* Mineral supplements are wonderful for cats. You can find cat-specific supplements in natural food or pet stores. Be sure to always follow advice of your veterinarian.

* Keep your cat comfy with his own soft and warm "cat bed."

* For a healthful and lengthy life, always keep up with vaccinations.

The following holistic aromatherapy recipes will complete your cat's healthy living regime. Please note, you should NOT spray directly on cat, but rather a bit on his bed or around cat in order to create a fine mist. Just one time spray is enough. Be sure to follow specific use instructions listed immediately after ingredients for each blend.

******** Deter Household Fleas ******** 15 drops of Peppermint

Pour essential oil into a 30 ml spritzer bottle filled with water. Spray bed and all other infected areas.

* Use a special flea treatment recommended by your veterinary to treat your cat himself.

******** Control Cat Odor ******** -10 ml of Lemon -5ml of Lavender -5ml of Pine

Pour essential oils into a 30 ml spritzer filled with water. Spray around house regularly and on infected areas. This blend works especially well for urine odor.

******** Ease Coughs, Coriza, Typhus ******** -5 ml of Eucalyptus -5 ml of Pine -1 ml of Tea Tree

Pour essential oils into a 30 ml spritzer filled with water. Gently spray your cat and then around apartment or house. The therapeutic mist will help strengthen your cat's immune system, heal existing ailments and purify air.

******** Combat Lethargy ******** -4 drops of Rosemary -5 drops of Lavender

Pour essential oils into a 10 ml bottle and then add organic vegetable oil to fill. Anoint spine of your cat and then pour a few drops into palm of your hands. Place your hand under your cat's nose and allow him to breathe in aroma.

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This has far reaching benefits for all women of all age group .

DRINK TWO THREE LITERS (FOUR TO FIVE PINTS) OF WATER EVERY DAY

Water helps fiber in your food to swell and perform its duties. It also helps to metabolize other nutrients from your food, keep your skin and hair healthy and prevent your body from becoming dehydrated.

TRY NOT TO DRINK MORE THAN THREE CUPS OF COFFEE, TEA OR COLA .

All such drinks contain caffeine, which inhibit absorption of vitamins and minerals from gut, causes your body to excrete vital nutrients and interferes with fluid and energy balance mechanisms in your body. Caffeine also causes your body to be stimulated in an artificial way, which in long run has opposite effect of supressing your performance and general feeling of well

INCLUDES SOME ‘GOOD’ BACTERIA IN YOUR DAILY DIET, IN THE FORM OF ‘LIVE’ YOGURT CONTAINING BIFIDUS AND ACIDOPHILUS

A small pot of ‘bio’ yogurt a day should help to keep a healthy balance of good and bad bacteria in your gut. If you don’t like or are unable to eat live yogurt, seek advice of your dietician

TRY TO EAT REGULARLY AND IDEALLY NOT LEAVE YOUR STOMACH EMPTY FOR MORE THAN FOUR TO FIVE HOUR

This helps to keep your gut functioning effectively. Regular eating helps your gut maintain a steady supply of digestive enzymes, protects it from excess acid secretion and enables it to metabolize food in most efficient way, to keep your energy level and moods on an even keel

KEEP YOUR ALCOHOL INTAKE MODERATE

Some drinks, especially young red wines such as Beaujolais, contain anti-oxidant vitamins and minerals, which can help to reduce risk of heart disease and some cancers. Beers and Champagnes can also provide beneficial nutrients. Drinking can be a very pleasurable part of a healthy lifestyle, but drinking to excess can cause liver damage, mood and energy-balance problems. Try not to drink on an empty stomach as this can cause your blood sugar levels to crash.

FOOD COMBINING/SEPARATING

The issue of whether you should eat proteins and carbohydrates at same meal is one that regularly crops up in media. Some diet consultants feel strongly that proteins and carbohydrates should be separated, and advocate that proteins should be eaten only with vegetables and fruit, not mixed with carbohydrates. Many people feel that their body functions better if they out this into practice; it is commonly known as food combining. From physiological and nutritional viewpoint, proteins (meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese, nuts, pulses) provide body with amino acids, used as building blocks within muscles and other tissues. Carbohydrates provide energy and fiber. If you eat proteins on their own, without carbohydrate present, protein can be broken down into energy, rather than used for building body tissue. Proteins also have other important functions to perform in maintaining body health and carbohydrates protect proteins, enabling them to fulfill these functions.

The choice is yours, but there is no physiological reasoning behind food combining. I believe that food is there to be enjoyed. Women should not have to agonize over whether they are ‘allowed’ to eat certain things at certain times.

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