Calcium is a common element in the human body. It is vital to the health of your bones, teeth and bodily organs, including the skin. Calcium plays a role in regulating the skin's many functions. Most calcium in the skin is found in the epidermis, or the outermost layer of skin.
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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, known as EDTA, is a chemical salt used to separate heavy metals from dyes and other substances. One form, known as calcium disodium EDTA, appears in foods and cosmetic products to prevent air from spoiling them by introducing unwanted oxygen into the products' molecular structures.
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Calcium chloride is a type of calcium salt used for many purposes, including de-icing sidewalks and acting as a stabilizer in foods.
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Vitamin E is an antioxidant that also promotes the health of red blood cells, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Antioxidants help protect and repair the body's cells. Vitamin E also helps the blood to clot, protecting the body when an injury occurs.
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Yogurt-covered raisins are a fun snack food that most children enjoy. But Dr. Dina R. Rose notes that most recipes call for the addition of fats and sugars, reducing the treat's nutritional value.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends incorporating vegetables into your diet to reduce the risk of chronic diseases and provide your body with the nutrients it needs for good health. Vegetable crackers can deliver some of the benefits of eating vegetables in a snack format that's convenient and tasty.
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As you age, your skin loses elasticity and your breasts naturally start to sag. Factors such as smoking and multiple pregnancies may cause your breasts to sag more than if you had not smoked or given birth, but sagging, drooping skin is still a normal part of the aging process.
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If you experience headaches after receiving a massage, you're not alone. Post-massage headaches are not typically serious, but they can be annoying and prevent you from seeking out massage therapy when you need it. You can take a few precautions to reduce your risk of developing a headache after receiving a massage.
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Standing or walking on concrete flooring for long periods of time can cause sore feet, swollen legs, varicose veins and back pain. If you spend a lot of time standing or walking on concrete flooring, your best option is to change the flooring to a softer surface, such as carpet or cork.
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From the pressurized rubber core to the felt covering, man-made materials make up most parts of a tennis ball. In some cases, recycled PET plastics are used to make the felt that covers tennis balls.
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Keep your suede or leather tennis shoes looking their best with regular cleanings. Pick the right cleaning tools and products and treat your tennis shoes to a nice scrub. You'll loosen and remove dirt and debris that stick to leather and suede and prevent your shoes from getting stained or discolored.
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Thoracic outlet syndrome is a painful condition that occurs when your collarbone slides forward due to poor muscle control, putting pressure on the nerves between your collarbone and your top rib. Injury, illness and genetics could cause you to develop thoracic outlet syndrome.
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Damiana is a plant that grows well in the hot, humid climate in Baja California, Mexico. Several Mexican producers use the plant to make damiana liquor, a sweet, herbal alcoholic beverage that is rumored to be a strong aphrodisiac.
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Ringworm is a fungus that causes itchy, scaly ring-shaped skin infections. Common in cats, ringworm is highly contagious and easily spread among animals and humans. Ringworm infections are most likely to occur on body parts that are often sweaty, such as the groin and feet.
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Topical hydrocortisone cream is effective in treating swollen, inflamed rectal hemorrhoids, but you may also get good results using hemorrhoid cream to reduce swelling in other places.
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Coconuts grow on tall palm trees in tropical climates. The fruit of the coconut palm, coconuts are round nuts that start life green in color and turn brown as they ripen. To eat a coconut, you must break the seed in half. Inside a ripe coconut, you'll find fresh coconut meat and coconut milk.
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Cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable that is edible both raw and cooked. Red and green cabbage are two different cabbage varieties that have a similar flavor, although red cabbage tends to be more peppery than green. Heads of red cabbage are also smaller and denser than green cabbage heads.
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Convection ovens work like regular ovens, except convection models have large fans that constantly circulate hot air through the ovens. Since hot air is constantly hitting each part of your food as you cook in a convection oven, your food cooks faster and more evenly that it would in a traditional oven.
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Frying bacon on the stove top yields crunchy bacon, but it can also result in a greasy mess all over your kitchen. By slow cooking bacon in the oven, you can not only keep the splattering bacon grease contained, but you can also cook perfectly crisp bacon with minimal effort.
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You can cook lobster tails quickly and easily over the flame on a gas grill. Baste and serve the lobster tails with melted butter for a decadent meal, or cut back on fat and calories by brushing and serving lobster tails with a tangy vinaigrette.
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