5 Secrets lemon to clean the whole house

5 Secrets lemon to clean the whole house - To bleach or off, but also disinfect and deodorize, lemon has none. If you do not know what to do the last half lemon lying around the bottom of your fridge, all advice is 5 recipes here! 

Lemon and white vinegar, same fight! 
In general, although there are exceptions, the lemon juice can replace vinegar in many uses. It has the disadvantage that cost more, but instead it smells less disturbing. So if you tend to use only a few drops of lemon juice, then leave the rest to die at the bottom of your fridge, press it and use it for cleaning!

Blanch and peel with lemon 
1. Against stubborn stains. 
Lemon is best known for its ability to fight against stubborn stains: tea, rust stains and dried fruit already often respond well. Ditto for mildew stains: pre-wash with lemon juice salt and rub with soap, before washing at 90 ° C, usually solves the problem.

2. Blanch worktops, sinks, baths
You can also use lemon to revive stone or whiten surfaces like bathtubs or sinks white.

3. Decalcify. 
As the acid, lemon is a good descaling. It will be effective on all surfaces affected by limestone, such as valves. For this, the easiest way is to rub half a lemon (flesh side) on the spot you want to clean. Rinse, dry, it's done!

Lemon, sanitizer premium
4. Sanitize and deodorize. 
Due to its acidity and its flavor, lemon is also a very good sanitizer and deodorizer. A filled cup of lemon juice into the fridge, for example, will eliminate any unpleasant odors. Similarly, occasionally clean your closet with a little lemon juice diluted in water will remove musty odors.

5. Clean the microwave.
For your microwave oven, the lemon juice is also useful: Make it a warm bowl a few moments, then pass the sponge inside. The juice is evaporated is deposited on the walls, and the oven is clean and free from any odor.

The essential oil of lemon is also an ally of the household! 
Let us not forget that the essential oil of lemon also has its advantages. First, a good scent that evokes immediately clean And that keeps its promises, since it has a strong disinfecting and sanitizing action. Add-in for example a few drops in your washing machine (instead of softening, with two tablespoons of white vinegar) for a machine that feels good and decalcified machine.

Is this really the sugar that causes tooth decay?

It is commonly said children to limit sugar and sweets if they do not want to have a toothache. This implicitly means that sugar is responsible for caries. But is this true?

Sugar is converted into acid by the bacteria
A case of bacteria
In fact, sugar indirectly contributes to dental caries. These are just some more bacteria in our mouth, which, by feeding on sugar (and other food debris), produce an acid. It is this acid which attacks and weakens the teeth, promoting caries. Note that the mouth contains a large number of bacteria, but only some secrete acid and are responsible for tooth decay. The most common part of the family of Streptococcus mutants.

Bacteria and plaque
The bacteria are a part of the dental plaque, so that the dough covers the teeth, consisting of bacteria, food debris and saliva. Thus, there is more sugar and other food debris around the teeth, bacteria grow more and more they produce acid, increasing the risk of caries. This plaque is particularly thick after each meal. However, it decreases after brushing. And to get rid of it completely, it is necessary to require regular descaling her dentist.

With your kids: everyone's covered!
Warning, these bacteria pass easily from the mouth of a mother to her child. Thus, 70% of the bacteria present in the mouth of a child are the same as those of its parent (1). This agreement reached 90% in the mother-daughter pairs. To reduce this bacterial transmission favorable to early caries: everyone's covered, do not trade your fork with your child and do not taste his dish with the same spoon.

4 instructions to prevent cavities
1 Brush

Brushing teeth, ideally after each meal, if not twice a day, once before bed. After brushing your teeth at night, do not eat or drink sugary drink. Young children should not fall asleep with a bottle of sugar water or other sugary drink.

2 Drink water

Where it is not possible to brush your teeth or after drinking a sugary drink, it is possible to eliminate some of the sugar and food debris while drinking a glass of water.

3 Hunt snacking

Snacking between meals is also bad for teeth unless you brush your teeth right after.

4. control

Visits to the dentist should be even: at least once a year. The fissure sealing is a technique for caries prevention is aimed at children from the appearance of the first permanent molars and up to the age of 14 (reimbursed by social security). It consists in filling cracks or grooves present on the top face of the molars. These hollow, inaccessible to the toothbrush, are ideal markers for bacteria and food debris

What plants against painful periods?

Painful periods, called "dysmenorrhea" by doctors, are very common before and / or during menstruation and generate localized pain in the lower abdomen. What are the plants that can bring relief to the many women who suffer during menstruation? 

Painful menstruation, dysmenorrhea and premenstrual syndrome 
Painful periods are typically part of PMS, set of symptoms presenting in 2-3 days approaching or menstruating fatigue, breast tenderness, irritability, headaches, bloating, etc. An estimated 50-80% of fertile women suffer, but with very varying intensity. 5 to 15% of them, are such that the symptoms interfere with daily life. Also note that PMS is more common in women leaving adolescence and entering menopause.

Severe pain, constant, abnormal bleeding. must see! 
If the pain during menstruation are extremely common and benign, but careful not to miss endometriosis, another gynecologic disorder, infection or an ectopic pregnancy. When in doubt, consult and in all cases when the pain is very intense, intensify, they last beyond the period of menstrual bleeding, but when accompanied by abnormal bleeding (superabundant between the rules).

Paracetamol versus aspirin 
Please note also, if take paracetamol is recommended to relieve pain, however, it is important not to take aspirin. By thinning the blood, aspirin may increase the amount of bleeding and length of rules. Namely, the doctor may simply suggest to change contraception (hormonal IUD, etc).

Plants that relieve menstrual pain 

Vitex to relieve premenstrual syndrome 
Because of its hormonal effects (on the secretion of prolactin and progesterone), dried chaste tree berry are used to relieve PMS and menstrual disorders (irregular rules absent, painful). In the absence of conclusive evidence, the European Medicines Agency considers "traditional" this use of chaste tree to relieve PMS. Attention hormonal effects of chaste tree and the need for treatment of 3-6 cycles to get the desired effects require a doctor's supervision, which will evaluate the cons-indications (breast cancer, hormone treatments, anti-Parkinson drugs, etc) .

Fennel, antispasmodic against menstrual pain 
Fennel contains fenchone, the substance that gives it particular antispasmodic used for digestive disorders, colic and painful periods. As dried fruit or essential oil, fennel also has a hormone-like effect. Prudence, fennel also contains potentially toxic substances, hence the recommendation not to exceed 7 g of dried fruit a day and limit treatment to two weeks maximum. In rare cases, fennel may cause allergic reactions. Finally, fennel-cons is indicated with the photosensitizing drug.

White willow 
Kittens white willow are used in the treatment of menstrual pain because they contain phytoestrogens, similar to female hormones. The effects, however, have not been scientifically validated.

Other useful plants against menstrual pain 
Yarrow, dill, wormwood common, milk thistle, turmeric, feverfew.

Rethink your lifestyle 
Finally, lifestyle account and can also help reduce period pain: a gentle, regular physical activity, eviction of alcohol and tobacco, a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables and omega-3 and limiting red meat and animal and industrial fats (trans fatty acids) and finally getting enough sleep and quality.