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  Sometimes, people with straight hair want to curl it. Sometimes, people with curly hair want to straighten it. In both cases, one of the most effective ways to do it is with heat. Heat treatments with a curling iron or flat iron can tame hair quite well. The problem is, this application of heat isn't entirely safe. Oh, disregarding the risk of burns from a hot iron, heat treatments damage hair. Performing the treatment once might not be so bad, but more frequent treatments – such as those necessary to maintain an appearance over time – can leave hair...

Oily skin can be an ongoing nightmare for many people. Reliance on skin cleansers, small lapses leaving you feeling greasy and ill, acne flare-ups at the drop of a hat; it can be miserable. What if, though, there was a natural way to help control it? If you have oily skin, you've probably grown to fear oily foods and oil-based supplements. Oily creams and skin treatments don't do anything to help the problem, oily foods just give your body more to work with, and you end up feeling gross inside and out. This sort of knowledge is, unfortunately, a mixture...

There are dozens if not hundreds of different methods out there aimed at helping people lose weight. They run the gamut from extreme exercise to extreme calorie cutting to a mixture of both. There are low carb diets, high carb diets, all-protein diets, and anything else you can think of.  One such weight loss method is intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting, or IF, is a very popular diet these days for a few reasons. One of the primary reasons, of course, is that it doesn't care what you're eating, only when you're eating. You can still eat all of your favorite foods, you...

We often talk about how tea is one of the healthiest beverages you can drink. Tea is full of great nutrients, antioxidants, and other beneficial compounds. It's a way to drink more water without having to just drink water. It's calming and energizing and can even help you with weight loss. There's just one exception: pregnancy. When you're pregnant, your body is put under extreme changes, as it adapts virtually every system to the sole task of forming and nourishing a child. Your bodily needs change, and your cravings change to suit those needs, though you might not always know...