a blog for women… I'm just sayin'

A short rant… This is about those male supplements like extenze, if you can call them supplements,that  have some nasty side affects and to me sound so much like a joke that I can’t hardly fathom someone even trying them. It has to be that old cliche… There are some men out there – notice I said some and not all – who would have no thought process whatsoever if it was not for their junk. Moreover, I would bet money that the majority of women have the ability to pick that type out of a crowd.

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The practice of apply night creams has existed for ages. There are reports noting Roman women coating their faces with fine olive oil before retiring for the night. These women believed this gave support to retaining the skins moisture thus reducing wrinkles.

Performing a short Google search for night cream produced 752,000 pages of results and buy night creams returned 39,900,000 pages, WOW. I consider this an indicator of just how popular night cream is to women.

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My mother was dying. It had been a five year ordeal diagnosing the continued atrophy in her left hand. Reoccurring breast cancer was the cause; now one would think the physicians would have thought cancer right away beings she was a breast cancer survivor.

Nevertheless, in trying to help I began researching cancer patients who had extremely positive results by means of holistic nutrition and supplements. Confronting the oncologist with the research that I had gathered, his response was rather abrupt. In fact, the response was without insight, flat and quite rude if you ask me. His response, “The FDA has not approved any of this research. I highly recommend against anything not approved by the FDA.” With no clarification, no sympathy, no emotion.

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Numerous household effects make asthma worse or can cause attacks. These are known as triggers. The most common asthma triggers are allergens, infections, environmental irritants, stress, and exercise. Often times with asthma have allergies, major cause of asthma symptoms. House dust mites, animal dander, cockroaches, mold, and pollen top this list of common allergens.
Infections of the airways including viral infections of the nose and throat, pneumonia or sinus infections also trigger attacks.
Environment irritants such as cigarette and other smoke, air pollution, fragrances, and cleaning products contribute to triggering asthma attacks. Be sure to check all of the child’s surroundings including classrooms at school, day care centers, and relatives’ homes for exposure to these triggers.

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Lipids, Glorious Lipids: Part I

Most of you know I spend my Sundays from 4-7 talking to people at the Elephant Pharmacy in Berkeley about skin issues. I love doing this because it is the one day out of the week that I actually get to have face time with my many customers, and I am always enriched by the experience and gratified by how much I learn from them. Last Sunday I saw quite a range of skin problems; one young woman with severe adult acne, another young woman with combination skin (breakouts on her forehead and clear everywhere else), another young woman with congested skin (consisting of tiny blackheads that pretty much covered her face) a woman in her 30′s with intermittent eczema, an older woman with very dry skin, and finally someone who thought she had rosacea. I was struck by a common denominator in these varying skin concerns-the problem that I am coming to believe underlies most of the benign skin abnormalities I see. It has to do with what is called the “lipid barrier” of the skin, and what happens when it is compromised.

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