixture of lemon juice, lanolin cream and cucumber juice and apply around the eye for 10-15 minutes.
  
  
• Apply crushed mint around the eye. 
  
  
• Reduce your intake of vitamin A. Over dose of medications such as Retin A produces "excessive" vascularization.
  
  
• Remove any cream you applied around the eye. No cream should be left on the skin around the eyes for long periods. 

Dark circles may be hereditary for some people or simply a part of the aging process, but most people would agree that they are a struggle to conceal. When the fat pad beneath the eye begins to thin with age, it can create a sunken look to the under eye area.

Studies have shown that sluggishness of blood flow underneath the eyes may also contribute to dark circles. Vitamin K has been found to diminish the appearance of these dark circles.

Vitamin E for dark eye circles

Use of Vitamin E for dark eye circles works very well for some people, and not at all for others. Take a Vitamin E capsule and carefully pierce it with a pin or needle. Dab a bit of the oil on your fingertip and pat it into the skin under your eyes. This remedy can help reduce dark eye circles and puffiness as well.

Tea Bags

Take a used tea bag (black or green), after it has cooled, and apply it to the skin under your eyes. Lay down while you do this - otherwise, it's hard to get the tea bag to stick. Leave in place for about 10 minutes. 

The cold washcloth

When washing your eyes after using any of these remedies for dark eye circles, use a washcloth soaked in cold water. Cold water helps to constrict the blood vessels under the eyes and can also reduce puffiness.

Recipe: Apple and Sage Chutney

I realised that this food blog has started to become a bit of a preserving/jamming blog these days! It's always the way though, I would say that August through to November is the time when people get all their jam jars out and have a go at turning their homegrown/home gathered produce into things that will keep for the rest of the year. The good news is that certainly for the next month, I will be getting a nice steady stream of scrumptious apples, courtesy of my friend Ralph who has a shared garden full of fruit trees. It's a regular oasis, ralph's garden, with damsons, plums, pears, apples and blackberries- I must admit i'm a little bit jealous! Anyway, the more apples he gives me, the more jars of apple chutneys/preserves he'll be getting back- I think thats a fair deal! With most, if not all, apple based chutneys, you should avoid heavy stirring, because it's nice to try and keep chunks of apple in the chutney, rather than it all mushing down.

Apple and Sage Chutney (makes 2kg)

1.8kg cooking apples (unpeeled/uncored weight), peeled and diced
2 large white onions, finely diced
20g fresh sage, finely chopped
120g sultanas
550g sugar
170ml red wine vinegar
230ml cider vinegar
50ml Worchester sauce

1. Put all the ingredients into a large pan, covered, and cook on a high heat for 5 minutes.
2. Uncover (by this time the mixture should be boiling), and cook on a medium heat for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally, but gently (to try and stop the apple pieces from “mushing up” too much).
3. Allow to settle for 10 minutes, pot, and seal!

#4) The Real Value

The real value of losing the weight is not in looking good , even though this is the prime motivator 95% of the time.  From my  perspective the real value is regaining your health.  I will start detailing the health ramifications of folks who are overweight and I will not be grabbing at  statistics from journals, I will be providing you with the facts from the individual clients we coach in our 30/10 Weight Loss For Life  Bellevue clinic every day.

Obesity is defined as a person who is 20%+ over their ideal weight, maybe your ideal weight is the weight you graduated high school or maybe it is a weight we compute once we know your body fat % and your muscle mass % and your visceral fat rating and we then coordinate these numbers with your age, height and current weight.  If you are a 5 ft. 4 inch female and you weigh 155 lbs. and your body fat is 40%  and your visceral fat is 13%  and you  graduated high school at 120 lbs., I am going to guestimate (new word)  your ideal weight may be around 125lbs. for starters and therefore you are now 30lbs. over ideal weight which defines you obese.   Many folks in this condition will  typically be experiencing  low energy, poor sleep and  a dark cloud mood.  You may have heartburn or a burning stomach and some health issues, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, ...  You may be taking some medications for some weight/diet related condition and may have been  told you have low thyroid or some hormonal/ovarian troubles.  Your body/metabolism is messed up you are told .  Your doctor may have advised you on the last visit to go on a diet and exercise and you leave his/her office more frustrated then ever.  You just figure the stubborn weight gain  is a factor of getting older and having kids and genetics, so why try, it is all too overwhelming, so the hell with it. I will take the pills you conclude, put on a happy face and go about my day, feeling sick and tired and depressed and hopeless.

When you enter my downtown Bellevue 30/10 Weight Loss For Life clinic and I sit with you for a consultation and  evaluation and if you are a candidate for one of  my  slim down programs then we can get started right away.  I only require that you want to make a change in your life, I cannot make positive changes in you without you having the intention, the desire to become a new you.  Your goal and objective must be weight loss for life, a new lifestyle, a new way of thinking.  I take away  the bad in your diet and we put the good back in.   Dr. Nelson and I have co-authored our hot off the press new book, Weight Loss For Life and the emphasis of our program is not reaching a target weight but in creating a lifestyle change that is better and easier and healthier then the one you are living now.  Our multifaceted approach to weight loss makes it easy and enjoyable and the process is fast and  exciting.  People feel so much better when they get those 20 30 40 50 ... pounds off as they delete the bad foods and replace with good foods.  It is so much easier than you think , it just requires a person to stop the procrastination and make a committed  decision.  Procrastination and its good friends "excuse & denial" prevent folks from getting out of the rut. If we continue doing on into the future what we have done in the past, we will continue to get what we got.  
Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.

Dr. Doyle is co-developer of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life program, women average a loss of 30 lbs. in 10 weeks, men average 50/10,  and they love the program and the results.  Dr. Doyle is a clinical hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington and he has created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process. He is a chiropractic physician with over 35years experience and great skill.  He understands that 50% of weight gain and weight loss is physical or diet related and the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit and he strives to address both aspects for a goal and objective of weight loss for life.

For more information on our Superb Weight Loss Programs, please visit:

http://www.3010WeightLossForLife.com/

Visit our website for more information on Dr. Doyle's faster patient recoveries visit:

http://www.8thstreetchiropractic.com/

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Home Remedies for Anti Aging

Everyone has to face aging with time. No one likes the fact of having wrinkles on skin. Your skin becomes more sensitive and thin while you get old. To take better care of your skin, please find below Home Remedies for Anti Aging.

HOME REMEDIES for ANTI AGING

When talking about anti aging, Coconut is the best ingredient. Coconut Milk can help your skin have a glowing effect. 

Aloe Vera is a great Anti Aging herb. Use aloe vera gel to remove wrinkles.

Honey can be used to get rid of wrinkles around eyes.

Avocado really helps to give you a young and fresh look because of its oily nature. Simply apply either the pulp or slices of avocado on your face and your skin.

Castor Oil is another useful substance in treating wrinkles. Apply castor oil on your skin, it makes your skin softer and removes wrinkles.

Few drops of lemon juice on your skin can help keep away aging marks on your face.

The oldest and most affective remedy is to drink plenty of water.

Skin Care with Olive Oil

Olive oil is the most popular and ancient fruit.

Not only the skin, it's very useful for your body as well.

Using it in cooking keeps you healthy.

See below i am going to tell you some home remedies about use of olive oil.

Skin Care with Olive oil

Olive oil provides a smooth and radiant complexion.

Olive oil has high levels of Vitamin A and E, both of which have antioxidant qualities. Which acts as Anti-aging.

Olive oil helps maintain elasticity of skin.

Olive oil is a Natural Moisturizer. It also speeds the healing of minor cuts, acne scars, and wounds.

Apply olive oil with few drops of rosewater 10 minutes before bathing on whole body. It Moisturize your skin.

Once a week exfoliate your skin using sea salt mixed with olive oil. Use a soft cloth to apply the salt blend in small circles over your whole face. Rinse thoroughly with warm water. This removes old, dead skin and leaves your skin looking younger and fresher.

Olive oil is a Natural Conditioner, it helps bringing shine into your hair and moisturize them.

You would be amazed to hear that Olive oil can also be used as a Make Up remover. Soak a piece of cotton with 1 or 2 drops of olive oil and apply it on your eyes and face to gently remove make up.

Olive oil acts as a best solution for dry nails and dried up cuticles. Use one drop olive oil on your nails and gently massage around it.

Hope these tips could solve many problems of your's :).....

#3) Are You a Big Fat Procrastinator?

I just bet you are, most of us procrastinate doing things we know we should do, waiting for that "right" time.  We procrastinate taking care of our health with lifestyle change or weight loss or exercise until we have a crisis.

Maybe its a health issue or someone says something unkind or we just get fed up with  our status quo.  For the chronic spine pain  aspect of our downtown Bellevue practice,  pain is the motivator and for many folks the pain has to be bad before they become motivated to come in for care. Often its when they are told they need surgery for their back condition that they pick up the phone, wanting  a non-surgical option.

Clients who come in for weight loss are different, they have known all along they need to slim down  but their weight gain often begins slowly  during a stressful period of their lives.   When these stressful periods in our lives are happening we neglect our diet and  our exercise.  With stress our body goes into a fight and flight mode and our body chemistry changes and we naturally enter into a metabolism of fat storing vs.  healthy fat burning.  Before we know it we have locked in 10 lbs. of fat around our waist or on our butt and we go out and fix it with a bigger pair of pants or a longer blouse , saying all the while, " I will start my diet after Christmas, after New Years, after my birthday,  after kids graduate , after the summer...  Fast forward another year and the 10 lbs. is now 15 lbs. or 20 lbs. and you notice the fuller face and thighs, now you feel self conscious and unattractive and sad.   With the additional emotions and stress your diet becomes worse and you find yourself eating to self medicate your moods and feelings.  So you try a diet, you lose 10 lbs.  but you find those 10  lbs. make barely a dent and you feel more sad and helpless and frustrated so you get angry and say the hell with it, "maybe its my genetics, my parents were heavy..."

I can tell you it does not have to be this way.  We can help, at our 30/10 Weight Loss facility in Bellevue, our Weight Loss For Life program is the best, a mind-body( integrative) approach to slimming down and losing weight fast , a  program that is doctor supervised and effective.  Women lose an average of 3 to 5 lbs. per week and men lose 5 to 7 lbs. per week.  Our goal and objective (yes, that is you and me) is weight loss for life and a healthy happy lifestyle.

I have absolutely no doubt you can do it, stop procrastinating, stop the excuses and take control of your life and your health today. We are creatures of habit and sometimes those habits can be useful and beneficial and some times they can be hurtful and destructive.  The good thing about any habit is that we have the ability to change our habits, sometimes we just need a little help, a little coaching from the outside.  When you think about it, every professional athlete has a coach, someone to help guide and error correct them out of a bad habit into a better one or to encourage them to ascend into that next level of accomplishment. You can do it, it all boils down to a decision and a commitment and then action.  Sometimes we get stuck and cannot see our way out,  this is normal, happens to us all with pretty much any issue or situation.  Decision, Commitment, Action, you can do it if you really want to.

Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle,   Dr. Doyle is a certified clinical hypnotherapist and creator of the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process.

For more information on our 3010 Weight Loss Program in Downtown Bellevue, WA, please visit:

http://www.3010WeightLossForLife.com

Visit our website for more information on Dr. Doyle's high tech spine pain clinic in Downtown Bellevue, WA.

http://www.8thstreetchiropractic.com/

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