Particularly if you have thin hair, like I do, Fiberceutic may be a huge help with making hair stronger and thicker – I really hope it is. Fiberceutic is either available, or soon to be available, in parts of Europe, but not as far as I am aware in the US. Fiberceutic is a new [...]
Category Archives: Life
Christmas Morning Irritation
December 20, 2009 – 5:05 pm
What irritates you on Christmas morning? It could be lots of things, but I bet opening those *** plastic clamshell packages rates pretty high. Not only do clamshell packages cause injury but they can take a lot of time to open. We all sit around waiting for the happy recipient to brute force their way [...]
New Blog Home
August 29, 2009 – 7:52 pm
Surprised to end up here? Several different projects are combining into one site that is going to contain lots of information about aging. As you can see the site is Age More Slowly. Hopefully if all goes according to plan the new site should be fully functional in about two weeks. Moving the blog is [...]
Have Your Own Brain Music To Help You?
April 29, 2009 – 1:02 pm
Do you have your own specific soundtrack in your brain? Can music be used to change how you respond to stress and how you relax? Could you have your own Brain Music to help you be being productive and to relax you? According to an article about research at the Department of Homeland Security, our [...]
Fructose May Be Worse For You Than Glucose
April 27, 2009 – 1:35 pm
Does sweetening a product with fructose as compared to glucose make much of a difference? Or is a sugar calorie just a sugar calorie? Previously there has been a post on this blog Fructose messes with appetite control. Now there is a study that suggests that consuming fructose may be worse for you than glucose. [...]
How Vegetables Are Prepared Affects Antioxidant Power
April 22, 2009 – 1:00 pm
When considering the amount of antioxidants in foods, the cooking method can increase or decrease the amount of oxidant power of a food. Unfortunately there seems to be much disagreement about what is the best cooking method. Though there is general agreement that different fruits and vegetables react in different ways to the various cooking [...]
Energy Drinks, Spit Don’t Swallow?
April 16, 2009 – 3:17 pm
Want a boost? Have an energy drink. But, did you know that if you just swill one round your mouth and spit not swallow, that you get that boost in energy. Energy drinks are everywhere. The supermarket has a big selection. Most of the energy drinks consumed contain some form of sugar and “energy ingredients” [...]
New Type Of High Blood Pressure Treatment
April 14, 2009 – 1:40 pm
It is estimated that one in three adults have high blood pressure. Though current treatments are effective for many people, there are some whose blood pressure does not come down enough, even when they are on multiple drugs. Now there is news of a new type of high blood pressure treatment. Unless you measure your [...]
Lipoic Acid, Antioxidant, Triglycerides, And Diabetes
April 12, 2009 – 3:48 pm
You have probably heard of lipoic acid, or alpha lipoic acid? It is found naturally in foods. Recently there has been interest in supplementation with lipoic acid for a number of conditions including diabetes. Most recently it has been suggested to lower triglycerides. Lipoic acid and alpha lipoic acid are generally used interchangeably. The lipoic [...]