New health resources

Posted on February 2, 2007 at 12:51 AM - 767 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Latest: an interesting health site is being developed called health pages (early stages at the moment) together with a sister site coming later which will be known as useful pages when it's ready. I will also mention a specialist health & beauty directory which is being developed at searchsoldier More news to follow as I get it.

Wonderup natural growth pills

Posted on October 21, 2006 at 5:25 AM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

The Wonderup formula which is a natural boobs growth pill has received a lot of media attention recently. Good coverage both on breakfast television and on the Doctor Doctor medical programme. It's good that they get this coverage and are such an open company, as all their explanations seems very honest and unbiased, and it's excellent to see how much they co-operate with the media in their various appearances. 

Fennel seed

Posted on August 19, 2006 at 3:32 AM - 5071 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Fennel has a multitude of uses, but is mostly known for its galactogogue property, ie. for stimulating mother's milk, and to this end it was largely used in France in the 19th century, and was also widely used at the School of Medicine in Salerno, in Soutern Italy. The culinary and aromatic use of fennel herb is also very popular.

Besides spicing-up dishes, particularly meat, fennel also gives an excellent liquor, with carminative and diuretic properties. The fennel fruits, ground and mixed with clay are useful to prepare a toothpaste which refreshes and reinforces gums.

Hoodia appetite suppressant

Posted on July 31, 2006 at 11:23 PM - 708 Comments - Post Comment - Link

For those interested in the latest slimming products, I have collected the following references on the hoodia appetite suppressant pills:

African Plant May Help Fight Fat. CBS News 60 Minutes, Nov. 21, 2004

Hawaleshka, Danylo. Hoodia love: An appetite suppressant used by Bushmen is the diet world's newest fad. Macleans, August 03, 2005.

Diet Pills Supplement Scam: Two-Thirds of Hoodia Gordonii Pills Sold in the United States are Counterfeit. News Target, 30 August 2005. 
Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne via Germplasm Resources Information Network (USDA).
MacLean DB, Luo LG. Increased ATP content/production in the hypothalamus may be a signal for energy-sensing of satiety: studies of the anorectic mechanism of a plant steroidal glycoside. Brain Res. 2004 Sep 10;1020(1-2):1-11.
Hawaleshka, Danylo. Hoodia love: An appetite suppressant used by Bushmen is the diet world's newest fad. Macleans, August 03, 2005.

Fenugreek

Posted on February 9, 2006 at 12:41 AM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Many people have come to appreciate the great value of herbs for breast enhancement, such as the well known fenugreek for breast enhancement and others such as fennel, red clover, saw palmetto and wild yam. Find these and plenty of information on the herbs here.

Message on body image!

Posted on January 16, 2006 at 2:18 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Thirty teenage girls laughed out loud when told they might someday grow to appreciate "love handles" on their future partners. Nibbling frozen yogurt and sipping diet cola over their lunch hour, the Grade 8 students at Centennial Public School were taking part in a seven-week Teen Esteem program.The "love handles" conversation followed the viewing of a collection of Kellogg's commercials encouraging women to "look good on your own terms." "I think a lot of teen girls are really obsessed with their looks," said Michelle An, 13. While the teens took in the message about being less critical of their own bodies, several giggled at the on-screen portrayal of a slack-skinned man standing on a beach, his pudgy stomach rolling over his tiny bathing suit. As it turned out, the actor, despite his slightly doughy appearance, is a healthy weight for his body type. Perfect-looking people, the kind usually shown in commercials, are few and far between, she said. Even magazine models, the students learned, have to have imperfections airbrushed from the printed page. "We try to get the message out that the average female is actually a size 8 to 10 and she weighs 130 pounds. She's not a 90-pound unhealthy person." Teen Esteem was launched in 1997 in the wake of a national report showing that girls' self-confidence and aspirations inexplicably plummet as they enter the teen years. This school year, the program is offered at 10 elementary schools. By targeting Grade 7 and 8 girls, who are handpicked by teachers to participate, the program aims to stop the problem before it gets out of hand. Weekly sessions look at career choices and goal-setting. Body image was not originally part of the program, but was added when organizers heard girls consistently criticizing their own appearance. "Some of my friends, they'll be really upset and keep saying really negative things about themselves and I keep telling them to stop because it's not true," said Lisa Medeiros, 13, talking about how the Teen Esteem sessions changed her attitudes. Lisa said the program taught her to look to the future and consider a wide spectrum of career options. Women from all walks of life volunteer their lunch hours for two weeks to provide a variety of strong role models for the teens. "There is recognition that not everyone is going to be a rocket scientist," said Carol Popovic. "They do have other strengths that they can build on." Lindsey Quinn, a project leader with Manulife, described her involvement as fascinating, but scary. She doesn't feel like a role model: "I feel like I'm more there to validate that they're OK." As the program wrapped up with a final pizza party, teacher Bev Robertson said she was excited about the change she saw in students. "I certainly hear comments in my two homerooms. "Teen esteem comes up, self-esteem, self-confidence. . . . The words are woven into their conversations." 

Phase 2 starch blocker

Posted on December 29, 2005 at 2:09 PM - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

The kidney bean became popular in European folk medicine in the 16th century and a variety of different medicinal uses quickly developed, the most renowned being a cure for otherwise uncurable coughs. But it remained principally a useful foodstuff, particularly as an ingredient in soups and stews. Today the white kidney bean is still utilised in this way, for soups, stews and casseroles, and is also regarded as a good choice for salads due to its delicate flavour and powdery texture. This contrasts strongly with the robust, full-bodied flavour and soft texture of its relation, the red kidney bean. It's true fame of course now lies with the use of the bean for it's extract which is known as the Phase 2 starch blocker. The red kidney bean may have been the better known bean traditionally, but it has never achieved the world renowned status that now belonmgs to the white bean.