Sen. Smith dedicates new wellness library named for his son -- Meditations!!

With the present living enviroment, stress is the key to kids life.. both parents & kids are under ever increase stress.

Then the depression kicks in. I have observe that in countries like Singapore, Japan, UK, Hong Kong.. all having the same issues.

My recommendations is that teach Kids how to meditate to heal themself for their wellness.


Sen. Smith dedicates new wellness library named for his son

PENDLETON— Sen. Gordon Smith came home Friday to dedicate a wellness library named after his deceased son at St. Anthony Hospital, in hopes the library can help others who struggle with depression.

Smith, a Republican from Pendleton, created the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Fund soon after his son Garrett committed suicide on Sept. 8, 2003, after battling bi-polar disorder and the depression that stemmed from it. That fund helped to generate enough money to establish the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Library at the hospital.

“We’re profoundly grateful for this place of healing,” Smith told an invitation-only crowd of nearly 200 at the hospital Friday morning. “This is the very place where my own mother brought me into the is world, so it’s good to be back.”

The library houses numerous books and Internet-capable computers for patients and community members to use in order to gain knowledge about depression and other mental health issues, as well as to provide assistance to young people battling depression.

A wall outside the library showcases Garrett Smith’s life in large, colorful photos, along with a message from the Smith family. Sen. Smith, his wife Sharon and his daughter Brittany unveiled the wall following the library dedication.

“Today, with the Smith family, we have the opportunity to shed a ray of light of hope on those struggling with depression,” said Kevin Hale, chairman of the St. Anthony Hospital Foundation Board.

As Smith began his dedication remarks, he warned the crowd, “I will try to keep my eyes dry today so I can share the thoughts in my heart, but if I don’t succeed, they are tears of joy.”

The tears did come as Smith told of President Abraham Lincoln’s struggle with his own son’s death to typhoid fever, and how he locked himself in his room for 14 days following the funeral, troubled with the thought of moving on without his son.

“After Garrett’s death, I began to figure out how to go on,” Smith said. “I contemplated returning to Pendleton and focusing on my two other children, but that wouldn’t have been keeping on with the people of Oregon.

“But I found comfort in a cause,” Smith continued. “This is very important because every year in America 1,700 high schoolers take their lives, and in American colleges, 3,000 take their lives.”

Following the death of his son, Sen. Smith championed the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, which President Bush signed Sept. 9, 2004, a year and a day after Garrett’s suicide, It would have been his 23rd birthday. The act sets aside $82 million over three years for youth suicide prevention and intervention programs.

Sen. Smith dedicates new wellness library named for his son

3 Technique's For Maintaining Skin Moisture -- 肌肤完全保湿的三大高招

This article is a valuable informations for Maintaining Skin Care Mositure.

But I have some additional inputs based from my research.

The Characteristics of of the Skin is highly dependant on the Location & country.. i.e. London, Tokyo, Taipei, Paris, Singapore , Jarkata, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Toronto, Joberg, Frankfurt, Manchester, Boston, Amersterdam, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Beijing, Xiamen, Guanzhou, Shanghai, Vancouver.. are polluted.. so the face would callect the pulluted air & smoke.. Living or working in these big city whenever return to home or reach the Office, I would advise that you clean you face.

Selecting the right Moisturizer is also important. In the day time shall apply the sun screening.

Use Filter water for face cleaning. Add pincer of Baking soda in the room temperature water for cleansing or just few drops of lemon juice.

Drink enough Water.

Drink Soup that have high Collagen & Elastin

Take less Salt


肌肤完全保湿的三大高招

关于补水保湿，我们从春天到深秋介绍了很多方法，可到了冬天，还是有很多读者来信说：用什么都没用，皮肤还是干得紧绷，干得通红，干得脱皮！
三十岁女人五大保湿程序

　　而我们仍然信心满满地说：没问题，只要试用以下的2-3个招数，一定能告别冬日皮肤干燥。

　　薇姿润泉深度锁水保湿霜混合偏干的皮肤尽可大胆使用FIX2，迅速吸收，水润不油腻。

　　准备：认清自己的皮肤状态

　　-不为“性”迷

　　　“干性皮肤”、“混合性皮肤”、“油性皮肤”……这都是陈年老套的说法啦，再别抱定了自己是什么“性”的皮肤而去选择产品，而应依据皮肤的“现状”去选择产品，因为皮肤的“性”是会随时随地随着皮肤的“状态”改变的。

　　很多人因为自己在春夏季总是油光满面，而在冬天也选用“油性皮肤”的护肤品，或者干脆选用无油的保湿啫哩，生怕“太滋润”的面霜会令皮肤油光再现，其实皮肤早已干得一笑就现缺水纹。有的人虽然两颊、下巴的皮肤已经干得脱皮，只因鼻子或T区摸起来总有些“油滋滋”的，而专挑“混合性皮肤”的护肤品来用。还有的人，虽然用的产品保湿度、滋润度都还不错，可又多涂了几层具一定控油作用的紧致毛孔、剥离角质(美其名曰“促进角质新陈代谢”)的产品，而使保湿产品的滋润度打折、使皮肤变得脆弱……

　　如此种种，都是因为对自己的皮肤状态判断失误，用错了产品，才使干燥无以缓解。所以，抛开“性”吧，了解皮肤的真正渴望，满足它。

　　【招数一】找一瓶好水

“水漾”女人善用保湿精华

　　如果你试过很多保湿霜，仍然觉得效果不够理想，那就好好挑一瓶“水”吧！

　　化妆水的功效一直被人忽略，总以为补水保湿是乳液和霜的事，其实，稍稍换一下思路就会明白：一层乳、霜的补水量终是有限的，难道能反复涂好多层吗？水却不同，可反反复复地“加水”，不停地拍打，让水深深地渗入皮肤却一点不会在表面形成负担；直到皮肤喝得饱饱，角质都软化了，干瘪的细胞都涨满了--就像湿海绵更容易吸水，后续的保养品、保湿乳霜才能更充分地被吸收。保湿乳、霜的作用，其实更多的是锁水、防止蒸发--那锁水之前，先得让皮肤足够“水”呀？

　　强调化妆水的保湿效果，在日、韩系产品中表现最为突出，它们通常有这样一些特点：被称为“柔肤水”、“补湿液”、“滋养水”……不含酒精，可用于眼部，质地有点稠--因为在水中加入了类似细胞间脂质的东西。购买之前可去柜台试用一下，不熟悉的化妆水不必立刻买，把试用后的棉片带回--保湿效果好的化妆水残留在棉片上，在室内从早放到晚，棉片仍会是潮的，不信你试试？FANCL补湿液、AQUA深润柔肤水、EX蜜润滋养水、Sofina柔润调和化妆水、兰芝高效原水分细肤水等，都属于这一类。

　　极缺水的皮肤，“猛喝”化妆水是否太“奢侈”了？那就“喝”矿泉水好了，饮用的矿泉水、纯水，或面部活泉水喷雾等都行，用棉片浸湿了轻拍、或水敷(5-20分钟，视需要)，然后再拍一层保湿化妆水，再涂保湿乳、霜--这时候的感觉，肯定跟以前大不一样了。

　　症状一：皮肤缺水

　　关键词：干燥—脱皮—细纹

　　症状分析：干燥的气候让肌肤油脂分泌减弱，而且季节的转换又很容易让快速流动的空气把皮肤的水分带走，因此我们肌肤的水位正不断下降。本来夏天还很油腻的皮肤这时突然来了个180度大转弯，干燥，容易脱皮，而且稍微护理不当，眼角和唇际就会出现不少细小的皱纹。

　　解决方案：

　　1、减少洗脸次数

　　在现在这种干燥的气候里，最适宜的洗脸频率为早晚各一次。对于干性和中性皮肤的人来说，应选用温和的洗面奶洗脸，而对于油性皮肤的人来说，不油腻、不含油脂或以水分为基本的洁面液是最好的选择。


　　【招数二】找一瓶好霜

郑秀文的保湿“锅底”论

　　　为什么保湿霜不管用？

　　首先让我们了解皮肤天然的保湿系统--水脂膜。它由水分、油脂和天然载水因子--一种细胞间脂质构成，它们紧密地相互维系，就像一张“膜”保护着我们的肌肤。皮肤干燥是因为皮肤缺水，也可能因为皮肤缺油--无法锁住水分，令水分蒸发；随着年龄的增长，天然载水因子会减少，使细胞的排列不再紧密，使水脂膜出现缝隙，令皮肤变得脆弱、敏感，保湿能力下降。

　　婴幼儿的水脂膜最完整，所以不需要保湿；成人需要保湿，其实是修补受损的水脂膜，方法就是：“缺什么，补什么”--传统上为皮肤定“性”是按油脂含量分的，所以“适合油性皮肤”的乳液是油少、相对水多，“适合干性皮肤”的面霜是水少油多，如此，缺水又缺油、或极缺水的皮肤自然“怎么用都没用”了。

　　所以，缺水皮肤要用矿泉水、保湿化妆水补水，再据缺油的程度，来选择保湿乳液、乳霜或面霜。需要指出的是，“适合各种肤质”的保湿霜，比如OLAY盈润滋养凝乳，尽管保湿效果很好，但客观地说，只适合中性、中性略偏干或略偏油的肌肤，是不足以满足很干或很油的皮肤“饥渴”的。另一类明星保湿产品，如倩碧嫩保湿霜、欧莱雅清润水分啫哩等，为什么很多人用后会失望呢？因为它们是无油补水配方，在秋冬季节，皮肤的油脂分泌明显减少，光补水不补油怎么够呢？所以，应该用乳、霜令皮肤达到水油平衡之后，再用它们为皮肤加强补水保湿，而且可直接当面霜用。

　　-激发皮肤保湿力

　　传统的保湿乳霜只是在一定程度上补水和补油，但我们知道，天然水脂膜还有非常重要的一部分：天然载水因子，如果少了它，水脂膜就像有洞的网，补充的水、油都会流失，令保湿效果打折。所以，新型的保湿霜都非常强调模拟天然载水因子，激发肌肤天然的保湿能力，重建水脂膜。FANCL、倩碧、薇姿、雅漾、Sofina、碧欧泉等，均属这一类。

　　购买前，大家还应该了解各产品的保湿原理，以选择最符合自己需要的产品。

　　薇姿认为，皮肤真皮层中的水分含量可达90-99%，缺水的只是表皮层。所以润泉深度锁水保湿霜通过非洲植物精华Filladyn，吸附真皮层的水分并运送到皮肤表面，同时能增加45%的天然载水因子数量，实现24小时保湿。FANCL认为，如果你的皮肤干燥，同时又想美白、抗皱，也应该先使用一段时间柔滑美肌系列的补湿液和柔润乳霜或均衡乳液，让LML再造因子使皮肤的载水能力增强了，美白、抗皱的效果才会更好。倩碧三重超凡防护滋润霜运用“光线智慧技术”，包裹滋润成分的脂质体小球见光后，会促使肌肤释放更多脂质，加固水脂膜；玻璃酸钠能吸收并保持百倍于自身重量的水分；还能实现提升肌肤免疫力、抗氧化和防晒三重功效。

　　但要提醒的是，干燥的皮肤最易过敏，而一般保湿乳、霜中都会含有的生物活性因子会有一定刺激性。所以，过敏状态的皮肤当以多喷、多敷雅漾、理肤泉活泉水为主(薇姿、依泉喷雾更适合健康皮肤)，辅以雅漾滋润冷霜、理肤泉特安舒护乳温和保湿，等皮肤稳定了方可使用普通保湿乳、霜。

　　【招数三】多敷保湿面膜

　　面膜不必每天敷，但保湿面膜，只要需要就可每天敷。

　　如果你的皮肤不敏感、肤色有点闷，最好每周1-2次敷面膜前先按摩，激发皮肤细胞的活力。OLAY舒缓按摩霜还能有效去除毛孔里堆积的沉淀物和老废角质，令面膜中的水润精华更能深入吸收。碧欧泉排毒保湿面膜，能中和肌肤中的毒素，敷10分钟，就能达到按摩90分钟促进血液循环的效果，呈现健康光泽。

　　如果你的皮肤较薄，除了用更加温和的方式去角质，比如用FANCL水分渗透面膜，更重要的是密集性的深层补水保湿，可在敷面膜前，先涂一层补水精华，比如碧欧泉温泉水元素精华、CLARINS平衡保湿精华液、薇姿润泉保湿精华凝露、FANCL活肤精华液等，也可视需要再涂一层修护精华液，效果会更好。

　　也可在每晚的护肤最后，薄薄涂一层薇姿润泉滋润面膜、兰芝锁水啫哩面膜过夜，翌日清晨就会有刚刚揭去面膜的水润感觉。如果是容易泛红的皮肤，则每晚轻涂一层雅漾舒活保湿面膜，有很好的舒缓镇静效果。

　　编后：女人是水做的，干燥的冬天是最不适的季节，补水关键是学会用水，水不仅美容，还可瘦身美体。

Vitamin E supplements effective in raising skin antioxidant levels - Carotanoids??

It have been proved again & again that Vitamin E would help. But beside Vitamin E, Vitamin C is important as well.

Anti-Oxidants can be from fruits & Vegetable.. Carot too. Caroteniods is the Anti-Oxidants that combate the free radicals in the body.. scientific study found that if the Caroteniods of a person fall below certain level then that person would have low immunity. & would be prompted to illness.

I would write more about it later. Now let's back to the Skin Care.. Anti-oxidants..

The basic technigue is still as follow:

Drink Enough Filtered Water

Don't over expose to the sun light

Drink Fruits Juice

Have enough Rest & Sleep

Don't eat deep fried & oilly Fatty food

No Alcohol

No Spicies food & Curry

No Smoking

No Late night

Eat Steam Food & Vege

Drink more Bone soup with Pig skin collagen


Then you shall have the Great health of your Skin.. Look young .. & be young....


Vitamin E supplements effective in raising skin antioxidant levels

24/02/2005 - Supplements of either natural or synthetic source vitamin E almost double the levels of this important antioxidant on the skin’s surface, report researchers this month, providing the first strong evidence for the role of vitamin E supplements in skincare, writes Dominique Patton.

Vitamin E has long been used in cosmetic applications to help the skin combat oxidative stress from the environment that lead to damage and ageing.

However although some vitamin E supplements have been positioned for beauty and skin health, scientific data to support their benefit has been lacking.

The new study, funded by vitamin maker BASF and first reported at a major conference on vitamin E last year, reveals for the first time a potential delivery mechanism for dietary vitamin E reaching the skin via sebaceous gland secretion.

It will open up new opportunities for supplement makers to tap the lucrative skincare market, currently seeing significantly stronger growth than the traditional vitamins sector.

“Most vitamin E supplements are just marketed as regular vitamin E but consumer awareness of the idea that nutrition can influence beauty is growing. Now we can offer customers scientific support for this concept,” Simon Gauch, global product manager for fat-soluble vitamins at BASF, told NutraIngredients.com.

Skincare markets in Europe have seen growth above 20 per cent in recent years. France, which has some 40 per cent of the western European skincare market and sales of €2.2 billion in 2004, is expected to grow by 17 per cent over the next five years, according to Mintel, while less developed markets such as Italy will grow faster at 26 per cent over 2004 figures.

The UK market is also going to perform particularly well over this period, growing some 24 per cent to almost €1 billion, according to the market research firm.

“Consumer interest in beauty is often stronger than their interest in health,” noted Gauch, adding that BASF are the first to study vitamin E’s potential in this field.

Researchers led by Professor Jens Thiele at the Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago had previously shown that sebum contains the highest concentrations of alpha-tocopherol found in human skin and accounts for the high levels of vitamin E found in the outermost layers of the skin and in skin surface lipids.

They hypothesized that take-up of oral vitamin E in the skin is largely dependent on sebaceous gland secretion.

The theory was tested on 24 healthy volunteers, randomized to receive a daily supplement of either 400 mg synthetic alpha-tocopherol or natural source alpha-tocopherol for two weeks.

Fasting blood samples, facial sebum samples, and skin surface lipid extractions from a site with low density of sebaceous glands (the forearm) were taken between baseline and 21 days.

Serum alpha-tocopherol levels were significantly increased as early as 12 hours after the first supplements were taken, peaking on day seven, with an average increase of 76 per cent and 79 per cent, respectively.

Sebum levels remained unchanged during the first 14 days of supplementation but after two weeks, both vitamin E groups saw alpha-tocopherol levels in sebum increase by 87 per cent and 92 per cent, respectively.

No significant changes were observed in lower arm skin surface lipids at any time point.

“The results suggest that sebaceous gland secretion is a major mechanism leading to site-specific differences,” write the researchers in a special issue of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2004; 1031: 184).

They note that the bioavailability of both vitamin types is comparable but that possible protective effects in the skin will not be achieved before a supplementation period of two to three weeks.

“In view of the recently identified susceptibility of sebaceous lipids to solar photo-oxidation, dietary vitamin E supplementation may help to protect human skin barrier lipids from environmental oxidative stress,” conclude the authors.

Further studies should compare test sites with different density and activity of sebaceous glands, they said, but added that other pathways of vitamin E delivery to the skin should not be ruled out.

The findings will also give vitamin makers new potential to grow the vitamin E market. The leading suppliers of synthetic vitamin E, BASF and DSM, have both expanded capacity recently, to a combined 45,000 tons, and need to grow the market.

While animal nutrition accounts for the biggest share of demand for this vitamin, both firms will be keen to push vitamin E products to higher value segments such as human nutrition and cosmetics, or indeed, the crossover -and least developed - area of cosmeceuticals.

The findings were presented by Dr Swarna Ekanayake Mudiyanselage from Friedrich Schiller University in Germany at the Vitamin E and Health conference organized by the New York Academy of Sciences in May last year.

Vitamin E supplements effective in raising skin antioxidant levels

Beware!! Using Fruits & Vege for Skin Care -- 瓜果敷面美容要小心

What this article said is using Fruits or Melon's for skin Care is cheap & effective.

However, one must beware that Are you of Skin Allergies.

In my research into these, I found that like the case below, she is using 2 whole cucumbers for her face..

The other was using the Aloe for her face. Both have been ignorance of the applications.

In the 1st case the cucumber should be cut it to thin slices, 1/2 of it is enough for the whole face. Also a 215 minutes should be more than sufficient for the applications.

The Aloe case is again is over dose, it should be cut to small slices & applied on the face to a very fine coating of Aloe Juice. 15 minutes is more than enough for the applications.

So, learn from the mistake. Know your skin type. before you apply any thing on your face.

瓜果敷面美容要小心


用瓜果美容省时省力，但敏感性皮肤者要慎用，以免引起皮肤过敏

　　随着“回归自然”潮流的盛行，瓜果美容成了时下不少女性的选择。然而，并不是所有的人都适合这种美容方法的。日前，就有两位敏感性皮肤的女性因瓜果美容不成，反得了皮肤病。

　　瓜果贴面皮肤发痒

　　孙女士听人说用黄瓜敷面可以除皱，就从市场买了两根黄瓜，晚上在家把黄瓜掏烂后贴在脸上做敷面美容，做了40来分钟，才把贴在脸上的黄瓜洗净。没想到，第二天早上起床洗脸时，发现脸上竟然长了许多红色的皮疹，还起了泡，痒得难受。孙女士急忙跑到医院就诊，经医生检查后，被诊断为日光性皮炎。

　　在沙太路一小学当老师的陈女士也是如此。她听朋友说，用芦荟敷面有美白、保湿、护肤的作用，经常用可以使皮肤嫩白、富有弹性、去皱除纹。陈女士回到家，就把栽在阳台上做观赏的芦荟剪了一块，掏烂后敷在了脸上，半个小时后才把脸洗干净。可没想到上床睡觉时，就感觉脸上很痒，用手一抓还发现有块块丘团，陈女士立即到医院检查，被确诊为鲜芦荟引起的皮肤过敏。

　　敏感皮肤不宜瓜果美容

　　为什么瓜果敷面美容也能引起过敏呢？记者就此专门咨询了广州友好医院皮肤科副主任卢医师。

　　据卢医师介绍，瓜果敷面能有一定的美白嫩肤作用，因为瓜果中的果酸具有减少皮肤角质层的聚合力，降低角质层的厚度及去除角质的作用，同时，果酸还可以促进皮肤真皮层胶原蛋白的纤维增生及重新排列，而使皮肤光滑富有弹性，果酸也可疏通毛囊皮脂腺导管口，减少粉刺形成。但果酸低浓度时才可以发挥美容的作用，果酸浓度超高时，具有强烈的腐蚀性，应用不当则对皮肤有很大的损伤，一般瓜果中果酸的含量都不太高，因此，瓜果对皮肤有一定美容作用。相对于价格昂贵的化妆品，利用瓜果美容可省时省力，被女士们普遍接受。

　　但是，卢医生提醒说，对于敏感体质的人来说，瓜果敷面可能会引起皮肤过敏。如鲜芦荟的芦荟甙和鲜芒果中的芒果甙善于吸收光线中的中长波紫外线，这些物质吸收光线后，转换成另一种致敏性很强的过敏反应，引起局部红肿起泡。具有敏感体质的人，很容易发生过敏。可导致日光性皮炎的瓜果有黄瓜、西红柿、红葡萄、无花果、萝卜、土豆等等。所以新鲜瓜果汁液对于敏感体质的人不能随意涂敷脸上，对于易患荨麻疹、皮肤湿疹或支气管哮喘等过敏性疾病的人，用新鲜水果敷面美容更应谨慎。

A local doctor's perspective on skin-care products

Dr Lisa given the advise that "Best Way To Take Care of The Skin is to protect from the Sun and don't smoke.

However, I would like to add the following:

1. De-Stress By Meditation

2. Early morning Sun is OK for 10 minutes.

3. Avoid Alcohol

4. Don't take too much Pickles

5. Wash your face constantly with filtered water

6. Drink White tea or Green Tea

7. Drink soup everyday.

8. No Junk food, Deep fried food

9. No spicies food.

A local doctor's perspective on skin-care products
February 22, 2005 By Katy Buchanan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dr. Lisa Pawelski, a dermatologist in private practice in Wilkins, said part of the problem for doctors in deciding which products to sell from the office is that there's very little data comparing product to product.

"In my mind, for equivalent quality of product, the more expensive lines might cost four to six times as much as the least expensive doctor-office product line," she said.

As an example, Pawelski pointed out that a 2.5-ounce bottle of an 8 percent glycolic acid cream can cost less than $20, compared with Prevage, which is $115 an ounce. Glycolic acid thins the dead layer of skin cells on the skin surface, thickens the top live layer of cells and helps minimize damage such as liver spots and fine wrinkling.

"You might say you're comparing glycolic acid to antioxidants [i.e. Prevage], but they're all anti-aging things one way or another," she said.

Pawelski carries a less expensive line of skin-care products called DCL in her own office.

"There are certainly physicians who push the products a lot harder and that's a larger part of their profit stream," she said.

As a bottom line, she pointed out, the best way to take care of your skin probably isn't in a tube or a jar.

That is, protect your skin from the sun and don't smoke.

"Sometimes healthy lifestyle adjustments may accomplish as much benefit as an expensive, hyped product."

A local doctor's perspective on skin-care products

Slimming -- Bitter Melon -苦瓜减肥

My research is both on "i-Medicine Sutra" & experiences.

I don't really encourage using of Bitter Melon for Slimming alone.

Bitter Taste is good for the Heart but too much is bad for the Neuro system of our body.

As the characteristic is "Cold", if you have the blood cirulations problem & yet you still use eat too much Bitter melon then your blood circulations would be even worst.

Drinking of Bitter Melon juice would cause stomarch upset.. Once ever 2 weeks if you want to Drink it for clearing your stomarch & intestine that is OK.

So please take note of these for your beautiful Skin & Wellness.

苦瓜减肥

前言：最近经常听说每天生吃苦瓜可以减肥，据说这种方法非常有效，风靡美国、日本，而且不用节食、不用运动，想睡多久睡多久，想吃什么吃什么。真的有这么神奇吗？正巧本编辑最近也在计划减肥，所以打算亲身一试。


　　实验理由之资料支持：

　　一、在汉中，有一部分人怎么吃也吃不胖，身材苗条纤美，皮肤光洁细嫩。中央电视台《生活与健康》栏目组曾报道过这事，揭开了其中奥秘：原来他们每天会生吃2到3根苦瓜，所以才那么苗条。当时采访时，导播卢笛小姐也试着咬了一口，苦得一脸痛苦。有一位姓孙的大娘，在摄像机镜头前一口气吃了5根苦瓜，她说原来体重87公斤，高血压、糖尿病、高血脂、动脉硬化折磨得她十分痛苦，生吃了一年苦瓜，体重减到48公斤，那些病全好了。

　　二、1998年，美国凯里博士从苦瓜中提取了极具生物活性的成分——高能清脂素。实验证实，每天服用一毫克该成分，可阻止100克左右的脂肪吸收，并使腰围瘦小两毫米。

　　三、朋友说在日本曾经见到卖这种含有“苦瓜清脂素”的减肥药，卖到近3万日元，俺大概算了一下，合人民币一千多大元，于是放弃了托朋友从国外买药的想法，决定直接生吃苦瓜，不仅价格便宜，而且总好过吃药——毕竟“是药三分毒”嘛。

传说有效的食用数量：

　　每天2—3根，洗净去籽，必须生吃，坚持20天以上，不用节食，想睡就睡，想吃就吃。


1、现在市场上有一些号称含有苦瓜素的减肥药，买之前一定要仔细看，因为这些药里很多都含有违禁药物“西布曲明”，这可是非常危险的。减肥，首先应该减出健康的“瘦”，以健康为第一基础，其次才考虑是否能有效减肥。

　　2、苦瓜生吃性极寒，肠胃功能有问题者和孕妇慎食。

　　可保有你苗条身姿的饮食原则及食谱推荐：

　　春节瘦身期 如何抑制食欲·如果想长期保持苗条，最有效的方法恐怕只有控制饮食。可是在春节期间，各种美味佳肴当前，有没有降低食欲的好办法？相信你已经尝过用尽各种方法减肥却没效果的痛苦感受，究其原因，最重要的大概是：不了解自己的食欲，不知道自己是真饿，还只是食欲作祟！因而了解自己的食欲，让自己在节日之后，仍保有苗条的身材！

　　一套苹果餐减肥食谱·吃苹果减肥的好处是不必挨饿，肚子饿就吃苹果。因为它是低热量食物，无论吃多少，都不会比日常生活所摄取的热量还多，所以体重自然减轻。

　　专家点评 帮你挑减肥食谱·当减肥成为流行的时候，各种减肥食谱也如雨后春笋般突显出来。并在一传十、十传百的趋势向外散开。但是，这些食谱真的有效吗？我们请来专家分析分析……

　　编后：苦瓜是要生着吃才能达到瘦身的效果，而且一天要吃两到三条才可以。因为苦瓜里含有大量的清脂素，这是很有根据的。想瘦身的朋友不防来试试！苦瓜是很苦，但为了我们魔鬼瘦身之目的，一起试试看吧！

Eat 5 To 9 Servings of Fruits & Vegetables A Day for Your Beautiful Skin & Wellness

Eat 5 To 9 Serving of Fruits & Vegetable A Day!! 

护肤：紧急援救肌肤节后综合症

This articles gives some good advise on Skin Care for the face. As my computer don't have the Chinese Language input device. Therefore, I will put my comments in English.

Key Factors for Beautiful Face Skin Care is:

1. Enough Sleep
2. Drink Minimum 8 glasses of Filtered Water a day
3. Don't Eat Deed Fried Food or Junk foods
4. Drink Herbal Tea. i.e. Wild Gingseng, Chrysanthemum, Jasmine, Mint, Lingzhi..
5. Clean Air & Clean Environment
6. Avoid Too Strong Taste of Food, i.e. too much Sugar, too much Soldium
7. Drop A few Drops of Lemon Juice or A Tea Spoon full of Vinegar, Mix in the Water for Cleaning
8. Use Cucumber slices for Eye Bag or Black Eye Ring
9. Eat More Fruits, Vegetable

...etc.

These are also applicable to man too.

护肤：紧急援救肌肤节后综合症

过年城中各大大小小的PARTY接踵而来，手头上的工作也如排山倒海般汹涌而至。连续的“彻夜不眠”和“通宵达旦”让女人们明显捱“残”了。眼圈黑了，眼袋出来了，皮肤变得干燥黯黄，甚至青春痘也来闹别扭，抹更浓的化妆品来欲盖弥彰也无补于事。

　　不要仗着年轻而以为有肆意挥霍的本钱。女人的容颜是需要保养的。俗话说：“天下没有丑女人，只有懒女人。”忙绝对不是不做护理的借口哦。

　　如何能在短时间内让皮肤状态回勇，我们针对各项问题逐一击破——

　　问题皮肤1：黑眼圈和浮肿

　　熬夜是黑眼圈的罪魁祸首，直接导致眼周静脉血管的血液淤积，呈现出青灰色。随着年纪增长，眼睛周围的皮下脂肪变得愈薄，黑眼圈也就更明显。浮肿似乎总与黑眼圈形影不离。太大的工作压力，睡眠不足，睡前饮水过多等原因致使眼部淋巴循环不良，眼下的皮肤很薄很松，眼周肌肤容易蓄积过量水分而出现眼部浮肿。

　　急救方案：使眼睛恢复神采是拯救你疲惫形象的关键是冷热敷治

　　方法一：用热毛巾敷在眼部及两侧太阳穴的位置，大约5分钟后拿开，毛巾的热力会促进这里的局部血液循环。接着再用冷毛巾敷1分钟，令毛孔收缩，然后涂上眼霜。

　　方法二：将汤匙放进冰箱冷藏，次日用凸面轻轻在眼皮上贴约三十秒，金属特有的冰凉感会使毛细血管收缩，缓解肿胀，重新唤起明眸媚采。

　　●营养均衡：多吃水果、蔬菜等食物，多喝开水，并且尽量减少吃含淀粉食物。

　　●眼膜眼霜：眼膜能快速补充水分、消除疲劳、增强肌肤弹性，消减熬夜导致的浮肿和黑眼圈现象。不过，各类眼膜的配方不同，建议到柜台咨询，选择适合你皮肤状态的护肤品。

　　●遮瑕：用一支妆效薄透的遮瑕笔，瞬间有效修饰黑眼圈。

　　
　　问题皮肤2：毛孔粗大

　　熬夜不但引起油脂分泌过多，还使肌肤变得粗糙没有光泽，毛孔也变得日渐粗大。平时为了赶时间，清洁功夫做得不够，会令皮肤受到更大的伤害，例如毛孔变得粗大，出现黑头或色素沉淀等问题。

　　急救方案：不管有多累，都要紧记好好卸妆。在完成卸妆之后，再用洗面乳进行清洁；洁面后拍上爽肤水，可以控制面部油脂分泌，也能令精华素及乳霜等护肤品更容易吸收。尽管天气较冷，为了漂亮，建议用冷温水交替洗脸，有助于收缩毛孔。到美容院做按摩，尤其是在挑完痘痘后，皮肤毛孔扩张，一定要用冷喷。平时的保养选用有针对性的产品。

　　
　　收缩毛孔一月方案·随着年龄增长，你是否发现T区不再象以前平滑，而且毛孔也开始扩张了？搜狐女人社区里面有一位叫“绿茗绕香”的美眉，根据自己的皮肤状况，总结出一套效果非常好的毛孔收缩方案，据说，一个月就能见效！

　　问题皮肤3：肤色黯黄

　　晚睡会减慢表皮的血液流速和新陈代谢的速度，于是肌肤表面的角质死皮便慢慢囤积，变得厚厚的，阻塞毛孔，除了吸收不到护肤品，也令油脂等代谢废物无法排出。肌肤也就相应地显得黯哑、发黄，失去动人的光彩。

　　急救方案：用去角质的产品，将这些顽固的角质死皮清理干净。之后透过面部按摩促进血液循环，恢复红润的好气色。如果马上要参加重要的会议或PARTY，可选用粉底来修饰倦容。现在市面上已经有许多这样专门为失去活力光彩的皮肤所设计的粉底，好粉底帮助遮盖脸上的黯色，使肌肤散发亮丽光泽，而且还不显厚重，依旧保持肌肤的透明感。如果还是觉得脸色，欠缺红润，那就试试用腮红画出好脸色。

　　　　
　　问题皮肤4：干纹尽现

　　本来冬天气候干燥，即使涂上润肤霜，皮肤也像吸收不到水分似的。熬夜后，由于肌肤微循环减弱、内分泌失调，肌肤的干燥周期被扰乱，极易出现局部脱皮的现象，很难上妆。

　　急救方案：最彻底的办法是给肌肤喝水。化妆品就先尽量少抹了，让皮肤喘口气。敷张补水面膜，直接将水分输进皮肤深层。面膜具有不透气的特性，能让皮肤尽情吸收滋润与养分，短时间内就能明显提升肌肤状态。喷雾不但令精神振奋，也可补充皮肤水分，喷在妆上能使它更持久，喷在头发上则可使发型恢复生机。别忘了用纸巾轻轻吸干，以减少皮肤水分流失。

　　
　　熬夜一方面会加速肾上腺激素的分泌，令皮脂分泌增加而堵塞毛孔，因此即使在冬日，痘痘依然盛行。研究报告显示，压力、紧张与睡眠不足都会促使青春痘情况恶化。

　　急救方案：不要使用滋润型的洗面奶，在起床和睡前使用温和、纯净的洗面奶各洗一次脸，再用化妆棉蘸无酒精成分的爽肤水印压脸部。选用油脂调节产品，保持清爽外观。

　　岁末黑头“大扫除”全方案·又是一年的结尾，一年中的得失与成败似乎总要在这样的日子里结算一下才算完满，皮肤保养也不例外，“大扫除”就在这样的一个除旧迎新的日子里变得非常必要。然而在这样的一次清扫行动中，一直被公认的“老顽固”——黑头，就成了首要攻克的任务。黑头就好比是死火山，虽然危险性不足以引起特别关注，而它的确是拥有凝脂肌肤的女性之大敌。不要怕，和黑头来一场战斗，将这些难缠的东西通通甩啦甩啦，彻底干净！

　　正确洗脸 痘痘肌肤byebye·进入冬季，人们的肌肤便开始变得干燥，皮肤科医师指出：此时各种性质的皮肤都应减少洗脸的次数，以免脸上的油脂流失过多，使皮肤更干燥。另外，洗脸用的水最好用温水，因冬天时常有人喜欢用热水洗，这也会使油脂流失，皮肤容易变得干燥，而冷水也过于刺激皮肤，皮肤可能会变得红肿。(当然关于袪痘的方法很多，而油油肤和痘痘肌的护理心得多少也能为你提供一些袪痘方面的经验！)

　　编后：“拿什么来拯救你，我的肌肤——”，节日过后，面对各种的PARTY所留给肌肤的各种问题都呈现而出，小编在这里仅上面所提到的五方面肌肤问题做出了解答，希望对大家有用！

Skin Care is just a matter of cleanliness and a healthy lifestyle

The following report contain many good advise about Skin Care.

However, I would like to provide the following helpful inputs:

1. Polluted Environments & dry air would affect of the Skin Health
2. Not Enough Rest or Sleep Would cause the Skin age faster
3. Take Shower twice a day
4. Use cold water or cold Chrysanthemum Tea to clean face
5. Steam Bath for your face before sleep
6. Meditations to di-stress
7. Use of fresh egg white for masking
8. Put a pincer of Baking Soda in the room temperature water for cleaning
9. Apply Collagen & Elastin after cleansing


Skin care is usually just a matter of cleanliness and a healthy lifestyle
For most people, smooth skin requires nothing more than staying clean, eating right and living well. If you want to stay looking young, experts say, just eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, drink a lot of water, and wash your face several times a day. Keeping stress at bay is also key. If you find this article interesting, be sure to also read 'Dietary fat is necessary for absorption of vitamins, nutrients and phytochemicals from fruits and vegetables.'

Overview:

* We are all born with different skin textures.
* All that's needed of us is a little maintenance to keep our skin healthy.
* Unfortunately, most of us wait until something goes wrong before we start tending to our skin.
* Skin care should be part of a daily routine.
* The first step in achieving flawless skin is to identify your skin type.
* Whether you have normal, oily, dry or combination skin.
* Once you've determined your basic skin type, you could then choose from the wide variety of advanced skin services that are available today.
* There are different treatments available for different skin types.
* For example, ageing skin could be treated with non-surgical facelift.
* Also, there are a variety of good quality cosmetics available in the market for daily skin care.
* If your skin is very sensitive, do consult your dermatologist before you venture into a new product.
* Eat a lot of fruits and vegatables.
* This will help you get that natural glow.
* This helps cleanse your circulatory system, which again, is very important in skin care.
* A balanced diet and cleanliness are the simplest steps to ensure healthy skin.
* Do remember to wash your face everytime you return from an outing.
* A stress-free lifestyle will reflect on one's face.

Source: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13661773

Skin care is usually just a matter of cleanliness and a healthy lifestyle

Facial Vein Laser Treatment Cosemtic Dermatology -- Check Your Blood Sugar 1st

Spider Veins On the Face obviously is not so present.

Thanks is due to the Laser Technology that can be used to cure these defects.

When I was in Malaysia, I have a few friends, they have been having the Spider Veins on their face & nose. They have went for the Laser treatment, & it was heal. But later the spider vein seem to be re-surfaced.

I then advised them to go for the check up on their blood. The result found that they have diabetic.

With these experiences, I want to advise you that if you are going to do the Laser Treatment, why not check your blood 1st.

Go to the root before you get treatment.

Facial Vein Laser Treatment Cosemtic Dermatology: "Facial Vein Laser Treatment

Facial vein laser treatments are used to eliminate small, red-to-purple spider veins that appear on the face. Also known as telangiestasias, spider veins can be caused by rosacea, hormones, oral contraceptives, sun exposure or the aging process.

Procedure:
Lasers provide a safe and effective method for eliminating facial spider veins. A laser generating an intense beam of light is directed at the targeted vein using a special laser hand-piece. The energy emitted by the laser is absorbed by the blood vessel, but not by the surrounding tissue. The heat generated by the laser causes coagulation of the blood vessel, which is destroyed and is gradually reabsorbed by the body.

Treatment Duration:
Treatment generally takes just a few minutes; however, the time varies according to the number of vessels requiring treatment. Depending on the type of vessels involved (darker or purple veins are more difficult to remove than pink or red ones), multiple sessions may be necessary to achieve optimal results. Repeat treatments are spaced at four- to six-week intervals.

Anesthesia:
The sensation of laser treatment is like that of a rubber band being snapped against the skin. Some patients opt for application of a topical anesthetic cream prior to the procedure.

After Care:
Discomfort after the procedure is minimal. Some swelling, redness or (rarely) blistering may occur around the treated areas, and the skin may feel tender for several days. In order to maintain optimal results, it is important to apply sunscreen regularly and avoid prolonged sun exposure. "

Dry Skin, Allergy or Something More Serious? Check Your Lung & Intestine!!

Yesterday, I reported about Psoriasis & Skin Care.

I found the following article from WTNH.com.

As according to Psoriasis Foundation, it reconfirmed my research that Stress , diet or allergies.. do triggers the Psorasis.

The healing cream normally for Psorasis is Coal Tar & Serlicerlic Acid 2%.

However, my advise is if you have skin problem , consult a skin specialist 1st.

According to "I-medicine Sutra" Lung, Big Intestine is the roots of the skin, so need to check your Lung & Big Intestine as well.


Dry Skin, Allergy or Something More Serious?

(HealthDay News) -- The cold winter months cause many of us to itch and scratch what appears to be dry skin. But is it weather-related, an allergic reaction, or something more serious like psoriasis?

Psoriasis typically develops between the ages of 15 to 35, but it can begin at any age. Many first-time psoriasis patients may brush off a warning sign and not realize they have a condition that requires medical attention. Check with your doctor if you have:

* Skin with red patches or scales.
* Changes or discoloration of nail beds.
* Red, tender, blistered skin.
* Inflamed or red areas in folds of the skin.

According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, in addition to weather, diet, or allergies, triggers of the disease can include emotional stress, injury to the skin, some types of infection, and reactions to certain drugs. Also, stress can cause psoriasis to flare for the first time or aggravate existing cases.
WTNH.com - Health Tip: Dry Skin, Allergy or Something More Serious?

DNA chart may give clue to the origins of diseasesn - Look at Psorasis

In my previous article I have briefly mentioned that certain kind of skin disease will passed on by generation i.e. psoriasis & eczema.

One thing I don't understand is that the psoriasis normally happen in an interval of generation gap. my research have found that sometime the Grand pa generation have psoraisis then the father & uncle generation would not be having it. Then the son or daugther generation , one of the member would have the disease.

But these is for sure is of the DNA & the gene that come to effect.

Those who have the Psorasis must avoid to have stress,

Not to Drink Beer or Alcohol,

Not to eat too much Prawn

Not to eat Crab, So as to prevent the disease to turn bad.

DNA chart may give clue to the origins of diseases
By Mark Henderson
A GENETIC map that charts the way DNA varies across three racial groups will illuminate the origins of health problems as diverse as heart disease and mental illness, scientists said yesterday.

The completion of the mapping project by Perlegen Sciences, a company based in California, will help researchers to pinpoint genetic variants that contribute to disease and promises to lead to more effective, tailor-made medical treatments.

The study, published yesterday in Science and also presented to the meeting, is the first of its kind to be made public.

It has identified 1.58 million changes in single “letters” of DNA among 71 individuals of Caucasian, African-American and Chinese-American backgrounds.

Analysis of these variants, known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs (pronounced “snips”), will enable scientists to identify patterns that work together to trigger illness, or which affect how individual patients are likely to respond to particular drugs.

While 99.99 per cent of the human genome is shared by all people, millions of mutations in single DNA letters have accumulated during our evolution. Some of these SNPs occur in patterns particular to certain populations that share common recent ancestry; others are peculiar to individuals. They account for some of the differences between both people and ethnic groups, affecting traits as diverse as blood pressure and eye colour.

Geneticists believe that mapping and understanding SNPs will be critical to harnessing the medical benefits of the Human Genome Project.

Donald Kennedy, the editor-in-chief of Science, said: “This will provide an invaluable resource for genetic research to improve human health.”

Times Online - World

FDA panel recommends 'black box' warnings for eczema creams

From my research into eczema, it is a rather complex or the cause of it.

According to the "I-Medicine Sutra" Skin disease is closely related to the health of Lung & Large Intestine & Colon.

The abstract element of Lung; Large Intestine & Colon is Metal. It is the imbalance of "Chi" or conflicts between "Metal" & "Wood" that caused the Skin Disease.

Eczema can be due to the environment pollutions, humilities, the type of food such as prawn, crabs or certainly fish, also some people may be sensitive to alcohol. There is a possibility that the DNA of the of person & their family DNA. The other factor is Stress.

Using of drug must be very careful, such as using steriod & order toxine cream for the skin.

Sea water or hot spring may be a better alternative to heal the eczema.


FDA panel recommends 'black box' warnings for eczema creams
By Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Two popular medicines used to treat eczema should carry a warning about a potential risk for cancer and infection, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Tuesday.

The medicines, Elidel and Protopic, were approved originally as second-line treatments for eczema, a skin disorder, to be used when traditional treatment with steroid creams did not work or caused a reaction. But both creams have become popular with parents who believe they are safer than steroid creams.

POSSIBLE RISKS

The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reports that lymph node cancer and other cancers have occurred in children and adults using Elidel and Protopic.

What they treat:
Elidel is for mild to moderate atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema. Protopic is for moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. Neither drug is recommended as a first-line treatment.

Who should not use them:
Among those are children younger than 2 years old, women who are breastfeeding, or anyone whose eczema is infected.
What are the risks?
Lymph node cancer, skin cancer (limit exposure to natural or artificial sunlight), increased chance of chickenpox or shingles.
Source: FDA

One of the creams, Elidel, is advertised often on television and in women's magazines as a safe alternative to steroid creams.

FDA officials said at a hearing Tuesday that they were highly concerned that several animals, including primates, developed cancer in studies of the drugs.

An advisory panel of pediatricians, dermatologists, consumer advocates and other scientists concluded Tuesday that the drug labels should include "black box" warnings about the potential cancer risk and the danger of prescribing the creams for children younger than 2.

"Black boxes" — literally printed black boxes enclosing the warnings — are considered the strongest possible labeling. The FDA usually heeds the advice of its professional panels.

"There are animal models that make us concerned that these products could contribute to an increase in cancer," said Dianne Murphy, director of the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics for the FDA. "We have no human proof, but the monkey data was very concerning."

Murphy calls the potential for cancer "biologically plausible."

"We don't want to scare people," Murphy said. "We just want to make people more informed."

Novartis, the manufacturer of Elidel, said in a statement issued after the hearing that the black box warning was "unwarranted and not substantiated by clinical evidence." About 5 million people worldwide are using the drug, Novartis said.

The FDA raised the issue of a potential cancer risk at a hearing in 2003 when early animal studies showed some signs of cancer.

Several members of the panel said then that they were alarmed by the study and wanted more direct warnings on the label. But the panel stopped short of voting for a black-box warning.

Use of the medicines has increased more than fourfold over the past four years, FDA documents show.

Physicians wrote almost 2 million prescriptions for children between June 2003 and May 2004, the FDA said. Doctors also prescribed the creams for about 500,000 children younger than 2. The creams are not recommended for infants.

USATODAY.com - FDA panel recommends 'black box' warnings for eczema creams

The Pharmanex BioPhotonic Scanner Revolution

I just returned from my trip to the HQ of Pharmanex.

Thanks is due to my Friend Mike Heninger who arrange for the VIP fly in and sponsor my trip.

Here is the article that written by Mike Adams, I encourage you all to Download these free eBook, so that you could have better understanding of
the Blue Laser Scanner & your Health conditions.

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