Are Fat People Happy?

Actuarial studies have shown that as little as a 5-percent excess above ideal weight is associated with a diminished life expectancy. A 50-year-old man who is 50 pounds overweight has half the remaining life expectancy of a normal-weight man of the same age. Excess weight can aggravate existing health problems. On the positive side, losing weight increases the number of years you’re likely to live and live healthfully.

However, contrary to what you might think, it is also not healthy to be too thin. The latest insurance company studies showed that Read more

Feed Your Skin

Skin needs to be fed and nourished-inside and out. Healthy diets can keep the body in shape but to keep skin in peak condition it needs to have a ready supply of valuable vitamins and minerals.

 Many factors can drain the body of this valuable resource-canned and over-processed foods, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, sunlight, central heating, carbon monoxide and habitual drug taking. The effects of these can build up and attack the skin so from time to time need to give it a break. Read more

Natural Approache to Menopause

Menopause is a natural progression in every woman’s life. Menopause is not a medical problem, disease or illness. However, some women may have a hard time dealing with the emotional and physical changes that accompany it.

There are many signs of menopause and each woman feels them differently. The most apparent signs of the start of menopause are irregular periods (when periods come closer together or further apart) and when blood flow becomes lighter or heavier. Read more

Can What You Eat Affect How You Look?

The cosmetic industry has started to promote some pretty big new words-“nutriceutical”, “nutricosmetics” or “skingestible”-what they are really talking about is nutrition for beauty benefits. New researches are pointing the way to healthier skin though the oral intake of food supplements. In fact, skin nutrients may alter, or support a number of factors related to the structure and function of skin.

Want gorgeous skin? Start with the food you eat! A well balanced diet is essential to good health and healthy skin. Unfortunately, though skin is your body’s largest organ, it’s one of the last organs to benefit from food, so taking supplements that support skin function may take years off the look of your skin. Read more