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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Berenika Jancelewjcz, Language Supervisor for MTV
Browse through the street style and fashion photoblog online at Glamour.com. Check out the latest fashion, as worn by you!Continue reading...
do I have to eat my recommend calorie to lose weight?
It says for men that I should eat 1500 calories but since I have a herniated disc I can't run or anything but walk for so long only. So I thought less calories the better. So I've been eating fish and juicing veges and fruits. 1 cup of juice of vege/fruit and 2 fish. One for breakfast and lunch. Since I started I lost about 7 lbs. but I consider 2-5 lbs water weight. When I started this app I was at 176. Now I'm 173.
two weeks before period hunger
I get very hungry two weeks before my period and although I'm eating healthy, watching my calorie intake go up is making me anxious. Firstly, I don't have the time to gym, only manage to walk the dog before and after work, and walking around the office as much as I can. Working for a hotel, I have 12hour days--but the beauty is, I have a lot of space to walk around. Secondly, how can I keep up my pace with smart choices? And, I realize bc my diet has been so pure(minus the wine here and there), my stomach cannot handle outside hotel restaurant or homemade food....I know I'll get water weight but how do I control my cravings?
Secrets of a Hair Chalk Addict
I like, freaking LOVE, hair chalk and am crazy excited that SELF's awesome beauty team featured the radass trend recently. (Yep -- radass. I'm trying to make that happen now) But, as an self-proclaimed hair chalk connoisseur, there are few lessons I learned the hard way. Instead of letting you guys walk around with random streaks on your clothes or a halo of chalk around your hairline -- both of which I've done -- I'm going to pass along some of my tips.
First, always, always put product in your hair before you apply the chalk. Kevin Murphy (who created the awesome Neon Color Bug pictured here) told me about that and man oh man was he right. It doesn't matter if you use gel, dry shampoo, hair spray, all three. As long as your strands are super product-y, you'll be good. My editor is currently
When you apply your hair chalk of choice, never apply less than two inches away from your hairline, or the color will run like crazy if you sweat the tiniest bit. No thanks. Also, drape a towel of your shoulders when you apply -- or you'll risk chalking your outfit, too.
If the color isn't bright enough on your hair, use a white-colored chalk base. It's like nail polish: white base makes colors on top pop. This is also a good move if you're blonde, since it'll make it easier to wash the chalk out later (sometimes blondes need to wash twice to get everything out). Try this cheapie version -- it's only a few bucks.
Finally, always, always, always, seal that stuff in with hairspray. Go wild. Spray the hell out of your hair. We're loving Vidal Sassoon Pro Series Repair Spray; it helps strengthen strands while locking in style. I'm warning you: Skip this and you'll be a mess of neon.
Do you have any tips for chalking? Tweet us @AESam and @SELFMagazine.
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High Blood Pressure May Add to Alzheimer's Risk, Study Finds
People with a genetic mutation plus hypertension have more brain plaque, researchers find
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure in people with a genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease may spur development of brain plaque, a hallmark of the age-related brain disorder, a new study suggests.
The findings suggest yet another reason for keeping blood pressure, also known as hypertension, under control, the researchers said.
"Maintaining good vascular health by avoiding or controlling diseases like hypertension has important benefits beyond keeping your heart healthy. It may promote good brain health as we age," said lead researcher Karen Rodrigue, an assistant professor of behavioral and brain sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.
This is especially so for people who are genetically at risk for Alzheimer's disease, the study suggested. "Keeping good vascular health may limit or delay the brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease and other aging-related neurological deterioration," Rodrigue said.
No cure exist for Alzheimer's, and experts anticipate that by 2050 the number of Americans with the brain disease will approach 14 million if no progress is made.
The study of nearly 120 adults found that people with this genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease -- called an apolipoprotein E 4 allele -- plus untreated high blood pressure have more beta-amyloid plaques compared to those with just one or neither of these risk factors.
One expert said the findings have important implications.
"This is good news," said Dr. Sam Gandy, associate director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in New York City.
"This means that yet another simple intervention -- here, blood pressure control, but think also of physical exercise -- can have an important impact on dementia risk and rate of progression," Gandy said. "We must not overlook these simple effective interventions while developing new therapies."
For the study, which was published online March 18 in the journal JAMA Neurology, the researchers looked at 118 people with normal brain function who were between 47 and 89 years old. They divided the patients into those with high blood pressure and those without high blood pressure, and those with and without the genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's. The participants also were given brain scans to look for plaques.
The researchers found people with both high blood pressure and the genetic risk factor had significantly more brain plaque than those with only one or no risk factors.
Moreover, those with the highest blood pressure and the gene mutation tended to have the most plaque, they found. The study did not, however, prove a cause-and-effect relationship between high blood pressure, this genetic mutation and increased brain plaque.
High blood pressure is highly responsive to lifestyle changes and medical treatment, and it may provide a future target for delaying or preventing Alzheimer's disease, the researchers noted.
It's papaya season, Hoorah!
A papaya a day...
Papaya's are full of wonderful, healthy benefits...including the seeds. You can even eat the seeds, use them as a pepper alternative. You can chop papaya up and add it to salads, salsa, and slice them onto sandwiches. You can grind up the seeds and through them into your tuna fish mix.
One of their best known properties is their enzyming (made word up, but you know what I mean) capabilities. Both the seeds and the fruit are amazing at helping to sort out the digestive process.
You can use them for your skin for amazing results, by eating them or just spreading the pulp directly onto your skin.
I've recently discovered this fruit and decided I should share my awe. You folks like sources cited, so here's one:
http://www.medindia.net/patients/lifestyleandwellness/health-benefits-of-papaya.htm
Scientists Use Cloning Technique to Produce Human Stem Cells
Breakthrough bypasses need to use cells from fertilized embryos
By EJ Mundell
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report they've used a cloning technique to reprogram an ordinary human skin cell to become an embryonic stem cell. In turn, the new stem cell has the potential to transform into any type of cell in the body.
Besides marking a breakthrough in stem cell technology, which has the potential to one day cure a myriad of illnesses, the achievement has some concerned that scientists are moving a step closer to human cloning.
That's because the new stem cell is genetically identical to cells from the person from whom it was derived. Stem cells can differentiate into cells for all of the tissue types that the body needs, such as nerves, muscle and bone.
While Dolly the Sheep was cloned in 1996, and other species have been cloned since, researchers have been unable to clone a primate such as a monkey, chimpanzee or human. However, the technological advances described in the new study are such that "it's a matter of time before they produce a cloned monkey," Jose Cibelli, a cloning expert at Michigan State University who wasn't involved in the study, told the Wall Street Journal.
The new research was published online May 15 in the journal Cell, and was led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a senior scientist at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, in partnership with researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).
The research involved a version of what's known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, where the cell's nucleus -- which contains all a person's genetic information -- is transferred into an egg cell that has had all of its DNA removed. Once the new nucleus is in place, the unfertilized egg cell proceeds to develop and produce stem cells, according to an OHSU news release.
"Stem cells derived through this technique demonstrated their ability to convert just like normal embryonic stem cells, into several different cell types, including nerve cells, liver cells and heart cells," Mitalipov said in the news release. "While there is much work to be done in developing safe and effective stem cell treatments, we believe this is a significant step forward in developing the cells that could be used in regenerative medicine."
Regenerative medicine is the term used to describe therapies where stem cells are used to regenerate tissues lost to illness or injury.
One key point in the new research: Creation of the new, functioning embryonic stem cell did not involve the use of fertilized embryos, the focus of heated debate over the past decade.
Mitalipov's team says the road to success was not easy, because human egg cells seem to be more fragile than those from other species. That meant that methods had to be tested in monkeys first, in a trial-and-error fashion, before moving to human eggs.
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