I have written before on teeth whitening, and covered ideas such as whitening strips and dentist visits to get your pearly whites even more, well pearlier. But the May edition of Prevention magazine says you don’t need expensive bleaches or UV lasers to get the desirable white teeth. You can follow two simple tricks to make your teeth look even whiter than they might be. The first tip: Avoid gold necklaces and earrings. The tone can pick up and enhance the yellow on your teeth. And the second tip: Wear lipstick with a blue undertone, such as a berry color. These colors will counteract any of the yellow. Even better? Clinique has 12 shades of lipsticks that are proven to whiten by at least one shade. Check out your best color of Clinique’s Brighter Smile Lip Colour Collections!
Matt Damon and wife Luciana are expecting! The actor’s rep confirmed the baby news to Usmagazine, saying, “everyone is excited.” Damon, 39, and Luciana, 34, have two children together Isabella, 3, and Gia, 21 months. Luciana also has an 11 year old daughter, Alexia, from a previous marriage.
I’m a little late posting this, but some of you still have time! Bestselling author Emily Giffin is teaming up with Irene Zutell for a fabulous giveaway! Buy Irene Zutell’s Pieces of Happily Ever After and send your receipt to Emily Giffin, along with which of Giffin’s first four books you want, and get a signed copy of that book! So that’s 2 books for the price of one! It’s for today, April 28th, only so head over to Amazon.com and get your copy of Pieces of Happily Ever After.
One of my favorite exercise routines is the most basic- walking! Usually I make it on the treadmill three times a week, walking at a brisk pace at a steep incline. Even though I am “just” walking, the pace and the incline are giving me a great cardio workout. Shape.com has a great walking workout plan, that includes two different workouts, a 30 min quick blast and a 60 min fat torcher that you can alternate between. Check out both workouts here and get walking!
Here’s a Quick Way to Cook Healthy Mediterranean Diet Recipes Chops Peppers Photo: http://www.mediterraneanrecipes.org/Chops_Peppers.jpg Ingredients Pepper -- 4 pieces Ham -- 150 grams Breadcrumbs Flour -- 4 tablespoons Eggs -- 2 pieces This recipe can satisfy 4 people and can be prepared in 50 minutes. Chops and Peppers is very inexpensive, easy to prepare, and allows you to use leftover foods in your refrigerator. You will have a savory meal with little fat and calories in less than an hour. Preparation Clean the peppers and make large slices along the sides then roast them. Let cool the stuff the peppers with sliced cheese and ham. Make sure the stuffed peppers are properly closed. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl. Soak the peppers in the beaten eggs and roll them in breadcrumbs. Fry and serve. Nutritional Value: Food Gr Kcal Fat Carb Pro Fib Water Green peppers 500 100 0.85 23.2 4.3 8.5 469.45 Ham 150 267 13.53 0 33.93 0 96.81 Bread crumbs 100 395 5.3 71.98 13.35 4.5 6.51 Wheat flour or 40 144.4 0.66 29.01 4.79 0.96 5.34 Hen eggs - whole 40 57.2 3.98 0.31 5.03 0 30.34 Total 830 963.6 24.32 124.5 61.4 13.96 608.45 A head (4) 207.5 240.9 6.08 31.13 15.35 3.49 152.11 Per 100 grams 100 116.1 2.93 15 7.4 1.68 73.31 Penne with Ricotta Photo: http://www.mediterraneanrecipes.org/penne_ricotta.jpg Ingredients Penne -- 100 grams Cheese -- 40 grams Grated parmesan -- 20 grams Salt Pepper This recipe can be prepared within 25 minutes and good for one serving only. Penne with Ricotta is a tasty energy meal and excellent for your personal enjoyment. Ricotta is a dairy product. It is very rich in protein and derived from different types of milk. Preparation Mix water with salt then boil in a saucepan. Follow the directions on the package for cooking the Penne. Drain the water but leave at least 2 to 3 tablespoons of water. Add cottage cheese in the pan then season the mixture with salt and pepper. Before serving, make sure to sprinkle parmesan cheese on top. Nutritional Value: Food Gr Kcal Fat Carb Pro Fib Water Semolina pasta 100 371 1.51 74.67 13.04 3.2 9.9 Ricotta 40 55.2 3.16 2.06 4.56 0 29.76 Grated Parmesan cheese 20 86.2 5.72 0.81 7.69 0 4.17 Salt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pepper 2 5.1 0.07 1.3 0.22 0.53 0.21 Total 164 517.5 10.46 78.84 25.51 3.73 44.04 A head (1) 164 517.5 10.46 78.84 25.51 3.73 44.04 Per 100 grams 100 315.55 6.38 48.07 15.55 2.27 26.85 About the Cooker - Felicia R. Mcclinton writes for the blog mediterranean vegetarian recipes , her personal hobby blog she uses to help people learn how to make Mediterranean recipes to eat healthy to prevent diseases.
Maggie O’Leary is overweight and not ashamed to admit it. As a top columnist for a New York paper, her column “Fat Chance” touches on the myths of being overweight, offers support and confidence to her loyal readers, and talks about the obstacles overweight people have to endure. While Maggie is large and loving her shape, eating what she pleases, and never working out, that all changes one day when Hollywood comes calling. Heartthrob actor Mike Taylor is preparing for his next movie role as a diet doctor, and is seeking Maggie to be his consultant. Maggie, not seeing how she could possibly fit in to the LA lifestyle of perfect and plastic, decides to go on a diet to look more the part. But she does it all in secret, not wanting people at her job or her readers to know she is trying to change herself, while still writing how great big girls are. Her consulting trip to Hollywood leads Maggie to a possible love interest, and further confuses what she wants out of life. Can she possibly continue on with her column, her life, when she doesn’t truly believe those old philosophies anymore? Fat Chance by Deborah Blumenthal is a lighthearted tale, and readers will enjoy following the heroine on her weight loss journey. At times the story seemed to fast-paced, especially with the supporting characters and their stories. I also didn’t quite feel a connection to the main character and why she was putting herself on a diet. The first chapters of the book spoke on how proud she was on not being super skinny and how she loved helping readers, but at the drop of a hat she changes her ways. If you can get past all that, Fat Chance is a fun and fast read that will give readers a lot of facts on nutrition, which was a little added bonus among the chick lit storyline.
