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10 Excellent Reasons to go all Natural with your Skin
Care: with Vitale!
10
excellent reasons to go "all natural" with your skin
care The term "natural" is somewhat misleading with
regard to use in cosmetics. Manufacturers can add 1%
of a natural ingredient to a synthetic and call a product
natural. This is called "greenwashing" and such products
aren't considered natural at all. So what do you look
for to get the REAL benefits from truly natural
products?
1. Truly natural products contain no synthetic ingredients
such as artificial colours or fragrances. Artificial
fragrances are amongst the most irritating ingredient
in skin care with the ability to cause or significantly
contribute to irritating skin conditions such as eczema,
dermatitis, rashes and hives. You will notice the difference
in your skin when you avoid such ingredients.
2. Natural products contain no potentially harmful
ingredients such as petrochemicals, mineral oils, sodium
lauryl sulphate and propolene glycol. According
to Skin Deep, an Environmental Working Group in the
US, many of the synthetic ingredients used (in the US
and Australia) in everyday skin care are potentially
toxic to humans.
3. Natural skin care is formulated to support the
healthy functioning of our skin from within and without.
Humans absorb up to 60% of any substance applied to
our skin. It has been calculated that the average women
can absorb up to 2kg of different chemicals through
their skin each year. By using natural products you
ensure that what you are absorbing is benefiting your
skin and body, promoting radiance and health.
4. Natural cosmetics are more active. Excluding
water, often contain up to 95% active ingredients rather
than 5% active ingredients in a 95% inert (non-active)
base as in many of everyday personal care products and
cosmetics. You will notice a difference when you
use natural products. Your skin will look and feel radiant,
naturally.
5. Wholly natural products are not tested on animals.
6. Many of the suppliers of natural skin care are
local and cottage industries. Buying these products
supports sustainable manufacturing processes, the ability
to maintain quality control by hand making small quantities
in order to provide fresh product, small business enterprise
and local communities.
7. Using toxic or not natural products could mean
we could be absorbing potentially toxic ingredients
which our bodies will then have to break down, detoxify
and excrete. This puts an extra burden of toxicity
on the body and is of particular concern for young babies
and children whose organs of elimination are not fully
developed. The National Institute of Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) found that over 850 chemicals used
in skin care products and cosmetics are known to be
toxic. Reduce your toxic burden by using whole, unrefined
natural products.
8. Natural products are environmentally friendly.
Recent studies have shown that the chemicals and toxins
found in most skin care products have a harmful effect
on the environment as well as they take longer to break
down than whole, unrefined ingredients.
9. Natural skin & body care products often contain
nutrients, including naturally occurring antioxidants,
amino acids, botanical extracts, pure essential oils
and essential fatty acids in their holistic form
which is more compatible with our skin and bodies.
This includes natural anti-ageing nutrients such as
grape seed (rich in phytochemicals that support the
skin), rose hip oil (rich in vitamin C), Carrot oil
(rich in vitamin A), pumpkin seed oil (rich in zinc),
olive oil (rich in squalene) to name but a few. These
ingredients promote healthy skin by nourishing from
the outside in.
10. Value for money. Natural products are often
cheaper than synthetic products as they don't have to
compete in the hyped brand focused market. You are also
paying for active rather than inert ingredients. When
considering the benefits available form natural skin
care the value of natural products outweighs anything
else on the market.
With over 15 different pure, natural & organic ranges,
plus a range of beauty services, Vitale has all the
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Visit the Vitale website to sign up to the FREE monthly
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You can also shop online now to experience Vitale's
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or contact Vitale directly to find out more on 07 3367
3233.
LA Weight Loss is not a "Diet": it's a Lifestyle
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LA Weight Loss is Different
We live in an increasingly obese world and this is one
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Portrait of a Medicinal Herb 'St Johns Wort': By Miriam
Young!
With so much media hype it seems appropriate that the
first herb I profile in Portrait of a Medicinal Herb
should be St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum). Doctors
in Germany are prescribing more St John's Wort than
any other anti-depressant drug including Prozac. In
fact "The Natural Prozac" is a term that St John's Wort
is increasingly becoming known by. Yet scientists are
already beginning work to develop a synthetic version
of St John's Wort. Believing that the herb may cause
some orthodox drugs to be broken down by the liver too
quickly to be effective, scientists are attempting to
synthesise a drug with similar anti-depressant activity
to St John's Wort, without interfering with other medication
a patient may be taking.
So scientists go in search of THE active constituent
in St John's Wort responsible for the anti-depressant
activity. This reductionist one-dimensional approach
totally misunderstands what herbal medicine is all about.
The whole plant is the therapeutic agent, with it's
thousands of active constituents, leading to a synergistic
effect. Not to mention the herb's vital force and energetic
make-up. In all her perfection, the Earthly Mother has
created plants to heal humanity. If we are to reduce
plants to chemicals that have biological actions, then
are we also saying that human beings are as well only
biochemical? Each of us has an energy body; a vibrational
make-up as do the medicinal plants that heal us. Their
vibrational nature rebalances and heals a person physiologically,
emotionally and spiritually.
Science on the other hand can be useful in proving the
effectiveness of herbal medicine. In one clinical trial
on 1757 outpatients, hypericum extracts were shown to
be much more effective than placebo (an inactive preparation)
for the treatment of mild to moderately severe depressive
disorders. No adverse mental or physical effects have
been found with St John's Wort. St John's Wort however
is not recommended in severe depression with psychosis
or where there is a risk of suicide. St John's Wort
must be taken everyday for at least 4 weeks for the
antidepressant activity to be given a good chance to
take effect.
Hypericum extract when used in the treatment of anxiety
(in a clinical trial) was found to be more effective
than benzodiazepine, diazepam. Along side light therapy,
St John's wort has also demonstrated its' usefulness
in the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
Research is looking promising as far as using St John's
Wort as an anti-tumour agent in the treatment of cancer.
St John's Wort also has significant antiviral activity
against enveloped viruses. Enveloped viruses Include
HIV, influenza, cytomegalo-virus, cold sores, herpes
genitalis, shingles, glandular fever, chicken pox and
viral hepatitis.
Traditionally St John's Wort has been used to treat
the nervous system including nervous tension where there
is menopausal anxiety and hysteria. It has been used
for neuralgia, sciatica and disorders of the spine.
The infused oil is used topically (externally) in Aromatherapy
to treat mild burns, bruises, haemorrhoids, varicose
veins, wounds, sores and ulcers. External use of St
John's Wort infused oil increases photosensitivity,
so it should not be used prior to going into the sun
for extended periods.
St John's Wort is named after John the Baptist. In Europe
the flower blooms on/around the anniversary of his birthday,
24th June and the red sap in the stems; leaves and flowers
traditionally represent the blood of John the Baptist
when he was beheaded.
Like thousands of other Herbalists, I have used St John's
Wort with many clients on orthodox medications with
absolutely no side affects. In fact, along side counselling,
I have found St John's Wort extremely effective where
a client wishes to reduce their level of anti-depressant
medication and go for a more naturalistic approach.
I have also used St John's Wort successfully in treating
chronic fatigue patients where there has been a history
of viral infections.
Reference: "Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy",
Simon Mills & Kerry Bone
Copyright:
Miriam Young
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Dr Patch Adams Called to Administer Joy In Brisbane:
with the Empowerment Institute!
At
a time when Australia is supposedly at its financially
wealthiest according to Treasurer Peter Costello, who
recently proclaimed the Commonwealth as debt-free, thoughts
turn to the state of the nation in terms of individual
and workplace happiness.
It is ironic that in our first world country we owe
nothing overseas, but what do we now owe to ourselves,
each other and our workplaces? Are we really happy?
Many Australians feel that the political system has
let them down, and that governments are not responding
to their real concerns. We seem to have lost sight of
a vision for a better society and to have entrusted
our future to wherever the market takes us.
We now know a great deal about the factors that enhance
our wellbeing and those that diminish it. Increasingly
the negatives seem to outweigh the positives, despite
our affluence.
Australians are three times richer than their parents
and grandparents were in the 1950s, but they are no
happier. Despite the evidence of a decline in national
wellbeing, governments continue to put economic interests
first. The obsession with economic growth means other
things that could improve our wellbeing are sacrificed.
There is widespread community concern that the values
of the market-individualism, selfishness, materialism,
competition-are driving out the more desirable values
of trust, self-restraint, mutual respect and generosity.
So, how far are we really along in the wellbeing scale?
What makes for true happiness, if it is not "affluenza"?
Here are some sobering figures in our culture that seems
to increasingly drink or take drugs to blot out reality
to try to find happiness.
Depression currently causes over six million working
days to be lost each year according to Beyond Blue,
a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation
working to address issues associated with depression,
anxiety and related substance misuse disorders in Australia.
Individual depression now starts as young as early youth
(roughly age 14.5) if not childhood, as opposed to our
late thirties some 30 years ago - a Martin Seligman
(American father of Positive Psychology) statistic in
his book Authentic Happiness.
It has been estimated that 6.4 million Australian adults
- almost half the adult population - accessed the Internet
during 2005. Reportedly, more Internet users search
the Web for information on depression than any other
health condition.
It is estimated that 200 million scripts for anti-depressant
medication are written in Australia yearly.
Further, the incidence of drug and alcohol abuse is
at alarming societal levels, not only in younger age
groups, but increasingly as a choice for celebrities,
the upwardly mobile, and the weekend consumer as well
as the weekday have-or-want-to's.
So, how happy are we? Will outside pleasures ever fill
up the "holes in our souls," as Dr Phil of Oprah fame,
describes it.
How do we find real joy in life and work, and how does
it start?
According to Dr Patch Adams, clown and humanitarian
- it is a choice that you make. And he is coming to
Australia in October to tell us also about the how's,
when's, where's and why's.
Hunter "Patch" Adams has been a physician for nearly
30 years, but he has been a clown for almost 40. He
is a social activist, and Founder and Director of the
Gesundheit Institute, a holistic medical community that
has provided free medical care to thousands of patients
since it began in 1971. Patch travels the world presenting
at a staggering amount of places every year, as well
as fulfilling his altruistic activities. For more info
see www.patchadams.org
His message, that he brings at last to Brisbane, is
how to make the conscious choice everyday of "Living
with Joy in Life and Work ".
Thousands have seen the movie "Patch Adams." This is
your chance to get up close and personal with one of
the greatest altruists and social justice entrepreneurs
of our time and learn what it takes to live a personally
and professionally happier life.
Seats are limted, please book early to ensure your seat
online at www.empowermentinstitute.com.au
Patch set new standards for the event as a speaker.
He was mind blowing and raised the event to new heights.
His presentation was entirely relevant to the audience.
- Graham Anderson, Saxton Management Group Pty Ltd,
Australia Spoke to Australian Professional Pharmacy
Association Conference
Behind his clown-like persona lies a great deal of wisdom,
and it often falls to the court jester to speak the
truth that those in power need to hear. Bernie Siegel,
M.D.
For more information, please contact Susan Welch, Director
of the Empowerment Institute www.empowermentinstitute.com.au
073268 1036 or 0413651643
[email protected]
This event proudly supports Royal Brisbane and Women's
Hospital Research Foundation, and Sids And Kids Queensland.
Susan Welch is Laughter Therapist and an Authentic Happiness
Coach in the new Positive Psychology. She has been a
pioneer of the Happiness movement in this country for
the past 4 years, working with over 15,000 people in
health, mental health, aged care, hospitals, schools,
disability, corporate and government arenas. The evolution
of this grass roots social justice movement has seen
her evolve her work to the Empowerment Institute, a
boutique bureau providing information, speakers, trainers,
coaches and events for personal and professional development.
EI offers solutions in health, wealth and happiness!
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Nutrition
for Making Babies ? By Joanne Hay
Often
I am asked about this particular topic, most recently
by a new friend planning to conceive soon. I have many
years of experience with dietary experimentation while
pregnant, birthing and breast feeding, some experiments
less successful than others. Luckily I discovered the
world of native nutrition during my 3rd pregnancy, and
following the lead of my ancestors, I was able to turn
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desire (common complaints of breastfeeding women).
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Short
and Sweet: Blue and Walnut Terrine with Apple
Balsamic Salad!
makes:
4-6
Ingredients
200g Australian Blue Cheese 100g Australian block cream
cheese, softened 1/4 cup finely chopped chives 1/3 cup
walnuts, toasted and chopped freshly ground black pepper,
to taste Apple Balsamic Salad 2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons wholegrain mustard
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar salt and pepper, to taste
2 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly
sliced baguette slices, for serving
Method
1.
Puree the blue and cream cheese in a food processor.
Fold through the chives and walnuts. Season with pepper.
2. Spoon the mixture into a 9cm x 10cm bar tin lined
with plastic wrap. Fold the plastic wrap over the top
of the terrine and press lightly. Refrigerate for several
hours or overnight. 3. Combine lemon juice, olive oil,
mustard, balsamic vinegar and season to taste. Pour
over apples and toss well. Unmould the terrine and cut
into thick slices. Serve with apple salad and baguette
slices
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Laughter
is the best medicine!
The
questions below about Australia are from potential visitors.
They were posted on an Australian Tourism website and
the answers are the actual responses by the website
officials, who obviously have a sense of humour...
Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never
seen it rain on TV, how do the plants grow? (UK).
A: We import all plants fully grown and then just
sit around watching them die.
Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
A:
Depends how much you've been drinking.
Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow
the railroad tracks? (Sweden)
A:
Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water.
Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia?
(Sweden)
A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.
Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia?
Can you send me a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns,
Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK)
A:
What did your last slave die of?
Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing
in Australia? (USA)
A:
A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south
of Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle
of the Pacific which does not... oh forget it. Sure,
the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings Cross.
Come naked.
Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact
us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the
directions.
Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.
Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule?
(USA)
A:
Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y,
which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir
plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after
the hippo races. Come naked.
Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? ( UK)
A:
You are a British politician, right?
Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available
all year round? (Germany)
A:
No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers.
Milk is illegal.
Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who
can dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA)
A:
Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come
from. All Australian snakes are perfectly harmless,
can be safely handled and make good pets.
Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia,
but I forget it's name. It's a kind of bear and lives
in trees. (USA)
A:
It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because
they drop out of Gum trees and eat the brains of anyone
walking underneath them. You can scare them off by spraying
yourself with human urine before you go out walking.
Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
A:
No, WE don't stink.
Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain
of youth. Can you tell me where I can sell it in Australia?
(USA)
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
A: Only at Christmas.
Q: I was in Australia in 1969 on R+R, and I want to
contact the girl I dated while I was staying in Kings
Cross. Can you help? (USA)
A:
Yes, and you will still have to pay her by the hour.
Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go?
(USA)
A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.
Quote
of the week!
“Progress
begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.”
Norman
Cousins, editor, writer
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