5 Off-the-Wall Beauty Products You’ve Got to See to Believe

Comfort Wipe “ Claiming to be the biggest technical innovation in toilet paper since the 1880s, comfort wipe allows you to maintain your dignity, while you maintain your personal hygiene without having to touch dirty toilet paper. Because heaven forbid you have to lose your dignity by wiping your own you know what.

GoGirl “ It’s [...]

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3 Environmental Factors that Aren’t Helping Your Wrinkles

Overexposure to the sun.
While we all covet the flawless golden tan, countless studies have shown that overexposure to the sun not only causes most of the wrinkles and age spots on our faces, but leads to skin cancer, one of the most prevalent forms of cancer in the United States. Protect your skin and face [...]

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Fountain of Youth: Resveratrol Might Be Close!

In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about the red wine ingredient resveratrol. It’s been mentioned as a treatment for everything from heart disease to osteoarthritis to cancer. In fact, in January 2009, the CBS TV News program 60 Minutes interviewed researchers who proclaimed a modern-day fountain of youth “ resveratrol.
The mythical fountain of youth [...]

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10 Things to Expect as You Age

Gray hair, sagging skin and wrinkles are only a few of the joys that accompany getting older. However, it doesn’t end there! The following are 10 things you may or may not have expected to escort you through your later years:

Shrinking. As we age, our bones reduce in size and [...]

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Weight Loss and Your Skin

Like many other major lifestyle changes, weight loss can affect all aspects of your life. Not only will your self-confidence soar as you slip on that little black dress, but when you look in the mirror, you’ll begin to notice a healthier, more radiant you “ especially when it comes to your skin.
When trying to [...]

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The Truth Behind Shape N Tone and How Not to Get Scammed

Do you want tighter, firmed abs, but don’t have the time to work out? It seems like infomercials everywhere are spouting such incredible claims, Sport-Elec being one of them. Sport-Elec claims to have created a breakthrough product called the Shape N Tone belt which will deliver toned abs without having to do a single exercise.
Too [...]

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Reversing Alzheimer’s Disease: Resveratrol Shows Promise

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a progressive and fatal brain disorder, is presently the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. As the population of older people worldwide continues to increase, Alzheimer’s has become an urgent healthcare problem, and the focus of a great deal of scientific research. Among recent discoveries that may have [...]

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Resveratrol and Quercetin: Are They Better Together?

Resveratrol seems to be everywhere in the news these days. But another plant-based chemical, quercetin, is beginning to attract attention from researchers as well. Recent studies suggest that resveratrol and quercetin might actually be more effective when taken together.
Both resveratrol and quercetin are polyphenols, a group of antioxidant chemicals found in many fruits and vegetables. [...]

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For Heart Disease, Resveratrol May Provide Antioxidant Protection

For almost two decades, the benefits of resveratrol and similar phytochemicals have been the focus of much attention from the scientific community. While dark-colored fruits like blueberries, strawberries, and pomegranates contain resveratrol, red- and purple-skinned grapes are especially rich in the chemical. In fact, the main biologically active and well-characterized constituent from (sic.) the grape [...]

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High Quality Resveratrol Supplements: How Can You Be Sure?

In the last couple of years, the red wine ingredient resveratrol has gained a great deal of attention. Clinical studies appear to show that resveratrol benefits the heart, helps control weight, increases energy, and may be effective against many of the so-called diseases of aging. In the wake of this wave of publicity, the number [...]

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