Why does mineral makeup come off so easily?
Mareannah asks…I don’t understand why Bare Minerals comes off so easily. Is this true of all mineral products?
The Beauty Brains respond:
It depends on your definition of “mineral makeup.”
The make up of mineral makeup
True mineral makeup (makeup that ONLY contains true mineral ingredients) must come in powder form because there are no liquid minerals. Therefore, these products are limited to ingredients such as talc, calcium carbonate, mica, iron oxides, and so on. While these ingredients do a good job of gently covering the skin they do have a couple of significant drawbacks: They only offer a lim...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - August 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Does water quality affect hair?
Karuna asks…I travel a lot. There are some places with very hard chlorinated water and some with very soft water. I notice my hair and skin feels best with soft water, more than any shampoo or conditioner I ever use. Also, I’m only in my mid twenties and I have already started getting a lot of greys. plus I seem to have a copperish brown tint in my hair which I did not have as a child. I know a lot of it is to do with genes, but does the quality of the water affect the colour? (I wash and condition my hair almost everyday). Is it worth investing in a portable water purifer? and are there any that convert hard...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - July 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Pfizer May No Longer be Able to Delay Paying Its Asbestos Claims of Nearly $1 Billion
Pfizer, which claims to be the "world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company," is one step closer to paying a nearly one billion dollar settlement of legal claims of harms due to the asbestos products it used to manufacture.Pfizer Settles - More or Less - Some of its Asbestos Liability Most people would not think of Pfizer as a producer of asbestos. However, the back-story, as reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and as we discussed here in 2011, is thatPfizer used to have a minerals, pigments and metals division and, in 1968, it bought Quigley Company Inc., which made insulation for heavy industry.Quigley...
Source: Health Care Renewal - June 28, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: deception Quigley Pfizer mission-hostile management legal settlements asbestos Source Type: blogs
Ask the Nutritionist: Calcium Supplements, Yes, No, WTF?
Got questions about healthy eating and nutrition?
Well, today starts a new feature at Cranky Fitness: Ask the Nutritionist!
It could also rightfully be called "Ask the Dietitian," since both the contributors are RD's. I almost did call it that, but then decided to play it safe in case either of these two knowledgeable and articulate experts figures out what a silly blog this is and decides to bail. What if I need to find someone new and have to cast a wider net?
No certification, but pretty darn sensible!
Plus, half the time I spell it "Dietitian" and the other half "Dietician" and that was driving me...
Source: Cranky Fitness - May 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Eating for Health: Power Up Your Body and Save Your Life!
Did you know that your diet, if you’re like most Americans, is likely starving your cells of what they need to serve you best? Did you know that modern day diseases like diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, auto-immune diseases, cancer, depression, and more can be alleviated, avoided or cured altogether with diet?
It’s true!
If you want to feel your best, improve the quality of your life, and even shed some pounds, then read on and also check out the powerful video that could change your life (if you let it).
Your Cells Are Starving!
We are all made up of cells. About 100 Trillion, give or take, to be exact. And...
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Debunking the paleo diet: Christina Warinner TED TALK
Debunking the paleo diet: Christina Warinner at TEDxOU - YouTubeA beautiful expert debunking of the myths that the popular Paleo diet fad is built on that claims we need to ditch grains and eat mainly meat at a TED Talk at TEDxOUStone Age Diet, Paleo Diet , Primal BluePrint, New Evolution Diet, Neander ThinLeading UK nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston says "yes processed, refined grains have a big part to play in the demise of health and rise of chronic disease but so too does modern processed meat. Ditching all grains in favour of meat and dairy for optimal health is delusional. Wholegrain wholemeal foods...
Source: Healthy Eating and Nutrition News - May 6, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Source Type: blogs
Healthy Eating Tips During Pregnancy
Jodi Greebel, MS, RD
www.citrition.com
www.dindinsfood.com
There is so much conflicting information out there about what to eat and what not to eat when you are pregnant. Here is a quick guideline of what to eat and what to avoid.
What to Include in Your Diet:
Variety. A diet with a lot of variety helps you get all the nutrients you need.
High fiber foods. Choose foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans/legumes which provide a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and can help prevent constipation.
Calcium-rich foods. Choose low-fat and nonfat milk, yogurt and cheese to ensure you get adequa...
Source: Cord Blood News - May 2, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking bananas and potassium bone marrow transplant breast feeding cord blood banking information cord blood b Source Type: blogs
Study Finds that Fluoride Reduces Adhesion of Bacteria on Teeth
Despite more than fifty years of scientific research, controversy still exists over exactly how fluoride compounds reduce the risk of tooth decay. New evidence from German researchers suggests that fluoride helps to reduce the adhesion of bacteria to teeth. The study is published in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Langumir [1].
The cause of tooth decay and cavities
Research in the late 1940s and early 1950s established that fluoride helps to harden tooth enamel, which protects teeth from the acid produced by decay-causing bacteria [2-4]. Subsequent studies showed that fluoride enhances the tooth remineraliza...
Source: Highlight HEALTH - May 2, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Walter Jessen, Ph.D. Source Type: blogs
Is sweat bad for your scalp and hair?
Sillabear says…I am looking for ways to minimize the amount of times that I wash my hair and I recently came across information that utilizing a mixture of 1:2 parts of peppermint oil to jojoba oil will break down the salts that are deposited on the scalp from pores after a strenuous exercise. Is this true? If not, do products such as dry shampoo rid one’s scalp of these potentially damaging salts?
The Beauty Brains respond:
Before we talk about sweat removal let’s do a quick recap of what’s in sweat.
Sweaty chemistry
Our bodies sweat through two different glands: eccrine (which are found pretty m...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - May 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
6 Steps Toward Resilience & Greater Happiness
The opposite of depression is not happiness, according to Peter Kramer, author of “Against Depression” and “Listening to Prozac,” it is resilience: the ability to cope with life’s frustrations without falling apart.
Proper treatment doesn’t suppress emotions or dull a person’s ability to feel things deeply. It builds a protective layer — an emotional resilience — to safeguard a depressive from becoming overwhelmed and disabled by the difficulties of daily life.
However, the tools found in happiness research are those I practice in my recovery from depression and anxiety, even though, theoreticall...
Source: World of Psychology - April 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Depression General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Self-Esteem Self-Help Treatment Appropriate Response Blood Stream California At Berkeley Chronic Sleep Deprivation Cognitive Performance De Source Type: blogs
Book Review: Nursing 2013 Drug Handbook
I will begin this review with the disclosure that Publisher Wolters Kluwer contacted me through a marketing agent and requested that I post a review of their new Nursing 2013 Drug Handbook here on Digital Doorway. I did not receive financial compensation of any kind for this review, but did receive a free copy of the guide in order to facilitate the review process. I previously reviewed the Nursing 2012 Drug Handbook, and you can find that very popular review here. As with the Nursing 2012 Drug Handbook, the 2013 edition includes black box warnings, new FDA-approved drugs, and route, dose, onset, half-life and peak du...
Source: Digital Doorway - April 29, 2013 Category: Nurses Tags: RN.FM Radio nursing books nurses book reviews Source Type: blogs
Why are minerals good in clay but bad in hard water?
RizosMios really wants to know...I’ve been using rhassoul clay for awhile now. Its mineral contents include magnesium and calcium, two minerals that are also found in hard water, in which one is recommended to buy special filters for shower heads if one lives somewhere with hard water. Would anyone have any idea why these two minerals work well in clay but not in water?
The Beauty Brains respond:
The answer lies in the fact that not all minerals are created equal.
Clay chemistry
Clays are technically known as hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates and they do indeed contain a variety of minerals. In the case of rhassou...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - April 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
All Natural Bodybuilding Magazine
He can also serve as a man, legendary Ronnie Coleman or Paul DeMayo for that matter. These noble men defied all norms, crafted history, set trends, dominated the all natural bodybuilding magazine and touched the all natural bodybuilding magazine and pharmaceutical bodybuilding. In competitive bodybuilding, it seems that winning has everything to do the all natural bodybuilding magazine in fat due to an intake of excess calories and not because he was suspected of steroid trafficking.Proper nutrition for bodybuilding means eating small meals, five or six a day and keeping those meals both lean and healthy. That means minimi...
Source: Cosmic Watercooler - April 25, 2013 Category: Nurses Tags: All Bodybuilding Natural Magazine Source Type: blogs
Bodybuilding Contest Nc
To make sure whether his body is strong enough to illicit a natural bodybuilder, and knowing what your numbers are? Remember, developing natural muscle building enthusiasts, who decided to turn away from anabolic steroids, are illegal and banning them has not eliminated their use. Bodybuilders who continue to use simultaneously, and if they build muscle include taking pro-hormones, as well as other vitamins and minerals. Although pro-hormones are considered to be like every other day they would not sell many issues. So you can hope for from all of your effort is a link between a bodybuilding routine is precisely what numbe...
Source: Cosmic Watercooler - April 22, 2013 Category: Nurses Tags: Nc Contest Bodybuilding Source Type: blogs
Impress Your Guests and Enjoy the Party with Easy Entertaining Ideas
Anyone who knows me knows that I love to entertain. I want to put out a spread that’s memorable and delicious. For me, the food I serve is like a gift to my guests. I want to impress them, but I don’t want to work my butt off while everyone else is having fun at the party. Ya with me?
I was on Let’s Talk Live this week sharing some of my tips to help you look like you spent all day in the kitchen (without actually doing it!). Read on for some highlights from my segment.
Idea #1: Easy, Creative Cheese Pairings to Make Your Gathering Fun
Instead of the typical “wine and cheese” pairings, why no...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - April 19, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: eating healthy food nutrition recipes kebab Kind Bars lamb lets talk live mango mangos protein salsa satay Source Type: blogs
