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The hair is not shiny, lank, coarse, and looked wet, can be interpreted as oily hair. This type of hair has oil glands in the scalp produce more oil (sebum) due to hormonal changes in the body. Usually, increased sebum onto the hair follicle, and spread to the hair shaft, rather than into the hair shaft.

Is a substance sebum oil and helps keep the hair softer, supple, and flexible. However, the more sebum in the head, the look lank and greasy hair, too.

Oily hair type there are two; grease from the scalp to the hair shaft, and an oily scalp but dry hair shaft.

Oily hair is usually difficult to overcome, easily tangled, and hard hold hair. If allowed, oily hair can cause acne on the scalp, hair loss, dandruff, and chronic problems of the other’s hair.

How to control oily hair:
- Wash your hair regularly can reduce and eliminate the accumulated oil in the scalp and hair. Do not forget to use a special shampoo oily hair.
- Tap-tap with your fingertips slowly and gently. Do not rub or massage the scalp with nails, but can hurt the scalp, rub with a nail makes your scalp produce more oil.
- Try to wash it with cold water, no hot water. Hot water opens the pores, thus making easier the oil out and produce.
- Find a shampoo product specially designed to remove oil in the scalp.
- Do not pile up water in wet conditions on the scalp. This could lead to oil from the scalp to move into the hair shaft. Let your wet hair still loose.
- Do it often touching, combing, brushing, or playing the hair. Because your fingers and brush on the hair trigger oil glands to produce, and move the oil from the scalp to the ends of the hair shaft.
- Avoid shampoo with moisturizer. Shampoo berpelembab (moisturizing shampoo) are designed to prevent dryness in the hair shaft, and not infrequently have oil, too.
- Do not apply conditioner on the scalp, applied in the middle of the hair shaft until the end of the course.
- For oily hair types, try not to have a fringe of hair, because it can move the oil from the skin of the scalp in the forehead. As a result, acne or other skin problems.

These things can be done to control oily hair and reduce the amount of oil in the hair. But if it is too severe, control and meet an experienced hairdresser.

A lot of sports drinks sold does look more healthy than soft drinks. But recent research shows that sports drinks containing citric acid can damage the teeth.

This research was conducted by soaking the teeth for 90 minutes, as a simulation for those who like to drink sports drinks throughout the day. It turned out some tooth enamel is gone. This is because sports drinks are leaked to the bottom layer of enamel, causing the teeth become soft and weak. This condition is called dental erosion could easily result in damage and loss of teeth if not treated immediately. Read the rest of this entry »

Generally, the people treat headaches with medications containing paracetamol. But headaches can be treated with a natural way by using lavender oil.

Lavender oil is one of the essential oils of the most widely used by the public. The average is made of lavender oil and lavender have efficacy as a drug in sleep disorders patients, as a disinfectant and helps reduce nerves taut.

We have not been many people who know that lavender oil can also cure a headache. One factor that makes this oil can cure a headache because of its ability to stretch the nerves are tense.
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Shopping in supermarkets is not necessarily guarantee 100 percent clean because supermarkets can also be a cause of contamination of food with bacteria around it. Research in buying food in supermarkets.

Many losses could be incurred if the humans who consume contaminated food, can cause illness such as dizziness, vomiting and digestive system disorders.

Here are some tips to avoid contamination of food while shopping in supermarkets, as quoted from the Health, Thursday (24/9/2009):

Choose clean supermarkets. The average supermarket inspection of two to three times a year by the local health department. Do not choose a supermarket that many packages damaged or torn around the aisle. Read the rest of this entry »

During the last 50 years, healing properties increasingly popular echinacea flower. Echinacea merit increases endurance and helps the body to deal with bacterial and viral infections.
American Indian tribes have been using echinacea for hundreds of years to cope with various types of diseases,
animals including poisonous bites, wounds that are difficult to treat, and fever. Research indicates that echinacea is a very effective antibiotic with the ability of antiviral, antifungal, and antibacterial very strong. Echinacea is best used to deal with upper respiratory tract infections. Read the rest of this entry »