How To Make Organic Shampoo With Green Tea And Aloe Vera?

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Green tea is good for health and aloe vera is good for skin but do you know that a combination of both can make a great haircare product? It will be your DIY shampoo that you can make at home if you drink green tea and have aloe vera in your kitchen garden.

But never mind if you don’t drink green tea and nor have aloe vera plant at home. And there’s little need to use fresh tea bags as you can use used tea bags.

Let’s start

• Take 200 ml of fresh water in a pan and put a used bag of green tea in it. Allow the tea bag to boiling for 25 minutes.

• Remove the pan from gas after the said time and let it cool. Add 200 ml of a good quality liquid soap to the boiled water and some aloe vera gel extracted from plant leaves. Also, add 1 tsp of olive oil to the boiled water.

• For fragrance, you can add a few drops of essential oils like lavender or rose to the solution. Since the mixture is free from chemicals found in commercial shampoos, you won’t require a conditioner after washing your hair with green tea.

• Simply rinse the shampoo through your hair and wash with cold water to get clean hair. Also, you can keep the DIY shampoo in a bottle for future use.

If you don’t drink green tea or have aloe vera at home, you can buy aloe vera plant and green tea bags to make DIY shampoo.

Disclaimer: Take care while mixing ingredients as the quality of the shampoo would depend on the concentration. Also, be careful of the side effects.… Find more

Which Fiber Should You Take More – Soluble Or Insoluble?

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Soluble Or Insoluble fiber

Dietary fibers that pass through the digestive system without breaking down are part of plant-based food items. But they are categorized into two broad types – soluble and insoluble – for convenience of understanding their functions.

Soluble fiber dissolves in water as it is made largely of plant pectin and gums. But insoluble fiber doesn’t because it contains plant cellulose and hemicellulose. Also, most plant contains both types of fibers but their amount varies from one plant to another.

Fiber is important for a healthy digestive system and many other benefits

Advantages of soluble and insoluble fibers

Fiber makes a healthy diet and both types of fibers are great for a healthy gut and digestive system. But soluble and insoluble fibers work differently.

Soluble fiber makes a gel after dissolving in water and this gel has plenty of health benefits like improved digestion, reducing cholesterol level and checking blood glucose. And improved control over blood glucose will prevent development of diabetes.

Insoluble fiber adds water to stool so that it becomes softer and passes without putting any stress on the bowel movement. It improves bowel health by making it regular. Also, it improves insulin sensitivity and could prevent diabetes.

Dietary fiber is good for your gut and it can give many benefits, if taken in the right amount. But researchers are still exploring the health benefits of taking dietary fibers.

Here’re some of the biggest health benefits of dietary fibers

• Weight loss
• Prevent hypertension
• Balance cholesterol level
• Prevent hemorrhoids by regulating bowel movement
• Control blood sugar
• Regulate sanitation signals of the body
• Lowers risk of colon cancer, breast cancer and diabetes

If you increase your dietary food intake by two servings of the whole grain food, you can lower your risk of type … Find more