Determining Factors in Children’s Weight Problems

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pictures.directnews.co.uk/liveimages/children%20with%20congenital%20heart%20disease%20are%20more%20likely%20to%20be%20overweight_3265_800245189_0_0_7075181_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://pictures.directnews.co.uk/liveimages/children%20with%20congenital%20heart%20disease%20are%20more%20likely%20to%20be%20overweight_3265_800245189_0_0_7075181_300.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As more and more Americans become overweight, we are seeing our poor choices as adults being passed on to our children. There are three main factors that increase the risk of obesity in our children.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Poor diet. If you are unsure about how to develop <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">a healthy diet</span> for your child, consult your doctor or a dietitian. Children grow and develop rapidly and their nutritional needs differ from yours. <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">A diet that works</span> for you may not be right for your child.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lack of exercise. How does your child use free time – riding a bike and playing outside, or sitting in front of the computer or television? And how do you as parents spend your free time? Parents play a key role in their children’s attitude toward physical activity. The earlier you start adding fitness to your family routine, the more readily the kids will accept it as a normal part of <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">family life</span>.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="float: right; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 10px 0pt 10px 10px;"> <ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins></ins> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Genetics. Take a look at yourself and your child’s other parent and grandparents. Are several members of your family overweight? Your child may be genetically predisposed to put on excess weight. This genetic tendency is realized in an environment where high-calorie food is always available and opportunities for activity are scarce.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Among the most important things we can do for our children are teaching them to eat sensibly and exercise regularly. This will give them the best chance for a long, disease free life in spite of their genetic tendencies.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If we as parents do not act in the best interest of our children’s health, the effects can be devastating. The resulting issues can include low self-esteem and bullying, behavior and learning problems and depression. Not to mention the health risks associated with being overweight such as sleep apnea, asthma and diabetes. If your child’s weight problems persist into adulthood, they will have a greater chance of developing other life-threatening conditions such as heart disease or cancer.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Let us foster our children’s natural inclination to run around, explore and eat only when hungry (not out of boredom), and a healthy weight should take care of itself</span>

Determining Factors in Children’s Weight Problems

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What Everybody Ought to Know About Water

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fauzanfadli.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/water2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://fauzanfadli.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/water2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Many people don’t stop to consider that most waters available to us in the West are dead and acidic.  Municipal water travels through pipes and various systems that manipulate the electrical properties and chemically taint the water with up to 90 legally allowable chemicals and contains chlorine and chlorine by-products which have been linked to bladder, breast, and other cancers.  Municipal water generally has no energy value (ORP), little oxygen and is not easily absorbed. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The bottled water that has been enjoying such popularity for the last couple of decades is also dead and is usually quite acidic, which adds to the problem of acidic toxin buildup.  Over 40% of bottled water is from purified, filtered municipal water and some bottled waters are more contaminated than municipal water.  Plastic bottles can also leach dioxin, a known carcinogen, and other chemicals into the fluid contents.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Why is this important to you?  Most people have acidic bodies due to accumulated acidic waste from food, drinks, lack of rest, stress, and pollution that is not completely disposed of by their systems.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="float: right; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 10px 0pt 10px 10px;"> <ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins></ins> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Consider that when people are born, their bodies are predominantly alkaline. During the normal process of growth, through eating habits, and everyday activities, the human body acquires and stores excess acid waste that may build up to alarming levels and begin to destroy body tissues and organs. These acid wastes deplete their bodies of much needed oxygen and create an environment conducive to the growth of discomfort and disease.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When cells dehydrate, they put into motion the catabolic phase which includes muscle wasting, cell hypoxia (oxygen starvation), DNA damage, and accelerated aging.  As a result, the cell becomes more sensitive to free radicals and more susceptible to viruses and autoimmune diseases. Virtually all symptoms of aging can be traced to cellular dehydration accompanied by free radical damage.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Although it isn’t ideal, our bodies do have a way of dealing with all this acid: neutralization. The body plays a clever trick and leaches (removes) calcium and magnesium (alkaline minerals) from our bones and organs to help offset the over-acidification.  Another clever trick our bodies use is to store the acid that can’t be eliminated or neutralized as solid waste, also known as fat.  This is another defense mechanism our bodies use to actually save our lives in the absence of a healthier way to deal with acidic toxin buildup.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As acidic toxins build up in our bodies, the result is often inflammation in one form or another such as joint stiffness and pain, swelling, gout, acid reflux, fatigue, ‘brain fog’, low-energy, constipation, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD12">weight gain</span>, etc.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Alkaline ionized water, with its strong antioxidant and super absorption properties due to its much smaller molecular structure, helps extinguish the fires of acidity and inflammation <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11">and aids</span> in restoring cellular membranes to their former flexible and permeable state. This allows your cells to once again become more easily hydrated, nourished, oxygenated and healthy. As cells become healthier and less congested, they once again take up the insulin and sugar more efficiently and sugar levels remain lower and more stable in the bloodstream.  Oxygen is also more efficiently distributed throughout your body.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div style="float: right; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 10px 0pt 10px 10px;"> <ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"><ins id="aswift_1_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins></ins> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Improved cellular hydration also results in a reduction of cell acidy, enhanced immunity, increased <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7">fat burning</span>, DNA repair, and increased resistance to viruses. </strong>The proper use of antioxidant alkaline water is the single most important thing that one can do for his or her health.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><em style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Drink alkaline ionized water for 7-10 days and see the results for yourself. Call Tina Smith at 951-505-0502 for a free two-week supply. </em>

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Who ensures the safety of dietary supplements?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://image.made-in-china.com/2f1j00fBqtIMeoCjku/Dietary-Supplement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://image.made-in-china.com/2f1j00fBqtIMeoCjku/Dietary-Supplement.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dietary supplements include any products taken by mouth that contain a “dietary ingredient” intended to supplement the diet. This would include vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, amino acids and concentrates, metabolites, constituents, and extracts of these substances. Dietary supplements are not classified or considered to be drugs. </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">By law, manufacturers are responsible for ensuring their supplements are safe before they are marketed. Unlike drug products, dietary supplements are not reviewed by the government before being made available to the consumer.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On January 04, 2011, President Obama signed the <i>Food Safety Modernization Act</i> into law.</div><div style="float: right; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 10px 0pt 10px 10px;"><ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins><br /><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This measure imposes significant changes in our food safety laws and mandates preventive measures by farmers, manufacturers and distributors, providing increased inspections. The law also provides the FDA with greater authority to regulate the industry. An important part of the law allows the FDA to recognize accredited third party inspection and certification programs for imported products, which has presented a challenge for our food safety authorities in the USDA and FDA.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Is there a National Standard for dietary supplements?</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes. NSF International, one of several independent organizations, has developed a national standard, NSF/ANSI Standard 173. Companies that manufacture and distribute dietary supplements can participate in an independent testing and verification program, which is based on this standard. This program protects consumers by testing for contaminants and then verifies that what’s stated on the label is what’s actually in the bottle.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Federal law requires labels on dietary supplement products contain the following information:</div><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li>Statement of identity</li><br /><li>Net quantity of contents</li><br /><li>Directions for use</li><br /><li>Supplement Facts Panel, listing serving size, amount, and active ingredient</li><br /><li>Other ingredients in descending order of predominance</li><br /><li>Name and place of business of manufacturer, packer, or distributor</li><br /></ul><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dietary supplements may not be totally risk free, under all circumstances. Some supplements are marketed without submitting to independent testing. It is important to take the time to make sure there is a GMP, QAI, USDA, NSF, USP or CL quality certified seal on the bottle of product, you are buying.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Rick Mayer can be found at <a href="http://alwaysnatural.com/" target="_blank">Always Natural</a></i></span></div>

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Preserving the Ecological Balance Inside Your Mouth

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn2.content.compendiumblog.com/uploads/user/2c9b66c6-7b80-4006-afb9-8204439bca12/1f5cba22-5c6d-4804-a165-f25a41006350/Image/b57471155970b3b3b327907f9d4490fa/greening_the_world.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://cdn2.content.compendiumblog.com/uploads/user/2c9b66c6-7b80-4006-afb9-8204439bca12/1f5cba22-5c6d-4804-a165-f25a41006350/Image/b57471155970b3b3b327907f9d4490fa/greening_the_world.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We all know the importance of clean air, fresh, wholesome food and pure water, the three most important things in life!  But do we realize that the QUALITY of our air, food and water is what matters most?  And if we do recognize that quality is essential do we know why?  Do we understand at a molecular level what oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and other elements are actually doing, needed and in what amounts?  And when we do know, are we aware of how to use them to maximize health and minimize disease?  This is the essence of <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9">biology</span>, chemistry and LIFESTYLE MEDICINE!  Using simple but essential elements in our life, to increase our health, performance and longevity!  So simple, yet so complex and so misunderstood!</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Unless you’re prepared to go back to school or devote most of your days researching you probably need a team of healthcare professionals who can do the research for you!  The  essence of biological dentistry, naturopathic nutrition, energy and informational medicine and functional lab testing is simply understanding how to assemble natural ingredients in a way that maximizes health and wellness!</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One of the most important aspects of a LIFESTYLE MEDICINE program involves regular, and medically supervised detoxification.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="float: right; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 10px 0pt 10px 10px;"><ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins><br /><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Among the many methods that can be used to initiate the gentle removal of toxic poisons that accumulate in the body and contribute to disease, degeneration, and ageing in addition to physical removal of teeth and mercury are:</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li>OXYGEN and <a href="http://healthytimesarticles.com/ozone-therapy/" title="OZONE THERAPY">OZONE THERAPY</a></li><br /><li>Bio-Resonance Quantum Biofeedback</li><br /><li>Chelation Therapies, IV versus  oral Supplements</li><br /><li>Detox Soaks, Clay or mud baths, wraps or packs</li><br /><li>Colonics and Enemas</li><br /><li>Juicing and cleansing diets</li><br /><li>Homeopathic drainage</li><br /><li>Herbal detox , Detox Foot Pads and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8">Ionic foot baths</span></li><br /><li>Alkaline <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">water machines</span> and Fasting</li><br /><li>Near and Far Infrared Sauna</li><br /></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">OZONE is the naturally occurring elemental form of oxygen that forms in response to ultraviolet energy or in the presence of lightning.  It is the result of a temporary repatterning of oxygen atoms into groups of three.  Ozone generators simulate lightning using an electrical discharge field.  Ozone has a protective influence on the earth and all life forms on the earth , from single celled amoebas to complex human forms.  Ozone absorbs harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun in order for life forms to survive the scorching rays and harmful electromagnetic emissions in our atmosphere.  Ozone forms at ground level as a result of the reaction between these ultraviolet lightwaves and the hydrocarbons, nitrogen-oxide and sulfur compounds produced in industry and the process of living.  Ozone helps clean the air so we can safely consume the oxygen in the atmosphere!  Without ozone, anaerobic microbes would literally destroy the ecosystem and create an environment in which you and I could not survive.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ozone is a powerful oxidizer making it highly effective in the control of bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites inside and outside the human body.  The goal of any biological system is ecological balance, and in this instance the battle  between microbial populations and all other kingdoms that share planet earth.  Ecology is essential to life and health inside and outside the body and ozone occurs naturally to help preserve this ecological balance and ensure the procreation of life.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11">Medical grade oxygen</span> has been used effectively for many years in conventional medical practices.  Today, the use of medical grade ozone is being recognized as equally as effective in the control of microbial populations in the mouth.    Because of ozone’s physical properties, with the ratio of ozone to oxygen being extremely low, it can easily be directed with precision to effectively regulate bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections in, around and in between teeth and gum pockets around the teeth or on the tongue.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oral infections are a continual battle in both soft and hard tissues of the mouth.  Infections stem from single organisms or combinations of many.  In the early stages of dental work it’s essential to identify and control infections at both the focal and the systemic level in order to have a successful outcome.  Acute and long standing chronic infections of any kind can interfere with the success of healing.  An infection anywhere in the body impacts the immune system and if overlooked can be the primary cause of poor wound healing, recurring cavities, gum disease, failed implants and reinfection of the afflicted tissues or teeth.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="float: right; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin: 10px 0pt 10px 10px;"><ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins><br /><ins id="aswift_1_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oxygen and its energized form, ozone, weakens and penetrates the protective membrane surrounding microbial colonies inside the mouth where organisms sequester to avoid annihilation by the immune system.  Ozone exposes the contents of pathogenic colonies to both the immunologic system and highly concentrated oxygen so they can effectively be eliminated.  One of the most amazing biochemical and physiological studies conducted at Scripps Institute recently showed how antibodies actually produce ozone to protect themselves from invading microorganisms.  When these biofilms are perforated the bacteria can no longer hide from circulating antibodies that attach to identification pathogens and they are exposed to the deadly ozone.</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In reality, we are now duplicating nature’s work within our dental standard of care.  By integrating alternative and holistic therapies into dentistry, we can combine sound, evidence-based science with natural methods.  The therapeutic goals of LIFESTYLE MEDICINE are inclusive rather than exclusive of standard of care and include:</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li>Elimination of pathogens</li><br /><li>Restoration of proper oxygen metabolism</li><br /><li>Induction of a friendly ecological environment</li><br /><li>Increased circulation and flow of energy</li><br /><li>Immune activation and</li><br /><li>Stimulation of the humoral anti-oxidant system.</li><br /></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>OZONE THERAPY</b> is an exciting method of naturally preserving the ecology of the mouth, gums, teeth and entire oral cavity and it’s now available in Temecula, as part of the holistic services offered through biological dentistry and LIFESTYLE MEDICINE.  We will continue to provide you with informative articles that combine innovative natural methods for regeneration and detoxification of the body, mind and environment!</div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Adding oxygen/ozone therapy in dentistry offers a multiplicity of protocols to deal with dental infection in order to optimize results and ensure positive outcomes for the patient.   By working in ALLIANCE with seasoned professionals the patient can enjoy comprehensive care for the whole body, mind and even their environment.  Please watch for our next article about combining the use of bio-resonance and quantum biofeedback to identify where stress is held in the teeth, gums and acupuncture meridians that connect the teeth to the entire body and discover how you can integrated this effective method into your own lifestyle to optimize detoxification and improve systemic healing.</div>

Preserving the Ecological Balance Inside Your Mouth

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Dental Phobias

<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1800dentist.com/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=136,1759,27,1,Documents&MediaID=1923&Filename=dental-fear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.1800dentist.com/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=136,1759,27,1,Documents&MediaID=1923&Filename=dental-fear.jpg" width="248" /></a></div>In practice, I often encounter (or don’t encounter) patients with dental phobias.  A phobia is defined as an “irrational fear.” It is easy to label this behavior as irrational, but to the patient it is very rational and is usually the result of a childhood trauma at the hands of a dentist who was rough or due to the days before Novocain, when there was no numbing involved.  The dentist would just go to town on the tooth with a hand piece.  Chances were that the hand piece was a slow relic and the burs not as sharp as the industrial diamonds we have today.  It was similar to cutting steak with a butter knife.<br /><br />Through the years, I have only had 3 patients who preferred not to be numb, and I think there was something different about their wiring. One of them would just laugh as I drilled, the other felt like they were getting a “high” off of the drilling.  One patient, who had been in the military, did not allow himself to feel any pain.<br /><br />Then there are other patients who are simply terrified and have never been to the dentist.  Perhaps it is fear of the unknown and someone sticking things in their mouth in a clinical setting.  I have had people with piercings and tattoos who said they could deal with pain anywhere but not in the mouth.  Mothers have told me that visiting the dentist hurt more than childbirth.  In one famous film, a person is tortured by drilling into his teeth without anesthetic.  No wonder people have a fear of the dentist!<br /><br />The problem is that the fear is keeping some people from getting the dental care that they desperately need.  And by the time they do come to the office, in pain, the years of damage and neglect can end up being quite involved and very expensive.<br /><br />Having said all this, how has dentistry changed to address dental phobias?  First of all, Novocain has evolved over the years.  Some of the new anesthetics are stronger and longer lasting.  A lot of the patients that come in saying “they couldn’t numb me” have been able to get numb.  Sometimes the previous doctor just doesn’t get the right landmarks in the mouth. There are at least three to four different anesthetics that we have to choose from with different strengths and durations.  Topical anesthetics can be left in place to numb the tissue before an injection.<br /><br />The subject of anesthesia can extend to breathable gases such as nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, and IV sedation.  With nitrous oxide, patients breathe in a mixture of oxygen and nitrous which has a relaxing effect.  It can be quite effective with patients and children and is considered safe, with no lasting effects.  The patients leave the office fully conscious as the nitrous is flushed out of the patients system completely before they leave the office.<br /><br />Oral conscious sedation had become more popular in recent years, where the patient is given a crushed pill placed under the tongue.  The patient’s vital signs are monitored continuously, making the procedure quite safe.  The dentist practicing oral conscious sedation must have adequate training and the administration of the drugs monitored by the proper authorities.<br /><br />IV sedation usually falls in the realm of dental anesthesiologists.  These are dentists who usually study at least two years after receiving their dental degree or are dental specialists such as oral surgeons.  The idea is that when you wake up, you won’t remember the experience you just had, such as the pulling out of wisdom teeth.  It is also helpful when a patient needs a lot of work and doesn’t want to have to keep coming back.<br /><br />Hopefully, I have shed some light on the advances and options a person has that may help to alleviate some dental phobia.  Of course, a dentist’s chair side manner is a good place to start in making the patients’ experience more bearable.<br /><br />Meer Stanisai, DDS is a Murrieta, CA dentist who understands dental phobias and strives to accommodate patients who have fear of dentistry.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">source: <a href="http://healthytimesarticles.com/dental-phobias/" target="_blank">healthytimesarticles</a></span></div>

Dental Phobias

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Orthomolecular Medicine and Nutty Mental Health System

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-page-main/ehow/images/a01/u1/gu/learn-orthomolecular-medicine-800x800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-page-main/ehow/images/a01/u1/gu/learn-orthomolecular-medicine-800x800.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hardly anyone recovers from a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy&hl=id&site=&source=hp&q=mental+illness&btnK=" style="color: #cc0000;">mental illness</a> in world. Schizophrenia and other serious disorders, we are told, are incurable and must be managed. And the only management allowed consists of psychiatrist visits and psychotropic drugs—for life. Whether the patient is labeled “bipolar with psychosis,” “bipolar,” or something else, the bottom line is that once these unfortunate individuals become ill, they are not given treatment that enables them to restore what they used to have: their mental health.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After 55 years of dealing with my family members’ mental disorders, I’ve finally learned that the real problem is not mental illness—the problem is how it is treated. Here in the U.S., patients are given care which (A) only suppresses the symptoms and (B) is designed to bring in the highest profits. While caring for my relatives with “uni-polar bipolar,” and “bipolar with psychosis,” and “ADHD” and “slight, atypical bipolar,” and “bipolar with a touch of schizophrenia,” (no joke) and all the rest, I learned the hard way that it’s the profit motive in mental health care that explains why patients don’t recover. There are billions, maybe trillions, of dollars to be made each and every year by managing these illnesses. No one makes a dime once a patient actually recovers.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Clearly, America’s model of mental health care is bad but just how bad is it? Consider this:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In October, 2000 the King County Council (where Seattle is located) passed Ordinance #13974, the purpose of which was to enable mentally ill DSHS clients to recover. The next year, still using traditional mental health care, 9,304 such patients were treated. Of these, 5 recovered, adding up to a success rate of .0005%. For emphasis, that’s point zero zero zero five percent. By any standard, that number represents a colossal failure. Since mental health care is practiced the same way in every city and town across America, I believe it’s safe to say that the recovery rate is about the same from San Diego to New York and everywhere in-between. And yet, it is the only type of mental health care DSHS pays for. And when I say “DSHS,” I mean “you.”</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For a small percentage of psychiatric patients, this type of care controls the patient’s symptoms well enough that he/she can lead a fairly normal life. Of course, the fact remains that the symptoms are merely being suppressed, not cured, and he or she must remain a patient—for life.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Let’s take a closer look at the problem. Remember, whether in private offices or through DSHS, mental health care is practiced the same way across the entire country. It is a three-part model that goes like this:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Part One:  The patient is given a “diagnosis,” which is, in reality, only a description of  his symptoms, such as “ADHD,” “schizophrenia,” “bipolar,” “Sudden Rage Disorder,”  “Oppositional-Defiant Disorder,” etc.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Part Two:  The patient is given a lifetime of (expensive) appointments to talk about his symptoms.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Part Three:  The patient is given synthetic, patented (expensive) drugs in an attempt to control his symptoms.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Aside from a few patients who are also given shock treatment (electro-convulsant therapy), these three parts are all there is to our mental health care system.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It’s like having pneumonia and coughing a lot, so you’re diagnosed with “Bad Cough Disorder:”  Part One of your treatment would be your ridiculous diagnosis of “Bad Cough Disorder.”  Part Two would be a lifetime of talking about your cough, such as how you feel about it, how your family feels about listening to you cough, how sad it is that you lost your job due to your cough, how DSHS will pay your living expenses since your cough keeps getting you fired, etc. Part Three would be patented, synthetic, (expensive) cough syrup—for life. That is how American mental health care works. It is nothing more than palliative care and that is why it doesn’t work—and never will.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, what’s the answer? Orthomolecular Medicine</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I can tell you from many, many years in talking to psychiatrists during my loved ones’ appointments that there is one topic that is virtually never addressed in American psychiatric care: the biological causes of mental disorders.  Yet what could be more important?</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What tens of thousands of people in more than 40 countries have learned to use to cure mental illnesses is something that does uncover and cure the biological causes of mental illnesses. It is called “Orthomolecular Medicine,” a term coined by the late Linus Pauling, PhD to describe a method of “correcting the molecules” of the body. In other words, it means rebalancing the body’s biochemistry.  It is real, effective, simply awesome mental health care.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Orthomolecular medicine has been around for decades. Even though patients who have been chronically ill for many years have less chance of making a full recovery, many others have been cured of even serious psychiatric problems such as schizophrenia, paranoia, bipolar, anxiety disorders and others. How do they do it? Doctors (or even laypeople, like myself) have learned the proven causes of these illnesses as well as which lab tests detect them. Treatment means using nutritional medicine to rebalance the patient’s biochemistry.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For example, scientists have known since the 1930s that a highly elevated level of histamines can cause psychosis or schizophrenia. In traditional mental health care, the psychotic patient is given a synthetic drug—for life.  Yet, a blood test, costing about $40 at most any lab, will show your (or your loved one’s) level of histamines. If the level is too high, it is Carl Pfeiffer, M.D.’s treatment of amino acids, vitamins and minerals that brings it down. As the level returns to the normal range, the psychiatric symptoms gradually disappear but only if the histamines were too high to begin with. There are several other proven, biological causes of psychosis or schizophrenia and each case must be treated according to which biochemical problem he has.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The histamine blood test showed that my relative who was psychotic and talking to demons had an extremely elevated level of histamines. I gave him the nutritional medicine which I bought at the health food store. He recovered completely and now lives a very good and normal life.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Being an “integrative” model of mental health care, orthomolecular medicine does not disallow synthetic medications. If a patient is psychotic, tranquilizers or antipsychotic meds are used. The difference is that the patient isn’t simply left on these drugs for life. The doctor takes the next step: he orders the diagnostic lab tests proven to detect the biochemical causes of mental illnesses. He then prescribes the nutritional medicine necessary to restore his patient’s biochemistry. As his biochemistry rebalances, his psychiatric symptoms disappear and he is gradually weaned off the synthetic medications (if he was taking any).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since I didn’t know of any doctors in my area who knew how to use orthomolecular treatment, I read books about it and followed the recommendations they contained. Now my relative is 100% well and free of welfare, DSHS, psychiatrists and synthetic medications. Gone also are all the ambulances, ER visits, police officers, psychiatric hospitals, social workers, judges and lawyers.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another relative diagnosed with “ADHD,” then “Slight, atypical bipolar disorder” is also 100% well and free of any kind of psychiatric care. While more than one school administrators thought he’d end up in jail, he’s now in college with a 3.75 GPA and is on the Dean’s List. Getting his biochemistry straightened out was a big part of his recovery from psychiatric problems, drugs and alcohol, and finding success in life.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But the point of this article is not to talk about my family—I’m just mentioning our experiences so you can see what other people are doing to cure mental disorders, and not just here in the U.S. but in over 40 countries.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Orthomolecular Society has an annual conference in Canada where orthomolecular experts from all over the world meet to share new scientific information on the abnormal biochemistries that lead up to mental disorders. Laypeople can attend the sessions and may also be interested in attending the “Mental Health Regained” session in which recovered patients get to speak about their experiences. If Canada is too far away for you, the Society also sells a CD of the sessions. They also have the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine and a quarterly newsletter.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Except for those who profit by keeping people mentally ill, such as drug companies, America’s mental health care system is a miserable failure—and it needs to go away. Besides causing inhumane, lifelong suffering for people with a mental illness and their families, it forces you and me to pay about $2 million per patient over the course of his or her lifetime when you add up the costs of half a century of rent, utilities, food, medical and psychiatric care and, in many cases, ambulances, ER visits, and even jail or prison time, not to mention the cost of crimes they tend to commit.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Orthomolecular medicine, by contrast, might cost about $500 for all the lab work and six months’ worth of nutritional medicine.  Once recovered, the patient returns to work and pays taxes, doubly benefiting the system. Over the last 60 years or so, orthomolecular medicine has proven to be sensible, effective, inexpensive, and safe. You can even use it to prevent mental illnesses in the first place. It really is awesome mental health care.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Written by Linda Santini, M.Ed. • more info at <a href="http://restoremymind.com/" target="_blank">RestoreMyMind.com</a></div>

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How to be a Health Futurist in Ten Easy Lessons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5AaoalXiKw0/TEk9wDBoNRI/AAAAAAAAARw/Qd6u_b1NH9c/globe_in_hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5AaoalXiKw0/TEk9wDBoNRI/AAAAAAAAARw/Qd6u_b1NH9c/globe_in_hand.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Want to be a health futurist? Follow these ten guidelines, and you will have a leg up on most of the people out there who write about the future of health care in this country.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1) Study people. Observe them.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Note what they actually do, not what you think they should do, or what would make sense, or what theory predicts. What do they trust? What do they act on? What roles do they take in groups? Use any system of thinking from psychology, spirituality, or other disciplines which actually enhances your ability to notice human behavioral patterns.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then take those observations and apply them to any trend, scenario, or forecast you are building about the future. Ask yourself: Does this make sense? Will people really act the way I am expecting?</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2) Follow technology. Medicine is fundamentally technological, and the technology of medicine is changing with unprecedented speed and force. Speculations and forecasts on the future of healthcare usually leave out the effects of new technologies, considering them “wildcards” that are irreducibly unpredictable. They consider only demographic aspects, for instance, or economics. This seems to make sense, as it isolates pieces of the problem that we can deal with in a more straightforward manner. On the other hand, it likely makes the forecasts wrong. The effects of technology on healthcare in the next few decades are likely to be so powerful that they will overturn every other assumption and projection. Any forecast that leaves these effects out is no forecast at all.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3) Get into demographics. It’s a pretty simple science, at root: Take everybody who is alive now. Next year, they will be a year older (give or take a few factors at the margin, such as changing immigration, birth and death rates). Ten years from now they will be ten years older, doing the things that people do at that age, such as go to school, have babies, retire, get sick. This simple science can tell us profound things about the future. Fifteen years from now, for instance, the baby boom enters its prime heart-disease years — at the very moment that boomer cardiologists retire. That one effect alone is so powerful that it will likely force adoption of new technologies, and even the re-definition of the doctor-patient relationship.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4) Look for beliefs, assumptions, and emotional attachments. What we call a “doctor” or a “hospital” or “medical treatment” in our society is not written in stone, it is written in the beliefs, assumptions, and emotional</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">attachments shared by physicians, patients, and everyone involved in healthcare. If those change, healthcare changes.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5) Understand healthcare. If you have not closely followed the peregrinations of the healthcare system and the diffusion of medical technology in the past few decades, you are unlikely to have sensible things to say about the next few. The way we do healthcare and medicine is peculiar in the extreme. Running healthcare may be the most insolvable management problem in the history of the world.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">6) Read history. It’s the only place that you will find alternative futures. Though many aspects of this moment in time are unprecedented (instantaneous cheap global communications, for instance), we can still mine the past for enormous amounts of information. If you want to think about the long, arduous task of adopting electronic medical records, for instance, you can learn a lot by looking at the two decades it took the banking industry to get its customers to use ATMs, or the decade it took for fax machines to become standard office</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">items. If you want to watch a really big, complex system get out of hand, study the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, or the slow decay of Tang Dynasty China, or the causes of the U.S. Civil War.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7) Learn complexity theory, chaos theory, and adaptive systems theory. You don’t have to be able to do the math, but you must understand the ideas. “Learning curve” and “feedback loop” are not vague phrases. They are precise scientific ideas that contain specific predictions. If you don’t understand positive and negative feedback loops, local optima, adaption landscapes, and related ideas, it will be difficult to think about the future in useful ways.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8) Grok scenarios. “Scenarios” are not wild, fun stories we make up about the future. Working with scenarios is a specific discipline. It starts with a detailed and deep understanding of the trends and forces of the present situation. Then it makes certain assumptions: Trend X will dominate, while Force Y will be less important. Then it asks a useful question: If those assumptions hold, what does that future look like? Then it changes the assumptions (What if Trend X is less important, and Force Y strengthens?) and asks the question again.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9) Distrust straight lines. You don’t find them in nature, you don’t find them in history, and you won’t find them in the future. Read, for instance, James MacPherson’s single-volume history of the Civil War era, The Battle Cry of Freedom, and notice how many times, in how many ways, it was actually possible that the South could have won the war and emerged as a separate nation. Notice how uninevitable the outcome was. Then notice how many future forecasts are based on simple straight-line trends in the present extrapolated into the future</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10) Don’t mistake your personal prejudices for future trends. For a great example of what not to do, dig out Time Magazine’s special issue on the 21st Century, “Beyond 2000,” November 8, 1999. Read the section on complementary and alternative medicine, “What Will Happen To Alternative Medicine?” by Leon Jaroff, page 77. Keep in mind as you read that Time Magazine considers itself a serious journalistic institution. The illustration shows a bunch of herbs overgrown with cobwebs. The thesis of the article is that alternative medicine will disappear within a generation. Why? What powerful counter-trend, what demographic shift, what grand historic nexus does the author cite that will overturn one of the stronges healthcare trends of the past few decades? Quite simple: the author thinks that alternative medicine is a bad idea. He cites the usual arguments (it’s untested, some of its claims don’t make sense to him), calls it names (“quackery,” “voodoo medicine”) and throws in some guilt by association (“hucksters,” “snake oil”). He concludes that since his opinion is so imminently sensible, the American people, federal regulators, and Congress will all wise up and agree with him.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Having opinions and beliefs is a fine thing. Don’t confuse them with grand historical movements. Understanding that the future will not bend to your will, no matter how wise and sensible you are, is a prerequisite for the job. These ten guidelines are a good start. If you follow them, you will be good enough — and better than most — as a health futurist.</div>

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How to Get Fish Pedicure Done

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQBbGIx88YljAWK84JNKYXK3j6rc9XbVacwp3OYtVOz1En3r3vYtZ6zaV3fNCqorcKhe4XXEqfGT3epZej9XDI8Usx_yjoOF2agqCnsWJBQUyvbIcVzffmerbrzXtjfrrI2FqoR6Ko0ba/s1600/Aqua-Sheko-fish-pedicure-London.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQBbGIx88YljAWK84JNKYXK3j6rc9XbVacwp3OYtVOz1En3r3vYtZ6zaV3fNCqorcKhe4XXEqfGT3epZej9XDI8Usx_yjoOF2agqCnsWJBQUyvbIcVzffmerbrzXtjfrrI2FqoR6Ko0ba/s320/Aqua-Sheko-fish-pedicure-London.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Everybody wants to look good. There are so many ways and therapies available to make you look good. But if you want to try something different and pamper yourself, then you can try fish pedicure. You can have this pedicure in salons and parlors. Although this pedicure is new but it has already gained so much fame due to its results. Getting a fish pedicure done is a perfect gift which you can give to your feet. This soothing, blissful and exotic pedicure is a must to do thing for any women. You can not expect anything better than soaking you feet in a tank full of small fishes which chew away all the dead skin from your feet and toes. This not only gives a lovely feeling but also makes you feel beautiful in a healthy way. This therapy does not need any scrubbing or rubbing.</span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All you need to do is to put your feet in the aquatic tank full of fishes which would leave your feet smooth and soft in no time. These tiny creatures will chew away all the dead skin without hurting you as they do not have any teeth.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You might hold your heart while reading that your feet will be chewed by tiny fishes. But since they do not have any teeth, you can relax yourself. It is actually a must to have experience. You may in fact feel tickle in your feet when the fishes chew the dead skin. This not only gives a relaxing feeling but also a fresh look to your feet. You may get this fish pedicure at a price range of Rs.450 to Rs.800 only. Getting a fish pedicure done is not only hygienic but also refreshing. The fish pedicure is done in following steps:</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Fish pedicure </strong></span></div><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Find out a spa center for yourself which offers fish pedicure. You may surely find out a parlor for fish pedicure as this is very popular. The only thing to remember is to check the hygiene level at these spa centers. Try this out and feel the difference yourself.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">The spa attendants would help you in the process of having fish pedicure. Dip your feet in the tank full of fishes which are known as doctor fishes or carp fishes. These fishes will chew away the dead skin from your feet and toes. This would make your feet soft and smooth.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">The best part of this pedicure is that you do not need you feet to rub or scrub. Since this pedicure is done by toothless fish, it would not hurt you by any chance and clean away your feet in a hygienic way.</span></li><br /></ul><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fish-pedicure-done-1.jpg"><img alt="fish pedicure done" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1766" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fish-pedicure-done-1-150x150.jpg" title="fish pedicure done" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fish-pedicure-done3.jpg"><img alt="fish pedicure done" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1768" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fish-pedicure-done3-150x150.jpg" title="fish pedicure done" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/How-to-get-fish-pedicure-done.jpg"><img alt="How to get fish pedicure done" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2175" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/How-to-get-fish-pedicure-done-150x150.jpg" title="How to get fish pedicure done" width="125" /></a></span></div><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">The gentle munching of fishes gives a tickling feel which not only relaxes the body but also gives a fresh feeling. After the chewing is done by the fishes, you will be turned for the conventional pedicure.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">Remove the feet from tank and dry them with a towel. The spa attendant then would cut cuticles and give shape to the nails.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">The last step for this therapy is a foot massage followed by a nail color of your choice.</span></li><br /></ul>

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A Healthy Sushi Eating Guide

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWzUtWWs_hQizszTWzJ9GpSbjzFxk5mJNtblofu-z4iWSOFTXdJdDehoB4mzttAhUoxaMOfY3GLBLd3Xo9hGaUg2ZJ7pNU2iizbHw94pceHXGuy2Cfjhj1rGeOkqYAMfgCfroNDNIzIk/s1600/sushi13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWzUtWWs_hQizszTWzJ9GpSbjzFxk5mJNtblofu-z4iWSOFTXdJdDehoB4mzttAhUoxaMOfY3GLBLd3Xo9hGaUg2ZJ7pNU2iizbHw94pceHXGuy2Cfjhj1rGeOkqYAMfgCfroNDNIzIk/s320/sushi13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I could eat sushi every week, but I've always wondered about its healthiness.  I haven't questioned it much, since the ingredients are only fish, vegetables, seaweed and rice.  After conducting some research, I found a ton of information, so that you know exactly how healthy this delicious food is!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Omega 3s</strong><br />The fattier the fish, the better!  Fatty fishes like salmon, tuna, mackerel and herring are super high in Omega 3s, so order one of these the second you sit down!  The benefits are well documented, but here are a few to provide incentive: Omega 3s can improve cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and helps maintain your central nervous system.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Not All Sushi is RAW</strong><br />Years ago, you would have had to pay me to eat raw fish.  Like most, I started out with the cooked variety of California rolls, baked crab rolls, and then moved my way onto raw fish and was pleasantly surprised!  Your options are limitless, and are not bound to those of the raw variety.  If you're in the mood for cooked fish, that is often served.  You can even find specially prepared vegetables on the menu.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Vegetable Sushi Is Like A Mini Salad</strong><br />Try a roll with daikon radish, carrot and cucumber wrapped in rice and seaweed for a burst of flavor.  What you get in return is a miniature salad, consumed in a single bite.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The Sushi Bar Is The Way To Go</strong><br />I've found that sitting at the sushi bar is how to have the best dining experience.  Ask your sushi chef questions, make special requests (less rice, no mayo), and not wait for a table!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Sashimi Is The Way To Go</strong><br />For those of you counting carbohydrates, just ask for sashimi.  It's one of the more "pure" ways to eat this type of food (without rice or seaweed) while appreciating the flavor of the fish.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Ginger </strong><br />This flavorful condiment is served generously in Japanese restaurants, with huge nutritional benefits.  It's not exclusive to eastern cultures, and can help with arthritis pain, aids in blood circulation, helps with digestion, is a natural decongestant and antihistamine.  Not to mention, it's served to cleanse the palette.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Spice It Up With Wasabi/Japanese Horseradish</strong><br />Wasabi (Japanese horseradish) has antimicrobial properties that can help prevent sickness caused by eating raw food.  NOTE: I've been eating sushi for over 15 years, and have yet to experience any food illness.  It's also high in Vitamin C. Don't shy away from that flavorful green lump on your sushi platter!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Watch Your Salt</strong><br />Sodium is the one area where I would proceed with caution.  Just a few shakes from a soy sauce bottle, and you've immediately got a high dose of sodium.  In recent years, I've found a low-sodium soy sauces at Japanese restaurants (look for the green top).  I don't care for either, and always bring a small bottle of <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2413-LA-Healthy-Dining-Examiner%7Ey2009m2d6-A-Healthy-Delicious-Salt-Substitute-Braggs-Liquid-Aminos" target="_blank">Bragg's Liquid Aminos</a> that tastes far BETTER than soy sauce.  To learn about this healthy salt substitute, read my previous article about <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2413-LA-Healthy-Dining-Examiner%7Ey2009m2d6-A-Healthy-Delicious-Salt-Substitute-Braggs-Liquid-Aminos" target="_blank">Bragg's</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Pregnant Women and Those With Immune Problems</strong><br />Risking exposure to bacteria makes it risky for the above mentioned to eat any raw fish.  For the rest of us, these risks are minimal.  Ahi tuna, swordfish and king mackerel are the biggest culprits, so if you're worried about your mercury intake - stay away from these.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Ask for Wild Fish</strong><br />I have a problem with farm-raised fish, and it doesn't taste nearly as good as wild caught.  Call ahead and find out where your favorite sushi restaurant buys their fish.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Seaweed Is A Health Bonus</strong><br />Here's some insight from www.health.learninginfo.org: "Sea vegetables classified as brown algae, including arame, hijiki, kombu and wakame, have been shown to cleanse the body of toxic pollutants. Specifically, scientific research has demonstrated that these plants, which are abundant in alginic acid, bind with any heavy metals in the intestines, render them indigestible, and cause them to be eliminated from the body."  I'll take that!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Request Healthier Choices </strong><br />I utilize some common sense around keeping my dining experience healthy.  That amazingly decadent fried crab?  The mayonnaise that accompanies spicy tuna rolls?  Tempura fried vegetables?  I typically say no.  I've learned to appreciate the pure taste of the fish, and know that I'm making the right choice for my health.  If you choose to have something fried or full of mayo, don't beat yourself up.  Just order more vegetable rolls and sashimi to make up for the less healthy choice.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>How To Keep It Low Calorie</strong><br />Here's a good measure to use:  fat fish like tuna or salmon only have 200 calories per serving.  (The serving size is typically four ounces.)  The others are significantly lower.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Portion Size</strong><br />It's easy to watch your portions with sushi.  You can eat them as a hand roll, traditional roll, and sashimi - there are so many ways to enjoy it and still have a delicious healthy meal.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Continue reading on Examiner.com <a href="http://www.examiner.com/healthy-dining-in-los-angeles/a-healthy-sushi-eating-guide#ixzz1V2e1k1Qt" style="color: #003399;">A Healthy Sushi Eating Guide - Los Angeles Healthy Dining | Examiner.com</a> <a href="http://www.examiner.com/healthy-dining-in-los-angeles/a-healthy-sushi-eating-guide#ixzz1V2e1k1Qt" style="color: #003399;">http://www.examiner.com/healthy-dining-in-los-angeles/a-healthy-sushi-eating-guide#ixzz1V2e1k1Qt</a></span></span></div>

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How To Remove Hair Dye From Skin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-page-main/ehow/images/a07/au/ut/remove-hair-dye-clothes-skin-800x800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-page-main/ehow/images/a07/au/ut/remove-hair-dye-clothes-skin-800x800.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although hair dye is not easy to remove from the skin but still it is not impossible. If you have to remove air due from your hands, face, ears, and cheeks or from any other area, then there are possible ways to do that. The success depends on the type of hair dye and the skin type.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are several ways to remove hair dye from skin but the most important thing to remember is that every method is not effective on every area or skin type. It would be better to start with the simplest method so that you may know the method which suits you well.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Dye for dye</strong></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some stains can be removed by using the stain creating product only. For example, some coffee stains from table top can be removed by scrubbing some coffee on that stain. You might find amazing results. This goes the same with hair dye stains. This method is suggested by many well known hair stylists.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Use the leftover hair dye to clean the dye stain from your skin while having shower. You should rub that leftover dye at the stained part of your body like soap. After rubbing the skin with that dye over your skin for a few seconds in a circular motion, you would find that the stains have gone magically. Now wash the area thoroughly with soap or shampoo and dye it off with a cloth.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Dishwashing liquid and baking soda </strong></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This remedy can be easily prepared at home and works wonder on some skin types. All you need to do is to mix same amount of dishwashing liquid and baking soda. Now use this mixture on the stained skin area with a damp cloth. It would be better to use a dishwashing liquid which has lemon extracts. After applying the mixture on the skin, rub it and then rinse it off. You would find that the dye stain have been removed in no time.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/remove-hair-dye-2.jpg"><img alt="remove hair dye" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1777" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/remove-hair-dye-2-150x150.jpg" title="remove hair dye" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/remove-hair-dye-3.jpg"><img alt="remove hair dye" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1778" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/remove-hair-dye-3-150x150.jpg" title="remove hair dye" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/how-to-remove-hair-dye-from-skin.jpg"><img alt="how to remove hair dye from skin" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2172" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/how-to-remove-hair-dye-from-skin-150x150.jpg" title="how to remove hair dye from skin" width="125" /></a><br /><strong>Toothpaste wonders</strong></span> </div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Toothpaste can be used in cleaning other surfaces than teeth. You can easily remove dye from you skin with the help of toothpaste. This is a wonderful remedy which works on some skin type. You can remove stains from face, neck, hands and ears with the help of toothpaste. This is the cheapest and the most available remedy for removing stains from skin.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Hair dye removers available in market  </strong></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you do not get the desired results form any of the above mentioned method then you should try the hair dye removers which are available in the market. You can get these dye removers at several departmental stores and salons. Do not forget to follow the using instructions which are given with the hair dye remover kit. This would help you in using it safely and in achieving good results.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Prevention is better than cure </strong></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hair dye can be easily removed from oily skin in comparison to dry skin. You may apply a fine layer of baby oil, conditioner or petroleum jelly around the hairline. This may also be applied on ears and neck to avoid stains. This would help you in removing the hair dye easily in case of any stains. It would be better to use precautionary measures so that you may remove the color easily.</span></div>

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How To Use Self Tanning Lotion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://faketanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/self-tanning-lotion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://faketanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/self-tanning-lotion.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many people want to get the gorgeous tanning color over their body. This tanning effect leaves a more beautiful color which is liked by many people. You can also get this tanning effect with different methods. There are natural and artificial ways available to give a tanning effect to your skin color. Natural ways include sun bath which gives a beautiful even tan to the skin. Artificial way to get skin tan is using the tanning lotions and creams. This is the best way to get sunless tanning. You can use self tanning lotions, creams and equipments available which can give you tanning effects without sun. This is also the best way to tan you skin without getting a single percent of risk of getting skin cancer.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sunrays have UV radiation which can burn the skin if tanning is not done in a proper way and with extra care. It can make your skin color uneven if not done properly. You can opt for sunless tanning ways which are less risky and do not give any side effect as of sun rays. Since sunburns can cause cancer, it would be better not to use any solar equipment for tanning purpose. It is advisable to <strong>use self tanning lotions</strong> or non solar or electric equipment for giving a tanning effect to the skin.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You should choose your skin tanning equipment wisely to avoid any hassles.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Choosing sunless tanner</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sunless tanner also gives you a perfect even tan which looks very natural and is safer then the natural way. DHA or dihydroxyacetone reacts with amino acid to make the skin look tan in a natural way. In past, there were some products which were known for giving an orange effect at some parts of the body but now the better applications are available in the market from which you can choose accordingly.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are many equipments and products available in the market to give you a perfect tanning look but you should choose them wisely. Following are the steps which can help you in giving a perfect even sunless tan.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/self-tanning-lotion3.jpg"><img alt="self tanning lotion" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1782" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/self-tanning-lotion3-150x150.jpg" title="self tanning lotion" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/self-tanning-lotion1.jpg"><img alt="self tanning lotion" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1781" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/self-tanning-lotion1-150x150.jpg" title="self tanning lotion" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/self-tanning-lotion.jpg"><img alt="How to use self tanning lotion" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2169" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/self-tanning-lotion-130x150.jpg" title="How to use self tanning lotion" width="125" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Patch test</strong> – Everything does not suit on everyone so it would be better to go for a patch test before trying the product all over the body. Apply the product over a small area and see the results for next twenty four hours before using it all over your skin.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong> Exfoliate your skin</strong> – It would be better to exfoliate the skin before going for a skin tan. This will make the skin smooth and will help in keeping the color for long duration.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Tanning before going to bed</strong> – You can do tanning before going to bed. This would not only save your time but also allow you to give it more time. You can apply the product over you body and sleep in your old clothes after drying it to avoid any stains.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong> Give yourself a slow start</strong> – It would be better to give yourself a slow start. This way you would get a better and even color.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These products can give the tanning effect for two to three days.</span></div>

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Laser Hair Removal Tips

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRdZAEEtIXjx-nd-NGsz89kCTLIkH63hZh81dNW9QkimkWQPd5IBNNPeupmTElPcv778K-N_nYXoc7ssu5mxKe8jj5EWjSMMjzcVUtxJx-RAgzhrZglLdIzx7og-mOG0KgC-mda9EdSI/s1600/laser+hair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRdZAEEtIXjx-nd-NGsz89kCTLIkH63hZh81dNW9QkimkWQPd5IBNNPeupmTElPcv778K-N_nYXoc7ssu5mxKe8jj5EWjSMMjzcVUtxJx-RAgzhrZglLdIzx7og-mOG0KgC-mda9EdSI/s320/laser+hair.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Due to development in technology and techniques, laser treatments have become widely accepted among people. Laser hair removal tips are very effective in removing hair and thus this technique helps in giving you a refreshing and radiant look. The biggest advantage of this method is that it permanently removes and wipes out your hair and bestows you with a striking appearance. Laser hair removal technique works by transmitting a ray of laser to hair follicles and the laser light should have sufficient power to annihilate the hair root but not the surrounding region.</span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The process of removal of laser hair is also known as photothermolysis. This process only aims at the hair follicles and not any skin part. The techniques makes use of constituents like spray, gel and cooling materials that can cool the immediate skin and protect it from getting scorched. Hence, laser hair removal method is considered as a simple and safe process for removing hairs. The ray of laser light actually aims at the melanin that is responsible for the dark color of hair, although laser hair removal therapy is not really electrolysis process.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Tips to get a good laser hair removal</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Laser hair removal technique is useful only for hairs that can be seen. Below are listed some laser hair removal tips which may assist you in getting a beautiful look:</span></div><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">You are advised to shave the portion where you want the laser beam to work some 2-3 days before the procedure and let it to form stubble.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">You should avoid waxing or plucking hair some days previous to the laser technique</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">You can put a thick cover of any cream with licodaine anesthetic on your skin about an hour before the therapy so as to avoid any discomfort.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">If you suffer from pain, redness, swelling, scarring, skin discoloration or blisters afterwards then you should consult your doctor immediately.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">Before going for the laser treatment you should have full knowledge about the effectiveness of the doctor’s treatment, services provided and equipments used and also go for a skin test.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">Get full information about what type of laser is required and about the pain relievers that are available with the clinic.</span></li><br /></ul><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Laser-hair-removal-tips1.jpg"><img alt="Laser hair removal tips" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1795" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Laser-hair-removal-tips1-150x150.jpg" title="Laser hair removal tips" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Laser-hair-removal-tips3.jpg"><img alt="Laser hair removal tips" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1796" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Laser-hair-removal-tips3-150x150.jpg" title="Laser hair removal tips" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Laser-hair-removal-tips-1.jpg"><img alt="Laser hair removal tips " class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2163" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Laser-hair-removal-tips-1-150x150.jpg" title="Laser hair removal tips " width="125" /></a></span></div><ul style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Go through the terms and the conditions column efficiently and be sure about the price of every process they will undertake and then only sign the papers.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">During the time of laser hair removal, it is advised that you should avoid taking non-steroidal medicines or anti-inflammatory drugs or supplements like vitamin E and niacin or medicines like aspirin.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-size: small;">People with tan due to UV sunrays should get themselves under laser hair removal only after their tan is over. Use goggles to guard your eyes from unintended exposure to beam to laser.</span></li><br /></ul><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want to go for this technique then best suited neodymium is yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser as it goes with every type of skin. To remove grey or light hair, choose methods like intense pulsed light that makes use of a broad spectrum of non-laser ray. This process helps you in getting your desired skin with no allergies, scarring, herpes infection or excess sun exposure.</span></div>

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Making Your Own Salon Style Pedicure Kits

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Making-your-own-salon-style-pedicure-kits.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Making-your-own-salon-style-pedicure-kits.jpeg" width="261" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Every person has some choices and interests. One of the most common likings of every person is to look good. Most of the times the most important part of the body, feet, is ignored unintentionally. Since we use our feet whole day long they need special care. It is very important to pamper your feet and to do this there could be nothing better then pedicure. This therapy is similar to manicure which is done to make your hands look healthy. Pedicure helps in no only make your feet look clean and healthy but it also save it from many disorders and diseases. So it is good to take care of your feet by giving them a nice pedicure. You do not need to spend very much for this procedure. All you have to do is to make a pedicure kit at home. This would not only save your money but also you can use it according to your convenience. Below are given some tips for making your own salon style pedicure kit.</span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Making a pedicure kit at home</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Nail clippers</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two kinds of nail clippers are needed to be purchased. One is for fingernails and the other one for toenails. As the toenails are tougher than fingernails to clip, you need a clipper which is suitable for clipping toenails.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Nail scissors</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another important thing to keep in the pedicure kit is a pair of nail scissors. These nail scissors help in giving proper shape to the nails.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/nail-polish.jpg"><img alt="nail polish" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1799" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/nail-polish-150x150.jpg" title="nail polish" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Making-your-own-salon-style-pedicure-kits1.jpeg"><img alt="Making your own salon style pedicure kits" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1802" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Making-your-own-salon-style-pedicure-kits1-150x150.jpg" title="Making your own salon style pedicure kits" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Making-your-own-salon-style-pedicure-kits.jpg"><img alt="Making your own salon style pedicure kits" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2160" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Making-your-own-salon-style-pedicure-kits-150x150.jpg" title="Making your own salon style pedicure kits" width="125" /></a><br /><strong>Orange stick</strong></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another necessity of pedicure kit is an orange stick. This stick helps in pushing back the cuticles. You should soak your feet in water and wrap some cotton on the orange stick before using it. Then remove cuticles carefully without hurting yourself.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Cuticle clipper</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cuticle clipper helps in trimming out rugged cuticles or hangnails. You should remember not to hurt yourself by cutting the deep rooted cuticles.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Nail file</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nail files are available in two different models. One has a nail file o one side and the other nil file has a buffer on one side and a nail file on the other side. It would be recommended to choose the nail file which has both buffer and nail file.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Nail brush</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nail brush helps in removing debris and dirt from nails. You should choose brush which has plastic bristles or boar which are appropriately firm to clean away all the dirt.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Soak bowl</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You need a soak bowl in which you can soak your feet for sometimes. This helps in soften the cuticles.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Nail polish remover</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Get a good nail polish remover which is enriched with vitamin E and has no acetone.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Cotton balls</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cotton balls are needed to clean the old nail polish from your nails and to wrap it around orange stick.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Pedicure cream and cuticle oil</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Get a nice cuticle cream to massage on the cuticles and a pedicure cream to apply on legs. This would relax your legs and feet.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Nail polish</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Get some nice nail colors for yourself. Apply according to your mood and occasion. Remember to choose branded nail colors.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Nail strengthener or clear nail polish</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Clear nail polish gives a shiny and glossy look to the nails. This also helps in keeping your nail color for long.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Toe separator</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This help in separating the toes till you are done with one toe.</span></div>

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Natural Remedies for Gray Hair

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5053/kerirussellsmilewallpap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5053/kerirussellsmilewallpap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Premature hair graying is the most common problems facing by today’s generation. There are some successful ways which can reduce the hair graying process. These methods include the diet and some application procedures. Curry leaves, Indian gooseberry, coconut oil, amaranth vegetable and application of henna with coconut oil are some of the most successful remedies for preventing hair graying.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the root of the hair, a pigment known as melanin which is responsible for giving color to the hair is present in the follicles. The insufficient quantity of this pigment in the follicles causes gray hair. It is common to get some gray hair at a very early age as of 8-10 years. But if more than 50 percent of the hair turns gray before the age of 40 years then it is known as premature hair graying. This premature hair graying problem can happen due to certain health reasons like anemia, stress and thyroid, lack of vitamin B12, vitiligo and low bone mineral density. There are some very good natural remedies for gray hair.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Cure your gray hair with natural remedies </strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first and foremost step to stop your hair from turning gray is to manage the stress and worries in a healthy way. This can reduce the hair from turning gray faster than any other thing. You should also remember to include vitamin B, iodine, iron and copper as a part of your food. Your food should have fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk, fish and dairy products. Avoiding oily and spicy food, soft drinks and refined flour would also help in preventing premature hair graying. Below mentioned are some of the remedies which can help you in slowing down the premature hair graying process.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Coconut oi</strong>l</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is one of the best natural remedy for gray hair. You should apply pure coconut oil on the scalp and hair and massage it gently before going to bed. Wash it off next day. You can also boil Indian gooseberry and coconut oil till it turns in dark color. Apply this in your hair and scalp to get good results.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/coconut-oil.jpg"><img alt="coconut oil" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1810" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/coconut-oil-150x150.jpg" title="coconut oil" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Natural-remedies-for-gray-hair-1.jpg"><img alt="Natural remedies for gray hair " class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1807" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Natural-remedies-for-gray-hair-1-150x150.jpg" title="Natural remedies for gray hair " width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Natural-remedies-for-gray-hair-3.jpg"><img alt="Natural remedies for gray hair " class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1808" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Natural-remedies-for-gray-hair-3-150x150.jpg" title="Natural remedies for gray hair " width="125" /></a><br /><strong>Curry leaves </strong></span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Heat curry leaves in coconut oil for a few minutes and cool it down. Then apply it in your hair. This would help the pigment to stay and would keep your hair dark.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Amaranth vegetable</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fresh amaranth leaves also help in reducing hair graying. Boil the leaves in water and strain out the extract. Apply this on your hair to get good results.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Gooseberry </strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dry gooseberry under the sun and make a fine powder from it. Mix this powder with coconut oil and apply on hair to get dark hair.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Coconut oil and henna</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you have much gray hair which is easily visible, then you should choose to apply henna to restore the dark color of your hair. Boil coconut oil with henna leaves till the oil turns dark. Apply it on your hair after cooling it down. Wash it off after 30-40 minutes. You will find your gray hair turned into brown.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can also apply one teaspoon each of lemon juice, Indian gooseberry juice and almond oil to prevent your hair from premature graying. A proper diet and stress free atmosphere is the key towards a healthy body and brain.</span></div>

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Remove Eye Bags Without Surgery

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pictures.directnews.co.uk/liveimages/Eye_1234_18773631_0_0_8725_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://pictures.directnews.co.uk/liveimages/Eye_1234_18773631_0_0_8725_300.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You may find many people who have got under eye bags. This problem occurs due to several reasons. The main reason to get under eye wrinkles, under eye bags and dark under eye circles are age factor. With the age, problems like this start to show off the effects. As you grow old, the ligaments which are responsible for holding the under eye fat begin to loosen up and the skin under the eyes becomes less elastic. Sometime fluid starts getting collected in those parts. The fluid and fat combination make this loose skin puffy and for under eye bags. These puffy bags happen because the tissues become unable to hold the fat and fluid. There are some ways which you may try to clear these under eye bags. You can choose surgical way of removing the under eye bag also. But apart from this method, there are some ways through which you can reduce or remove these eye bags without surgery.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Other then age factor, lifestyle also leaves impact on eyes and under ye areas. This can form under eye bags at any age. If you do not take ample sleep or you have habit of smoking, then also you may get under eye bags. Stress is another reason behind this problem. If you do not exercise, then also you can encounter with this kind of problem. All these habits can cause under eye bags, wrinkles or dark circles.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Treating under eye bags </strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want to remove the eye bags without surgery then the quickest and simplest way to do this is placing something cold on them. This could be anything like frozen tea bags or cucumber slices. This would help in reducing the under eye bags in no time. This is the best way to remove any type of under eye bags.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can also try wrinkle filler which is filled with the help of an injection. This process also helps in removing under eye wrinkles and bags. This wrinkle filler is a temporary remedy for making your eyes look wrinkle and bag free. This also makes them look younger and beautiful. Another way which would stay for a longer duration is choosing an eyelift surgery. This is an expensive option but can make your eyes look several years younger and remove the wrinkles and under eye bags. Eye lift surgery tightens up the under eye skin and make your eyes look young and beautiful.<br /><a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-3.jpg"><img alt="Remove eye bags without surgery" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1813" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-3-150x150.jpg" title="Remove eye bags without surgery" width="125" /></a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-2.jpg"><img alt="Remove eye bags without surgery" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1812" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-2-150x150.jpg" title="Remove eye bags without surgery" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-4.jpg"><img alt="Remove eye bags without surgery" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2149" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-4-150x150.jpg" title="Remove eye bags without surgery" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-5.jpg"><img alt="Remove eye bags without surgery" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2150" height="125" src="http://www.helpfulhealthtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Remove-eye-bags-without-surgery-5-150x150.jpg" title="Remove eye bags without surgery" width="125" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The non surgical way to remove eye bags</strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can remove under eye bags and the wrinkles by using a good under eye firming skin. This would tighten up the loose under eye skin and make it more elastic and supple. This skin would hold up the fat ad resist fluid formation which would help in bags or wrinkles from showing up.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You should choose an under eye cream or gel which is especially made for the purpose. This would help you in getting great results in less time. You can choose a natural peptide which is known as Eyeliss for this purpose.</span></div>

Remove Eye Bags Without Surgery

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