Beach Therapy

Is the rat race of your everyday life stressing you out? Does the thought of one more day of rush hour traffic, deadlines, and unbearable coworkers, make you want to call in sick? Or maybe you home life is not what you want it to be. Well you may not need a therapist, you may need the beach.

The rustling wind, excited gulls, clean air and emerald green waves crashing against the sugar white sand seem to melt life’s worries away and revitalize the body. And now there is proof that this may be by design.

Research has shown the act of simply being on the beach can soothe the mind and heal the body. Recent studies have proven that just gazing at water eases mental strain and calms nervous tension. It is believed somewhere in our genetics, we as humans are inherently draw to the sea.

Throughout history you can find evidence to support this belief. It is known that the Romans would recommend time on the beach to help heal their soldiers. Sea journeys where once believed to heal Tuberculosis. In modern days, we attempt to replicate the healing properties of the beach in our everyday lives. Products such as seaweed wraps, mud baths, and wave sound machines are widely known for their therapeutic qualities. Each promises to bring their specific seaside environmental qualities into the home.

However, none of these items hold a candle to the real thing. A machine could never reproduce the ocean’s magnificence and remedial properties. The true therapeutic power of beach can only be experienced in person.

The question is. Are you ready for some therapy? You can find a good place to start your treatment on Florida’s Emerald Coast. We offer all of the benefits discussed above and some that have not. To find out more please visit Emerald Coast Sands.

We look forward to your rehabilitation.

Homemade Sunburn Relief

If you forgot the sunscreen and are suffering with the pain associated with sun exposure, relief is in sight. Below is a collection of homemade sunburn reciepes that will sooth the pain as good as any store bought product.

Sun Burn Lotion
8 ounces non-medicated lotion
5 drops clove oil
5 drops peppermint oil
2-4 teaspoons powdered Comfrey Root
2-4 tablespoons Aloe Vera gel
Mix together thoroughly in a bowl.
Chill, if desired.
HINT: Amounts of Comfrey Root or Aloe Vera gel may be increased, but do not increase the amounts of clove or peppermint oils, as they may cause skin irritation.

Cucumber Sunburn Lotion
1 cucumber - chopped
1/4 cup Glycerin
1/4/ cup Rose-water
Squeeze juice out of the cucumber with a lemon-squeezer, and mix with Glycerin and Rose-water.

Sunburn Soothing Bath
2-4 cups *Colloidal (not regular) oatmeal
1/2 to 1 cup baking soda
1-2 cups powdered Chamomile flowers
1 cup buttermilk, optional
Add all ingredients to bath water, or wrap in cheesecloth and tie to the faucet for adding aroma.

Sunburn Mist
2 fluid ounces of distilled water
9 drops of lavender
2 drops of peppermint
1 drop of spearmint
Mix all, then mist lightly over sun-burned skin.

Various Natural/HomeMade Remedies
1. Apply undiluted apple cider vinegar to sunburn.
2. Mix 10 ounces Non-fat Dry Milk, 2 tablespoons salt and 25 ounces water. Saturate cloth and apply to sunburn 20 minutes.
3. Apply mayonnaise as a skin cream to sunburn.
4. Use Aloe plant, or pure aloe vera gel.
5. Apply peanut oil to sun-burned area(s).
6. Apply thin slices of cold, raw cucumbers, apples, or potato directly to the skin.
7. Apply cold, plain yogurt, then rinse with cool water.
8. Apply cold, used tea bags to sun-burned eyelids to relieve pain and swelling.

I hope you feel better

(Thanks To http://www.classbrain.com/artfamily/publish/article_34.shtml for the info)

Negative Calorie Diet

I'm not going to take up much room to promote a diet plan. However, a lot of us in the area have been getting great results from a new diet that the neighbor introduced us to. Its called the "Negative Calorie Diet" and if you have not heard about it, I will try to briefly explain.

Every time you eat the body requires a certain amount of energy to chew, digest and eliminate the food you intake. Certain food calorie make up is less than that which is required to digest. So if you focus on eating these lower calorie foods, you end up burning more calories than you bring in. No matter how much you eat. Read more...

I myself have lost about 6 lbs in the last two weeks, with out a second thought. Some in our group have lost 10 to 20 lbs in the same time period.

I wanted to pass this info on to our visitors, because I know how intimidating getting back into that bathing suit can be. Especially, when you are planing a beach vacation.

If you want to read up some more on the diet and how it works.

Check it out here: "The Negative Calorie Diet"