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🥑AN AVOCADO A DAY...

The avocado is one of the healthiest fruits on the planet. It's also highly versatile, so it's perfect in any dish, from salads to desserts✨

🥑Here are some benefits of this magical fruit:

✨Useful fats.
Their abundance in avocados can help reduce the risk of heart attack and blood cholesterol levels.

✨Nutrients.
Avocados contain more than 20 minerals: vitamin C - 33%, E - 21%, B6 - 26%, K - 53%, copper - 19%, folic acid - 41%, potassium - 28%, pantothenic acid - 28%.

✨Burns fat.
The fruit contains the carbohydrate mannogeptulose (a sugar that inhibits the production of insulin and enhances the absorption of calcium). The more of this carbohydrate in the body, the faster a person loses weight.

✨More potassium than in bananas.
Potassium is responsible for muscle strength, normalization of the nervous and cardiovascular systems promotes cellular metabolism.

✨It improves blood circulation.
In other words, it strengthens memory, normalizes heart function, and gives a healthy complexion.

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#purelyon #avocado #avocadolover #avocado🥑 #avocadoaddict #avocadolife #healthyeats #healthyfoods #healthyhabits #goodhabbits #goodhabbit

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WHY LINEN?🤔🌾 (Pt.2)

There is no other fabric that can perfectly combine nature and comfort in a luxurious and at the same time minimalistic way more than LINEN.

🌾The advantages of linen over other fabrics:

✨Strength: linen is 30% stronger than cotton;
✨Well absorbs moisturе;
✨Dries out quickly;
✨Hypoallergenic;
✨Breathable;
✨Does not electrify;
✨Dense structure, thanks to which products retain their shape;
✨Environmentally friendly fabric: less water and chemicals are needed to produce linen.

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#purelyon #naturalhome #ecobrand #ecobrands #ecobranduk #linentowels #linentowelsforyou #linen #loveoflinen #smallbusinessmagic #consioushome #slowliving #harmonioushome

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🌾NATURAL FABRICS🌾

Benefits of natural fabrics:

✨contain no toxins or similar harmful substances
in most cases hypoallergenic
✨natural components are pleasing to the human skin
✨thanks to its structure, allow the skin to "breathe."

Plant origin fabrics💛

🌾Linen

✔️Environmental friendliness, the natural origin of raw materials is the key to this;
✔️In summer, linen helps you to cool, and in cold times it warms you ;
✔️Flax is a natural antiseptic.
✔️No static electricity on this material.

🌾Cotton

Cotton is a fiber that is obtained from a soft cotton flower. Its production is one of the least expensive, so the main advantage of cotton fabrics is the price.
Due to the structure of its fibers, the cotton fabric retains heat well in winter and does not let it in in summer. The fibers are also very soft and pleasant to the touch, so they will not cause irritation or discomfort when worn.

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#purelyon #naturalfibers #naturalfibres #naturalfabrics #naturalfiber #linen #linenfabric #linenfabric #naturalhealth #ecofriendlyswaps #ecoideas #ecofriendlylife #ecofriendlyliving

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Herbs are an ingredient that often come packaged in plastic and with the smaller quantities they are sold in, that waste can add up fast.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Our favourite solution for this? Grow and dry your own! It's actually far simpler than you may think and can yield enough herbs to keep you very well stocked!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Have you ever dried your own herbs?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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