I'm Back In School Looking Good, Here's the Secret Your Shampoo Can Harm You We are being Duped about Sun blocks NOTE: Please add "healthqueen@fountainofhealth.com" to your whitelist or address book in your e-mail program, so that you have no trouble receiving future issues! A Note From the Queen I'm Back In School So many things have happened since my last newsletter. First of all, I wanted to update you on my progress with the South Beach Diet.Before I do that, I want to say ,"Thank you good friends ( clients) you are my best buddies when it comes to support." I haven't lost as much weight this month. It was my birthday, which I celebrated for a week. Ya know, friends, family, food and cake. But I am still on the program. I will keep you updated. And if anyone wants to join me, I would love it. The kids are back in school, and by proxy so am I . My daughter is in the fourth grade and now has two - three hours of homework a night. I am re-learning a lot. Did you know how ferns and moss reproduce? They don't have seeds, they have spores. Ferns have spore pods underneath their leaves and moss produce asparagus like stalks with spore pods on top. I don't know if you know this but, I am vain, and seven years ago I became a California State Licensed Aesthetician, so I could be in the industry of beautiful skin. this is how I can find out the latest and greatest in skin care. Two weekends ago I went to an Advance Medical Aesthetics Facial Peels Class. Melanie, whom I met in Aesthetician school, took the class a year ago and has had incredible results with the skins dermal rebuilding products and facial peels. There is not another product line like this and my skin has never glowed like this. The secret is L-Retinol, and L-Ascorbic Acid for rebuilding the collagen and elastin in the dermis. Classes Healthy Food Potluck Party Oct. 11, 2004 6:00pm Priscilla, one of our clients, suggested we have a health food potluck party. We will make a dish with recipes to pass out, so we can taste all these different dishes. The dishes should be prepared in advance. A microwave will be provided to warm the dishes. For example, you might have a dish that asked for a regular ingredient like sugar, fat, milk, cheese, meat, or wheat and you have come up with a substitute for that ingredient. A substitute for that ingredient maybe mushroom soup mix, but instead of using that. you substitute yogurt for the soup. Or cookies that asked for wheat and sugar and you substituted ground almonds, flax seeds and Stevia. Email me telling me what your bringing; healthqueen@fountainofhealth.com Feature Article Looking Good, Here's the Secret What Makes Your Skin Age? Younger skin turn over rate is every twenty-eight to thirty days. The skin cell is produced, matures and is sloughed off within twenty-eight days. This is why young skin holds moisture and has a glow. As we age, the turn over rate slows down to forty to fifty days. The extra layer of skin slows down the turn over rate. If the old skin cells are still there, new ones are not being made to replace them as quickly. This old skin does not hold moisture, so we tend to think we have dry skin, and apply moisturizer, which packs down the old cells more and creates an even slower turn over rate. Here is the Secret! First we have to speed up the turn over rate. Second we have to slough off mature skin everyday. Third we have to promote collagen and elastin in the dermal layer. How Can I Do This? By using L-Retinol and L-Ascorbic Acid. L-Retinol A, (Vitamin A) this is known as the chirally corrected version of retinol A, without the adverse reactions of Retinol A. This is just as potent as Retinol A but Chiral corrected. Chiral is a process by which ingredients are purified to their most natural state. The philosophy is that, in this state, they are better recognized by the body and thus function better at the cellular level. L-Retinol is essential for generation and function of skin cells in promoting collagen and elastin, which improves skin's texture, firmness, and smoothness. L-Retinol prevents dryness, photosensitivity, free radical production, dryness, fine lines, and signs of aging. L-Ascorbic Acid, chirally corrected form of vitamin C, promotes protein building of collagen and elastin and boosts the effectiveness of L-Retinol. Defining And Understanding Chirality Chirality are the most important molecules of life. For example: ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is Chiral, i.e. it exists as L-ascorbic acid and D-ascorbic acid. L-ascorbic is good for you D-ascorbic is not. Chiral molecules are exactly the same in every way. Like your hands, they are perfect mirror images of each other. So, in a way, they are exact opposites! Another example is amino acids. Our body uses just left-handed amino acids (notice on your protein products words like L-glutamic acid or L-proline.) Another example is: Limonene which is a constituent of about Three hundred twenty-two varieties of plants, most notably citrus. If you were to buy limonene, either natural or synthetic, you would be getting a mixture of L-Limonene and D-Limonene. This is the way it occurs in man's laboratory and nature's laboratory. This molecule, when separate, is opposite of each other. The benefits of L-Limonene Can prevent the growth and spread of cancer. Suppresses the production of gallstones. Reduces risk and the progression of Alzheimer's. Enhances memory. Works as a powerful anti-viral in the body. Stops candida by acting as an anti-fungal. D-Limonene Is a dangerous promoter of free radicals, and is known to increase the likelihood of birth defects. It is a popular industrial cleaner, de-greaser and tire solvent. Why is Chirality important to skin care? When applied in skin care ingredients, chiral technology allows the chemist to formulate the most effective products, using the most active ingredients while virtually eliminating irritation and allergic reactions. Chirality is the description of the "spin" that every molecule / cell receptor has naturally. While it is true that virtually every molecule found in nature is "chiral" (meaning it either spins to the left or spins to the right), not every molecule is chirally correct. Skin, the body's largest organ, has millions of chiral receptors that dictate instruction to the cells they are attached to. This process is extremely precise. An ingredient attaching to a cell receptor is analogous to a hand-in-glove or lock-in-key relationship. A left hand can't fit into a right glove successfully. A key will not work if it doesn't have the right shape for a specific lock. When ingredients reach skin receptors with the wrong spin, the message can be blocked, incomplete or inaccurate Ingredients listed in most skin care products are a 50/50 combination of the left and the right spin. L-ascorbic acid (left spinning molecule of Vitamin C) for example has been proven more effective with less irritation than D-ascorbic acid (right spinning molecule of Vitamin C) or plain ascorbic acid (the 50/50 combination) the best proof of this is in the benefits. About The Queen Teacher-Speaker-Lifestyle Coach. The Health Queen, Dawn Throne, is the founder and owner of Fountain of Health Wellness Center and Day Spa. Her lifestyle coaching, classes, and articles have helped thousands live happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. The Queen loves to wade through the maze of health and wellness information and condense it for you in a simple, fun, and enjoyable format. She is passionate about your health and happiness! Learn more today at www.fountainofhealth.com or email us at healthqueen@fountainofhealth.com. (916) 456-4600 (916) 736-9845 fax 2820 "T" Street Sacramento, Ca 95816 The Health Queen and Girlfriends Recommend Your Shampoo Can Harm You Sodium Laurel Sulfate is an ingredient in products that make things foam. It has a degenerative effect on the cell membranes because of its protein denaturing properties. High levels of skin penetration may occur at even low use concentration. Shampoos are generally composed of a mixture of about fifty percent sodium laurel sulfate. Shampoos are among the most frequently cited in complaints to the FDA reports which include: eye irritation, scalp irritation, tangled hair, swelling of hands, face and arms, and split and frizzy hair. Researchers are pointing to shampoo as a possible factor in apparent decline of sperm quality in many countries because of its protein denaturing properties. All cells are made of protein. This means that the ingredients in some shampoos are capable of actually changing the information in genetic material found in cells. Marketplace We are being Duped about Sun blocks Skin cancer rates are higher today than before sun block was put on the market. One theory is we are in the sun more. The other theory is sun blocks do not block the UVA rays, which penetrate the dermis. and age our skin. and cause skin cancer. Sun blocks only block the UVB rays, which are the rays that burn the skin. So we think because we are not getting burned there is no damage occurring. The truth of the matter is we have to become "SUN SMART." We are going to have to re-apply sun block every ninety minutes. Maybe we should not stay in the sun as long. There are natural products that do block UVA and UVB, they are Titanium Oxide and Zinc Oxide. Remember the white stuff you used to put on your nose to block the sun, well that is the stuff, except now it is micronized so your skin won't be white. 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