Include vinegar in your diet for glowing skin

Sipping on a vinegar-infused drink every morning is the latest health food item endorsed by celebrities to lose weight and maintain a youthful glow.

Actress Megan Fox has said that because of her really big sweet tooth, she’ll sometimes cleanse with a combination of apple cider vinegar and water, claiming it “cleans out your system”.

Supermodel Miranda Kerr drizzles it on her salad, while actress Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Madonna rely on it to keep their looks in check, reports 

And now there is also a restaurant with a menu dedicated to fermented vinegar here.

The Raw Duck in London’s Hackney is an eatery to have a menu dedicated to ferments – and apple cider vinegar with a little sugar and grated apple left to develop for three days is one of its most popular concoctions.

“These are deliciously cleansing and help aid digestion,owner Rory McCoy said.

“When we talk about probiotic, we think of those mass-produced yoghurts but these are the real thing. People should know about them. I try to drink a vinegar or eat a ferment every day for my health,added McCoy.

Katy Mason, nutritionist at The Nutri Centre, says vinegar has been used for centuries for many purposes, pickling, cleaning as a condiment and for health.

“If you look on the internet you will find claims that vinegar, especially apple cider vinegar, will relieve just about any ailment you can think of,she said.

Nutritional therapists have known about this product for years and will often recommend it to clients to help stimulate the digestion, alkalise the body and help with weight loss,she added.

What to eat for healthy hair

The hair’s life cycle
The Hair cycle consists of three phases: generation phase, growth phase and fall phase. After the fall phase, the hair, ideally has to return to the first phase, i.e, growth phase with rapid cell division at a high rate. If the body condition is not sustainable for this rapid cell division, the hair roots remain dormant or in a resting phase, where there is no generation of new hair.

If this sleeping phase continues, the follicles are considered dead and will not grow again. Diet and nutrition play an important role in hair growth. Good hair growth requires a toxin-free environment and supply of good nutrients is essential to support the rapidly dividing cells during the growth phase. Food consumption today is irregular and against the body cycle. Food consumed is not locally grown and is not in sync with climatic, regional or seasonal preferences.

The food consumed today is man-made and not naturally grown. Food yield is increased by using artificial chemicals, insecticides, fertilizers and pesticides. High protein diets, also known as the acid ash diets favored by fitness experts create acid during metabolism and cause the blood to become acidic which leads to re-absorption of iron, calcium into the blood to counter the acidity. There is increase in the urea nitrogenous waste from high protein consumption and accumulation of these metabolic toxins makes internal body environment unsuitable for rapid cell division and hair growth. The same occurs in carbohydrate free, only protein diets.