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Mid-Summer Ice Dream - Give Your Skin an Icy Treat


Beauty Food Log YUNKER Co-Q10 Supplement Jelly Drink

When browsing through a local Japanese market, I saw these adorable little aluminum foil packets with a sucker device attached that is labeled as a jello-drink that is infused with beneficial antioxidants and nutrients.  It is made by SATO in Japan, distributed by Sato Pharmaceuticals in Singapore and contains the following:
10mg of Coenzyme Q10, 15 […]

Spicy Beauty: Chili Pepper Your Way to Hotness

Hot peppers, green chilis, red chilis and other chili peppers have a 10,000 years history in the human diet, adding flavor and aroma to dishes, enhancing the enjoyment of food, spicing up “reproductive” romance, and providing potent nutritional support to the body. The spiciness and heat of chili peppers, the main “attraction” of the flavor, […]

How to Rejuvenate Your Cells With Dietary Supplements

Obsessed with anti-aging goals, cell rejuvenation has become a key topic of our interest. This article introduces the latest theories to cell rejuvenation and the easiest way to start rejuvenating your cells. By following these principals and adjusting your diet and lifestyle accordingly, you gain a higher chance of success with youthful cell expression and […]

Journaling My Nutritional Supplements Vitamin Log 4 29 2009

I haven’t updated my vitamin log in a while and have finally gotten around to “filing” this one.
Funds have been astringent so I have been particularly keen in getting the best deals while maintaining the highest quality of regimen possible in a minimal funds situation.
First of all, to maximize absorption of my carefully selected vitamins […]

Guilt-Free Sugar Binges?

Sugar is bad.  It must be accompanied by loads of anti-oxidants, anti-glycators, and anti-inflammatories or it will accelerate aging as well as trigger onset of a host of other diseases, including diabetes, obesity, cavities, heart diseases, and inflammation related degeneration. 
According to “The Wrinkle Cure” author Dr. Nicholas V. Perricone, we must banish sugar, rice, honey, […]

Big Appetite for Beautiful Skin

If you love food, love eating, and find it hard to stop snacking, you can take advantage of my own “Snack Menu” that focuses on high quality fats, proteins, antioxidant, enzymes, fiber, and polyphenol profile:
HORS D’OEUVRES
Flatbreads
Savory Nut and Seeds Crisps
Arberquina olive oil (Extra Virgin)
Pesto (Basil)
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
Roe: Tobiko, Ikura, Uni
Seafood: Ankimo, all shellfish, […]

Nuts for Nuts - Indulging In Super Healthy Fats

When the low carb, low glycemic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant diet trend hit the market like a storm in the early 2000s, I finally found a justification to indulge in my almost “natural born” fiend for nuts and fatty foods. 
Ever since then I’ve adopted a predominantly low-carb yet high calorie diet, of which snacking non-stop on nuts and seeds became one of my major, AND my favorite, dietary habits.
I am most often […]

Overdoing the Fat-Free Diet Causes Premature Wrinkling: Justifications of a Fat Lover

The subject of dietary fats is a mine field of academic arguments when it comes to healthy vs. unhealthy.  Many experts of modern science warn adamantly against animal fats, while in more traditional bodies of medicine, especially Chinese Traditional Medicine, animal fats are an integral part to beauty, health, and staying young and is called […]

Tea Notes: Sipping Beauty

Tea is air for my lips.
Tea is crutch for beauty,
The Hermes, the courier of health,
and a big part of my lifestyle.
Fragrant leaves and distinct herbs
Fermented, toasted, dried, pressed, oxidized or fresh
Medicinal properties, unique essences, tannins, caffeine, green tea catechins and polyphenols, Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)
Morning, afternoon, bedtime tea…
Tea ceremonies, tea houses, dim sum, cookies and tea […]

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