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Our pores appear larger as we get older especially the area around the nose which we often refer as the T-zone. The pores become even more noticeable if we have oily skin. The best way for treating big pores is to stop using harmful toners or astringents especially on the T-zone as these temporarily tightens the pores but shows adverse effects through continious use. These days pore refining treatments have become more popular and are readily available in the market. However, most of them still contain inorganic elements that may cause adverse negative effects on the skin.

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Best Bath Store also offers bath and body products that are hand made from only natural ingredients, making the products free from toxins and chemicals that can harm the skin.

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For years, there have been a lot of acne treatments available in the market, be it online or at leading drug stores. One reason for this is that the treatment that worked for a particular person may not necessarily work for the rest. What I suggest is, dermatologists should really be consulted so that the person suffering from acne can get the best acne treatment for his or her condition.

The liver is one of the most important organs of our body because it basically serves as the cleaner and purifier of any toxic that comes in our body.

Knowing it, I think it is about time that we take care of it as it deserve some liver cleanse from time to time or else, we will end up fighting for our lives if don’t take care of it as early as possible.

Oh well, it goes with the saying, “Prevention is better than cure”.

“It all started out with social drinking,” that’s what my friend told me after she finally left alcohol rehab for good. She didn’t realize she was abusing alcohol not until she was hospitalized. Well, both of us actually started drinking in college. I remember right after our final exam, we would go out and enjoy the last day of the semester. Our only difference was that, I was able to control my desire to get drunk, she wasn’t.

Having kids mean saving enough money for rainy days. Be it educational or health purposes, unexpected cash outflows will always come. Our salaries are just enough to cover our daily expenses plus pay for insurance premiums that if one of us needs to be hospitalized, we don’t have extra cash to pay for it. That is the reason why my spouse and I ensured that we are covered with medigap.

Why all the recent hubbub about calorie restricted diets? It is because calorie restriction is a scientifically proven method for extending life. Scientists have known for seven decades that calorie restriction will significantly extend the life of everything from yeast to mammals. How does this work?

It seems no one is quite sure precisely how it works except to say it has to do with the activity of genes and inter-cellular structures. In 2007, researchers from Harvard Medical School discovered two genes that seem to be the gatekeepers for cellular longevity. Prior to this, Leonard P. Guarente, professor of biology at MIT had discovered (2000) that restricting calorie intake activates the gene SIR2. Precisely why this gene tends to remain inactive when calorie supply is abundantly adequate or why restricting calories activates it remains a bit of a mystery. However, when it is activated it apparently provides information that slows the aging process. Guarente demonstrated that SIR2 is crucially involved in extending the life span of yeast and in the roundworm. It seems that it all has to do with energy preservation in mitochondria (cell structures that, among other activities, convert food to energy). Cell death increases as mitochondria lose energy. The stress of calorie restriction triggers the production a molecule within the mitochondria that results in increased strength and energy for the mitochondria. Consequently, cell death is reduced.

Well, that is just great for yeast and roundworms but what does that have to do with you and I? It has to do with the fact that mammals, including humans, carry a very similar gene. If calorie restriction will extend the life of yeast and worms, why not mammals that have a similar gene.

Additional studies have shown that a similar restriction in calories can extend the life span of rats by as much as forty to fifty percent. If rats can extend their life by forty to fifty percent, why not humans? What if it turns out to be only a ten percent increase in humans? Would you balk at the opportunity to add seven or eight healthy years to your life? I think not. Have we at last found the fountain of youth?

As it turns out, the calorie restricted diet as touted may be the nutritional spam of the century -and we are not talking about the kind that comes in a can. Yes, rats are mammals. Yes, we have a very similar longevity regulating gene. And yes, rats on a calorie restricted diet did increase their life span by up to fifty percent. What the purveyors of this diet are not telling you is that the calorie restriction was so severe that the reproductive system of the rats shut down. If you think you have seen some tough diets, wait until you try that one.

We are not talking about cutting down on the cherry pie or dropping the after dinner dessert. This is about cutting your normal diet by thirty percent. Assuming normal to be the calories needed to maintain your body weight at the standard set by the Metropolitan charts, you can figure your normal calorie intake to be approximately ten times your ideal body weight. So if your ideal weight requires two thousand calories per day, your rat diet would be thirty percent or six hundred calories less than that or approximately fourteen hundred calories. I suppose that is doable although I cannot understand why anyone would want to live another ten years on such a diet. As, UCLA evolutionary biologist John Phelan reportedly said, “I once heard someone say caloric restriction may not make you live forever, but it sure would seem like it.”

Beside the general misery of trying to live on such a diet “as though to breathe were life”, the real problem comes when your ideal body weight is about one hundred sixty pounds or less. At this body weight your ‘normal’ calorie requirement is sixteen hundred calories or less per day. Reduce that by thirty percent and you are below twelve hundred calories per day and this is a limit we are told we should not exceed without careful medical supervision; i.e. it is unhealthy. The fountain of youth seems to be toxic. Now what are we to do?

The good news is that exercise, in concert with a healthy diet and the avoidance of ingesting toxic substances (e.g. nicotine) has an effect on cellular activity very similar to that of severe calorie restriction. Barbara C. Hansen, professor of physiology in the School of Medicine at the University of Maryland makes the observation that the lifestyle of an athlete would normally extend life span. Why? Because it involves behaviors such as regular exercise, a healthy diet that eliminates obesity and no substance abuse. Those are behaviors that reduce the risk of numerous life shortening diseases including cardiovascular disease - an almost completely preventable disease that claims the life of almost a million Americans every year. The bottom line, according to Ms. Hansen is this, an “athletic lifestyle won’t necessarily cause you to live to 100, but it might extend your life span from, say, 70 to 80.” That is about what you would expect from a severely restricted calorie regimen. And, we might add, it will be a much more healthy and enjoyable life given that studies have also shown that excessive leanness is about as unhealthy as excessive weight.

In order to lose weight you must eat less calories than you are currently burning off. This simple advice becomes complicated by the commonly held misconception of ’starvation mode’.

The basic idea with ’starvation mode’ is this:

If you don’t eat enough calories in a day your metabolism will slow down and end up storing most of what you eat as fat. Or when you eat very low calories for too long, and you go back to eating ‘normally’ you will store more fat than before.

This is absolutely ridiculous and illogical. Let me explain.

For starters, I could not find any scientific research that shows this happens at all.

Secondly; Your metabolism is mostly determined by your body mass. The amount of food you eat in a day has a very small impact on your metabolic rate and not enough to have any real impact on weight gain or loss.

If you lose muscle mass while you are dieting then yes your metabolism will decrease slightly. But a slightly decreased metabolism doesn’t mean you will somehow just magically store more fat each time you eat. All it means is that you now need to eat less to maintain your new lighter bodyweight.

Third: “When you go back to eating ‘normal’ you will experience a rebound effect and store more fat”. This is backwards thinking because there is no such thing as eating ‘normal’ For example: Lets say you weigh 200 pounds and you eat 3500 calories per day…and this is what you call eating ‘Normal’

Now lets say you reduce your intake to 2000 calorie per day for 10 weeks, and now weigh 180 pounds (that would be a nice 20 pound weight loss!)

As soon as you go back to eating your ‘normal’ 3500 calories per day, you will eventually gain weight and weigh 200 pounds again.

This is not a rebound and has nothing to do with this idea of ’starvation mode’. Your body isn’t all of sudden storing more fat, it is simply the amount of calories you need to eat to keep you at 200 pounds, vs the amount of calories you need to eat to keep you at 180 pounds.

The term ’starvation mode’ is not even a scientific term, it is a term created by the diet and fitness industry. You can’t even find this term written in nutrition or human physiology research.

It is this false idea of ’starvation mode’ that is scaring people away from one of the most effective ways to lose weight in our society of food and diet confusion. And that new way to lose weight is fasting. Intermittent short term fasting is a an effective and easy way to lose weight. Short term fasting is an easy way to significantly reduce your calorie intake without any negative side effects to your metabolism. There is good research to indicate that is also can contribute many other healthful benefits.

The bottom line is that there is no harm done to your metabolism be reducing your calories intermittently mixed with days of eating ‘normally’. This style of dieting also allows you to eat what you like, when you like, and helps remove the guilt many people have associated with eating. This may very well be one of the only true ways to lose weight and enjoy food all at the same time.

Have you lost the charm on your face? Does your skin look dull and unattractive? Do not worry because plastic surgery has a solution for it. Microdermabrasion and laser skin resurfacing are two different facial techniques that can often be performed in the comfort and convenience of a local spa by a trained beautician. You can easily drive yourself to appointments and the recovery period is significantly shorter and less painful. If drugstore potions aren’t doing the trick, either microdermabrasion or laser skin resurfacing could be your solution.

A popular spa treatment for facial blemishes, mild sun damage, acne, and minor age spots is microdermabrasion. The process involves massaging the skin with a wand-like instrument which contains a pad of organic particles and zinc oxide, similar to the consistency of fine sandpaper. The rough surface removes the topmost layer of skin through abrasion. By removing this layer, superficial skin problems will disappear with it. The microdermabrasion process reveals the new, fresh skin cells beneath, allowing facial products to penetrate more easily and will ultimately work more effectively.

Recovery from microdermabrasion is simple. Depending on how sensitive your skin is, it may remain red and tender for a few hours afterwards, but this will completely dissipate by the next morning and can easily be covered by makeup. Microdermabrasion is most effective when you receive repeated treatments. If getting to a spa regularly is difficult, there are also machines and abrasive creams available for use in home.

For a more intense facial treatment, laser skin resurfacing treats a wider range of problems from scars and spider veins to wrinkles and severe acne. There are different kinds of lasers used in the process depending on what problem and area is being treated, but in general they all work the same. Beams of light pulsate across the skin surface, removing the damaged layers of skin. Just like microdermabrasion, the new layer of skin will be revealed. It is also a fairly quick “lunchtime” procedure. Sessions last between thirty minutes to two hours and patients are usually able to care for themselves adequately during the recovery period.

Laser skin resurfacing does involve a recovery process which may keep you out of work for a while. Your face will have to be dressed for a few days and then Vaseline will be applied over the area for up to twenty days, protecting the new skin cells. Skin can remain red and raw looking for two to six months afterwards, and as with many skin rejuvenation treatments, repeated visits provide the best results. During the healing process, your skin might begin to peel and will feel dry, similar to the effects of a sunburn.

If you weren’t born with the perfect skin and are looking to get rid your complexion damage by blemishes and sun, microdermabrasion and laser skin resurfacing are two cosmetic treatments that can help. With repeated visits and a solid home skincare regime, you can achieve a healthy glow that otherwise wouldn’t be possible with face wash and creams alone.