LENA BLOG

Top 10 excuses for not drinking water: I don’t get thirsty. I don’t like the way water tastes. It makes me have to go to the bathroom—a lot. I forget to drink it. I don’t sweat, so I don’t need much water. I’ve never been a water drinker, and I’m doing fine without it. It makes me feel bloated. When I walk around, my stomach sounds like a washing machine. (Someone actually told me this!) I don’t have time to drink all the water I need to. The water in my city doesn’t taste good, and I don’t want to buy water. What are your excuses? People have many reasons for not drinking enough water, but I hope you will forgo these—regardless—and drink mor e water! Perhaps you have the best of intentions yet still don’t seem to get enough water in the day. For some helpful ideas to get more water down in the course of your day, see: Tips to help you Drink More Water!   Quick Tip to have fresh lemon juice at the ready—always (for a little zest in y...

I love lemons, lemon juice, and my little electric fruit juicing machine I purchased many years ago. I have a real juicer, but the machine I’m talking about just juices fruit. It’s super easy and not a pain to clean like a real juicer. Since I love to have real lemon juice squeezed into my water, or in tea, or when I make the Master Cleanser drink (lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper), I pretty much always have lemons in my kitchen. I’m also lazy, or perhaps it’s because I’m practical. No matter, I simply don’t love juicing 1/2 of a lemon, leaving the other half sitting around (no doubt losing potency) as well as having to constantly clean my little fruit juicer. So I came up with a great idea (I am sure I’m not the first): putting fresh squeezed lemon juice into ice trays, then freezing for future use. That I am not the inventor of this was evidenced by the amount of photos of lemon juice in ice cube trays when I went searching for a photo for this article, ...

Donna has blackheads on her nose and rarely gets whiteheads. She experiences most of her breakouts in the hollows of her cheeks. She complains of oily eyelids. Other than her normal daily routine, she uses a peel-off mask now and then. For breakfast, she has oatmeal or cereal, and sometimes a bagel and eggs. On a normal work day, she has fast food for lunch. The sugar she knows she eats comes in the form of muffins, which is just like cake in terms of sugar content—no matter how healthy they may appear to be. Donna says she is “very constipated.” Donna used Proactiv for three months; then she said it stopped working. This is something a lot of people have told me. But I will say this: No matter what regime you are using product-wise, if you don’t change your eating habits, there is no guarantee your skin troubles will exit your life. Donna’s case is actually easy to help. She wasn’t really aware of how much sugar she was getting just by eating cereal and muffins, which ...