Back to Basics (For Health and Beauty!)

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Or, to prepare a facial mask for oily skin, combine one tablespoon of baking soda with three tablespoons of unprocessed bran (an abrasive). Add just enough water to make a paste, and apply the mixture to your face. Leave it on for 15 minutes, then wash it off . . . using either lukewarm water or a weak astringent.

Some people like to employ baking soda, dissolved in water, as an antacid. Because of its considerable sodium content, however, this remedy should never be used by people with high blood pressure, or by others on a low-salt diet. Prolonged internal consumption of the home medication has also been known to promote kidney stones and worsen bladder infections.

SIMPLIFY FOR QUALITY (AND ECONOMY!)

More and more people have, of late, begun to question the wisdom of buying "convenience" . . . particularly in the form of today's highly processed, expensively packaged, and extravagantly promoted foods. And, while feeding your family such things as healthful home-baked bread (instead of the spongy material that goes by that name in supermarkets) is certainly a step in the right direction, don't forget that a little do-it-yourself energy and a few pure ingredients can go a long way toward replacing the overpriced preparations in your medicine chest and on your dressing table, too!

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