Health and Nutritional Information
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1. Prevention. Diets, Diet plans, foods and dietary supplements that provide health management
 through disease and symptom prevention.
Health conditions
are preventable through nutritional information about those conditions and measures you can take to either heal or prevent. Prevention is always the best medicine.
I want to help you, "Feed a man a fish and you have feed him for a day, teach a man how to fish
and you have feed him for life". If you are overweight and/or obese most people just want to sell you a bigger chair,
I want to show you a healthier and better way.
2. Performance. Whether you are body building, needing sports nutrition or exercising for good health we are all about finding nutritional products
that provides health enhancement through improved physical and mental condition.
The focus is on daily health, accomplishment and success.
3. Wellness.
Wellness benefits are about feeling good and finding balance.
This is a holistic approach to health care that includes the body,
mind and spirit through meditation to finding balance in mind, body and spirit. The focus is on daily health needs, MODERATION (we have to long overconsumed)
and variety.
4. Nurturing. Foods that can supply a sense of caring for the health and quality of life for yourself and others and the associated sense of satisfaction
for the caregiver. Marketing a product from this platform would include a focus on growth and development, aging and healing. Nurturing yourself and others and nurturing
the environment around you. Environmentally friendly products for the inside and well as the outside. From the things we eat to the things we wear, they
all have an impact on the world we live.
5. Cosmetics. Cosmetics, how we look and feel about ourselves, benefits women's health and men's health. Looking good and enhancing self-esteem through
improved physical condition and personal appearance are corner stones to good health.
No matter
how well you eat if you have low self esteem, are worried or upset then the body gets out of balance.
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AcneAcne Information and Acne Treatment
Acne is a disorder resulting from the action of hormones
on the skin's oil glands (sebaceous glands), which leads to plugged
pores and outbreaks of lesions commonly called pimples or zits. Acne
lesions usually occur on the face, neck, back, chest, and shoulders.
Nearly 17 million people in the United States have acne, making it the
most common skin disease. Although acne is not a serious health threat,
severe acne can lead to disfiguring, permanent scarring, which can be
upsetting to people who are affected by the disorder.
Who Gets Acne?
People of all races and ages get acne. It is most common
in adolescents and young adults. Nearly 85 percent of people between
the ages of 12 and 24 develop the disorder. For most people, acne tends
to go away by the time they reach their thirties; however, some people
in their forties and fifties continue to have this skin problem.
Myths About the Causes of Acne
There are many myths about what causes acne. Chocolate
and greasy foods are often blamed, but foods seem to have little effect
on the development and course of acne in most people. Another common
myth is that dirty skin causes acne; however, blackheads and other acne
lesions are not caused by dirt. Finally, stress does not cause acne.
At least four factors are important in the development of acne: plugging of the hair follicle with abnormally cohesive desquamated cells,
sebaceous gland hyperactivity, proliferation of bacteria (especially Propionibacterium acnes) within sebum and inflammation (Figure 1).
How Is Acne Treated?
Acne is often treated by dermatologists (doctors who specialize
in skin problems). These doctors treat all kinds of acne, particularly
severe cases. Doctors who are general or family practitioners, pediatricians,
or internists may treat patients with milder cases of acne.
The goals of treatment are to heal existing lesions, stop
new lesions from forming, prevent scarring, and minimize the psychological
stress and embarrassment caused by this disease. Drug treatment is aimed
at reducing several problems that play a part in causing acne: abnormal
clumping of cells in the follicles, increased oil production, bacteria,
and inflammation. Depending on the extent of the person's acne, the
doctor will recommend one of several over-the-counter (OTC) medicines
or prescription medicines that are topical (applied to the skin) or
systemic (taken by mouth). The doctor may suggest using more than one
topical medicine or combining oral and topical medicines.
Categories of Acne
Acne can be classified into three categories for the purposes of treatment: comedonal, inflammatory and nodulocystic.
Comedonal acne consists predominantly of open or closed comedones with little or no accompanying inflammation. This type of acne typically responds
to topical keratolytic agents that decrease the cohesiveness of the follicular cells. Erythematous papules and pustules characterize inflammatory acne,
but comedones may also be present. Topical agents alone may be insufficient to treat inflammatory acne, which may benefit from systemic antibiotics.
Nodulocystic acne may consist of comedones and inflammatory lesions, as well as deeper nodules and cysts. Although a six-month course of systemic
antibiotics may be effective, nodulocystic acne frequently requires treatment with isotretinoin (Accutane). Before the initiation of isotretinoin
therapy, however, patients should be evaluated for other causes of antibiotic treatment failure. Unusual causes of recalcitrant acne include drug-induced acne,
tropical acne, acne conglobata and acne fulminans.
Herbal and Mineral Acne Treatment Aids
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