Porridge – a source of beauty and health

According to the existing representations, residents of the Foggy Albion begin every morning with a plateau of liquid porridge (poridzh) and are obliged to it by freshness of skin, youthful appearance and symmetry of a figure. Most likely, this exaggeration - not all modern British and Englishwomen so adhere to tradition to have breakfast porridge, but those who do it, undoubtedly bring huge benefit to the organism and really look attractively and feel perfectly. By the way, in Russia oat kissels too were always very popular both as remedy, and as the food product giving strength, youth and beauty. Than porridge is so useful what around it there were legends?

First, oats in itself – a powerful power source and vital force. It contains various proteins, a large amount of cellulose, manganese, magnesium and selenium, calcium, silicon, potassium, iron and a set of different vitamins. Besides, oats – the real champion on the content of zinc, chrome, vitamins of the B and F group. All these substances are necessary for an organism for maintenance of normal level of sugar and cholesterol in blood, normalization of weight and clarification of vessels from atherosclerotic plaques, removal from an organism of excess liquid, thereby, reducing hypostases. In traditional medicine oats long since are considered one of the best means for removal of slags from an organism, restoration of a normal warm rhythm. Our ancestors used oats also for strengthening of nerves, at depressions, weakness and nervous breakdown. Hippocrates glorified oats as remedy at exhaustion and weakness of an organism in due time and advised to drink infusion or broth of this cereal instead of tea.

It has ability to bring out of an organism harmful substances therefore it is very useful to restoration of an organism after long reception of medicamentous means and alcohol.

Useful infusion is prepared so: the crude and not pickled oats grind in the coffee grinder, fill in a thermos and fill in with boiled water at the rate of 1 tablespoon on 1 glass of boiled water. Draw curative drink of 12 hours, filter and drink.

Recent researches showed that fibers of oats contain very important element for decrease in level of harmful cholesterol - beta glucan. Use 3 gr. soluble fibers of oats help to reduce cholesterol level by 8-23% at people with its high content. Such amount of fibers is in a plate of oat flakes or "Oat-flakes". Cellulose from oat flakes helps to support the normal level of sugar in blood. Therefore it is useful not only is porridge, but also to add oatmeal at baking of bread.

Porridge and for normal work of an enterogastric path is very good. Liquid porridge is prescribed those who have problems with digestion, and all of us perfectly know how our appearance depends on normal work of these bodies! But, that the effect was more noticeable, porridge has to be liquid as kissel. If to trouble that was friable, such medical action will not be.

How to enter porridge into the diet? It can be porridge with nuts, dried fruits or fresh fruit. It is possible to add oatmeal when baking bread, it is possible to bake pancakes and gingerbreads from oats and also to put a few oat flakes in salads, in soups, to cook kissels on the basis of porridge.

French salad of beauty
1 tablespoons of oat flakes, 3 tablespoons of boiled water, 1 apple (best of all green), 1 h a honey spoon, 1 tablespoon of cream or 2 tablespoons of milk, juice of a half of a lemon (it is possible to replace with any sour juice), 1 tablespoon of the crushed walnuts, a cinnamon pinch (any variations are possible).

To wet oat flakes in boiled water at several o'clock (it is possible for the night), to add all these components, to mix carefully.

It is difficult to overestimate value of products from oats for health and beauty of skin. Oats extracts, thanks to the unique properties to accelerate cellular division, to regenerate the damaged fabrics, to strengthen barrier function of skin, to have anti-inflammatory effect, use in professional medical cosmetics. They are applied at production of creams, gels and ointments to treatment of skin diseases atopic dermatitis, kseroz, eczema and other skin troubles.

External application of oats as it appeared, yields amazing results. The silicon which is contained in oats interferes with formation of wrinkles, magnesium strengthens a collagenic framework of skin (collagen – the main structural substance), and sulfur is an important element for a metabolism of hair and nails.

• Face and neck toner from mint and oat flakes

2 teaspoons with the hill of young leaves of mint, 4 tablespoons of shredded porridge, 60 ml of boiled water.

To add boiled water to porridge and to knead before receiving dense homogeneous mass. To small cut mint leaves. To add mint to oat weight. To use as the refreshing mask which removes insignificant irritations of skin.

This structure can be used also for skin of a neck and a body.

• Face pack

To take one tablespoon of oat flakes. We add on one tablespoon of freshly squeezed orange juice, tomato juice, lemon juice and a little bit some milk. To pound before receiving homogeneous mass. We put the received gruel on a face for 20 minutes. Then we wash away.

Skin becomes smooth and shines.

• A mask both for hands, and for the person, and for a decollete

Slightly we fill in two tablespoons of porridge with boiled water that porridge bulked up. We add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Everything is ready. We apply gruel on hands. We put on cellophane gloves. From above there are mittens.

• The Aromapiling on an oat basis

Very small ground porridge (crush in the coffee grinder and sift through a strainer) and jojoba oil is used. Zavart and to leave 1 teaspoon of porridge a small amount of boiled water for a minute to steam out. To add 1 teaspoon of jojoba oil and essential oil (a lavender, mint Japanese, a pink tree, a camomile, not roles - you choose depending on skin type) to the steamed-out warm porridge to Mix and put on the cleaned face, avoiding area around eyes and lips, for 10 minutes.

Then massage a face on massage lines finger-tips and wash away water of room temperature. Such peeling improves blood circulation and purifies skin, deletes the died-off cages of its top layer. It adds to skin healthy gloss, softens and moistens it, bleaches, and at regular application levels color, clarifies non-uniform pigmentation.

At all procedures an indispensable condition – good mood and belief that everything will turn out!