Hope you're enjoying the Superbowl. I Am! Wearing my New Zealand All Black Rugby jersey and enjoying the comercials.
Tomorrow morning when you wake up and stand on the scales and realize you had one too many slices of pizza and you need to shed few pounds, think of Bella Pella laser for your weight loss needs. We use the clinically proven Usana Reset program.
As you're comitted to losing those last few pounds, also consider laser hair removal, then come summer you'll be ready for the beach or lake. If you're in the Denver or Boulder area come visit us: Bella Pelle laser
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Sunday, 7 February 2010
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Natural and Organic Products Safer?
You might expect a product labeled "pure, natural and organic" to be, well … pure, natural and organic. But you might be in for a surprise.
Unlike the food industry, there are no legal standards for organic or natural personal care products sold in the United States. This means that companies can, and often do, use these terms as marketing gimmicks. For example, the top-selling shampoo in the United States is Clairol Herbal Essences, which until recently claimed to offer users an "organic experience." However, there isn't much about this product that is either herbal or organic; it contains more than a dozen synthetic petrochemicals and has a moderate toxicity rating in Skin Deep.
Even top-selling brands in the natural products sector have been found to contain 1,4-dioxane, a synthetic chemical carcinogen.
New industry standards are emerging that may help consumers differentiate between the natural and not-so-natural products, but multiple standards with different meanings may not be helpful for consumers. For example, some require safety substantiation from a certifying body and others don't. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is advocating for a standard that means ingredients are both natural and safe for people.
What You Can Do
Encourage your favorite retailers and manufacturers of natural and organic products to clarify their use of the terms. Most importantly, be a critical consumer and remember that natural is a marketing term, not a legally binding description.
Unlike the food industry, there are no legal standards for organic or natural personal care products sold in the United States. This means that companies can, and often do, use these terms as marketing gimmicks. For example, the top-selling shampoo in the United States is Clairol Herbal Essences, which until recently claimed to offer users an "organic experience." However, there isn't much about this product that is either herbal or organic; it contains more than a dozen synthetic petrochemicals and has a moderate toxicity rating in Skin Deep.
Even top-selling brands in the natural products sector have been found to contain 1,4-dioxane, a synthetic chemical carcinogen.
New industry standards are emerging that may help consumers differentiate between the natural and not-so-natural products, but multiple standards with different meanings may not be helpful for consumers. For example, some require safety substantiation from a certifying body and others don't. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is advocating for a standard that means ingredients are both natural and safe for people.
What You Can Do
Encourage your favorite retailers and manufacturers of natural and organic products to clarify their use of the terms. Most importantly, be a critical consumer and remember that natural is a marketing term, not a legally binding description.
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Saturday, 26 December 2009
Weight loss more than just physical
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
12-23-09
Dec. 23--New Year's resolutions for many Americans will mean the latest diets and gym memberships.
But losing weight and keeping it off might be as much about the psychological struggles as the physical changes.
"Some people say losing weight is in the mind," said Judith Horvath, director of the psychotherapy training program at Texas Tech's Health Sciences Center.
The HSC psychiatrist said giving yourself a mental workout can complement healthful eating and exercise regimens.
"I think they need to go hand-in-hand," she said.
Psychological feelings make the holiday season one of the worst times of the year to embark on a program, Horvath said.
"Food can be used as emotional nourishment and to calm anxieties," she said. "The holidays stir up unfulfilled longings in people. People are reminded of the things they are missing out on."
But other emotions make losing weight hard year-round, Horvath said. Feelings of depression, a loss of control, rationalizing weight gain and low self-esteem can make losing weight seem like an impossible task, local experts said.
"Some people don't think they can allow themselves to look their best because they feel like they don't deserve to be a more attractive person," Horvath said.
Most of the morbidly obese patients treated at Lubbock's Advanced Bariatric Surgery Center are depressed, said David Syn, a bariatric surgeon who opened the practice in 2002. Many of them give up the antidepressants when they shed their extra pounds, he said.
They might also feel like they're losing a friend, like they must reach their ideal weight to succeed, or like they've already failed.
"If you look at the laundry list of diets they've tried on their own and failed, that can't have a positive impact on someone's psyche," Syn said.
Syn helps his patients overcome their overeating through surgery, counseling and education, he said.
"One of the great misunderstandings about what I do is that it's just surgery," said Syn, who spends hours with his patients before surgery and follows most for many years after.
"We are empowering people to take back their lives," he said.
Horvath said people striving for less dramatic weight loss can benefit from including family and friends in the process or talking to a professional.
The Texas Tech HSC Psychiatry Clinic provides a free counseling program for patients planning to lose weight, she said.
People should try to find distractions that help them stay away from food, Horvath said.
"They have to find out how to deal with the loss of satisfaction eating provides them," she said. "It's about exchanging the reward of food for the reward of achieving their goals."
12-23-09
Dec. 23--New Year's resolutions for many Americans will mean the latest diets and gym memberships.
But losing weight and keeping it off might be as much about the psychological struggles as the physical changes.
"Some people say losing weight is in the mind," said Judith Horvath, director of the psychotherapy training program at Texas Tech's Health Sciences Center.
The HSC psychiatrist said giving yourself a mental workout can complement healthful eating and exercise regimens.
"I think they need to go hand-in-hand," she said.
Psychological feelings make the holiday season one of the worst times of the year to embark on a program, Horvath said.
"Food can be used as emotional nourishment and to calm anxieties," she said. "The holidays stir up unfulfilled longings in people. People are reminded of the things they are missing out on."
But other emotions make losing weight hard year-round, Horvath said. Feelings of depression, a loss of control, rationalizing weight gain and low self-esteem can make losing weight seem like an impossible task, local experts said.
"Some people don't think they can allow themselves to look their best because they feel like they don't deserve to be a more attractive person," Horvath said.
Most of the morbidly obese patients treated at Lubbock's Advanced Bariatric Surgery Center are depressed, said David Syn, a bariatric surgeon who opened the practice in 2002. Many of them give up the antidepressants when they shed their extra pounds, he said.
They might also feel like they're losing a friend, like they must reach their ideal weight to succeed, or like they've already failed.
"If you look at the laundry list of diets they've tried on their own and failed, that can't have a positive impact on someone's psyche," Syn said.
Syn helps his patients overcome their overeating through surgery, counseling and education, he said.
"One of the great misunderstandings about what I do is that it's just surgery," said Syn, who spends hours with his patients before surgery and follows most for many years after.
"We are empowering people to take back their lives," he said.
Horvath said people striving for less dramatic weight loss can benefit from including family and friends in the process or talking to a professional.
The Texas Tech HSC Psychiatry Clinic provides a free counseling program for patients planning to lose weight, she said.
People should try to find distractions that help them stay away from food, Horvath said.
"They have to find out how to deal with the loss of satisfaction eating provides them," she said. "It's about exchanging the reward of food for the reward of achieving their goals."
Monday, 12 October 2009
Skin Health
Your skin is like a Rose:
To grow beautiful Roses you use the best fertilizer months before they bud.
For beautiful skin, bathe the cells deep within your body with the best nutrients possible... and Beautiful Skin will bloom.
Face lifts, chemical peels, microderm abrasion, and all other common facial treatments only work on the outside of your skin - But your skin has two sides! To maintain a youthful glow you need to take care of your skin from the inside as well.
The nutritional content of today’s foods is declining. Even organically grown foods. To get the nutritional content that was in an orange a century ago, you would need to eat eight oranges today! It is almost impossible to get optimal nutrition just from food alone. Our bodies are also subject to environmental stress from pollutants, pesticides, household chemicals, the sun, and even stress. Even most skin care and cosmetics have harmful preservatives and irritating chemicals, many of which are readily absorbed through the skin – This all takes toll on all your cells, your health, and shows in your skin.
But, if your cells and your skin have all the vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants available to repair any damage and fight off oxidative stress, then you’re cells will be stronger and healthier and this will result in healthier and younger looking skin.
In Today's Hype Drive World, How Do you Know Which Nutritional Supplements are the Best?
There is only one independent 3rd party scientific analysis of over 1500 supplements available in the US and Canada – “The Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements”. Only one product has scored in the #1 position consistently over the past 8 years – That is the Usana Essentials.
We personally use and recommend Usana products. Aside from the #1 rating Usana products are:
- Manufactured to the highest pharmaceutical standards
- The only full line of nutritional supplements listed in the PDR (Physicians Desk Reference) for pharmaceutical drugs.
With optimal nutrition creating a healthy glow from the inside, you then want to use a complementary skin care line. Usana’s Sensé skin care line is the first full skin care line in the world to be free of harmful parabens, formaldehyde, and other chemical preservatives.
Ever wonder how the expensive department store products can sit on the counter for days in open containers and never grow mold? Lots of preservatives! Click here to read a shocking article from the Chicago Sun Times about the cancer causing agents found in even the most expensive skin care lines, but not in Sensé!
Sensé is free of irritating “Natural” preservatives used by other skin care lines such as grapefruit oil, etc. Just because it is natural that doesn’t mean it isn’t irritating or harmful – even poison ivy is natural…
Sensé has a daytime protective emulsion which protects your skin and you from the hazards of the day and offers SPF 15 protection from UVA and UVB rays. When you're sleeping is when your body rebuilds itself and when it needs the most nourishment. The Sensé Night renewal provides the proper nutrients to let your skin repair and rebuild – You'll awaken to a new you.
The entire Sensé line provides a unique science based approach to skin health.
About every 30 days the top layer is replaced with new cells. If you begin a regime of cellular health from the inside and the out side you will begin to see significant results in a month, and in 6 months you'll be amazed at the difference in your general health, and in the appearance of your skin.
I you are in the metro Denver Boulder area come by Bella Pelle Laser Hair Removal to experience the top rated skin care and nutritionals for yourself.
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