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 "Woman Hunza never go for her sweet
where not grow apricots. " Saying Hunza peoples.
Once, a few years ago, I caught my eye a curious publication, describing the amazing Hunza tribe, who lives in the mountains, somewhere between India and Pakistan
. And amazing it is because the average life expectancy of inhabitants - 120 years, though they look very young and attractive to the very elderly
. And, as suspected, scientists who are interested in this phenomenon, the reason for this longevity and health in the diet, which occupy the lion's share of apricots in any form: fresh, dried, dried
. It is interesting that the people of Hunza Valley, in contrast to the neighboring peoples, looks very similar to the Europeans, and the legend are the descendants of soldiers of Alexander the Great, of whom settled in these parts
. Hunza bathe in icy water, even at 15-degree frost, up to a hundred years, play outdoor games, 40-year-old women they look like a girl of 60 years, keep the harmony and elegance of the figures, and in 65 years still have children
. In the summer they eat raw fruits and vegetables in the winter - sun-dried apricots and proraschёnnymi grains, sheep's cheese
.
The study of ethnic Hunza continues to this day, and probably not only apricots so beneficial to the health and appearance of the members of this small community - the mountain air, the melt water, a healthy lifestyle and a very moderate diet (in fact, except for apricots there often is nothing), but nevertheless, food apricots - not the last factor in the complex influences.
 So what is so useful apricot?
APRICOT
- The tree of the family Rosaceae. It grows in the wild in Central Asia and the Caucasus, the southern regions of Russia and Ukraine. The gardens are grown south of cultural forms - large, sweet and fragrant. Fruits apricot contain large amounts of ascorbic acid, vitamin B, F, provitamin A, which imparts the orange color of the fruit pulp. The fruit also contains iron, silver, sugar, carotene, bioflavonoids, organic acids, many minerals, particularly potassium. In the dried apricots (dried apricots, dried apricots), the sugar content reaches 80%.
Apricot and women benefit
Avicenna, has noticed a special value to an apricot female and called it "feminine" fruit. Apricot is ideal for power supplies (incidentally, a good agent for weight loss), and a nutrient masks: for skin and hair.
Apricot contains a large number of pro-vitamin A (and this silky smooth skin and thick, shiny healthy hair) and the B vitamins, vitamin PP, mineral compounds, iron, calcium, potassium and phosphorus.
Avicenna recommended to introduce apricots in the ointment for the treatment of rashes, and drink the broth flavored apricots with the bad smell of sweat.
But, more often, apricots used for making masks, connecting them with cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt, milk powder and oatmeal.
Apricot Mask
Mask of apricot juice
Fresh juice apricot wet the layer of cotton cloth or gauze, folded in several layers, slightly wring out and apply on cleansed face. As dry cloth should be re-moisten the juice. The procedure lasts 15-20 minutes At the end rub the face with a cotton swab. It is recommended to do such a mask 2-3 times a week. They are suitable for any skin, if there is no pustules.
Mask of apricot and lemon juice
Pulp two apricots mixed with one tablespoon of lemon juice. The resulting mass is put on face for 20 minutes, covering the top with gauze. Rinse with water. It recommended for all skin types.
The mask of apricot with sunburn
Fresh apricots peel, pound into mush. Mush apply on face and neck for 20-30 minutes. The eyelids and the skin under the eyes to mask grease with a nourishing cream. For dry, dehydrated skin with pigmentation spots - before applying the mask is useful to wipe the face with olive or corn oil and make a hot compress for 5-7 minutes of infusion of chamomile. Wash off the mask with warm water. The procedure is recommended 2-3 times a week. Excellent softens and soothes sensitive, irritated and sun-burnt skin.
The mask of apricot with curd for dry skin
Pulp apricot mixed in equal proportions (one tablespoon) with cream cheese or sour cream. Apply mask on face for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with water at room temperature.
Tonic mask for dry and aging skin of the apricot juice and semolina
Two tablespoons of warm semolina, boiled in milk until the consistency of thick cream, mix with egg yolk, honey (1 teaspoon), salt (half a teaspoon) add 2-3 tablespoons of fresh juice of apricot and apply on face for 20 minutes. Mask tones normal, dry and aging skin flabby.
The mask of egg white and apricot with oily skin
Apricot pulp mixed with beaten egg white and apply on the skin.
Rejuvenating and moisturizing facial mask
Mix two tablespoons of apricot pulp, 5 cherries without skin and bones, a small piece of banana and semolina soaked with boiling water until thick sour cream. If you have oily skin, instead of semolina better use of oat groats.
Softening Mask heels
Triturated with apricot skins into mush, add the sour cream in a ratio of 2 parts to 1 part apricot cream, a tablespoon of olive oil, stir. Then take two cellophane bags, to impose the mixture, put in a bag on the leg and relax watching TV or reading a book. 20 minutes of such relaxation will ensure softness and smoothness of the heels.
Apricot shampoo
In summer you can try to wash your hair homemade shampoo home of strawberry and apricot. On the cup (200g) apricot pulp take 6 large strawberries, mix it all in a blender until smooth, grind the rice (about 100-150 grams) to a state of coarse flour or grits-sliced. Soak the rice in boiling water. Then add it to fruit mixture and mix again.
This mixture should wash hair as usual with shampoo while massaging the scalp. Fig perfectly absorbs grease, dirt and cleans hair, moisturize and add fruit elasticity and shine. After washing, rinse your hair with apple cider vinegar. Figure fairly easily washed out of hair, even the long and wavy.
Apricot and Coffee Scrub
Pulp apricot be mixed with milled apricot seeds, a tablespoon of honey and add a spoonful of black coffee (instant, ground, and better - coffee grounds). Scrub ready. You can use it for the whole body. Well cleanses the skin, gives it a soft, velvety and subtle natural flavor.
 Even in winter, when fresh fruit not, you can not deny myself the apricot cosmetics. To prepare the masks can be used canned apricots. For the preservation of the fruit in cosmetics recipe is simple: in a glass of apricot pulp add two tablespoons of sorbitol dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water, or 2 tablespoons of glycerin. The mixture must be stored in a tightly sealed glass container in the refrigerator.
Well, for food, beverage preparation, for example, Hunza, use dried apricots, desirable, of course, is not a beautiful apricots from supermarkets, treated with chemicals for an attractive appearance and a natural product, dried in a clean place under the life-giving sunlight.
Hunza served us a wonderful example of how one can live long, disease-free, preserving youthfulness. And let our living conditions can not be compared with a calm, measured life a little tribe in the mountains, but some of their experiences and we can adopt: first, there is a smaller, second - to enrich the diet Apricots!
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