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- Sun Exposure & Lip Care
- Sunblock that Makes Your Skin Younger
Looking
- Choosing a Summer Weight Loss
Program
- TV Ads Teach Kids Bad Nutrition
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Sun Exposure
& Lip Care
We hear about
the dangers of too much sun exposure all the time, but the statistics
still shock. About 90% of the 600,000 new cases of skin cancer reported
each year are sun related. Your lips are one of the most vulnerable parts
of your body. Because they are on your face and they are almost always
exposed to the sun, hats, sunglasses and scarves; the accessories we often
use to provide protection, generally don't shade the lips. Young lips are
even more defenseless.
Protecting your
lips from the sun is actually fairly simple. A lip balm with a sunscreen
is the best bet. The strength of the sunscreen, measured in SPF numbers,
tells you how much protection you are getting. An SPF 21 means that it
will take your lips 21 times longer to burn than they would without the
sunscreen. Read the complete
article.
Block the Sun and Get Younger Looking Skin
With great scientific
concern about the thinning of our planet's protective ozone layer and the
possibility that our skin cancer rate will dramatically increase, research
on Pycnogenol has gained a lot of attention in both scientific and general
press. Pycnogenol, a distinctive, naturally occurring, high concentrated
complex of antioxidant flavonoids, extracted from the bark of the French
maritime pine, has been found to have several outstanding health benefits.
Among the benefits, are the findings of how Pycnogenol can make the skin
look younger, and how it protects against ultraviolet radiation on our
skin, reducing, and in many instances reversing damage. Read
the complete article.
Choosing a Summer Weight Loss
Program
If you think you'll need to lose some weight to
look good in a bathing suit this summer, then you'll want to know the
answer to this question: Is there a weight loss program that really
works?
Half of the American
population is overweight and one-third is estimated to be obese. Billions
are spent each year on products to help shed those extra pounds. Yet, the
sad truth is, most don't succeed. Studies show that most people can lose
weight if they try, but they generally gain some if not all of it back.
Why? Most dieters begin their program enthusiastically, following every
direction. But after their initial weight loss, begin to slack off. It's
that simple. Many become victims of on and off dieting, or yo-yo dieting.
Health professionals argue against yo-yo dieting because the negative
effects can include raising blood pressure, increasing levels of HDL the
good cholesterol and gallstones. Read the
complete article.
TV Ads Misinform Kids About
Nutrition
Children's exposure to
television in may increase their risk of becoming misinformed food
consumers.
According to a new study
from the University of Illinois, food ads on TV seems to be confusing
children about what good nutrition is about. The more television
kids watch, the less able they are to provide sound nutritional reasons
for their food choices.
Foods marketed as aiding
weight-loss were particularly problematical for the kids in the study.
They equated the words "diet" and "fat-free" with being nutritious. When
they were presented with choices like Diet soda vs. orange juice and
fat-free ice cream vs. cottage cheese, they were more likely to pick the
wrong answer -- the diet and fat-free foods -- than when they were
presented with choices without these labels, for example, spinach vs.
lettuce. TV advertising intentionally blurs the lines between diet and
nutritional - it "frames" diet foods by equating weight-loss
benefits with nutritional benefits. One TV ad for chocolate syrup, for
example, runs the tagline, "as always, fat free."
Some parents believe that
because childhood obesity is out of control in the country, a diet of rice
cakes, lettuce, jelly and Diet soda might actually be better. But the
study's author maintains that it would be a bad thing because these foods
are often nutritionally vacuous.
97.5 percent of the food
commercials appearing on weekend morning TV network programming were for
unhealthy foods -- defined as products containing significant amounts of
fat, sodium, cholesterol or sugar; for weekend evening programming, 78.3
percent of the commercials were for unhealthy foods.
Letter to the
Editor
Dear Quantum
I wanted to pass on an
experience. Last Sunday, I worked several hours in my
girlfriend's yard without a shirt, not noticing the strength of the
sun. That evening, I was dismayed at the redness of the skin on
my face, arms, back, stomach, legs, almost everywhere. The skin felt
very taut in the places which usually do not get sun, and I thought the
tops of my shoulders might even blister.
I immediately attacked the
problem with Pycnogenol Lotion, covering myself head to foot three times
that evening. I was hoping just to reduce the severity of the
burn. To my amazement, I woke up the next morning to find all the
redness was gone and had changed to a nice tan. My skin felt
great! Five days later, there is not even any sign of
peeling.
Thanks,
Jerry ,
Springfield, Or
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