The squiggly guys in this article's cover image are Propionibacterium acnes. These bacteria live in low-oxygen conditions at the base of hair follicles all over your body. They mind their own business, eating cellular debris and sebum, the oily stuff secreted by sebaceous glands that help keep things moisturized. Everybody has P. acnes bacteria—which are commonly blamed for causing acne—but researchers took a bigger view and discovered P. acnes may also play a part in keeping your skin clear.
Thinking pasta is too heavy for your new diet? Think again. Pasta can provide a healthy meal rich in fiber and vitamins. Follow these steps to make healthier choices for your next pasta dinner.
Looking to make a nutritious change in your life? By choosing the right foods in the right amounts, you can reap rewards that will benefit you in all aspects of your life. In this tutorial, learn how to eat healthy and make positive changes in what you consume.
Pruning a rosebush removes old and dead growth, improving the health of the plant and making room for new buds.
The Motorola Droid Bionic has support for both corporate email and personal email accounts. If you want to setup either, take a look at this guide from Motorola on how to sign into your email on the Android smartphone so that you can start reading and sending new messages using Verizon Wireless's 4G network connection.
Still using those boring plastic coasters that you got at a sale at Ralph's? Add some personal style to the mix the next time you serve your friends some soda by making your own coasters!
In this video, we learn how to stop binge eating & get healthy. Food often acts like a buffer that helps people overcome their emotions. If you are not eating enough during the day, you will be more likely to binge eat at night when your body is most craving nutrients. Late night and dinner time is when the cravings and the binge patterns most occur. When you eat more during the day you will not want to binge at night because your body doesn't crave anything. Don't skip breakfast and eat a go...
In this video tutorial, we learn how to use the newly-implemented "download your information" feature on Facebook, the popular social networking website. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started downloading your own personal information from Facebook, take a look.
Your children need healthy snacks to start teaching them about living a healthy lifestyle, and this recipe is one that everyone can enjoy— not just the kids! Watch to learn a great way to make bruschetta with feta cheese, topped with tomato and fresh basil. It's a delicious Italian-style snack for anytime! This bruschetta is easy to make, healthy and really tasty! You can even change it up a bit.
Breastfeeding is the best way to keep most babies healthy. This requires a steady supply of breast milk. If your body doesn't produce enough breast milk to breastfeed your baby, watch this video for tips on increasing your breast milk production and keeping your baby healthy and happy.
Winter may not have all the sun of summer, but it is still murder on your skin. If your beauty routine is too harsh on your skin for winter, try these tips to winterize your beauty routine and keep your skin and hair healthy and vibrant all year.
In this video from Creative Tips, learn how to help increase your personal productivity and stop snoozing! As a freelancer, it is sometimes hard to remember to get up and going without a boss breathing down your neck. Follow these useful tips and stay productive throughout the entire day, even if you work from home. Make more money and see more success by following a few simple tips.
In this tutorial, learn how to use your Facebook Fan Page to comment and write on other people's walls like you would a personal account. Your fan page is linked to your personal page, and sometimes you don't want to use your real identity to write messages. Check out this clip and get the hang of a FB glitch that will allow you to "tag" your friends so you can write on their walls.
Looking for a way towards a healthier lifestyle? Add a side of vegetables every night to a lean protein and you'll be one step closer. In this video, founder of EcoWhale.com, Eric Talaska, demonstrates how to select and use a pressure cooker to prepare healthy steamed vegetables.
Companies spend millions on advertising every year, wouldn't it be great to get some of that money? Well you can. Adding ads to your personal blogs can really bring in revenue for an at home business, or just for yourself. This video will demonstrate and explain how to make money from your personal blog with ads.
Want to forget about always pulling out your credit card to purchase something on your BlackBerry? There's a little application that can do it all for you? But how? Best Buy has answers. The Best Buy Mobile team explains how to use the BlackBerry Wallet application. This application can store personal information such as credit card information and shipping addresses on a secure website for easy access when shopping online.
If you have bipolar disorder, treatment is vital to help you live a happy, healthy life. Luckily, manic depression and the mood swings that characterize this mental illness can be lessened with psychiatric help and medication.
Believe it: Your perfect pecs are a soup can away!
Even before getting pregnant, you can make some lifestyle changes to ensure a healthy baby and increase your chances of conception. If you've got pregnancy on your mind, here are our preconception primers!
When vending machines are your only midday eating option at work, how on earth do you manage to keep up a regimen of eating healthy? The answer is to watch this video, then choose your snack with a guilt-free grin!
Do you know what Vitamin B12 is? If you're feeling sleepy, your body will thank you for finding out!
Partial seizures begin in a limited area of the brain, but each is profoundly different.
Follow these top seven tips to effectively engage the elderly or disabled!
Discover the top ten tips for communicating effectively with the elderly and disabled.
This video will help you learn the basics of safe and considerate wheelchair operation.
Get ready to get "back" with a simple at-home squat.
Thiamine, aka Vitamin B1, keeps your body fully functioning and ready to move!
You need to re-stock your supplies of Vitamin B3 each and every day. But why?
There may be times when you actually need to or want to gain weight for one reason or the other. Weight gain can be an important part of recovering from illnesses or training for athletics. Learn some tips for buying foods for a weight gain diet in this healthy shopping how-to video.
Weight loss will occur naturally with healthy choices and exercise. So weight loss should start with a healthy metabolism. Learn how to get started losing weight from a registered dietician in this diet and health how-to video.
A beautiful lawn is a great accent for your home. This how to video teaches some greatt lawn care tips. Keep your lawn green and healthy with this great tutorial.
Luci Lock shows you how to prepare a quick, simple and healthy alternative to bottled fruit flavored water.
Even if you were born with luxurious flaxen strands so gorgeous they'd put spun gold to shame, it's still important to maintain a haircare routine that continually moisturizes and cleanses your strands to keep them in tip top shape.
Apple chai-der is a delicious blend of the two most delicious fall beverages, apple cider and chai tea. The drink starts off with regular apple cider, then kicks things up a notch with warm spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, and clove.
Want to whip up a delicious breakfast that's also low in fat and high in fiber? "Delicious" and "healthy" don't seem like they'd go together in the same sentence, but they certainly do when it comes to this recipe.
Casseroles don't have the best reputation. After all, they are a Thanksgiving table staple, and we all know that Thanksgiving foods aren't known for being the healthiest foods you can put into your mouth.
Veggie burger patties, or burger patties made of soy products and ground beans, are such a healthy alternative to your typical beef paties. But there's one big snatch: They taste like cardboard. If the taste factor is the one thing that's preventing you from eating these heart-healthy patties, then fret no longer.
The classic Indian dish chicken tikka masala is a great dish to make for your family tonight if you're looking for a healthy and delicious entree to serve. If you've never heard of it before, chicken tikka masala is a curry dish made with chicken chunks (tikka) and a creamy orange-red colored sauce.
It doesn't take a nutritionist to know that eating too much meat is not good for your body. From hormones added to the feed for cows and chickens to contamination from bacteria, it's a good idea to integrate lighter vegetable dishes into your diet on a regular basis.
Fries are such a killer food. They're beloved as the favorite "vegetable" of kids and adults everywhere, yet they are one of the absolute worst foods you can eat if you want to, you know, live past 40, containing high levels of saturated and trans fats that clog your arteries and lead to lots of gnarly diseases.
