Better
Yourself
Also in this issue:
An Exclusive Interview with Life Coach Carmen Wyld October 2013
Are You Motivated To Run In A Marathon?
Table of
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A new twist By Julia Layton You know salad has arrived when you see
cell-building ingredients and are fantastic
vegetables contain a lot of water, but
it on the menu of almost every fast-food
weight-loss and weight-maintenance.
also because salads tend to be high in
restaurant in the developed world. Why has it joined the ranks of the most popular meal items? It could be the "you made me fat" lawsuits against the food chains - they need to cover their behinds. It could be the apparent tendency among single women to eat salad whenever men are around (a study at a university in Canada actually proved this). Or, it could be as simple as self-preservation: Salads can make us live longer. And better.
Really, it's hard to beat salad for slimming down. Leafy greens are one of the lowest-calorie foods out there -- one cup of romaine lettuce has 10 calories, and spinach has 7. Other raw vegetables are pretty impressive, too: Red peppers, carrots, and cucumbers have 20, 17 and 8 calories per 1/2 cup serving, respectively. If you're aiming for weight loss, a salad can be one of the most satisfying
fiber, which makes you feel full. Some particularly high-fiber salad ingredients include beans, peas, artichoke, broccoli, and apples. Fiber's filling nature is only the beginning, though. It's also one of salads contributor's to general health: Fiber prevents constipation and can lower cholesterol levels for heart health. If you're thinking, "Sounds great -- if I had the time," you're in luck.
ways to spend a couple hundred calories.
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both full of heart-healthy, cancer fighting,
lot more filling. It's filling partly because
Grilled Corn Salad 2 ears corn, husked 1 large tomato (3/4 pound) 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided Coarse salt 2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic (from 1 small garlic clove) 2 heads Boston lettuce, trimmed, leaves separated 1 cup fresh basil leaves 4 ounces caciocavallo or Parmesan cheese, shaved
STEP 1 Preheat grill to medium-high. Grill corn, turning, until charred on all sides, about 5 minutes. When cool enough to handle, cut kernels from ears.
STEP 2 Cut tomato in half. Toss with 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt. Grill tomato, turning, until charred and softened, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. When cool enough to handle, remove skin and core; smash flesh with fingers. Whisk in vinegar, garlic, remaining 3 tablespoons oil, and 1 teaspoon salt.
STEP 3 Combine corn, lettuce, basil, and cheese. Toss with dressing, and season with salt if necessary. Serve immediately.
Spicy Seafood and Avocado Salad 1/3 cup olive oil 3 tbsps white wine vinegar 1 tbsp dijon mustard Coarse salt Ground pepper Coarse salt Ground pepper 6 ozs tuna (packed in oil) 1 head romaine lettuce (chopped) 1 bunch radishes (trimmed and sliced) 1 avocado (peeled, pitted, and sliced)
STEP 1 In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, and Dijon; season with salt and pepper.
STEP 2 In a large bowl, combine tuna, lettuce, radishes, and avocado. Drizzle with dressing as desired.
STEP 3 Drizzle salad with vinaigrette, as desired, and toss to combine. Serve sprinkled with pepper.
Honey
What are you eating?
Smoothies
1/4 Cup of Oats
Mango 1/4 Cup of Almonds
By Jenna Braun
Smoothies are so simple to make even a
regular dose of smoothies causes their
kitchen virgin can put one together.
skins to glow, something the cosmetic
Blending a smoothie is an addictive
industry has been promising them for
process: just stick to a few rules, get
years. “It’s true. Those drinking it even for
together what you can and make sure it
a month are able to sustain a glowing skin
pleases your palate. You can team ginger
for six months,” says Bharti Sanghi. “One,
with mango, cucumber with melon and
you are ingesting ‘good food’, something
look for other interesting, yet edible
your moms have been trying to get you to
permutations and combinations of things
eat since you were a child, and in better
you think you can drink.
quantities. So, if you are having a number
“People don’t have time, and the ‘great food movement’ that encourages them to cook and try out recipes from across the globe is more of a weekend activity,” says Arindam Basu. “No one is expected to put together elaborate meals every day. That’s the space smoothies are filling.”
Yogurt
Green Tea Ice
Milk Ice
1 Apple
1/2 Cup of Yogurt 1 Cup of Milk
1 Pear 1/2 Cup of Carrot Juice 1/2 Cup of Beet Juice
but bulk the smoothie up with more milk, water or yoghurt. Also, one needs to acquire a taste for it, especially vegetable smoothie. There are only so many carrots you can chew, but you can drink many more. Plus, it’s brilliant for the digestive
fruits and vegetables be? The health
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of good metabolism.”
health blogs have people raving that a
1 Whole Banana
amount of fruits and veggies the same,
system. You will be going to the restroom
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2 Tblsp Lemon Juice
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Michael Luchies: Why are you passionate about helping others?
woman’s life. I now run my own business
help and guidance from time to time. If you
as an online life coach for women, personal
are in need of motivation, as many of us
development coach and presenter. I’m eager
often are, seek out solutions and help from
Carmen Wyld: I’m passionate about helping
to empower women to achieve their dreams
others. This could be through a life coach like
others because I know what it feels like to be stuck and frustrated. I also know what it feels like to change old patterns and live a happy and satisfied life. I want to help people improve their life and live a life they love. I get excited when people experience what I call “light bulb moments” when they realize the pattern they are stuck in and what they can do to change it. It gives me a buzz. Personal development can help you deeply explore your inner world and give you valuable techniques for changing your life
INSPIRING OTHERS: i n t e rv i e w w i t h l i f e coac h
Carmen Wyld
as you desire. Every person is given a set of tools in the form of beliefs, attitudes, thoughts and emotional patterns. These tools are what you’ve been taught during your childhood or past experiences. Every person on the planet has their own set of tools with which to create your life. I am passionate about helping people to see what’s currently in their toolbox and facilitating them to take out what’s no longer needed and replace it with tools that
Carmen Wyld, self-help books, or anything that you determine is the right way to find
powerful personal development tools they can
the inspiration you need.
use themselves so they will never feel stuck or frustrated again in life. There’s no need for feelings of helplessness, instead feel the benefits of being a powerful woman.
ML: What are some of the keys to inspiring others? CW: Well, I believe that you can’t inspire someone if you firstly can’t inspire yourself. You need to be true to yourself and fully immersed in personal development before you can inspire others. If you are not 100% authentic people can see through this, and your inspirational techniques will fail. Once you are self-aware there are some important keys to inspiring others: Connecting with someone empathetically. Hearing people with openness - listening to their truths that lie under the surface of their discomfort.
Inspiration and motivation can lead to amazing
made a career of helping others work through
guarantee them to successfully reach their
accomplishments. For the last several years I have
issues in their life, help inspire them, and be an
dreams and goals.
been working with young entrepreneurs as a part
open ear and guiding hand on the path to success.
of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Carmen Wyld is someone who also strives to
(CEO). Through this experience I have realized
inspire all of those who she comes in contact with.
the importance and impact that inspiration and
Carmen Wyld is a life coach, author, and a
motivation can have.
dynamic speaker who specializes in helping
women because I too have experienced
CW: Successful motivation arises from within,
Inspiring young entrepreneurs has become a
others, specifically inspiring and motivating
what other women have. I’ve experienced
so if you want to motivate someone else find
strong passion of mine and something I strive
women through her services. Carmen actively
the joys of pregnancy and birthing. I’ve been
out what they want, ask them how they feel
for every chance I get. A simple compliment or
shares information on motivation and inspiration
through separation. I’ve been a single parent.
about the situation, listen to their thoughts and
taking time out of your day to help someone can
on her blog “Personal Development Insights,”
As a single parent I’ve achieved five degrees
seek clarity about the whole picture (not just
change their perspective or at least give them a
YouTube Channel, and website CarmenWyld.
and during my studies acted as a student
how you see it), help them realise the benefits
com. Carmen is author of the personal
mentor to help students with issues such as
of being motivated towards a particular
positive experience that they can build off of. I
time management and keeping motivated.
goal, share your vision so they understand
have used many positive inspirations in my life to
development book Healing the Planet from ithin. I
I’ve self-published two personal development
the purpose of a task and above all work
get me where I’m at, and I can’t imagine where I
interviewed Carmen about why she is passionate
books to help people improve their lives. I’ve
alongside them. Motivating and working to
experienced extreme stress and the ailments
inspire others is exhilarating and very fulfilling.
that accompany this. And of course, as a
Being able to assist others is truly a gift, and
woman I move through the monthly cycles
something I am thankful for. But even I seek
and the extra stressors that add to a successful
out motivation and inspiration, as we all need
would be if it wasn’t for several people that made about helping others, why she became a life coach, and ways that people can motivate others. sure I had more help than I would ever need or could ever ask for.There are people that have
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and goals no matter what lies ahead of them. In my consultations always gift my clients with
ML: What made you decide to focus on being a life coach to women?
Recognise people’s strengths and engage them to work with their strengths.
ML: What is one way to motivate others?
CW: I’m a woman. My heart goes out to
ML: Your mission is to “inspire and motivate every person on the planet to live a life they love,” how can you go about accomplishing a goal of this of this magnitude? CW: It does sound as though it’s a big task, and certainly would be if you visualise it as going door knocking across the world inspiring people. But it’s not only myself with this powerful vision for the world. There are many other visionaries such as Eckart Tolle, Anthony Robbins and Oprah Winfrey who also wish the same for everyone on the planet. My task in this is quite simply to follow my own passion in life and radiate this essence in all my coaching sessions and presentations. I’m offering knowledge of how to get unstuck and to create their life as they desire. If people know it’s possible they’ll have hope. If you have hope you’ll start to contemplate the possibilities. Once you’re in the contemplation stage change is possible. Then it’s a matter of steering your life in the direction you want it to go, and that’s where self-awareness if vital.
ML: What is the most common issue that you assist clients with? CW: I’ve had clients come to me for a variety of reasons, but mainly they are women who are experiencing life changes such as a separation, wanting to start a business or change career, to get motivated to complete their studies, who are feeling stuck and frustrated in old patterns and are interested in starting a new life, who want to feel happy in life again, to follow their dreams and goals, and so on. Clients always guide the sessions, and each session is as different as each client. I work with Life Coaching tools such as the GROW model and counselling therapies such
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Motivated to run in a
Marathon? Written by Jeanine Stein Illustrated by Uriah Fracassi
Thousands of people will run a
sedentary, training for a marathon in six
26.2-mile marathon this year — a good
months could be like playing with fire.
chunk of them first-timers.Their reasons
You might be able to pull it off, but you
are as varied as their backgrounds.
might incur a serious injury that
Some have had the race on their
prevents you from running for months
bucket list; others will run in remem-
or longer. A much better approach
brance of a loved one, as a weight-loss
would be to get into a regular running
regimen or to fulfill a bet. Good training
routine for a year.
is essential, helping runners get through fatigue, pain and bad weather. Some
This gives your body ample time to
training programs out there seduce
adapt to the demands of the sport. If
people with a message that sounds
you’ve already been running on a fairly
something like, ‘from the couch to 26.2
consistent basis for a year or more and
miles in six months’. It’s an incredibly
haven’t had any major issues, the time
powerful and seductive message.Unfor-
for ramping up to a marathon may be
tunately, it’s a somewhat irresponsible
at hand. If not, think twice. But when
message. If you’ve never run in your
marathoners hit the wall and the finish
entire life and you’ve historically been
line is still several miles away, they’ll
have to tap into something
end — motivation is often colored in
desire to improve self-esteem, develop
physical health benefits they get from it,
for every hour it took you to complete
you to complete your marathon, or your
within themselves to keep going.This is
shades of gray. Take the bucket list, for
better coping skills, lose weight or
and that’s the motivation that helps
your your every marathon. If you did
fitness level. A rule of thumb is to take a
where motivation comes into play. Some
example, an often-cited reason that has
achieve personal goals
them continue.” Sometimes people run
not complete your marathon, use the
week of recovery for every hour it took
motivation comes from within. Known as
become even more popular as the
for a loved one who is sick or who has
same formula based on the predicted
you to complete your marathon. So if
intrinsic, or internal, motivation, it’s fueled
number of marathon participants has
Only 31 people finished the training
passed away or because they’re raising
time to complete your marathon.
your marathon took you 4 hours (or
by joy in the activity or in the sense of
increased.“If the bucket list is to impress
and the race. The 75 who did not
money for a charity.
accomplishment that results. Extrinsic, or
other people and get their validation,
finish were those most likely to have
external, motivation comes from outside
then it’s extrinsic,” Dieffenbach says. “But
been motivated by the wish to lose
That can ratchet up the pressure to go
phase. During the recovery phase you
factors, such as wanting a medal or
if it’s about you and accomplishing
weight or gain recognition from others.
the distance.They need to go into the
should minimize the volume and
accolades from friends.
something in your life, then it’s intrinsic.
Even if a runner initially decides to do
race thinking, ‘I’m not finishing the race
intensity of your training. Taking this
Very few things are cut and dried, but
a marathon for the medal bling, that
for mom; I’m doing the race for mom,’”
time allows your body and mind to
For a marathon, put your money on the
at the end of the day, the majority of
may change before he or she crosses
Dieffenbach says. “It’s not a failure not
intrinsic kind, say sport psychologists.“If
the day has to be intrinsic for something
the finish line, says Kate Hays, a
to finish; it’s a failure not to try.” Before
So if your marathon took you 4 hours
training cycle feeling mentally and
(running a marathon) is not intrinsically
to be sustainable.”Some research
Toronto-based psychologist specializing
training for another marathon, you need
(or you were predicted to do s o), you
physically stronger than the previous
valuable — something that’s a sense of
supports this. A study presented at a
in sport psychology.
to properly recover from your last
should take 4 weeks in a recovery
one. The length of your recovery
pride and self-satisfaction — it’s going to
2006 meeting of the American College
program. Remember, you completed a
phase. During the recovery phase you
depends primarily on how long it took
be very, very difficult to do what you
of Sports Medicine found that
“People may start to run for reason ‘A’
marathon of 26.2 miles. Even if you did
should minimize the volume and
you to complete your marathon, or your
have to do to get to the end,” says Kristen
motivation may be an essential factor in
and eventually discover reason ‘B,’”
not accomplish your goals, you trained
intensity of your training. Taking this
fitness level. A rule of thumb is to take a
Dieffenbach, assistant professor of athletic
whether a runner finishes a marathon.
she says. “Reason ‘B’ is the one that
hard for many months. That in itself is a
time allows your body and mind to
week of recovery for every hour it took
keeps them going. The most typical
great accomplishment. The length of
recover. So, you will start your next
you to complete your marathon.
coaching education at West Virginia
you were predicted to do s o), you should take 4 weeks in a recovery
recover. So, you will start your next
University and a sport psychology
Researchers asked 106 first-time
example is that someone starts to run
your recovery depends primarily on
training cycle feeling mentally and
consultant. That doesn’t mean marathon-
marathoners of both genders why they
in order to lose weight, but then they
how ong it took you to complete your
physically stronger than the previous
ers should become giddy at the thought
were running. Motivation was measured
discover they love running in and of
marathon, or your fitness level. A rule
one. The length of your recovery
of pounding the pavement for hours on
and assessed by type — such as the
itself and appreciate the mental and
of thumb is to take a week of recovery
depends primarily on how long it took
still more than an elistist lifestlye choice By Benjamin Donald
It happens like clockwork; every few months, a
by a Stanford University mega-study which
rant against local and/or organic food appears
questioned the nutritional value of organic
in one of the papers of record. The author is
foods and topped the Times’ most-emailed
nearly always an educated man who uses the
list over the weekend, he took an all-too-
words “elite” and “elitist” at least 175 times
familiar tone:
while defending today’s corporate food system and implying directly or indirectly that changes
Organic has long since become an ideology,
to the status quo — which often inherently begin
the romantic back-to-nature obsession of
with those who can afford to make them —
an upper middle class able to afford it and
should be seen as suspect at best, and downright
oblivious, in their affluent narcissism, to the
damaging at worst.
challenge of feeding a planet whose population will surge to 9 billion before the middle
There was James McWilliams’ 2009 book, Just
of the century and poor will get a lot more
Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and
nutrients from the two regular carrots they
How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, and the
can buy for the price of one organic carrot.
whole array of anti-locavore screeds that accom panied it in the Atlantic and The New York
Ah, there they are again — those narcissistic,
Times. And among the many others that have
organic-eating straw men we all know and
come since were James Budiansky’s 2010 claim
love. But Cohen doesn’t stop there. He
that locavores needed math lessons and Cana-
dismisses organic as an “effective form of
dian academic and author Pierre Desrochers’
premium branding,” compares feeding your
recent book, which argues that “locavores do
child organic baby food to sending them to
more harm than good.”
private school, calls it an “elitist, pseudosci entific indulgence shot through with hype,”
Then last week, Roger Cohen, a British
and returns to the oh-so-familiar assertion
columnist for The New York Times and its
that organic can’t possibly feed our growing
European counterpart, the International Herald
population in the years to come. It’s along
Tribune, joined the chorus by calling organic
these lines that he cries out: “I’d rather be
food a fable. In the op-ed, which was prompted
against nature and have more people better
at home more than is fun or convenient just
quality, to fewer miles of aquatic dead zone in
and why — an argument that I’ve seen shift
to make it affordable to eat whole, local, and
the Gulf caused by synthetic nitrogen fertilizer).
and flex and adapt to new science quite a
organic food. (Nothing says elite like scooping
If we all ate 20 percent local food from small
bit over the last decade. Cohen wants none
whole grains out of big plastic bulk bins and
farms whose values we supported, we’d do a
of the above. This was made most clear to
into plastic bags!) Some may also be spending
lot to keep those farms thriving; we’d also keep
me when he asserted, in the op-ed’s last
less on other things — like iced lattes, for
farmland from being developed at its current,
paragraph, that organic food is “a fable of
instance, or stuffed animals.
rapid pace.
the pampered parts of the planet — romantic and comforting.”
My first instinct with rants like this is always
collected a roundup of responses from a variety
irradiation were not used in the food’s
to ignore them. Especially since critics like
of smart people here.Furthermore, Cohen
production. It must also be produced using
Cohen have become so predictable in the
also does a surprisingly good job of arguing for
methods that, according to the Department
dichotomy they return to again and again:
organics in his op-ed. He writes:
of Agriculture, “foster cycling of resources,
The starving people here and in the
promote ecological balance and conserve
developing world versus the wealthy Whole
Now let me say three nice things about the
Food shoppers only interested in status
organic phenomenon. The first is that it reflects
and nostalgia. Oh, and premium brands, of
a growing awareness about diet that has spurred
Um, yeah — that definitely sounds like a
course. I can’t ignore it this time, though —
quality, small-scale local farming that had been
bunch of pseudoscience to me.
partly because this argument actually seems to
at risk of disappearance.
work on some people. And the fact is premi-
biodiversity.”
If I had the opportunity to wander around
um brands — and the lifestyle marketing that
The second is that even if it’s not better for
a Whole Foods with Cohen, I would dare
often accompanies the higher-end organic
you, organic farming is probably better for the
him to find a single person in the store who
products — are actually pretty obnoxious. But
environment because less soil, flora and fauna
wouldn’t identify the factors he’s listed above
does that detract from the core purpose of
are contaminated by chemicals (although of
— “quality, small-scale local farming”; “food
organic agriculture? Not in my eyes, no.
course, without fertilizers, you have to use more
that is better ecologically”; and “standards
land to grow the same amount of produce or
[that ensure] that genetic engineering,
I’m not going to take up space with a lengthy
feed the same amount of livestock.) So this is
synthetic fertilizers, sewage and irradiation
discussion of the value of organic food. Lord
food that is better ecologically even if it is not
were not used in the food’s production” — as
knows such discussions have been flooding
better nutritionally.
critical. Much more critical than, say, looking
the airwaves this week. As many have pointed
bougie. In fact — if they’re anything like me
out since the Stanford study was released, the
The third is that the word organic — unlike
— I’m guessing many of those people walk
nutritional value of the food has never been
other feel-good descriptions of food like “natu -
in to Whole Foods despite the fact that it
the main point of organics. And the study did
ral” — actually means something. Certification
will make them look bougie, for the exact
conclude that organic is a significantly better
procedures in both the United States and
reasons Cohen lists above.
choice when it comes to the presence of
Britain are strict. In the United States, organic
pesticide residue on produce and antibiotics
food must meet standards ensuring that genetic
Many of those same people are probably
in meat. But don’t take my word on it. I’ve
engineering, synthetic fertilizers, sewage and
planning ahead, buying in bulk, and cooking
And it’s certainly not a simple division
Cohen’s assertion that we must go against
between “the people who eat all organic” and
nature to “have more people better fed” clearly
In fact, Mr. Cohen, I’d argue that the drive
“everyone else.” As Kim Severson points out
stems from hard facts about how many of us the
many of us feel to transform our impersonal,
in today’s article, “More Choice, and More
planet can sustain. And he’s right — we do have
toxic, highly industrialized food system stems
Confusion, in Quest for Healthy Eating,”
to think carefully about the future of food on
neither from romance nor comfort (although
most people are filling their grocery baskets
this planet. But I’d refer him to the argument
aspects of both can no doubt be found in
with a “tumble of contradictions.” Severson
some folks have been making for, oh, at least
food). On the contrary, it stems from a deep
speaks with a shopper whose basket is filled
four decades that eating fewer resource-inten -
discomfort with what we’ve done to the
with “organic cabbage and jar of Skippy pea -
sive foods (such as less meat and dairy) and
land, the ocean, and our bodies over the last
nut butter. A bag of kale and a four-pack of
reducing the 40 percent of food that we waste
half-century, and an accompanying willing -
inexpensive white wine. Pineapples for juicing
in this country (not to mention educating more
ness to keep trying — even in the face of
and processed deli meat.”
women in the developing world and providing
some very bad odds — to reverse it.
them with access to birth control as a way of What I like about the honesty of that portrait
stemming some of that population tide) would
is that it hints at a larger truth: Few people
go an awful long way toward ridding us of that
view their food choices in an all-or-nothing
apparent Sophie’s choice.
fashion.If we all ate, say, 20 percent organic food, it could make a real environmental
But all that assumes that rants like Cohen’s are
impact (from fewer greenhouse gases in the
intended to be a genuine part of the ongoing,
atmosphere, to less weed killer in the water
complex discussion of what to eat sustainably
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Egg whites act as an astringent, making
can put together at home. The skin in the
swelling. The fat in whole milk soothes dry,
your skin appear tighter and smoother.
eye area is especially thin and sensitive, so
irritated skin. Pour ice-cold whole milk or cream
They are also high in vitamin B2, or
it flares up fast when you're stressed and
into a small bowl; soak two cotton balls in the
riboflavin, which is associated with
fatigued -- or surviving on a
liquid. Then squeeze out the cotton balls slightly
improved circulation.Beat two egg whites
less-than-perfect diet. Natural remedies,
and put one over each eye. Once the cotton
until stiff, and then apply to the under-eye
though, can lessen redness or puffiness
balls warm up, soak two more and repeat
area using a brush. Let the mixture dry for
almost as quickly as it appears. Many
for up to 15 minutes.
about 15 minutes; rinse well with water.
remedies use simple ingredients that are
Try adding a drop or two of witch hazel to
already in your kitchen. Here are five of the most effective solutions.
Spoons The cool temperature of chilled metal spoons constricts blood vessels, which helps decrease redness and puffiness in the eye area. Place four metal spoons in a glass of ice water. When chilled, place one spoon on each eye, following the contour of your eye socket. As the spoons begin to warm, switch them with the spoons chilling in the glass of ice water. Continue this process until swelling subsides.
Chamomile, Green, or Black Tea Chamomile tea, a natural anti-inflammatory,
the beaten whites, which further reduces swelling and keeps the egg whites from drying too rapidly.
helps ease redness and puffiness around the eyes. Green and black teas contain
Cucumber Slices
compounds called tannins, plus caffeine.
A classic remedy for puffy, irritated eyes,
Tannins have an astringent effect on the skin
cucumbers contain ascorbic acid (vitamin
and shrink swollen tissue, while caffeine
C) and caffeic acid, both of which help
constricts blood vessels to reduce swelling.
reduce swelling. Rest two 1/2-inch-thick
Steep two chamomile, green, or black tea
cucumber slices on a bed of ice to chill.
bags in just-boiled water for three minutes.
Once cool, place one slice over each eye,
Remove them from the water and place in
lean your head back, and relax for 10 to15
the refrigerator until cooled. Place one bag
minutes. Remove the slices and rinse your
over each eye and relax for 15 minutes.
face with cool water.