tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41347379151705188562024-02-07T19:03:22.014+01:00KatGreenerDaysAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789474887171674550noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134737915170518856.post-23503939194737485012016-01-24T23:07:00.000+01:002016-01-24T23:07:30.189+01:00New year, new blog<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Nach langer Abwesenheit von meinem Blog, fühle ich mich wieder inspiriert und motiviert und starte hiermit offiziell ein neues Kapitel auf meinem Blog und auch in meinem Leben ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">... nämlich das Kapitel: </span> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">LONDON!!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Da meine Stelle außerhalb von London liegt (25 Minuten mit dem Zug) und die Transportkosten jedes Monat übelst teuer wären und auch die Mieten in London lächerlich sind, habe ich nach langem Überlegen beschlossen, in den Ort zu ziehen, in dem ich arbeite. Aber an den Wochenenden bin ich in London und erkunde dort alles. Das heißt, ich werde von meinen Entdeckungen berichten :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So ... stay tuned ;-) Kat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">EN <span style="font-size: small;">After some time of absence from my blog, I am inspired and motivated again and am officially starting a new chapter on my blog and in my life ...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">... namely the chapter: </span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">LONDON!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">For the past two years, I lived in Germany and I tried out a lot of different things (mainly with regard to work). But London has always been in the back of my mind because I was already planning to find a job there and move there four years ago. And now I was really lucky to find a job near London by accident.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I work outside London (it takes me about 25 minutes by train to Marylebone) and the monthly transport costs are really high and the rents in London are ridiculous, I decided after careful consideration to move into the town where I work. But I'm in London at the weekends to discover the city which means that I will be telling about my discoveries :-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So ... stay tuned :-) Kat </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Last week, I decided on the spur of the moment that I should join my sister on her trip to Vienna. She had booked train tickets and a hotel room a few weeks before and because I was very bored, I thought that it would be a great idea to go and see Vienna as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My sister has been a huge fan of Austria for quite some time. I have only been to Innsbruck a few times but never to Vienna.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So after five hours on the train, we finally arrived and it was brutally hot there after we had almost been frozen on the train by its air conditioning. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So when my sister and I arrived, we were clueless. We had to get a ticket for the underground and map. My advice: if you are in Vienna for only a few days - for example, three days - you should buy the 72-Stunden-Ticket. It is only 16,50 euros for the whole three days and takes you practically anywhere you need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> The first couple of hours in Vienna were rather strange.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">If you want to see many things in Vienna on the cheap, you should definitely take a trip to the Hundertwasserhaus in Kegelhausgasse. The artist Hundertwasser came up with the idea and the concept for this apartment building. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Just a stone's throw away from the Hundertwasser building, in Untere Weißgerberstraße, you can find the Kunsthaus in Vienna - a museum also designed by Hundertwasser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am not denying that I read some of these books after my friend had so warmly recommended them to me. So I read one and got a bit hooked on that series and ended up buying the first four volumes of the series that appears to never end. And then I read another book from another author and series. And another one. And then I realised (after starring at my bookshelf which is home, among others, to classics by Kafka, Hesse, Sylvia Plath, Mark Twain, George Orwell, etc.) ... I realised that I was letting myself turn into an "easy-to-read, oh-there-are-good-sex-scences, I-need-to-continue-the-series, I-wish-my-life-was-a-book zombie".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Most of these books are written by authors who do self-publishing or at least had done it before they were discovered by the big publishing houses. I think it is great that authors have these possibilites nowadays and that they can do the self-publishing thing online. But I find it sad that it seems to be the same kind of stories over and over again. "Poor, little, innocent plain Jane, preferably with some troubled family, meets a mysterious, hard-to-tame, insanely attractive stud who shows her how it's done." Oh, not to forget that the first half of the book should be about how hard our Jane tries to refuse his witty, arrogant charm but since she can see that he is always looking at anyone but her and seems to be soooo crazy about her, she finally gives in to her heart and of course her thighs that are extremely on fire ... and lets herself get banged like she has never been before in her life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, what I was trying to express with my wonderful short essay on this subject is that there are so many great books out there. Even trivial literature that goes a bit deeper than beneath the sheets. There are good books on love stories out there. You just need to find them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In Germany, it is tradition to get your presents on Christmas Eve. Well, and on Christmas Day when the rest of the family and friends show up :-) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You take a pair of dice, everyone picks a number between 2 and 12 (you can't roll a 1 ;-) ) and then the first one rolls the dices. If you roll your number, you get to choose the person who has to give you his or her present for you. If you haven't rolled your number, it's the next one's turn to roll the dice. And it simply goes on like this, round after round, until every present under the tree is given to its new owner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #38761d;">As I said, it normally took us about 10 minutes and the whole present exchanging thing was over. This time, it took us over an hour. At first, my family was a bit sceptical when I told them about the "dice game" and the first 5 minutes of rolling the dices were a bit schlepping but in the end, everyone loved it and we want to make it our family tradition now, too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you certainly can see, she fancies something between shabby chic and modern country style. The colours should be kept simple - white, creme, beige, different brown tones, pale green and blue shades. My sister doesn't really like much bling bling and shrill colours.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And one of my favourite times (if not my absolute favourite time) of the year has just begun ... <span style="color: #990000;">CHRISTMAS TIME!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This year, my sister and I decided to make Advent calendars for each other. I am glad we decided this in the beginning of November because it took some time to find and buy these little items. 24 of them!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, here are some things I made last week just because I felt like doing something creative to make my home look nicer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First I painted this little chest of drawers white and used napkin decoupage to finally get rid of these terrible red, blue and green drawers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then I made a collage for my living room using an old Daphne's Diary magazine (yes, I love Daphne's Diary and it was really hard for me cutting the magazine into small pieces). And then finally I made this painting ... well, there is not much paint on it, just some butterflies and some golden craft stuff that had been left over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So wie <a href="http://jonasalaska.com/" target="_blank">Jonas Alaska</a> und seine Musik.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ich möchte gar nicht viel darüber schreiben, denn ich befinde mich gerade im Prüfungsstress. Aber trotzdem möchte ich meine musikalische Entdeckung mit euch dort draußen teilen und hoffe, dass ihr genau so begeistert sein werdet wie ich es bin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't want to write much about it because I'm in the middle of my final exams. Nevertheless, I still wanted to share my musical discovery with you out there hoping that you'd be as enthusiastic as I am.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Das Thema "Abnehmen und Diäten" ist ein lästiges Thema für uns Frauen und ich bin mir sicher, dass fast jede von uns nicht hundertprozentig zufrieden ist mit ihrem Körper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ich habe lange überlegt, ob ich dieses Thema hier auf meinem Blog ansprechen soll. Soll ich öffentlich über meine Probleme jammern und andere wissen lassen, dass ich mich zu dick fühle und abnehmen möchte?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nachdem ich nach fast zwei Jahren in Kopenhagen letztes Jahr im April wieder zu meinen Eltern gezogen bin, hatte ich mir fest vorgenommen, mich nicht wieder dem Essensverhalten meiner Eltern anzuschließen. Doch das war leider leichter gesagt als getan. Meine Mama ist die typische deutsche Hausfrau, die ihre Familie gerne bekocht. Fleischküchle, Gulasch, Paprikaschoten, der obligatorische Sonntagsbraten mit Klößen, Pfannkuchen ... ich könnte noch eine ganze Weile so weiter aufzählen, was bei uns auf den Tisch kommt. Alles natürlich immer schön in Schmalz rausgebraten, mit viel Soße und wenn Gemüse, dann Gemüse in Mehlschwitze. Dann kamen jetzt noch die kalten, tristen Wintermonate und die ganzen Weihnachtsnaschereien hinzu. Kurzum: ich habe hemmungslos gegessen (jup, sieben Donuts von Dunkin' Donuts an einem Wochenende!!), passe ich keiner meiner Hosen mehr und ich war von meinem BMI-Wert schockiert!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ich hoffe, ich kann bald von Erfolgen berichten und bekomme vielleicht ein paar Tipps von meinen LeserInnen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A good-looking man with curly, brown hair and black old Converse shoes on playing his guitar. Several loops arranged around him and a harmonica on a holder around his neck. It all might appear as if he is another one of these musician who roam the bars night after night playing shabby cover versions of famous songs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, admittedly, he did play cover versions of other people's songs but his way of singing them was quite unique and still is today. It doesn't get boring and it is never bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The name of this man? Thomas Brun! I was even more lucky to get into a conversation with him and we sort of became friends. Everytime he came back to Copenhagen to play gigs at den glade gris, we met up and hung out at those weekends. That is why I can tell you that he is an musician to the core.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">The</span> <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>sensational</i>, incredible, daredevil</span> <span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.themoonband.de/" target="_blank">Moonband</a> </span></span>!!!</span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789474887171674550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134737915170518856.post-78561022974629107772014-01-07T15:38:00.001+01:002014-01-07T15:38:51.435+01:00Schöne Haut mit Schüßler-Salzen / Beautiful skin with Schüßler tissue salts<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wie bereits vor langer Zeit angekündigt, kommt nun endlich wieder ein kleiner Beitrag über Schüßler-Salze. Mittlerweile bin ich immer mehr von ihnen überzeugt, vor allem wenn man sich mit Problemhaut herumschlagen muss.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-IFPFAxb99zA_ZPnYuQ7rzy-xnVaioLBikk3m_FqTt61FJyLGejlk4RgU2tHfXB4oINBPTTzlpj1gupLTgG_yoNGYEhshRmng0hZp5c8lWOj0fY6_CFzcZjxuMd7kU-Tjr9jNE05wLNV/s1600/Sch%C3%BC%C3%9Fler-Salze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-IFPFAxb99zA_ZPnYuQ7rzy-xnVaioLBikk3m_FqTt61FJyLGejlk4RgU2tHfXB4oINBPTTzlpj1gupLTgG_yoNGYEhshRmng0hZp5c8lWOj0fY6_CFzcZjxuMd7kU-Tjr9jNE05wLNV/s1600/Sch%C3%BC%C3%9Fler-Salze.jpg" height="223" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In meinem Fall haben mich die Salze schon weitergebracht. Letzten April habe ich bewusst die Anti-Baby-Pille abgesetzt, aber nicht großartig über die Konsequenzen für meine Haut nachgedacht. Bis August ist dann auch alles gut gelaufen, aber dann ist der Horror losgegangen. Ich hatte plötzlich zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben Akne. Bisher war ich ja manchmal mit Schuppenflechte im Gesicht geplagt, aber dann mit 26 Jahren Akne ... das war schon nervig.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Zur innerlichen Anwendung immer nur 3 Salze zur gleichen Zeit. Meine absoluten Favouriten sind hier das Schüßler-Salz Nr. 3 (Ferrum Phosphoricum), Nr. 11 (Silicea) und Nr. 12 (Calcium Sulfuricum).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Von allen drei Salzen vier Wochen lang 6 x täglich je 2 Tabletten einnehmen, also 36 Stück täglich. Die Tabletten einfach im Mund langsam zergehen lassen. Bei Lactoseintoleranz bitte auf Tropfen oder Globuli umsteigen!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Zur äußeren Anwendung gibt es aus Salben aus Schüßler-Salzen zu kaufen. Man kann aber auch selbst Salben oder Masken aus den Salzen herstellen. Hier empfehle ich Salben mit den Salzen Nr. 9 (Natrium Phosphoricum) und Nr. 11 (Silicea). Bis jetzt habe ich selbst noch keine Salben hergestellt, deswegen gibt es nun von mir auch kein Rezept.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Die Schüßler-Salze können die Abheilung der Akne unterstützen, aber man kann sich nicht alleine auf die Salze verlassen, wenn man selbst nicht noch ein wenig dazubeiträgt. Unter anderem sollte man wie immer auf seine Ernährung achten. Meine Haut wurde durch die Salze und gesunde Ernährung sehr gut, doch dann kam die Weihnachtszeit und viel zu viele Plätzchen, Kuchen, Schokolade usw. und ich konnte einfach nicht widerstehen. Und leider stimmt es: Man sieht wirklich jedes Stückchen Schokolade und jeden Bissen Fast Food auf der Haut.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ein anderes Hautproblem plagt meine Schwester zurzeit. Sie hat seit kurzem eine extrem trockene Haut, die dadurch auch schuppig geworden ist.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deswegen habe ich auch Salze für sie zusammengestellt. Nämlich die Schüßler-Salze Nr. 8 (Natrium Chloratum) und Nr. 20 (Kalium aluminium sulfuricum). Diese Salze auch vier Wochen lang 6 x täglich je 2 Tablette einnehmen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Außerdem habe ich tolles Rezept für eine Maske gegen trockene Haut entdeckt. Für diese mörst man so viele Nr. 8 Salze bis man einen Teelöffel voll hat. Eine Avocado schälen und zerdrücken. Hier wäre eine reife Avocado am besten. Dann noch einen 1 EL Quark und 2 EL Honig hinzufügen und alles schön zu einer geschmeidigen Masse vermischen. Die Haut gründlich reinigen und die Maske 20 - 30 Minuten einwirken lassen. Danach mit lauwarmen Wasser abwaschen.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Eure Kat :-) </span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #c27ba0;">As I announced a while ago, there is finally a new post about Schüßler tissue salts. By now, I am more and more convinced that they are great, especially when you are troubled with skin problems.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my case, the tissue salts have already helped me. Last April, I deliberately stopped taking the pill but I did not really think of the consequences for my skin. Until August, everything went well but then the horror started. Suddenly I had acne for the first time in my life. Up to that point, I had only sometimes been challenged with psoriasis in my face. But when you get acne when you are 26 ... that just sucks.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I dealt with homeopathic ways to make your skin look better and here are some tips for you (when you have acne skin with oily T-zones):</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You should always only use 3 salts at one time for inner application. My absolute favourite salts are the Schüßler tissue salts no. 3 ( iron phosphate ), no. 11 (silica) and no. 12 (calcium sulphate). <br />Use them for four weeks. Take 2 of each 6 times a day, thus 36 tablets a day. Just let them slowly melt in your mouth. If you suffer from lactose intolerance, you should switch to drops and globules!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br />For external use, you can buy ointments made of Schüßler salts. You can also make ointments and masks of the tissue salts yourself. I recommend ointments containing the salts no. 9 (sodium phosphate) and no. 11 (silica). Until now, I haven't made ointments myself so that's why I won't give you any instructions for that here.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br />Schüßler tissue salts can support the healing of your acne but you cannot rely on the salts alone if you don't contribute to it a bit yourself. Among other things, you should always take care of a healthy diet.<br />My skin was really good after I used the tissue salts and ate more healthy but then Christmas time came and I ate way too many cookies, cakes, chocolates etc. and I simply could not resist. And it is unfortunately true: Every bit of chocolate and every bite of junk food shows up on your skin.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br />Another skin problem is troubling my sister at the moment. Lately, she has had extremely dry skin which also got flaky because of that.<br />That's why I also found her some salts, namely the Schüßler tissue salts no. 8 (sodium chloride) and no. 20 (potassium aluminium sulfuricum). These salts should also be taken for four weeks, 2 tablets of each salt, 6 times a day.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br />Apart from that, I also found a great recipe for a mask again dry skin. For the mask, you crush in a mortar as many no. 8 salts as you need to fill a tea spoon. Peel an avocado and mash it. A ripe one would be better in this case. Then you add 1 tbsp curd and 2 tbsp honey and mix everything to a smooth mass. Clean your skin properly and keep the mask 20 - 30 minutes on your face. Afterwards, you simply wash it off with lukewarm water.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope that I could help you a little and that I brought the Schüßler tissue salts a bit closer to you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yours, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kat :-)</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789474887171674550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134737915170518856.post-66694431629365804492014-01-04T22:15:00.000+01:002014-01-04T22:15:10.577+01:00Happy New Year<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">It is one of my new year's resolutions though to be more active again on my blog. Right now, I am down ill in bed. I need a few days to fully recover and then I am going to start this year at full power. So stay tuned :)</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789474887171674550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134737915170518856.post-21369439461062305702013-11-03T18:47:00.000+01:002013-11-03T18:47:00.547+01:00Sauerbraten - a delicious Franconian dish<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But there is one dish - the Franconian Sauerbraten - that is very special here in Franconia. Sauerbraten is a marinated pot roast dish that is known throughout Germany but recipes vary from region to region.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This recipe is a traditional Franconian one and I hope to guide you through it with no problems. Who knows ... maybe you'll be cooking it, too, someday to show off ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And by the way, this little thing I put in the middle of the Knödel in the second picture is a bread crumb. To be honest, I don't know why we put them in the Knödel but my mother said it is important for the Knödel not to fall apart while they are being cooked in the water.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Schon seit längerem bin ich auf der Suche nach einem Rezept für dieses asiatische Gericht. Hühnchen mit Cashewnüssen!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In Kopenhagen habe ich dieses Gericht total gerne im Wok Shop gegessen und deswegen wollte ich dieses Gericht selbst zu Hause nachkochen. Und nun habe ich endlich ein ähnliches Rezept von einer Amerikanerin auf Pinterest gefunden. Ich habe es heute nachgekocht mit ein paar Abwandlungen (allein schon, um mehr Soße zu dem Gericht zu haben, denn ich mag es nicht allzu trocken). Meine Eltern haben mitgegessen und sie fanden es superlecker. Also, ich kann es nur empfehlen und hoffe, ihr habt jetzt eine neue Kochinspiration :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>für 4 Personen</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Das Mehl und den Pfeffer in einer Schüssel mischen, Hähnchenbrust in kleine Stücke schneiden und in der Schüssel im Mehl-Pfeffer-Gemisch wälzen. Das Rapsöl in einer Pfanne erhitzen und das Fleisch goldbrauen anbraten. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sojasauce, Reisessig, Ketchup, brauner Zucker, Knoblauch, Ingwer und Paprikapulver in einer Schüssel vermischen und über das angebratene Hühnchen geben. Das Ganze aufkochen lassen und dann auf niedrigster Stufe mit Deckel weiterköcheln lassen. Nach ca. 15 Minuten die Cashewnüsse und die klein gehackten Frühlingszwiebeln hinzugeben. Dann nochmals 15 Minuten köcheln lassen. Das Gericht dann mit Reis servieren und genießen :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I really liked eating that dish at the wok shop in Copenhagen and that's why I wanted to cook it myself at home. And now I finally found a similar recipe by an American woman on pinterest. Today I tried it out with a few alterations (not only to have more sauce for this dish because I don't like it too dry). My parents came for dinner and they also thought that it was super delicious. I can only recommend this dish and hope that you've got some new cooking inspiration :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Ich bin verliebt! Und zwar gnadenlos in ein Album, das ich nur zufällig entdeckt habe. Letztes Wochenende habe ich mich von Webseite zu Webseite, von Links zu Links durchgeklickt, einfach aus Langeweile und bin dann irgendwann auf einen Musiktipp gestoßen. <b>Nate Richert</b> und sein Album <b>'Halogen Moon'</b>! Da ich zurzeit immer die selben fünf Alben im Zug zur Arbeit höre (Feist, Travis, Kings of Leon, Florence and the Machine und Ghost of the Robot), dachte ich mir, dass ich mal kurz auf iTunes ein wenig in das Album reinhöre. Also habe ich ein Lied angeklickt und schon nach den ersten 10 Sekunden von dem Lied wusste ich, dass ich mir das Album unbedingt kaufen muss. Und es hat sich gelohnt! Seit einer Woche nun höre ich im Zug und zu Hause nichts mehr anderes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Die Stimme von Nate Richert ist wirklich toll und die Musik heitert mich auf, wenn ich aus dem Zugfenster schaue und nichts als Regen und einen grauen Himmel im Moment sehe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Ich bin unheimlich froh, dass ich dieses Album und auch diesen Musikstil entdeckt habe und kann den Kauf der CD nur wärmstens empfehlen :-) Und wenn ihr das Album kauft, dann hoffe ich, dass es euch auch so ans Herz wächst wie mir.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">I'm in love! And that is merciless with an album that I only discovered by accident. Last weekend, I was clicking my way through the web, from website to website, from link to link, just because I was bored and after a while I came across a music tip. <b>Nate Richert</b> and his album <b>'halogen moon'</b>! Since I have listened to the same five albums lately on the train to work (Feist, Travis, Kings of Leon, Florence and the Machine and Ghost of the Robot), I thought that I should listen quickly to the album on iTunes. So I clicked on one song and already after the first 10 seconds of the song I knew that I absolutely must buy this album. And it was totally worth it! For a week now, I have listened to nothing else but this on the train and at home.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Nate Richert's voice is really great and the music cheers me up when I look out of the train window and only see rain and a grey sky outside at the moment.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">I am incredibly glad that I discovered this album and also this kind of music and I only can highly recommend buying this CD :-) And if you buy the album, I hope that it will also grow that much on you as it did on me.</span></i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789474887171674550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134737915170518856.post-14733145401503957682013-10-03T18:03:00.001+02:002013-10-03T18:03:36.537+02:00Die Häkelsaison ist wieder da :-) crochet season is back!!<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Ich bin einer von den eher wenigen, die den Herbst und Winter mögen und nicht ständig über die Kälte und Dunkelheit meckern. Tee, kuschelige Tage und Abende zu Hause, Weihnachten usw. ... und Häkeln und Stricken! Das Häkelfieber hat mich wie jedes Jahr zu dieser Zeit gepackt. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Normalerweise stricke ich lieber, weil ich das besser kann. Das dachte ich zumindest, bis ich von meiner Tante ein Häkelbuch für Socken und Hausschuhe bekommen habe und aus diesem Buch diese tollen Ballerina-Hausschuhe selbst gehäkelt habe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Leider bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob ich die Anleitung hier veröffentlich darf (ich schätze mal eher weniger -> Copyright!), aber Anleitungen gibt es sicher auch im Internet irgendwo zu finden. Solche Ballerinas zu häkeln geht wirklich leichter als man denkt und es macht Spaß. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Wer nun auch Lust auf Häkeln bekommen hat, sollte einmal bei youtube die Videos von eliZZZa13 anschauen. Sie erklärt dort in Videos auf Deutsch und auch auf Englisch wie man häkelt und strickt. Außerdem hat sie zwei Webseiten (<a href="http://www.nadelspiel.com/" target="_blank">Nadelspiel</a> und <a href="http://www.knitaholics.com/" target="_blank">knitaholics</a>), die wirklich toll und interessant sind. Die Frau hat's einfach drauf!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789474887171674550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134737915170518856.post-41117447555778704562013-09-29T17:38:00.002+02:002013-09-29T17:38:50.054+02:00Kerwa! - a festivity you should not miss<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has taken me some time now to get around to writing a new post but here it comes - a post about Kerwa in Franconia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Kerwa</b> is the Franconian word for Kirchweih. For hundreds of centuries, the Kirchweih has been celebrated, originally in order to consecrate a church (Kirche = church, Weihe = consecration) but in the course of time, the religious aspect has been neglected. Nowadays it is a nice get-together for people of every age. It is also a good opportunity to wear your traditional/local garb. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After my last post on Copenhagen, I was thinking really hard about my next post and what it should be about but then I simply thought that I should write a little something about Bavaria.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Germany has become a quite popular holiday destination and many think initially of Bavaria and its culture and landscape when they think of Germany.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Therefore, it is essential for you to know a little bit more about this part of Germany than the average Oktoberfest tourist does :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three of them, namely Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin, are Stadtstaaten (city-states) since these states only consist of the territory of the respective cities.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Five of the Bundesländer are the 'new' Bundesländer (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony). They once were the former German Democratic Republic. Although the east of Berlin was part of it, Berlin is not included in the new Bundesländer today.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far, so good. Now you know a bit about the Bundesländer. As you can see on the map, Bavaria is the largest Bundesland in size (appr. 70,550 km²). The largest population though can be found in North Rhine-Westphalia with 17.5 million inhabitants compared to 12.5 million in Bavaria.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bavaria has a special culture and history and is different from the rest of Germany. Well, I admit that this sounds very patriotic but I think I am not the only Bavarian thinking this way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this picture, you can see a map of Bavaria and its seven regions. </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oberfranken, Mittelfranken und Unterfranken belong to Bavaria but the three regions together are called Franconia and represent another region in Germany with its own dialect, culture and history which is quite similiar to the Bavarian dialect and culture. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It might be hard to understand the distinction of the different regions in Bavaria when you are not from Germany that is why I am trying to bring 'my Bavaria' a bit closer to you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love our traditions and it is sad to see that these have almost disappeared in the big cities and towns. If there is still some traditional event, then it is mostly for the sake of entertainment and tourism.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you take a look at the countryside, however, you can still find appreciation for our tradition and heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took this picture in a small village in Oberbayern where they had their annual Dorffest. There are still socities for traditional costumes and this one was for the children of the village and they also rehearse traditional dances and show them at events.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bavaria is also blessed with a very delicious cuisine (which is not the best for staying slim, trust me ;-) ). People from all over the world know at least one Bavarian dish let alone Bavarian beer.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our beer is known throughout the world and the world should also know about our excellent wine which is cultivated in the northwestern part of Bavaria, in the area around the city of Würzburg.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to write more posts for you about Bavaria and the life there. So stay tuned :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">8. <u style="font-weight: bold;">Luna's Diner</u> - Also called Live, Love, Luna :-) Amazingly tasty food and the best milkshakes I have ever had in my life. You can find one of their diners in Sankt Annæ Gade 5, Christianshavn and the other one in Vesterbrogade 42 in Vesterbro. I somehow always preferred the one in Christianshavn, probably because I lived in the very same street.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">9. <u style="font-weight: bold;">Serenity Cupcakes</u> - I already wrote a post about this sweet, little café. Mariam, the owner, is such a lovely and talented person and she totally deserves all the success she has had with her café. So it goes without saying that I had a cupcake there again last week ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I forgot to mention <u style="font-weight: bold;">Café Retro</u> which is a non-profit café in Knabrostræde 26. Lovely, international people, cozy interior and good prices. They also have a spare room that you can rent for free for events. I once booked it for a few hours for a clothes-swap-party. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This is it for today. I hope you enjoyed reading about the different places in Copenhagen and maybe even go and check them out. I would love to hear back from anyone who went to one of these places due to my recommendation.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789474887171674550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134737915170518856.post-37514673814571798132013-08-08T11:14:00.000+02:002013-08-08T11:14:24.511+02:00Hautalterung/skin ageing<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="DE"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Schon seit
längerem möchte ich einen Post über Hautalterung schreiben, denn dieses Thema
spielt ja bei jeder Frau je nachdem eine kleinere oder größere Rolle. Daher
finde ich es wichtig, dass man über die Ursachen genau Bescheid weiß und wie
man den Prozess der Hautalterung etwas mehr hinauszögern kann und somit länger
frisch und jung aussehen kann.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="DE"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Die Ursachen der
Hautalterung</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="DE"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Es ist einfach
genetisch bedingt, dass im Laufe der Zeit die Qualität und die
Funktionsfähigkeit der neugebildeten Zellen abnimmt. Mit der Zeit entstehen
einfach immer mehr „Fehler“ bei der Zellteilung, was immer zu immer mehr freien
Radikalen führt und die wollen wir im Idealfall abfangen. Faktoren wie eine
Minderversorgung der Zellen und des Gewebes mit Sauerstoff, Vitaminen,
Coenzymen und anderen wichtigen Stoffen tragen dann auch noch ihren Teil dazu
bei.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="DE"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Es gibt das
„innere Altern“ und das „äußere Altern“. Das „innere Altern“ kann man positiv
beeinflussen, indem man sich an folgende Punkte hält:</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ausgewogen essen und genügend Wasser
trinken</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;">darauf achten, dass man ausreichend
Vitamine und Spurenelemente zu sich nimmt (am besten durch Essen, nicht durch
Nahrungsergänzungsmittel)</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sport zur Verbesserung der
Zirkulationsverhältnisse im Körper, denn durch Bewegung ist der Kreislauf
besser mit Sauerstoff versorgt (Achtung bei Cellulite: Joggen ist kein guter
Sport, da durch die Erschütterungen des Bindesgewebes die Cellulite meist noch
schlimmer sichtbar wird. Schwimmen oder Fahrrad fahren ist eine viel bessere
Weise, Gewicht zu verlieren UND Cellulite zu bekämpfen, außerdem ist das viel
besser für die Gelenke.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;">eine gute, abgestimmte Hautpflege (lasst
euch von eurer Kosmetikerin beraten!!)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">die gezielte Einnahme von Oxidationsschutzstoffen
z.b. β-Carotin, Selen (aber nicht übertreiben, denn zu viele Tabletten können
ja auch nicht gut für den Körper sein)</span></span></li>
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<span lang="DE"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Das „äußere
Altern“ wird durch folgende Faktoren ausgelöst (und meine persönliche Meinung
ist, dass man diese Faktoren den meisten Menschen sofort im Gesicht ansieht,
als Kosmetikerin zumindest):</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">falsche Ernährung</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Alkohol und Nikotin</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sonnenbestrahlung</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">zu wenig Schlaf</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="DE" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ständiger Stress</span></span></li>
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<span lang="DE"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An dieser Stelle
möchte ich dann gleich die Sonnenbestrahlung ansprechen. In den Strahlen sind UVA-
und UVA-Strahlen, die nicht nur unsere DNA direkt verändert sondern auch die
Bildung freier Radikale antreibt und zu einem Elastizitätsverlust der
Bindegewebsfasern führt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Also macht euch
gut Gedanken darüber, was ihr esst und trinkt, wie ihr euer Leben führt und
eure Haut behandelt, wenn ihr mit erst 40 Jahren nicht aussehen wollt wie eine
55-jährige. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have intended to write a post about skin ageing for a
while now because this is a more or less important topic in every woman’s life.
That is why I find it important to know exactly the causes and how one can
stall the process of skin ageing and that way look fresh and younger for a bit
longer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>What causes skin ageing</u><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is genetically determined that the quality and the
functionality of new cells diminishes over the years. Gradually, there are more
and more “flaws” in the cell division which leads to more and more free
radicals that, in the ideal case, we want to intercept. Factors such as
insufficient supply of oxygen, vitamins, coenzymes and other important
substances in the cells and tissue also play a part in contributing to the
ageing of our skin.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is the ageing “on the inside” and the ageing “on the
outside”. The ageing “on the inside” can be positively influenced by sticking
to the following items:</span></i></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">eat a balanced diet and drink enough water</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">make sure you get enough vitamins and dietary
minerals (most ideal by means of food, not by dietary supplements)</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sport in order to improve the body circulation
because our circular flow is better provided with oxygen due to the exercise
(be careful when you suffer from cellulite: jogging is not a good type of sport
since cellulite appears to get worse because the connective tissue gets shaken
a lot. Swimming or cycling is a much better way to lose weight AND fight
cellulite, also it is better for the joints.)</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">good, personalized skin care (go to your cosmetologist
for advice)</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the specific intake of oxidation protection such
as beta-carotene, selenium (but do not overdo it because too many pills cannot be
good for your body)</span></i></span></li>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ageing “on the outside” is triggered by the following
factors (and I personally think that most of these factors are always visible
in peoples’ faces , at least to a cosmetologist)</span></i></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the wrong diet</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">alcohol and nicotine</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sun rays</span></i></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">too little sleep</span></i></span></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">constant stress</span></span></i></li>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point, I would like to talk about sun rays. There
are UVA and UVB rays in those rays that not only change our DNA directly but
also boost free radicals and lead to a loss of elasticity of the connective
tissue fibres.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore you should give thought to what you eat and drink
and how you live your life and treat your skin if you do not want to look like
a 55-year-old when you are only 40.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kat :-)</span></div>
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