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Hi Ladies: What is a good facial moisterizer?
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Oh I love the idea of filling up a cooler and drinking from it during the day. My DH works outside all day long in the Florida heat. He so often runs out of the water he takes with him. That sounds like the solution for him. As far as what kind of purifier I use it's one attached under the kitchen sink. No way could I afford one of the whole house ones.
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I am one who invested $$ in a water ionizer, ugh. I love it and it gives me peace of mind but I have to replace the darn filters much more frequently than the manufacturer says... so beyond what I initially paid for it, it gets really expensive. I must have really bad (well) water! Wish I had gone with an RO filter.
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macal02, I use olive oil or coconut oil (both cold-pressed, organic). Have stopped using all commercial moisurizers.
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Me too
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Do you just put a little in your palms and apply to your face?
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I agree love using coconut oil.
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mscal, I use coconut and olive oils as well, but I do find them too heavy for summer. Sometimes use grapeseed oil as well. Drinking lots of water and keeping hydrated definitely helps, but I do use great moisturizers from Dr. Alkaitis (their day and their night cream) and my skin has never been better (I have combination-oily skin). There is also a natural make-up thread around here somewhere with lots of product tips.
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Thanks so much ladies.
Sherbear: where can I buy Dr. Alkaitis's products?
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I buy through this site:
www.saffronrouge.com
or you can probably order through their site:
http://www.alkaitis.com/Default.asp
I really do love these creams, although they are not cheap, my skin has been fantastic since I started using them.
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I like a mixture of aloe and coconut for my face
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I use coconut oil more than anything. Tropical traditions has a great line of products. I only use other products from the Sense line from Usana. The hair care is fantastic and the conditioner is great for shaving legs. The night renewal creme has shown to help a lot of women during radiation treatments. Usana has a patent for their preservation system. There are no parabens or formaldehyde, and they take great care to make sure none of their ingredients are skin irriatants. Plus, a little bit goes a long way. I cannot believe how much lather I get from a little dab of the shampoo, and I have hard water.
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Any suggestions about sunscreen? I have really fair skin, so putting coconut oil won't keep the harmful rays away. Seems like you have to really watch the commercial sun screens though, as they are not well regulated.
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I went to whole foods and the girl was very helpful. I bought a sunscreen for my face from MyChelle is is light enough to wear under my makeup and SPF is 28
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I just recently bought Badger Balm and Jason's Mineral sunblocks for my family. Read up on Retinyl Palmitate and Oxybenzone and you'll never want to use a "commercial" sunscreen again.
The nanoparticles are really bad for you, but remember when your dermatologist used to tell you to never get exposed to the sun if you were using Retin A or Isotretinoin?
Well, Retinal Palmitate is VITAMIN A, same as Retin A~!!!!! So, basically by using anything with Retinyl Palmitate, you are opening yourself up for skin cancer and overexposure by UVB and UVA rays.
I find it strange that the sunscreen / sun skin care industry has been so poorly regulated, but it goes along with all the other personal care industries in the USA..... poor oversight and an "anything goes" mentality.
So, if you're interested in keeping your skin healthy and (hopefully) skin cancer free, a mineral "block" sunscreen (which should mainly be zinc oxide, btw) is your best bet. Hopefully it means you get a little extra zinc absorbed into your body as well, but who knows?
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NCkick-Interesting you should ask about sunscreen, as this is a topic I have really been exploring lately. Here is an article that was just posted on Naturalnews: http://www.naturalnews.com/032815_sunscreen_chemicals.html
I have a lot of problems with this article. While it does make some valid points, it does so much scaremongering about chemicals that it is over the top. Yes, we do have to be careful about all the carcinogens we put on our skin, but not everything is toxic. And yes, an accumulation of chemicals is the real culprit, but some people do need sunscreen, though I am one who never uses it. I have been able to get so much protection on the outside, because I am using such high quality nutrtition and supplements on the inside, plus I am not fair skinned. I do not want to pick apart this article, but I am hoping that you all will begin to do more research when you read things like this because one has to look to the sources of information. Here again, Mike Adams is quoting the ewg and as I have stated before, this is a fundraising org, nothing more.
Here is one of the best explainations I have seen about what this "org" is all about:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Apple+picking+data+leaves+taste/5005158/story.html
I am so sick of the US media. I feel like I am living in 1984. Yes it is a few decades late, but when I read that in HS I thought it was so farfetched. Now I see how the media is manipulated by reportiing from press releases rather than from hitting the pavement and ferreting out the story. It is good to see we still have at least one reporter in Canada who does his homework.
NCkick-one more thing about sunscreens. The natural news article talks about how only certain ingredients can be labeled sunscreens. This is true. That it why some companies like Usana do not advertise that there is sunscreen protection from their products, even though there is. They do not what to deal with the putting these chemicals into their products and adding more chemicals. Some of Usana's skin care products do have an SPV of 15 or so, but they do not market it that way because of the bureacracy and because they do not add the required chemicals. And don't forget that nourishing cell growth with proper nutrition and antioxidants from the inside is even more helpful for skin protection that just adding something topical.
Sometimes I really wonder who is protecting us for what, or from anything.
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Even though I have started a new thread called Low Body Temperature Anyone? I wanted to share this very informative article with you: http://hansacenter.com/pdfs/Cancer_and_Low_Body_Temperature_01-10-2010.pdf
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I think I read somewhere that this is good to eat.
Organic Pasture Butter "exclusively from pampered cows on summer pastures when conjugated linoleic acids and Omega 3s are naturally highest in our butter" produced without antibiotics, synthetic hormones or pesticides.
Is it? or Is it not?
Is it better to eat it or not to eat it? I don't have to have it...but it sure makes those veggies I don't like taste better
Thanks!
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Hiya Luna5,
I don't see why not...on occasion. I must admit, I use a lot more olive oil than butter. But when I do use butter I use organic grass fed.
I really love this range of pampered produce...
http://www.elgaarfarm.com.au/About/The%20Elgaar%20Farm%20Story.htm
"The Elgaar cows graze in paddocks where grasses are mixed with herbs such as shepherds purse, self heal, chicory and Persian clover. "Organic farmers love them as they have a greater ability to search for nutrients in the soil, so the cows produce tastier milk," says Joe. Like all the farm's crops, the pastures are never sprayed with artificial chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
The Jersey cows that graze on this green smorgasbord clearly thrive on the farm and enjoy a surprisingly long life. Any ailments are treated with homeopathic remedies, and the Gretschmanns pride themselves on the fact that it is ten years since they last had to call a vet - even then that was just help with a difficult birth."
There are a couple of other local farmers that I buy grass fed goat milk, cheese and yoghurt from.
Enjoy those veggies...x
Victoria
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About whether Organic Pasture Butter is okay? - Haven't eaten dairy since I was treated eleven years ago. We switched to Earth Balance at our house and it's awesome.
Asshercut, we also use olive oil. Since there are different grades, some we use for salad dressing, pasta and bread dipping and others are for lightly sauteing. Grilled veggies with a drizzle of olive oil and fresh rosemary is delicious. (I put ours in tin foil so it steams.)
About Sunblock - Have a relative that went to "The" Woodstock Folk Festival in update New York in 1969 and she said she was walking down the street with her very fair skin and an elderly lady came off her porch and told her to put buttermilk/cream all over her skin or she would fry. She did it and didn't burn. (I never asked her how she smelled.)
Best health always...
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Thanks Victoria and Super Mom!
Victoria...I sure wish I had a supplier like yours! Will keep looking
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Vivre & Marianna, Thanks for the great advice and the links to the articles. Very informative. It's amazing that sunscreens are so unregulated and I had also heard about the nanoparticles. I work in RTP and there's been several studies done by the toxicologists around here regarding the nanoparticles. Scary that they allow them in products even though they are still discovering what happens when they enter our bodies.
I think I'll try to stick with the zinc oxide.
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Thankyou ladies for your previous replies about melatonin...x
I sleep very well, and don't need to stimulate sleep. I considered it at one point... because I read that that particular hormone can slow down any naughty cell growth. But as I personally feel extremely happy and healthy these days...and do a lot in the way of achieving optimal wellness, I've decided not to take it.
Besides as a mother I sleep lightly, just in case any of my Munchkins call out for me in the middle of the night - I need to brounce!
Victoria
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MBJ,
Interesting about the low body temp - I seem to have the opposite prob (all my life). I need to have open toe shoes on all the time. It's winter here, and when people see me walking about with peep toes or slip ons...they cringe. I try wearing boots/slip on style clogs...but my feet heat up and I start sweating all over, and constantly need to take off my shoes so my feet can breathe. Same thing with slippers - if I wear slippers too long I over heat. As long as I have some skin exposed (other than my head) I'm fine.
And I'm not menopausal...still too young for that.
Victoria
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MBJ,
Thanks for the article on low body temperature. I will print it up. More and more the experienced cancer patients keep mentioning this--like you--so I will look into it. Thank you for the research you do for this group.
Have you ever thought of getting a Nutrional Consultant/Practitioner degree?
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I noticed one gal mentioned steaming veges in tin foil.
I thought we were to avoid cooking that way. I sure miss it though.
I have thrown all my aluminum pans away and bought "green" stainless steel ones.
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Just came back from a Baltic cruise. Great cruise, lousy weather, although it was pleasantly warm in St. Petersburg.
I am always terrified of the food on cruises. I have to maintain a trim shape because I have weak knees and cannot gain excess weight, so the mountains of food always gives me the creeps. But anyway, I thought well, I will just eat nutritiously and enjoy myself.
Had plenty of salads, bit of chicken here and there and the waiter brought me a big dish of spinach every night to have with my meal which i only "picked at" but always finished the spinach. One gal (from Texas) at our dinner table, asked for spinach too when she saw me getting this huge plate of it every night. She said she always eats spinach at home, because she is subject to leg cramps and swears by spinach as a prevention and as soon as she stops eating the spinach, the leg cramps come back. Interesting!
When the cruise was over my clothes had not shrunk!! While I was in England after the cruise, I read in the newspaper about food selection i.e. quality over quantity is the way to lose weight. So I was thrilled to see the article was pretty much what I had put into practice.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Health-and-Beauty/Health-News/Quality-over-quantity-23062011.htm
I had mentioned to one pompous ass that I was not going to put on weight while on the ship but will hopefully lose some if I stick to a nutritious diet. The pompous ass said "I don't know of anyone who would take a cruise and hope to lose weight". I repeated her comments to a gal in the gym who repled "half of us here in the gym want to lose weight"
I did lose a few pounds, cutting out the bread etc. pretty much what the article recommended.
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asschercut: If I were you I would take your temperature when you are "feeling" hot. I have found when I am feeling my hottest my temperature is at it's lowest. I am literally drenched in seat at anywhere from 95.5, to 98.3. It "feels" like I am hot yet I am acually in a cold sweat.
Mollyann: You are too kind! It's of my nauture to not only think out of the box but to pass this info on to others. I can't imagine working myself in the health field--I prefer the arts. Thank you, though, as I feel honored that with all of the amazing knowledge of the women on this thread I have even added a drop!
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Hey Ladies, I have been watching this thread for a while and I need some input. After Chemo & Rads I was put on Tamoxifien, Anastole & Arimidex and could not handle the side effects. They affected my legs to the point I could not walk due to the pain, cannot take anymore. So I have been researching DIM & Myomin and since I am menapausal now since chemo I am thinking I should take the Myomin. I would appreciate any input. Thanks Marci
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Hi ladies,
Anyone using glutathione on this message thread? Curious as to benefits and drawbacks.
Thanks
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