Solarium

Solarium tanning involves lying in an enclosure that surrounds you with ultraviolet light. It is UV light that causes the skin to tan. However, over-exposure to UV light also causes skin cancer. Some experts recommend exposure to a certain amount of UV for therapeutic purposes, for skin conditions such as acne, for example.

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Sun Burn, UVA Rays

Whether you’re in the bracing -10 Celcius air of Moscow, or basking on the sun-drenched sands of the Caribbean, the sun is going to find you. Ultraviolet radiation bombards the skin constantly, even when you think you’re not exposing yourself to it. 80% of it passes straight through clouds. The worst of the rays, the UVA rays, penetrate to the deepest levels of the dermis, affecting the connective tissue that gives skin its elasticity and youth. These are the same rays many solarium machines emit. The sunburning UVB rays damage on a more topical level, searing skin until it’s tender, tight, on fire.

Tanning is your skin’s natural protective response. Melanin, the sunscreening pigment, actually thickens the skin to protect deeper tissues. What it doesn’t do is prevent long-term skin damage. The growing trend towards sunless tanning has resulted in a new generation of self-tanning products that offer a golden glow and reduce the risk. Pre-sun products help prepare skin for fast, intensive tanning. By stimulating production of natural pigments, they effectively reduce the time it takes to achieve the desired depth of color.

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Eat to live, live to eat!

Besides eating to stay healthy, researches also show that you can also eat to live longer. You can find a myriad of healthy foods that possess anti-aging properties. Even though these foods can’t turn back time, they can still help strengthen your immune system, help to fend off diseases, and increase your life span.

BROCCOLI
Broccoli contains more vitamin C than most citrus fruits, more calcium than a glass of milk, more fibre than a slice of whole wheat bread and a whole lot of anti-oxidants.

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How to Quit Smoking?

More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are from smoking-related illnesses. Smoking greatly increases your risk for lung cancer and other type of cancers. Smoking harms not only the smoker, but also family members, and other people who breathe the smoker’s cigarette smoke. This is called secondhand smoking.

If you have tried to quit smoking, you know how hard it can be. It is hard because nicotine is a very addictive drug. For some people, it can be as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Quitting is hard. Usually people make 2 or 3 tries, or more, before finally being able to quit. Each time you try to quit, you can learn about what helps and what hurts. Sayfanın Devamını Oku »

As we age older, we start to get wrinkles. However, there are things that can be done to reduce or delay the appearance of lines and wrinkles. Among these is the use of sunscreen to protect against photoaging. The majority of the undesirable skin changes associated with aging are the result of sun exposure. The underlying collagen and elastin support of the skin breaks down because of sun exposure. However, collagen and elastin are only one part of a complex picture. Young skin has more fat cells in the dermis than older skin. This explains why older skin is more transparent. In aging the skin grows more than is necessary to cover the bones and muscles. So it sags. Gravity is not our friend in aging. Facial muscles sag too. Water retaining elements of the skin become depleted with age as well. The DNA in the skin cells may be changed preventing the skin from reproducing as in young skin. In fact, epidermal turnover rates decrease with age.

Wrinkles can appear as deep in the skin or thin surface lines that once smooth surface of the skin. Wrinkles — or laugh lines, crow’s feet and “signs of character” — are caused by the constant contraction of the muscles as we use our face. Wrinkles result from laughing often, sun exposure and tugging on the skin. Sayfanın Devamını Oku »

Alcohol Consumption

The health risks for young women who drink are higher than they are for men. Many studies suggest that moderate alcohol consumption helps prevent heart disease - the leading cause of death among women. For women, risk of heart disease remains low until menopause. So, for premenopausal women, the protective value of a glass of wine is zero.

Alcohol is hign in calories. But moderate drinking is unlikely to have much of an effect on your weight. Conventinal diet wisdom says that if you drink, you tend to eat more. But the true effect of alcohol on weight is controversial. In one large scale study of female nurses, those who were moderate drinkers wighed less than women who abstained.

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy occurs when an egg is fertilized by a sperm, grows inside a woman’s uterus (womb), and develops into a baby. In humans, this process takes about 280 days (40 weeks).

Pregnancy Symptoms

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It is true that smoking not only damages your health but your looks too. Here are the signs

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Enzymes in Nature

Enzymes are one of the most interesting and important substances found in nature. Firts, it’s important to realize that enzymes are not living things. They are inanimate - like minerals. But unlike minerals, they are made by living cells. If we were to look inside a cell we would see many different activities going on. There would be some molecules joining together and others breaking apart. These activities keep the cell alive and enzymes make these activities possible. That’s why every cell of every living creature on Earth produces enzymes.

In a broad sense, there are two types of enzyme. Some that help join specific molecules together to form new molecules. Others that help break specific molecules apart into separate molecules. Enzymes play many important roles ouside the cell as well. One of the best examples of this is the digestive system. For instance, it is enzymes in your digestive system that break food down in your digestive system break food down into small molecules that can be absorbed by the body. Some enzymes in your digestive system break down starch, some proteins and others break down fats. Sayfanın Devamını Oku »