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Eat fresh fruits. Consume sweet foods to build up the starch content in the skin.

Massage your face at least twice a week using rose water and glycerin. This will remove dry skin and will tone your skin.

Put some boric powder in kitchen in corners and other places. Cockroaches will leave your house.

To get the full flavor from walnuts, toast them lightly in a dry heavy skillet over medium heat.

Eat a lot of fresh fruits as they are a natural source of fiber, but avoid refined, processed, and fast foods.

Painless bleeding when passing stools is the most common symptom of internal hemorrhoids.

During cough, the patient should avoid meats, sugar, tea, coffee, condiments, pickles, refined and processed foods.

Rinse uncooked rice in a sieve under a cold running tap before cooking; this removes excess starch, so preventing the rice from becoming sticky.

Aniseed is another effective remedy for a hard dry cough with difficult expectoration. It breaks up the mucus.

Storing the nuts in the refrigerator (up to six months) or freezer (up to a year) can keep them from turning rancid.

Almonds are high in protein, having as much protein, ounce for ounce, as red meat, but without the cholesterol.

Blend apple juice with mashed fresh fruit, yogurt, and chopped ice to make a fruit smoothie.

Lemon juice will remove the remains of gum, adhesive tape, and other sticky tapes.

Mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 TBSP. six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria. The honey soothes the throat.

Try using milk instead of water when making pie crusts to make a more tender crust and to have it brown nicely.

Put a little butter in a kettle of potatoes to keep them from boiling over.

Add about 7 drops of lemon juice to 2 cups of whipping cream. It will make the cream beat up firm in about half the time.

Cocoa powder is most often used as a baking ingredient, and it is not sweetened. In fact, it is just chocolate liquor with the fat removed.

To remove gum from hair, rub it with peanut butter or cooking oil. This will release it.

Tomatoes add wonderful color, flavor, and texture to your favorite sandwich, salad, or omelet.

To cut very fresh bread and cake without crumbling, use a thin-bladed knife heated in hot water and then dried.

Egg whites will beat faster and higher if you add a pinch of salt.

Adding lemon juice to gravy that is too greasy, will make the grease disappear and add flavor to your gravy.

Clean your bedroom thoroughly and make it free from bronchial asthma causing allergen.

Citrus fruits, milk and milk products, vegetables like tomato, spinach are good for eye care and keep eyes healthy.