INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It's important your skin is as hydrated and healthy as possible when you go into the polishing process. To help with this, up your water intake. Aim to drink anywhere between 10 to 12 glasses of water a day. Do this for about a week before you plan to polish your skin. Vitamin E and A can help with your overall skin health. While you work your way up to the skin polishing, eat things like wheat germ, soy, nuts, eggs, and yellow, orange, and dark green vegetables. This will help your skin tolerate the polishing well. In order to keep your skin healthy and also diminish signs of wear or aging, it is important to moisturize each day immediately following your shower or bath.  This helps keep your skin extra smooth and in optimal condition for polishing. Be sure to use a body oil or lotion daily that is dermatologist recommended. If you would prefer something less processed, try some of the following:  Olive oil Unpasteurized and unfiltered coconut oil Shea Butter Soap is alkaline in nature and, especially for sensitive skin, can cause irritation, flaking, and cracking of the skin. To prime your skin for polishing, avoid soap. Go for non-soap cleansers instead or simply rinse off unwanted dirt and debris with water.

SUMMARY: Up your water intake before polishing. Eat foods rich in vitamin E and A. Moisturize daily. Go soap-free.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Each diet plan may require you to change some habits, stop others and possibly begin new habits.  Make a list of all the things you're going to change and slowly begin incorporating them each day.  Give yourself set, timed goals.  Having a deadline to stick to will help motivate you to start and stay on track with your new diet plan. Making small changes over a longer-period of time is easier to do and you're more likely to stick with the program. It may also be helpful to keep a journal.  You can track your progress, your challenges and successes as you transition to your new diet plan. No matter which diet plan you choose, make sure your home and work environments are set up to support your new eating plan.  A good start would be to clean out your refrigerator, freezer and pantry.  Make sure any junk food or treats are removed so that you don't have any temptations. Also have other activities or hobbies that you enjoy outside of food.  When a craving hits, it is helpful to have a project to distract you and keep you on track. If your diet plan suggests focusing on certain types of foods (like lean protein or 100% whole grains) or certain products (like protein shakes or bars), take a trip to the grocery store to stock up on those items.  If your kitchen is full of healthy options, you'll be less tempted to stray from your new plan.  Purchase foods that are healthy swaps for your favorite treats.  If you love a sweet treat after dinner, try keeping fruit, quality dark chocolate (80% cocoa and above with no artificial ingredients), or low fat yogurts on hand when a craving strikes. It may also be helpful to purchase portion-controlled plastic containers.  It makes brown-bagging lunch easy and convenient. Some diet plans may also suggest measuring portions with a food scale or measuring cups.  Food scales are relatively inexpensive and are easy tool to measure exact portions.

SUMMARY: Write out your plan of action. Set up a healthy environment. Purchase necessary foods and products.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There's truth in the old saying that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. If you see something that looks like a great bargain or amazing opportunity, try to figure out what the catch might be.  There are great bargains and amazing opportunities available online. However, they aren't usually thrown in your face and you're not usually pressured to take them. This also applies to "get rich quick" schemes online. Typically, these scams claim that you can make a lot of money working from home for just a few hours a day. Remind yourself that if this were true, everyone would be doing it. While there may be a few people making a lot of money that way, the bulk of people in online marketing and other programs do not. Read the fine print to figure out what you're really getting into. For example, if something is offered "for free" but you have to provide a credit card number, it might be that the first month is free and your credit card is automatically charged a subscription fee each month afterward. These subscriptions can be extremely difficult (if not impossible) to cancel. If a business is legitimate, you'll be able to find information about it online. Any business operating above-the-board with an internet offer will also have a digital footprint. Do a general google search to get information about the company or website, including its location and reputation.  Pay close attention to reviews. If an ad on social media has 100 comments from people saying the offer in the ad is a scam, report the ad and scroll on. Even if a "great deal" isn't necessarily a scam, the company may be offering inferior products or services they're trying to pass off as high quality. Reviews will tell you if their customers were satisfied. Many offers claim to be affiliated with major brands you already know and trust. They may have a name similar to the brand or claim to be a subsidiary of that brand. Search for the actual brand or company and see if the offer you've seen is mentioned at all on the company's real website.  You can double-check brands mentioned by copying the text and pasting it into a document. Then change the font to see if the scammer used different letters or numbers to make it look like a famous brand name when it's actually something completely different. For example, a scammer might offer huge discounts on "lkea" furniture. But when you copy and paste the text into a document, you find out they used a lower-case L in place of the upper-case I. If the offer you're looking at has contact information, see if it matches the contact information on the company's real website. An address in another country, a PO box, or "customer service" numbers that don't match are potential red flags that the offer is a scam. Scam artists typically want you to make a decision quickly without thinking about it. They know that if you conduct a little research or reason through it, you'll come to the conclusion that the offer is a scam. They want to close the deal as quickly as possible before you figure that out.  If you see something only being offered for a limited time, it might be a scam. This is especially likely if you see a ticking clock somewhere on the page counting down the minutes you have to respond to the offer. Close the page, delete cookies from your web browser, then reload the page. You'll see that the clock has reset. They may also claim supplies are extremely limited. The ad might say something like "only 3 spaces left for this seminar" or "down to the last 4 products." These tactics are designed to make you hurry to grab the last of something before it's no longer available.

SUMMARY:
Ask yourself if the offer seems too good to be true. Research the background of the company or website. Search for the company's real website yourself. Take your time to decide about online transactions.