When we grow older our skin begins to degenerate. This is due to factors such as your lifestyle, the free radicals in your environment, the natural aging process, toxins in the air and the loss of both collagen and elastin. The end result of all of these things is wrinkles, sagging skin and fine lines that nobody likes. Fortunately there are some anti-aging creams, which are made from natural compounds and organic ingredients that will provide you with great results without any of the nasty side effects. There are also some very simple anti-aging skin care secrets that you should always bear in mind.
Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic Acid is a very powerful anti-aging component, which is oftentimes referred to as "The Fountain of Youth." For this reason, some of the top skin care anti aging products are beginning to use it. Even ABC News has gotten in on this by producing a show entitled "The Village of Long Life: could Hyaluronic Acid be an Anti-Aging Remedy?" In this documentary Japanese people who included a large amount of vegetables and herbs in their daily diet were shown to have radiant, wrinkle-free skin well into their eighties. This is because Hyaluronic Acid absorbs the water within your body that supports the formation of the gel that keeps your healthy cell structures from becoming damaged.
The Importance Of A Healthy Diet
You also need to be careful what you eat. Unfortunately there are a lot of people today that eat anything that tastes good. This makes them overweight and speeds their skin's aging process and otherwise cause you to become unhealthy. While you may understand that this leads to the degeneration of your skin, what you may not know is that there are other types of foods that will help to regenerate your skin by increasing its collagen levels and thus making it look more radiant. For this reason, regardless of your age, you really need to look at the foods that you eat so that you will be able to avoid premature wrinkles. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't eat any of the foods that lead to degeneration but you should limit those foods and incorporate more of the regenerative foods into your diet.
Foods That Cause Degeneration
Some of the foods that will lead to the degeneration of your skin include:
· Additives
· Alcohol
· Aluminum
· Artificial Sweeteners
· Carbohydrates in large amounts
· Cheese
· Chips
· Chocolate
· Deep fried foods
· French fries
· Genetically modified foods
· Mercury in high amounts (oftentimes found in your food)
· Microwave food
· Milk
· Olestra
· Preserved meat
· Puffed grains
· Sugar
Foods That Lead To Regeneration
Some of the foods that will help your skin regenerate include:
· Aloe Vera
· Beans that have been soaked for eight hours
· Brown rice
· Coenzyme Q10
· Cold pressed oils
· Foods containing Omega 3 and fatty acids
· Green leafy vegetables
· Lentils
· Organic cottage cheese
· Pycnogenols
· Raw fruit
· Raw nuts
· Raw seeds
· Safflower
· Soaked grains
· Sprouted grains
· Vegetables
· Vitamin C
· Vitamin E
· Yogurt
Honey
Not only does honey have great medicinal value but it can also do a lot of great things for your skin. It is able to improve your blood circulation, which in turn will help to keep your skin beautiful by diminishing wrinkles. Honey can also rejuvenate your skin by creating a plumping effect that will improve upon the appearance of any wrinkles that you may already have.
There are a lot of great beauty recipes that will make it easy for you to be able to incorporate honey into your daily routine at home. One such recipe is as follows: Mix two tablespoons of honey with two tablespoons of whole milk. Slightly warm this mixture up in your microwave. Once it is warm you will want to smooth into onto both your face and your eyes and allow it to sit there for 15 minutes before rinsing it off with warm water. You will then want to splash some cold water on your face in order to close your pores.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Safe Cycling
A large number of accidents involving cyclists are due to heavy goods vehicles. This is usually down to the driver being unable to see cyclists due to blind spots in his mirrors. If the driver cannot see you, you are in danger, especially if he is turning left. The advice of the defensive cyclist is to stay well clear of heavy goods vehicles.
Do not stop next to one at the lights, either hold back behind it and allow it to go when the lights change. Dismount and use the path to get past the lorry,or go through the lights if it is safe to do so. The worst thing you can do is sit next to the driver's cab. He cannot see you, you are invisible to him. You need to devise a strategy for dealing with heavy goods vehicles and apply it all the time.
Forget the law. Following the laws of the road rigidly can put you at risk. Remember the laws of the road were created for cars not bikes. You need to use your own common sense when you are close to a heavy goods vehicle, and if this means breaking the law by running a red light then I would do it. If it guarantees my safety. If you feel uncomfortable next to a heavy goods vehicle, and all cyclists should certainly be wary around them, dismount and get onto the path until it has gone.
If you are approaching a stationary heavy goods vehicle at the traffic lights stop behind him. Under no circumstances ride at the side of him. The danger is when the lights change you will both set off together, then suddenly the heavy goods vehicle will turn left crushing you.
You need to be fully alert when cycling near these vehicles. You also need to apply common logic rather than blindly obeying laws that could put you in danger. If you are travelling in one of those inadequate cycling lanes here in England. Which is just a line drawn at the side of the road. Then undertaking buses or lorries, is putting you at great risk. You will hit their blind spots and could easily be knocked off. Never undertake a bus or lorry.
It may be more intimidating, but it can be safer to leave the bike lane and overtake the bus or lorry from the right. (Uk roads) Drivers expect to be overtaken from this side and are constantly checking their mirrors. Safe cycling is a matter of common sense and simple logic. Ignore laws if they are putting you in danger, stay alert in heavy traffic, use your eyes and ears and listen to your instinct. If you feel unsafe in a situation get off the bike and walk until you have passed the source of the problem.
Do not stop next to one at the lights, either hold back behind it and allow it to go when the lights change. Dismount and use the path to get past the lorry,or go through the lights if it is safe to do so. The worst thing you can do is sit next to the driver's cab. He cannot see you, you are invisible to him. You need to devise a strategy for dealing with heavy goods vehicles and apply it all the time.
Forget the law. Following the laws of the road rigidly can put you at risk. Remember the laws of the road were created for cars not bikes. You need to use your own common sense when you are close to a heavy goods vehicle, and if this means breaking the law by running a red light then I would do it. If it guarantees my safety. If you feel uncomfortable next to a heavy goods vehicle, and all cyclists should certainly be wary around them, dismount and get onto the path until it has gone.
If you are approaching a stationary heavy goods vehicle at the traffic lights stop behind him. Under no circumstances ride at the side of him. The danger is when the lights change you will both set off together, then suddenly the heavy goods vehicle will turn left crushing you.
You need to be fully alert when cycling near these vehicles. You also need to apply common logic rather than blindly obeying laws that could put you in danger. If you are travelling in one of those inadequate cycling lanes here in England. Which is just a line drawn at the side of the road. Then undertaking buses or lorries, is putting you at great risk. You will hit their blind spots and could easily be knocked off. Never undertake a bus or lorry.
It may be more intimidating, but it can be safer to leave the bike lane and overtake the bus or lorry from the right. (Uk roads) Drivers expect to be overtaken from this side and are constantly checking their mirrors. Safe cycling is a matter of common sense and simple logic. Ignore laws if they are putting you in danger, stay alert in heavy traffic, use your eyes and ears and listen to your instinct. If you feel unsafe in a situation get off the bike and walk until you have passed the source of the problem.
The History of STD Treatment
Alarmed by the thought of taking an STD test? Just be thankful you aren't going to experience the mercury treatment! Learn more with this brief history of STD treatment.
For as long as human beings have existed, they've had to deal with Sexually Transmitted Diseases, or STDs. Nowadays, we are fortunate that many of the most common STDs are easily treatable, contraception is reliable, and that diagnosis has become very accurate. But back in the day, when there was no reliable STD test for most diseases and even less chance of getting an effective preventative or a cure, catching an STD could be a very serious business indeed...
Old Remedies
Like many diseases, STDs were not well understood in the era before modern medicine, and were subject to a huge amount of superstition and misunderstanding. You could forget getting a definitive STD test from a doctor - with many diseases sharing similar symptoms, accurate diagnosis was almost impossible before blood tests were perfected. One disease was likely to be mistaken for another, and if you were carrying an STD but were not displaying any symptoms, you had absolutely no way of finding out.
Even worse than the lack of a reliable method of diagnosis were the dubious 'cures' that were on offer - most of the old remedies were truly eyewatering. Mercury was the common treatment for syphilis, though whether it did anything other than make the sufferer chronically ill is open to debate! Silver nitrate and arsenic have also been used in the past to treat various STDs, and if your infection resulted in sores, lesions, or blisters, then it got even worse - you were liable to have them cut or burnt away by the doctor who treated you.
Modern Treatment
Thankfully, things have come a long way since the old days of STD treatment. The arrival of antibiotics changed the face of medicine, and offered a simple and effective treatment for many of the most common STDs, such as syphilis, gonorrhoea, and chlamydia. Even the diseases that remain incurable, such as Hepatitis C and genital herpes, can be carefully managed so that those who are infected with them can continue to live normal lives.
Matching advances in treatment have been improvements in diagnosis. Anyone can now undergo an accurate STD test to determine whether or not they have been infected. A simple blood or urine sample can be tested for a wide range of STDs, and the tests are extremely accurate. Gone are the days when one STD would be mistaken for another, or when a symptomless STD would go undetected by a doctor. Nowadays, if you go for a test, you'll get an accurate result.
Of course, modern times have led to vast improvements in treatment, but they have also brought with them a host of new challenges. The recent appearance of HIV and AIDS, and the rise of drug resistant strains of STDs are a great danger to sexual health around the world. In the developing world, where medical standards are not so high, STDs continue to pose a significant danger to the majority of the population. But whatever the problems modern healthcare workers face, when it comes to STDs, we've come a long way since mercury treatment!
Tim Leach is part of USALabTesting that provide confidential, online STD testing. With over 2,000 clinics across the USA and a large range of STD Tests available, getting peace of mind is discreet, easy and painless.
For as long as human beings have existed, they've had to deal with Sexually Transmitted Diseases, or STDs. Nowadays, we are fortunate that many of the most common STDs are easily treatable, contraception is reliable, and that diagnosis has become very accurate. But back in the day, when there was no reliable STD test for most diseases and even less chance of getting an effective preventative or a cure, catching an STD could be a very serious business indeed...
Old Remedies
Like many diseases, STDs were not well understood in the era before modern medicine, and were subject to a huge amount of superstition and misunderstanding. You could forget getting a definitive STD test from a doctor - with many diseases sharing similar symptoms, accurate diagnosis was almost impossible before blood tests were perfected. One disease was likely to be mistaken for another, and if you were carrying an STD but were not displaying any symptoms, you had absolutely no way of finding out.
Even worse than the lack of a reliable method of diagnosis were the dubious 'cures' that were on offer - most of the old remedies were truly eyewatering. Mercury was the common treatment for syphilis, though whether it did anything other than make the sufferer chronically ill is open to debate! Silver nitrate and arsenic have also been used in the past to treat various STDs, and if your infection resulted in sores, lesions, or blisters, then it got even worse - you were liable to have them cut or burnt away by the doctor who treated you.
Modern Treatment
Thankfully, things have come a long way since the old days of STD treatment. The arrival of antibiotics changed the face of medicine, and offered a simple and effective treatment for many of the most common STDs, such as syphilis, gonorrhoea, and chlamydia. Even the diseases that remain incurable, such as Hepatitis C and genital herpes, can be carefully managed so that those who are infected with them can continue to live normal lives.
Matching advances in treatment have been improvements in diagnosis. Anyone can now undergo an accurate STD test to determine whether or not they have been infected. A simple blood or urine sample can be tested for a wide range of STDs, and the tests are extremely accurate. Gone are the days when one STD would be mistaken for another, or when a symptomless STD would go undetected by a doctor. Nowadays, if you go for a test, you'll get an accurate result.
Of course, modern times have led to vast improvements in treatment, but they have also brought with them a host of new challenges. The recent appearance of HIV and AIDS, and the rise of drug resistant strains of STDs are a great danger to sexual health around the world. In the developing world, where medical standards are not so high, STDs continue to pose a significant danger to the majority of the population. But whatever the problems modern healthcare workers face, when it comes to STDs, we've come a long way since mercury treatment!
Tim Leach is part of USALabTesting that provide confidential, online STD testing. With over 2,000 clinics across the USA and a large range of STD Tests available, getting peace of mind is discreet, easy and painless.
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