A Baldness Cure using Essential Oils
A scientifically proven cure for baldness based on aromatherapy. Just not a very good one.
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Health
Health is closely related to beauty – if you look healthy you generally look good as well as feeling good.
Another bit of the jigsaw on dieting -eat slowly
There are reports on the BBC today about a Japanese study that has linked obesity with the speed at which you eat. They found that people who eat quickly tend to be overweight, in contrast to those who eat slowly.
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Obesity is in the genes, but….
Scientific American reports the results of a study into the effect of genes and exercise on body weight. It is confirmation of something that I think we all knew, which is that some people just put on weight more than others. They just have obesity genes. Researchers have been able to identify some of the
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Can your diet cure Acne?
Acne is a miserable condition, particularly severe acne. When I used to work in research into acne I often used to get people asking me if it was affected by what they ate. A lot of people claimed that chocolate, particularly Mars bars for some reason, seemed to make their spots worse. I used to
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Do moisturisers cause skin cancer?
A study by Canadian researchers has produced some interesting and unexpected results. They had set out to test an idea that caffeine might help in the control of skin cancer. I am not sure where they got this idea from but the way they proposed to go about trying it out was quite logical. They
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Link between marijuana and healthy skin
An international group of scientists report that our skin makes chemical compounds similar to the active ingredient in marijuana, and these play an important part in protecting skin from pathogens. summary here
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The smell of coffee perks you up
Scientific American is reporting that the smell of coffee is enough to give measurable benefits in coping with stress. I have written in the past that I find some claims for aromatherapy credible. One of the claims that some aromatherapists make is that simply smelling things can have health benefits. This is a problem area
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Marigold For Skincare
I have been working on some baby products recently which involved researching the benefits of marigold for skincare. This is generally known by the scientific name Calendula. When I was young I used to love the bright orange flowers my grandfather grew in his front garden, but Inever knew then just how interesting this plant is.
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