Are Essential Oils Essential?
When it comes to food, the colors you see in plants provide powerful information. They often signal the rich nutrient density of the plant. When you look at a blueberry and see that color, you see delphinidin-3-galactoside. When you look at a carrot and see that color, you see beta carotene. Our eyes are adapted to notice the critical nutrients in food. The flavor molecules that we taste and seek after in plants are often important molecules for our health. That’s why our tongue is adapted to taste them.
The color in food can also be a sign that the plant is dangerous, like a poisonous berry. It’s meant to alert us...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - August 26, 2019 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Bambini Essential Oils Herbal Natural Source Type: blogs
Are Essential Oils Essential?
When it comes to food, the colors you see in plants provide powerful information. They often signal the rich nutrient density of the plant. When you look at a blueberry and see that color, you see delphinidin-3-galactoside. When you look at a carrot and see that color, you see beta carotene. Our eyes are adapted to notice the critical nutrients in food. The flavor molecules that we taste and seek after in plants are often important molecules for our health. That’s why our tongue is adapted to taste them.
The color in food can also be a sign that the plant is dangerous, like a poisonous berry. It’s meant to alert us...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - August 26, 2019 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Bambini Essential Oils Herbal Natural Source Type: blogs
Does Bio Oil really work? Episode 82
This week we answer listener questions about Bio Oil and other products. But first, another game of Improbable Products…
Improbable Products
Which of these bad body odor products is not real:
The iPhone bad breathalyzer that tells you if you have halitosis.
Odor detecting gym socks that change color when you feet start to smell.
The Smart Deodorant stick that automatically dispenses just the right amount of deodorant so your arm pits don’t smell.
Listen to the show for the answer!
Does Bio Oil work?
Bio Oil consists of mineral oil, triisononanoin, cetearyl ethylhexanoate, isopropyl myristate, retinyl palmitate...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - May 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs
Quicky beauty science questions Episode 78
This week we try something different: instead of taking one question and giving it a very in depth answer, we a answer several questions very shallowly. Listen to the show and let us know what you think of this approach.
Are hair masks better than regular conditioners?
Alexandra asks…Is there a real difference between hair masks and regular conditioners. Or are masks just overpriced. Can you apply either in advance of shampoo and in case of oily or short hair?
Of course it depends on which specific products you’re looking at, but in many cases “masks” and deep conditioners are not much different than regu...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - April 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs
NaturOli Restorative Skin Repair Cream – Look at the Label
This “100% natural” skin moisturizer is a top seller on Amazon.com this week. Let’s look at the label to see how natural it really is.
Color us skeptical but most product that claim to be all-natural typically end up with hidden synthetic ingredients. So imagine our surprise to see that NaturOli lives up to its name better than most we have seen.
The good and bad of natural
As you can see from the ingredient list below all of the oil-based ingredients are derived from plant sources such as olives, avocados and sesame seeds. It also uses an amino acid derived preservative rather than the typical formaldeh...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Glamglow Super Clearing Treatment Mud Mask: Look at the label
Glamglow Super Clearing Treatment Mud Mask is the 23rd best selling beauty product on Amazon.com this week. (How random is that!)
Water
It takes water to make mud.
Kaolin, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
It also takes dirt to make mud. Or at least clay which is what these two materials are.
Sodium Hydroxide
Used to raise the pH.
Eucalyptus Globulus
An essential oil.
Mandelic Acid
An alpha hydroxy acid that supposedly helps reduce skin pigmentation.
Charcoal
Charcoal is known for its ability to absorb toxins in the digestive system but it really doesn’t do much went applied to skin.
Parfum [Benzyl Benzoate, Linalool]
So...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - June 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Cupcakes and Gardens and Racing, Oh My!
By Jan Chait
It’s all my fault. I knew this week was coming and I should have prepared for it by writing this week’s blog entry ahead. Well, I have a huge secret: I “grew up” in a newsroom for a daily newspaper and everything I ever wrote was on deadline. There was no time to do much of anything ahead. So that’s what I’m used to and you’re going to get a bit of a potpourri of topics.
What’s this week? My granddaughter’s graduation from high school. There’s already been one party, which took place in a park near our house on Sunday. She and a friend planned it and ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - May 28, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jan Chait Source Type: blogs
How Was My Week? It Had Its Ups and Downs.
By Jan Chait
Maybe we should all pack day bags with our diabetes essentials in them when we go out to events. Say to watch a parade, or a ballgame, engage in a day of shopping…or cheer on somebody running a marathon.
What would you — and I — need if, say, a bomb went off and we unexpectedly ended up in a hospital or couldn't get home or our hotel was off limits (or partially gone)?
It's something to think about. Along with "what's this world coming to, anyway?"
My weekend was busy. We had a gardening resource fair at the synagogue and I took a portable garden that was two feet by four feet and set it on...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - April 16, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jan Chait Source Type: blogs
Does “Silver/Purple” Shampoo Really Cancel Brassy Colors?
Makeup At Midnight says…Ever since I’ve been dying my hair blonde, I’ve been told by many people to treat my hair with a “purple/silver” toning shampoo or conditioner every few days to help prevent my hair from getting a brassy tone to it. Supposedly, this works by ‘color theory’ in the way that the purple toner in the shampoo is able to cancel out the brassy yellow colors in the hair. An example of such a product is the AG Sterling Silver line, one that I’ve been using myself (although I’m still skeptical). My question is, does these types of products actually work to ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Pantene Nature Fusion Conditioner: Look at the Label
Continuing our look at the top selling beauty products on Amazon.com…
This week the #1 best selling beauty product on Amazon.com is Patene’s Nature Fusion Conditioner. How natural is it really? Let’s look at the label!
Pantene Nature Fusion Conditioner Ingredients
Water
Solvent/carrier for all the other ingredients.
Stearyl Alcohol
Part of the “backbone” of the formula that makes the product creamy and gives it a cushiony feel.
Cyclopentasiloxane
A primary conditioner that gives great wet slip.
Cetyl Alcohol
Another “backbone” that makes the formula creamy.
Behenamidopropyl Dimethy...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - February 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
