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hose of you who follow us on Facebook have most likely seen my recent posts about cas- tor oil and apple cider vinegar. I am obsessed! There is no other way to express it. I have always used Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar as a health tonic. I put one or two teaspoons in eight ounces of water and sip it throughout the day. Braggs is an organic, raw, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar, and I do not recommend using just any brand. It helps to raise the body’s pH, has antifungal and antimicrobial proper- ties and just makes you feel good.
I came across an article about sun spots, age spots and general skin conditions that suggested putting apple cider vinegar on your sun spots a few times a day with a cotton ball. Well, I am over 40 and have recently developed these pesky sun spots on my hands and it is driving me crazy. I have tried everything—microdermabrasion, lotions, creams—you name it. Anyway, I decided to leave some cotton balls and a bottle of apple cider vinegar on the kitchen counter and apply it a few times a day. I’m not even kidding when I say that in just three days they started to fade, and after a week they are almost completely gone! I am now slathering this stuff all over my face, my body and in my hair. (it’s a great hair conditioner. too). Even a few tiny moles I have are starting to shrink. Amazing, right? The drawback is that I smell like a sub sandwich. My husband isn’t quite sure what to make of me, but he really likes subs, so I guess it could be worse.
Debra Tucker
My other obsession is castor oil. I have noticed over the last few years that my eyelashes and eyebrows are thinning a bit (another sign of aging). Another article (hey, reading is a good thing) about castor oil described how it makes your eyelashes thicker and longer, so I bought a bottle from the health food store and started applying it every night. At first, I lost a few eyelashes and started to panic, thinking I had been duped by some seriously heinous Internet ruse. But, fingers crossed, I kept at it. After about two weeks, with only a few more hairs lost, I noticed a slightly bald section of eyelashes sprouting new baby hairs! Its been several weeks and my eyelashes are longer and thicker. I have no idea why this works, but it does.
So, here’s to natural remedies for health and beauty (and to reading about them)! If you have any tips of your own, please share them with me at
Publisher@NAHudson.com and I will be sure to pass them along for people to read (because I have this cool magazine here, you know)?
Health & Happiness,
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