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Two Types Of Herbs For Menopause Symptoms

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

Two Types Of Herbs For Menopause Symptoms

By: Jeanette Pollock -

Overview of Menopause symptoms

Menopause should not be regarded as an illness or a disease. It is simply an occurrence wherein the woman is entering her second phase of feminine life. Of course, these women are experiencing a gradual discomfort because of the transitionâ€¦this is only natural. If there are telltale signs of menopause symptoms, you can opt to procure some treatment in order to minimize the feeling of discomfort.

But it is important to remember that any kind of treatment will not prevent you from undergoing menopause process, especially when your age is already falling from and between 48 ‘ 55 years old. It will only help you to deal a lot easier with menopause symptoms or relieve majority of their major discomfort effects. Your lifestyle might also need some changing especially your smoking, eating, drinking, and sleeping habits in order to minimize the severity of menopause symptoms.

What can herbs do to treat menopause symptoms?

There are many types of reliable herbs available that can treat menopause symptoms. They can maintain women’s healthy life even when menstruation process causes a lot of discomfort and decline in their health aspect. With herbs carefully and religiously applied you may not only alleviate those various forms of discomfort but you will also maintain your healthy life.

Two basic types of herbs for menopause

Phytoestrogenic herbs

These are the herbs or plants that contain natural phytoestrogen, a type of chemical compound, which is similar to the women body estrogen. These herbs work by replacing the lost natural body estrogen with the plant hormones, phytoestrogen. Aside from this, there are other elements of phytoestrogenic herbs that are considered beneficial to menopausal women such as amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Generally, these herbs are an alternative to disorders relating to low hormonal/estrogen levels.

Menopause And Your Diet

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

Menopause And Your Diet

By: Susan Megge -

It seems like just yesterday that you were planning a tropical vacation or preparing for a high school reunion. Preparations for such events included watching your caloric intake two or three weeks to ensure that you would be svelte and sexy for the occasion. And now? Well, you’re noticing symptoms of menopause. As a result your mid-section is expanding, and stubbornly refusing to respond to your efforts to shed its spare tire.

Your added weight is a perfectly normal symptom of menopause and you need not be concerned ‘ that is, as long as you’re willing to take the necessary steps to drop the extra fat surrounding your waistline. You see if you keep the weight on and let it continue to accumulate, you’ll put yourself at risk of developing heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and many other chronic illnesses associated with obesity.

So, what’s the solution? Believe it or not, it’s actually just common sense and really very simple. You can eliminate menopausal weight gain, as well as other symptoms associated with menopause by eating healthy, controlling your caloric consumption and consuming the proper nutrients.

As your estrogen level declines, your body will naturally look for other places from where to get needed estrogen. Since your fat cells are capable of producing estrogen, your body works harder to convert your consumed calories into fat. Some foods are metabolized too quickly, thus causing unhealthy spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels, which results in additional fat accumulation. Because of this, you’ll want to avoid these foods, which include white rice, potatoes and white bread. Instead, add wholegrain bread, oats, rye and wheat germ to your diet.

You’ll also want to eliminate fried foods; instead bake or broil when you cook. Baked and broiled foods aren’t just healthier, but they can actually be more appealing to the taste buds. When cooking with oils, avoid using processed cooking oils. Alternatively, use unprocessed oils, such as extra virgin olive oil, canola, wheat germ and flaxseed oil.

When you feel like having a snack, reach for nuts, seeds (pumpkin and sunflower), dried fruits and fresh fruit. Try to stick with melons, bananas, oranges and lemons, as these fruits are high in potassium, which is an excellent source to help balance sodium and water retention. You’ll also want to increase your daily intake of vegetables, including salad (preferably made with romaine or bib lettuce, which contain more nutritional value than does iceberg lettuce), yam and dark leafy vegetables, such as spinach, broccoli and cabbage. Peppers and tomatoes aren’t just beneficial to your health and diet, but they’re quite tasty and can add a lot to your recipes.

Soy foods are fast becoming a popular choice to reduce symptoms of menopause. Soy foods include soybeans, calcium-fortified soy milk, soy yogurt, tofu and others. I’ll admit that I haven’t yet indulged in soy-fortified foods, but it’s said that the benefits of their consumption are quite significant.

I highly recommend that you drink more mineral and bottled water, and reduce your intake of caffeine and alcohol. This will significantly reduce the incidence of hot flashes.

Of course, you’ll be tempted to stray from healthy eating once in awhile, which is okay ‘ as long as you make it an occasional treat and not a regular practice. If you stick to the guidelines I mentioned, you will notice a reduction in many menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes, bloating, water retention, fatigue and mood swings.

Obviously, by consuming foods low in calories and fat you’ll also notice that you’re better able to control the weight gain associated with menopause. By adding a regular exercise program to your lifestyle, not only will you control your weight, but you’ll lose a significant amount of weight, as well. Fortunately, the foods that I’ve outlined will no doubt give you the energy needed to actively exercise each day. If you include weight training you’ll build muscle, become lean and toned (for real ‘ even at our age!) and reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

When we were young girls we didn’t aspire to experience menopause. As a matter of fact, I can say with confidence that not one ten-year-old girl has ever muttered the words â€œWhen I grow up I want to be menopausal.â€ The fact is, if we’re lucky enough to experience life, menopause is just a natural part of being a woman. It’s not the end, but rather a very beautiful beginning of self confidence, maturity, beauty and an active lifestyle ‘ that is, if you choose to make it so.

Your added weight is a perfectly normal sympt…

Susan Megge is the founder of http://www.40isbeautiful.com, a website designed to assist mature women as they approach and experience menopause. Susan started experiencing symptoms of menopause several years ago and researched various avenues to deal with these symptoms naturally.

Increase Fertility With The Fertility Calendar And Herbal Plants

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

Increase Fertility With The Fertility Calendar And Herbal Plants

By: Jeanette Pollock -

Is getting pregnant your ultimate dream this time? Have you gone through all sorts of stress-relieving activities but then you just cannot increase your fertility? Have you engaged in an unprotected sexual intercourse with your partner for over a year now but then there is still no news of your upcoming baby? Why don’t you increase your fertility with the help of the fertility calendar?

If you are facing several difficulties in getting pregnant, you are hence not alone. Such thing has long been a major dilemma for most women. The incapacity to get fertile is nonetheless a great risk to be faced by both men and women. Some failed marriages can trace their roots from one of the couple’s incapacity to bear a child. Being childless can open certain emptiness in a married couple’s life. It may sound clichÃ©d but there is always a solution to every problem.

What is the fertility calendar?

What is there with the fertility calendar? How can you increase fertility with the fertility calendar? Basically, the fertility calendar predicts in which days you are most probably fertile so you can have a successful pregnancy. Experts recommend that you get into a sexual intercourse in your most fertile days. You must first be aware of your own cycle to get into the meat of your fertile days. The fertility calendar will make you see your fertile dates, the end of your menstrual cycle, your ovulation period, and the most probable due dates.

What can the fertility calendar do for you to increase your fertility?

By using the fertility calendar, you get to know a series of ways wherein you can put your own cycle into a chart. When you are aware of when your most fertile time is, you increase your chances of conceiving. The fertility calendar also allows you to conceive the gender of the baby of your choice. So if you do want a baby girl or a baby boy, start using the fertility calendar. How can this be possible? It is said that the sperm that contains the X-chromosomes are able to live longer and they swim a lot slower in contrast to the male Y-carrying sperm cell. Therefore, if you engaged into an intercourse at least 3 days before the ovulation, you may get a baby girl. But if you get into an intercourse a lot closer to the ovulation period, you get bigger chances of getting a baby boy.

Meanwhile, if you aim to delay your pregnancy because you wish to wait for a longer time before you get pregnant again, the fertility calendar will also guide you in your goal. Hence, unwanted pregnancies are also avoided by the use of the fertility calendars.

How can the herbs help you increase fertility?

Aside from the fertility calendars, you can always supplement your quest to increase fertility with the use of herbs. According to the customs, there are some herbal plants that pose a great influence on one’s fertility. Among of which are the red clover, wild carrot, liferoot, wild yam, and partridge berry. There are women who can attest to the magnificence brought about by their drinking of these herbs.

There is nothing wrong to try the customary practice of drinking the herbal plants as long as there are those who can attest to its wonders and safety. Meanwhile, some free fertility calendars are available in the internet. You simply have to download it and start tracking your own menstrual cycle and therefore learn to determine which your fertile days are.

If you are facing several difficulties in getting pregnant, you are hence not alone. Su…

Jeanette Pollock is a freelance author and website owner of InfertilityDomain.com. Visit Jeanette’s website to learn more about increasing fertility!

8 Ways To Prevent Osteoporosis And Heart Disease During Menopause

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

8 Ways To Prevent Osteoporosis And Heart Disease During Menopause

By: Riana Lance -

Osteoporosis causes bones to lose mass and density. As the bones become porous and brittle, the chance of fracture is greatly increased. Often there are no symptoms and a person only discovers that they have osteoporosis when they suffer a fracture.

Heart disease includes a number of conditions affecting the structures or function of the heart. They includes coronary artery disease (including heart attack), abnormal heart rhythms or arrythmias, heart failure, heart valve disease, congenital heart disease, heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy), pericardial disease, aorta disease and Marfan syndrome, vascular disease (blood vessel disease).

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. thus, it is essential to learn how prevent heart disease.

During menopause, many women are easily getting osteoporosis. Indeed, it would also be easy for them to get heart disease.

How is that?

Women, during menopause, might be lack of estrogen. This causes bones to lose calcium and become weaker, putting them at risk for severe bone loss or osteoporosis. A lack of estrogen also increases risk of heart disease.

However, there are steps you can do to prevent osteoporosis and heart disease, such as:

1. Get enough calcium to keep your bones strong. Before menopause, you need about 1,000 mg of calcium per day. After menopause, you need 1,500 mg per day. You also can talk with your physician about taking medicine to help preserve bone and slow down bone loss. Get at least 30 minutes of physical activity on most days of the week. Try weight-bearing exercises, like walking, running, or dancing.

2. Eat healthy by including plenty of whole grain products, vegetables, and fruits in your diet. Choose a diet low in total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol.

3. Maintain a healthy weight. Ask your health care provider what a healthy weight is for you.

4. Control your blood pressure. Ask your health care provider what a healthy number is for you and how often you need it checked.

5. If you have diabetes, control and monitor your blood sugar levels.

6. Lower your cholesterol to the right level. Ask your health care provider what a healthy level is for you.

7. If you smoke, try to quit. Ask your health care provider for help or visit this special section of the NWHIC web site: www.4woman.gov/QuitSmoking

8. If you drink alcohol, limit it to no more than one drink per day.

So, if you think that your menopause has begun, it is important for you to pay attention to the eight essential ways to prevent osteoporosis and heart disease.

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Peri-areola Breast Lift Surgery, Is It Suitable For You?

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

Peri-areola Breast Lift Surgery, Is It Suitable For You?

By: Julie Walker

Before deciding to undergo any breast surgery, it is important to have a clear knowledge on what is to be done, the benefits, the possible risks and after effects. It is best to seek several consultations with different surgeons as different surgeons might be using different techniques, have different opinions, and will have different aesthetic preferences.

Let’s look at Benelli Mastopexy (Peri-Areola breast lift) breast enhancement surgery.

Peri-Areola breast lift is one of the several techniques for breast lift whereby the scars are designed around the areola. It is useful for women with a projecting nipple/areola complex (sometimes called torpedo or missile shaped breasts), and can also be used to reduce the size of the areola at the same time.

To be suitable for Benelli Mastopexy, the patient must be in good health, and not have any active diseases or pre-existing medical conditions.

Due to the natural stretching and sagging of the breast skin after pregnancy, it is highly recommend that the patient waits until she no longer wants to have any additional children before having the surgery.

A patient can be more satisfied with the results of the surgery if there is sufficient communication between the surgeon and the patient. It is critical to be able to voice your desires to your surgeon, so that he/she will be able to better understand your needs and create a better result that you desire.

This technique removes a donut shaped piece of tissue around the areola during the surgery, and scars are normally found around the areola. Surrounding tissues of the breasts are normally stitched to the areola. The results after the surgery will be a flatter, rounder breast. Sometimes, to compensate for the lifting effect when the breast tissues are stitched, a little more tissue is being removed above the areola.

Although there are great benefits with Benelli Mastopexy, the customers also need to understand the different risk associated with it. The risks includes the breast being asymmetry as there are no definite promises during a surgery; hyper - pigmentation could form due to bruising; hematoma and seroma could occur, which led to another/other surgeries needed for rectifying of problems. There will be an altered sensation of the nipple/areola, which are found to be temporary. In rare cases, there will be loss of blood supply to the nipple or skin sections that were reattached. Thus, needing reconstruction.

A number of online web site functions commercially, this make it possible for them not to disclose all information about the complications and risks of breast surgery. It is important to collate information from different sources as it could aid in your final decision-making.

You may want to consider and try natural breast enhancement before spending money and risks the implication going for breast enhancement surgeries.

The above information is found in Ms Yvonne Lee, internationally acclaimed book “To All Women Who Want To Enhance Their Breasts Naturally, But Don’t Know How To Start”. It describes and details the most important breast enhancement techniques from every corner of the world. Author Yvonne Lee, provides an unbiased pro-and-con analysis of each technique, in addition to practical information such as how and where to get it, cost, and potential impact on insurance coverage. The ebook version of the book is now available at: http://www.breastenhancementbook.com

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What Smoking Can Do To A Woman’s Health

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

What Smoking Can Do To A Woman’s Health

By: Dulce Azogue

Recent decades have witnessed the increasing number of women who smoked, regardless of age and race. Today lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer. Millions of women have died - and will die - because of tobacco use. A sad reality tells us that while cigarettes offer a temporary relief, its health risks last much longer.

I. Statistics

Smoking is a major public health concern among women in the United States. From 1997 to 2001, it resulted to an estimated annual average of 178,000 deaths among US women.

Since 1980, nearly 3 million women died prematurely due to smoking-related health problems. Lung cancer is now the number one cause of death, even surpassing breast cancer. It is predicted that lung cancer will kill nearly 68,000 women this year, much higher than breast cancer (41,000).

Women account for 39% of all smoking-related deaths each year, a figure that has more than doubled since 1965.

Among ethnical races in the US, smoking is most prevalent in American-Indian women (28.5%), followed by non-Hispanic whites (20.4%), and non-Hispanic blacks (17.2%). It has the lowest prevalence rate in Asians (4.8%) and Hispanics (10.9%).

When it comes to educational achievements, it has the highest prevalence rate among women who had a GED diploma (39.6%), followed by women who have 9 to 11 years of education (34%), and lowest among women with 16 years of education (11.2%).

II. Factors That Drive Women To Smoke

The tobacco industry has creatively marketed cigarette brands to women, thanks to clever marketing strategies.Ads featuring beautiful women with cigarettes imply independence, glamour, and social desirability, driving women to think that it will greatly enhance their lifestyle.

Environmental and social factors come to play in influencing women to smoke. Those who get into the habit have parents who smoke and who have weaker bonds with them. These

women generally have weak performance in school, are less attached to religion, and belong to peers who smoke.

Musical, artistic, and social events targetted at women like fashion shows and concerts have tobacco companies as their sponsors, thus, presenting themselves to the public in a more presentable fashion.

III. Health Risks Of Smoking To Women

Smoking has been a leading cause of preventable death in The us. Women who smoke increase their risk of various types of cancers, like cancers of the lung, lip. oral cavity and pharynx, cervix, urinary bladder, kidney, liver and pancreas.

They are 2-6 times more likely to suffer from a heart attack, and these chances increase depending on the intensity and the number of cigarettes they smoke each day.

The risk of dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increase ten fold, and 90% of these deaths are associated with smoking.

Smoking damages the skin. It’s because it narrows the blood vessels in the outermost layers of your skin, reducing the supply of oxygen. It also damages collagen and elastin, two fibers that give your skin elasticity.

Female smokers greatly increase their risk of developing hip fracture, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, ischemic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, women who abstain from the habit reduce their risk of developing stroke. After5-15
years of abstinence, their risk is almost the same as those of non-smokers.

Female non smokers are likely to suffer from the dangers of tobacco use as well, due to their exposure to secondhand smoke.

Women are likely to die from lung cancer due to passive smoking. Approximately 3,000 of them die annually from lung cancer, while 35,000 of them die due to cardiovascular disease.

Children exposed to secondhand smoke have 50% greater chances of developing lung cancer later in life, compared to those who were not. This is according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. A team of researchers led by Professor Paolo Viners of Imperial College of London tracked more than 123,000 non-smokers but were exposed to secondhand smoke as children and compared their health status to those who had not been exposed to passive smoking. They found out that 97% of passive smoking youngsters suffered from lung cancer, 20 others had upper respiratory cancers and 14 of them died from COPD, also caused by smoking.

IV. How Women Can Quit Smoking

But there is hope to women who want to quit. Quitting at any age is beneficial. Women who abstain from smoking reduce their risk of heart disease, regardless of age. This will be reduced within 1 to 2 years of quitting. They also decrease their risk of dying prematurely.

1. Get as many support as possible. Be part of social network groups of smokers who want to quit, and interact with former smokers and ask for advice.

2. Do other things that will divert your attention from smoking. When bored, you’ll likely get a pack of cigarettes. In this case, enjoy another hobby.

3. Quit slowly. Reduce the number of sticks you smoke each day. Completely withdrawing will make you look for a whole pack and destroy your plans.

Tobacco use is not good to everyone. Much studies have been done in the past. But the question is, are you ready to quit?

Women and smoking don’t actually mix. While smoking gives women a temporary relief, it wreaks their health seriously. Millions of women have died in the US alone because of tobacco-related diseases. Find out what they are, and how women can quit smoking.

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Natural Mineral Cosmetics: Simplified Application

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

Natural Mineral Cosmetics: Simplified Application

By: Sherry Frewerd -

You’ve seen them, china doll perfect with flawless skin, adorably kissed with dewy fresh makeup applied with the lightest of touch to impart a glow only an airbrush could possibly contrive. And you know they probably spent three hours on the eye shadow on their left eye, alone.

Shhhhhhh ‘ I have a secret. She probably didn’t spend more than fifteen minutes, but she had the right tools and the right cosmetics. With Natural Cosmetics, mineral make up made with finely micronized titanium dioxide; you too can have that flawless complexion, dewy and fresh as a sun-kissed daisy on a summer morning.

Natural cosmetics are becoming more and more popular as many cosmetic companies are replacing their regular heavy oil packed liquid make-up with mineral make-up. Mineral makeup lasts longer, is readily available, doesn’t leak, and offers a much simpler application process than liquid makeup. Natural cosmetics last all day long, without feeling heavy, weighing you down, or streaking, like liquids. And the very best part, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to apply them in the morning.

It’s easy to achieve perfection; just follow these simplified directions:

Start with a clean moisturized face. Dampen your face with a few spritzes of mineral water from an atomizer. Blot with a very soft cloth (do not rub completely dry). Sprinkle a small amount of mineral foundation in the lid of your powder container and swish brush lightly, tap, apply in small circular motions all over face. (Use a feather light touch! You’ll need to redip your brush five times for complete coverage.) Apply eye shadow with a foam applicator to contour of eyes. Apply blusher in the hollows of your cheeks, lightly; you don’t need much! Dip large brush in translucent powder and lightly blend over face. Use fluffing motion to keep application very light and blending. Apply eyeliner just behind lashes, very carefully over top of eye shadow. Apply mascara to lashes and separate. Apply lipstick with a lip brush and gloss lightly.

You’re so gorgeous! Yes, that stunning reflection in the mirror is definitely you delicately touched with color, and china doll perfect.

Mineral makeup is good for your skin. It allows your skin to breath, absorbing necessary oxygen for youth and refreshment. Natural cosmetics fill up the tiny lines in your skin, cover blemishes, and protect you from damaging sunrays with a high SPF and natural coverage to keep UVA and UVB rays from your skin. Mineral makeup offers many benefits, and you don’t get brown liquid foundation on your favorite white blouse.

You can leave your makeup case at home; you won’t need a touch up all day. A bit of gloss in your purse and you’re ready to go.

For an evening out on the town, a bit of mineral makeup glitter sprinkled liberally across your shoulders and just a hint across your cheeks should dress you up appropriately!

Sherry Frewerd publishes websites on various subjects from recipes to mineral makeup to toddler learning. Stop over to http://naturalyoumineralmakeup.com for some helpful and fun natural remedies, tips and product suggestions. Forget the Botox, talk to Mother Nature today!

Why Does Everyone Love Opi Nail Polish?

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:46 +0000

Why Does Everyone Love Opi Nail Polish?

By: S. Arya -

OPI Nail colors have been the desire for every woman to have on their nails. OPI Nail polish is considered by many to be of the finest quality money can buy to have your hand and feet decorated with.

Many reasons are attributed to OPI being the industry leader in Nail polish including:

â€¢ OPI release new colors every season in order to keep their lines trendy and fashionable
â€¢ OPI continues to invent colors and styles that no other nail polish manufacturer comes close to.

These unique styles includes:

o Mini collections are released with every new line, this allows the user to have a variety of colors but in smaller quantity so they do not have to waste any polish when the season is over.

o New types of applicator brushes such as the new pro-wide brush

o Designer series colors which include diamond dust to add to the longevity of the nail lacquer and also improve the appearance

Some of the most popular colors by OPI include

o OPI I’m not really waitress
o Magnifico Mexico
o It’s a Dozi says Suzi
o Back to the Beach Peach
o OPI I love this color
o Nicole’s Fav

OPI has revolutionized the nail polish industry by adding exciting colors, great promotions and great marketing. OPI has done what other’s in the industry could never figure out, they realized what women wanted in a nail polish line and made it into a something women desire every season.

Some of the most popular collections by OPI include:

o OPI Mexico Collection ‘ Fling off the work clothes and throw on your bikini, bet ready for lazy days on the beach and nights that only can be rekindled by the right glass of wine. Remember the music of Mexico and the times on the Mexican Rivera, the OPI Mexico Collection will be a memory worth painting.

o OPI Chicago Collection ‘ Jazz and Blues defines the Chicago music scene and the OPI Chicago collection will bring you to the deep reds of Miles Davis and the true blues of BB King.

o OPI Soft Shades ‘ Brings to together 16 of the best selling soft colors for when you really don’t want to go all out. Shows what a good girl you are and brings on a conservative look for anyone who wears one of the colors.

o OPI Holiday 2005 ‘ Brings together the world’s best shopping cities with colors that are inspired by them. From Paris to New York and from Milan to Los Angeles, the OPI Holiday Collection will positively get you in the mood for the Season of Giving.

o OPI Brights ‘ whats more to say OPI Bights are the brightest and most vivid colors by OPI. When you are ready to make a statement use Brights to make the exclamation

If you have not tried OPI Nail polish or are looking for the best quality polish a woman can have on their nails then OPI is what you need.

OPI Nail colors have been the desire for every woman to have on their nails. OPI Nail polish is considered by many to be of the finest quality money can buy to have your hand and feet decorated with.

Many reasons are attributed to OPI being the industry leader in Nail polish including:

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Tanning And Cancer

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:45 +0000

Tanning And Cancer

By: Ashish Jain -

If one were living in any of the colder regions of the world, the tell tale signs of having enjoyed a good vacation would be to wear a tan, acquired from hours of lazing in the sun, on some beach. Better still, is the idea of wearing a tan regularly by resorting to tanning under a tanning bed, under artificial conditions. While the latter form of tanning may look very authentic and satisfactory, it is a process of tanning that is fraught with the risk of cancer.

Thus, the debate on tanning and the risks of cancer has been raging as a debatable issue with strong contenders on both sides. Several studies have shown that tanning under a tanning bed can increase the risk of getting cancer. On the other hand studies have shown that tanning has helped reduce the risks of cancer by its controlled system that reduces the risk of sunburn.

The UV rays that tanning under lights creates stimulates the skin cells. The activated and stimulated skin cells produce more melanin, which is the pigment that gives skin its natural color. Thus a tanning bed activates this principle under controlled conditions and the fashion industry has promoted this method, making it highly popular among Scandinavian women. That is why the effects of tanning and the risk of cancer have been extensively carried out among this category of women. The results have shown that among the women who regularly resorted to tanning, the risk of developing cancer had increased to 55%. In the same way a similar study carried out at Dartmouth concluded that the regular user of the tanning method was two and half times more likely to develop cancer.

The above studies as well as findings from independent sources had led the American Medical Association (AMA) to adopt a resolution calling for a total ban on tanning under light, so as to prevent the incidence of cancer from this source. But the US Federal Trade Commission (USFTC) was no twilling to go with them on this resolution and declined to institute such a ban. The contention of the USFTC”was that the use and sale of tanning equipment for cosmetic purposes could be permitted as it had certain healthy benefits accruing from its use.

Supporting the argument put forth by the Federal Trade Commission lobby another organization, namely the Tanning Trends, contended that tanning on a tanning bed actually reduced the risk f developing skin cancer. Their argument was based on the fact that as the conditions of tanning were being done in a controlled environment the tanning process was completely regulated and there was no risk of getting sunburn in the process. In a natural condition, as on a beach the holiday maker for instance, had no control over the tanning process and if the sun was hot then there were chances of getting too much sunburn, in the bargain. Such exposure to sunburn ran the risk of getting cancer even more. Thus by getting a tanning done on a tanning bed, the cancer could actually be prevented altogether.

Thus, the …

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Tips On How To Use Sugar In Hair Removal

womans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:03:45 +0000

Tips On How To Use Sugar In Hair Removal

By: Susan Mathiesen -

Sugaring, a recipe for hair removal. This hair removal technique starts in the kitchen. Start with a cup of regular sugar, a quarter cup of honey, and juice from half of a lemon. Microwave this mixture for two to three minutes or until it starts to bubble. It should have a smooth consistency at this point. Leave the bowl to cool for about five minutes.

Now that the sugar solution has cooled you need to get a wooden stick similar to a tongue depressor for applying it, while still in the kitchen grab some corn starch. You will also need multiple strips of non colored cloth, cutting up an old white T-shirt works well.

Sugaring works like waxing and the sugar and honey solution will stick to the hairs to assist you in pulling the hairs out by the roots, so unfortunately, like waxing, it will hurt.

Clean and dry beforehand the area you plan on sugaring. Be careful that this area is free from residue of soaps or lotions. It is said that sugaring will work the best on the upper lip hair line and the bikini area. This process is messy so it is best to do this in the bathroom or somewhere you can be sure clean up is as easy as possible.

Start by spreading some cornstarch on the area to be treated. Please note that whatever area you decide to treat the effects will last from two to six weeks with fine hair growth beginning to show about two weeks after the application. The more noticeable hair growths will show about four weeks after application.

After you have prepped the area with the cornstarch use the wooden stick or some similar applicator to apply a thin layer of the sugar mixture. Next, place a strip of cotton cloth over this. Use your hand to apply moderate pressure to this cloth rubbing it in the opposite direction of your hair growth. Take the end of the cloth strip and swiftly snatch it off in the opposite direction from that which your hair grows in. Use warm water on the treated skin to take off any of the sticky sugar mixture which may remain. If you desire, you can put an unscented lotion on the skin now.

Ahh, now you can relax you have mastered sugaring.

Now that the sugar solution has cooled you need to get a wooden stick similar to a tongue depressor for applying it, while…

Angela Myers is a staff writer at Beauty Tips Digest and is an occasional contributor to several other websites, including Wellness Digest.