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1) Watch your diet and observe the effects it has on your skin. As with any common condition, keeping your body hydrated is sound advice. 2) Avoid drinking too much alcohol (especially beer) and eating spicy food. These increase the level of heat within. 3) Drink herbal or green tea at least once a day to help detox your system. 4) It may not seem like it, but green apples are extremely good for preventing and fighting existing acne both on your face and around the body. 5) If you have glasses wash them so that all the oil is off your face. 6) There are no perfect creams and medicines that make your face smooth,soft and acne-free. 7) Try sleeping upright as often as possible (with your back facing the bed)

1) Eat between three to five meals a day. 2) Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day.If you do not have a gym membership and can afford it,get one! If you can't afford it,just go for a jog or bike ride. 3) When choosing soft drinks or sweets,go with diet or sugar-free options. 4) Any fast food is too fast to contain anything good for your body.Also avoid cholesterol-rich foods.Take time to prepare your meals.You need to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. 5) Never skip a meal.It can really mess with your metabolism.It will also cause you to overeat later on in the day and that makes you fat. 6) Make sure you are getting enough sleep.As little as it seems,seven hours of sleep is just right. 7) Stop smoking and drinking.If you have to drink,drink for quality,not quantity. 8) Remain happy and you will automatically be healthy.

The more alcoholic drinks that men have at any time of day-not just before bedtime-the greater are the risks of breathing problems druing sleep, a new study shows.However, this effect was not seen among women.Sleep-disordered breathing has been associated with high blood pressure and blood vessel disease,and many studies have found that drinking alcohol before going to sleep increases the likelihood of abnormally shallow breathing or even episodes in which breathing stops,Paul E Peppard and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report.

A French study says people with pacemakers suffer from a high incidence of undiagnosed sleep apnea. The study,which looked at 98 patients with pacemakers, found that 57 percent had undiagnosed sleep apnea, WebMD reported. The report, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, says all potential pacemaker patients should be screened for sleep apnea, which is known to increase risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers say abnormally slow heart rhythms are common among patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

According to your calculation,you know its time to sleep because your child has to be up in the morning for school or you have some other plans.But your naughty little darling doesn't want to sleep.What do you do? Create fuss over his fussiness?Critisise him for not understanding that its time to sleep?Certainly not but exactly what parents do.So how do you ensure that his fussiness changes into readiness at bedtime? First try to understand why putting your child to bed becomes a difficult task. When we force children to sleep at the time we want,they feel their independence is being taken away. In order to be in control of the situation, they rebel.So,always give them a choice to wait for sometime to make it look as if they are sleeping at a time of their own choosing. Also, make bedtime special for your child. A little but of planning and a little bit of flexibility can make bedtime a time you and your child looks forward to. Bedtime is not a time you and your child looks forward...