Winter weather is no match for the magical moisturizing effects of BeauCle!
If winter skin has got you down, don’t despair – repair!
Our precious skin is the very first line of defense against the weather. But targeted ultra-hydrating skin care ingredients on the inside and on the outside can visibly combat the dehydrating, drying effects of the season.
Supplementing with the right amount of the essential fatty acids (especially gamma linolenic acid or GLA— the “good” Omega 6) is especially helpful against winter’s dehydrating and irritating… Continue reading Categories
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January 26th, 2012Winter weather is no match for the magical moisturizing effects of BeauCle!
If winter skin has got you down, don’t despair – repair!
Our precious skin is the very first line of defense against the weather. But targeted ultra-hydrating skin care ingredients on the inside and on the outside can visibly combat the dehydrating, drying effects of the season.
Supplementing with the right amount of the essential fatty acids (especially gamma linolenic acid or GLA— the “good” Omega 6) is especially helpful against winter’s dehydrating and irritating… Continue reading Erase Dark Circles, Wrinkles and Redness From the Inside Out
December 13th, 2011
Your skin doesn’t lie....read your face like a book.
It provides so many clues – when properly deciphered – that can lead you to the underlying causes of many outward beauty conditions that plague us all.
We all love a quick fix that reflects cutting-edge science or simple healing wisdom passed down through the ages. Here are some of my favorites that can help transform your complexion from porous to porcelain, dull to daunting, and dry to dewy.
Combine these with the brightening, lightening, hydrating, and natural sunscreen properties of The 6 Fat Flush Commandments: Part 1
October 20th, 2011
Surprising links between weight loss, your liver, your lymph and eating the right fat.
1. Love Your Liver
Fat Flush is dedicated first and foremost to supporting the liver in its daunting role as the body’s purifier. In reality, the liver is perfectly designed to detoxify itself automatically, without any help from you or Fat Flush, for that matter. As the body’s premier detoxifier (think of it as the filter in your personal engine) and fat-burning organ, the liver has an amazing built-in process that is in charge of breaking down everything… Continue reading Revisiting Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
August 30th, 2011
Omegasizing our kids.
Are our children suffering from a Ritalin or Adderall deficiency? Judging by the number of prescriptions for both meds, you would certainly think so (1.9 million for Ritalin in 2005, 8.2 for Adderall 1). While Ritalin is historically the best known and best-selling drug prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), by 1999, Adderall had surpassed it as the ADHD drug of choice: More new prescriptions were written for it than for any other ADHD medication. 2 These two drugs were responsible for 7,873 visits to the emergency room in… Continue reading Ignite Your Fat Burning Engine
June 30th, 2011
Blast off fat this 4th of July.
A hot topic (literally) of late has been capsaicin, a substance that has been firing up the circulation for centuries. Found in sweat-inducing foods and spices like cayenne, capsaicin provides the power to get the blood pumping efficiently, the body’s metabolic rate stimulated—and fat blasted out of the body.
It works by turning white fat cells into brown, and then activating the hybrid fat to burn itself to elimination. While many are now rushing to get their hands on hot peppers and Tabasco sauce (one recent study… Continue reading GLA: The Good Omega 6 that Flushes Fat
May 19th, 2011
Part two in our series on Fat Flushing supplements.
Since the 1980s, many studies have focused on the power of GLA, or gamma linoleic acid, to serve as a natural aid to weight loss. Found naturally in seed oils, such as borage, evening primrose, and black currant seed oils, GLA is an essential fatty acid, which triggers fat burning instead of fat storage by boosting the metabolism in two ways: First, it fuels the burning of brown adipose tissue, a type of fat commonly dormant in overweight people. Second, it stimulates a metabolic… Continue reading Flush Food Allergies and Relieve Rosacea
February 28th, 2011
Anti-inflammatory GLA helps clear your skin and can even relieve PMS.
Do you blush easily? Have small, red bumps on your face? Or irritated, crusty eyes? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have rosacea.
Up to 100 million people worldwide do, says the International Rosacea Foundation. Most at risk are people with fair skin, light-colored hair and eyes, particularly women between 30 and 60—especially if you're undergoing perimenopause or menopause. It's no wonder that rosacea is one of the leading topics on dermatology websites.
A chronic condition, rosacea occurs when… Continue reading Dangerous Drugs in Your Medicine Cabinet
July 5th, 2010
Also pay attention to supplement-drug interactions.
Worldwide, prescription drug abuse is even higher than the combined use of illicit drugs like cocaine, ecstasy, and heroin, finds the UN International Narcotics Control Board. In this country alone, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently reported that abuse of prescription painkillers has led to an alarming 111% jump in emergency room visits over the last 5 years!
And a new study in American Journal of Psychiatry, based on a survey of almost 35,000 American adults, shows that abuse of and dependence on anxiety drugs are… Continue reading Silent Risks for Heart Attack
June 2nd, 2010
Choose the right carbs to slim down and protect your health.
White bread and ice cream are much riskier foods for women than men, a new Italian study of close to 48,000 adults finds. At least one quarter of women eating high-glycemic carbs had double the risk for heart disease as those who ate the least fattening carbs in this investigation.
Research in a recent issue of JAMA links carbs from processed foods to lower levels of healthy HDL cholesterol and higher levels of the dangerous LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Foods with added sugars—sucrose… Continue reading To Lose Weight, Eat More Often
March 31st, 2010
5 to 6 small meals a day can boost metabolism.
Sounds counterintuitive, doesn't it? But eating less actually puts the body in starvation mode, burning calories more slowly and making you feel hungry—thanks to our "thrifty metabolism."
Instead, studies show that eating small, nutritionally balanced, high-fiber (low-glycemic) meals throughout the day can trick the metabolism, balance blood sugar levels, and prevent cravings.
Research at the Cleveland Clinic finds that combining low-glycemic foods with exercise increased insulin sensitivity and lowered weight among obese adults. And Italian scientists report that a low-glycemic… Continue reading 
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