Bath Blossoms

Bath blossoms have been around a while and basically they are flower petals that are put in a giant muslin bag, like an oversized tea bag. They are used to perfume water and also make it more healing and therapeutic.

The idea of bathing in blossoms in order to deodorize or heal oneself is as old as mankind. Cleopatra had rose petals sprinkled in her bath along with milk. The Romans also sprinkled petals in their bath. The Victorians scented their bath water with all kinds of herbs and blossoms and also the peels of fruit.

I have always loved bathing in petals when I am at an expensive spa and I was pleased to find out that a very innovative company is now putting out flower petals.

Angel Baby Bath Blossoms is it when it comes to finding the ultimate when it comes to buy a cleansing yet aromatic treat for you and your baby. This is an actual bath in a packet that contains flower blossoms and you can find it at a company online called Earth Mama Angel Baby.

This is an organic herbal blend that is meant to calm down and comfort upset infant. It is made with the petals of calendula, chamolile, rosebuds and lavender as well as with organic lemon balm and organic oatmeal. Both chamolile and lavender are herbs that are known for soothing nervous tummies and settling down the nervous system. Babies love the scent and so do moms and some babies will play with any loose petals in the bath water or the muslin bag.

In addition — organic oatmeal would be very relaxing and soothing to the skin. If your baby has diaper rash or eczema the oatmeal would help cool down the inflammation that might b causing great discomfort.

Of course this indulgence is not just for babies. Moms will really enjoy taking a bath in these blossoms, which are packaged in a muslin bag. The idea is that you can or loop it so it is under the bathtub faucet and fill yourself a bath. If your child is very young you can dip the muslin bag full of petals in a bath. Be sure to always test the water when you put this type of bag into a baby's bath.

It is probably not a good idea to just pick petals out of your garden and throw them in a baby bath unless you are 100% sure that they are organic and that there is no pesticide on them. However even if the flowers are organic they could have bugs or dirt on them that might have viruses or other things that are not good for baby on them. That is why when it comes to something like blossoms for the bath I do recommend buying them from a reputable company like Earth Mama, which specializes, in organic products for babies.

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Chocolate is Good For You

Unless you are pregnant or obese you should not feel that guilty about eating chocolate. You can sneak it into your daily diet because studies are showing that it is actually excellent for your overall heath. After years of being maligned it is finally getting a rep as a health food.

This is because container has known chocolate over three hundred active chemical agents. These agents are all beneficial for health.

Believe it or not eating chocolate can be good for your teeth because they have antibacterial agents that fight tooth decay in them. This is truer of pure chocolate. The high sugar content of milk chocolate can actually cause tooth decay.

The smell of chocolate is also beneficial. It can relax you, which is good for PMS. That is also why it can calm down a hyperactive kid, but ONLY if there is not too much sugar in it. I like chocolate milk for calming kids down. Chocolate also contains phenyl ethylamine, which is a mild mood elevator

Scientists have also found that the cocoa butter in chocolate contains oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated fat that lowers bad cholesterol and may raise good cholesterol.

You can also try drinking a cup of hot chocolate before you eat. This helps diminish your need for calories. This is a trick I used to lose my post pregnancy weight. Make sure that the milk is low fat as in skim or 1% or you could gain weight despite your good intentions.

Weirdly, chocolate can also prevent heart attacks. The flavanoids in chocolate keep blood vessels elastic. It also increase antioxidant levels in the blood. Men who eat chocolate, for instance, live a year longer then men who don't.

Why do you crave it when you are feeling depressed? The carbohydrates in chocolate raise serotonin levels in the brain, resulting in a sense of over-all well-being.

It's full of antioxidants. They help fight the free radicals which can attack DNA and cause long term serious damage to body. This means that eating chocolate makes cancer and heart attacks less likely. So the more antioxidants that you and your family eat the longer you are likely to live and chocolate is the absolutely richest source of them. The darker the chocolate the better it is for you and the richer it is in antioxidants. In fact the darker any type of food is, especially the fruits, the more likely it is to contain antioxidants.

Dark chocolate also contains catchetins which are what is in tea. Catchetins keep the immune system healthy. Chocolate is alos a good source of magnesium and copper, both of which help the brain as well as help a person maintain a regular heart rate.

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