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ISSUE 82 March/April 2012

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14 A Balancing Act: Four Approaches to Healthy Hormones By Dr. Marita Schauch, BSc, ND A variety of factors could be throwing your hormones out of balance.

16 Nothing to Sneeze At: Homeopathy for Seasonal Allergy Relief By Stephenie Farrell Avoid over-the-counter remedies this allergy season.

18 Treating Acne from the Inside Out By Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe, M.S. Hormone balance and adult acne.

20 The Five Bs for Dealing with a Depressed Loved One By Carol A. Kivler, MS, CSP

C O N T E N T S21 Keep Moving! Live Better! The Benefits of Hydrolysed Collagen By Jean-Yves Leroux, PhD Collagen for pain relief, joint mobility, and a more youthful appearance.

22 Health, Hawaii and Happiness: Interview with Grace Park By Liberty Craig From science fiction to surfing, Grace Park is making waves.

26 Recipe for Health: Triple Berry Buckwheat Waffles & Pancakes By Tracy Kaye Holly, CSNA Master Gluten-free breakfast goodness!

27 The Key to Your Family’s Health By Lucie Lafontaine Vitamin and mineral supplementation are a must.

29 Immunity and Fatal Disease By Gloria Li Cancer prevention and treatment don’t have to be harmful to your health.

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C O N T E N T S21 Keep Moving! Live Better! The Benefits of Hydrolysed Collagen By Jean-Yves Leroux, PhD Collagen for pain relief, joint mobility, and a more youthful appearance.

22 Health, Hawaii and Happiness: Interview with Grace Park By Liberty Craig From science fiction to surfing, Grace Park is making waves.

26 Recipe for Health: Triple Berry Buckwheat Waffles & Pancakes By Tracy Kaye Holly, CSNA Master Gluten-free breakfast goodness!

27 The Key to Your Family’s Health By Lucie Lafontaine Vitamin and mineral supplementation are a must.

29 Immunity and Fatal Disease By Gloria Li Cancer prevention and treatment don’t have to be harmful to your health.

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One of my favourite words in the world is “Aloha.” As an

avid and passionate visitor to Hawaii, I often hear this term as an English greeting, but in Hawaiian culture, it means so much more. Aloha is a way of living and treating each other with love and respect. Its deep meaning starts by teach-ing us to love our own be-ings first and then to spread the love to others. Aloha is sending and receiving posi-tive energy. Aloha is living in harmony. It is thought that when you live in the

Spirit of Aloha, you create positive thoughts and feelings that exist for-ever. They exist in space, multiply and are spread to others. What a great concept. No wonder everyone in Hawaii seems so happy.

This issue we bring you the beautiful and talented Grace Park. Grace currently stars in the hit TV series Hawaii 5-0. Any of our readers who are old enough to remember the original series can attest to the unique character and look Grace brings to the screen in her reprised role as de-tective Kono Kalakaua. (In the original series, Kono was a man.) Besides being a very talented actress, Ms Park is an extremely health conscious individual. She relies on her healthy lifestyle choices of well-balanced nutrition and exercise for the energy and stamina required for the long days of filming Hawaii 5-0. Besides affording her a youthful and vibrant appearance, Ms Park’s lifestyle is one that is fulfilling and readily avail-able to anyone who wants it. If you want to feel and live the true Aloha spirit as Grace Park does, you must be in harmony with yourself as well as the world around you. This means making quality choices when it comes to what we put into our bodies and how we maintain our physical selves. It requires approaching others with the same warmth and kind-ness we would want to be treated with, and willingly giving of our time and resources to those who may benefit from our good fortune. Living the Aloha spirit is possible even when we are not in Hawaii. It simply means being the best you that you can be and allowing that positive at-titude to permeate everyone and everything you come in contact with. Aloha, and enjoy the issue!

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Articles:34 Treating Hair Loss – Naturally By Rose Macmillan A safe, natural approach to preventing hair loss.

36 Muscle & Me: All Or Nothing! By Dr. Cory Holly Action and effort are the meat of muscle.

38 The Superfood of the Sea By Angus Brody Have you ever considered adding kelp to your diet?

39 Editor Selects

42 Probiotics: A Question of Necessity By Marva Ward, CNP Good gut flora is fundamental to good health.

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31 Report Shows Canada Must Do More for Its Oceans By David Suzuki with contributions from Ian Hanington A conflict of interest puts our oceans at even greater risk.

32 Nail Polish and Nature: What’s In Your Nail Polish? By Michael Bloch Toxic nail polish can damage your health and your environment.

33 Organic Mama: Natural Hair Care for Tots By Tami Main Tips for treating tiny scalps and hair.

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Battlestar Gallactica, which ran from 2004 to 2009. You may admire her as the tough-as-nails, bikini-clad cop in the current remake of Hawaii 5-0; or per-haps you met her through her steamy, well-Googled Maxim photo shoot. But what you likely don’t know about Park is why she belongs in this magazine. This is one cover story you didn’t ex-pect: Grace Park, sex symbol, dishes on the best ways to nourish your body and do the emotional work required to keep your entire being healthy and happy.

As spring approaches, this is often a good time to take stock of our health. Are we supplementing properly? After a long, cold winter, have we fallen off our exercise regimens? It can be difficult to keep up the good work of being good to our bodies in the dark days of winter; more difficult still to get loads of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables when they are in short supply at the local market. An excellent way to kick-start your

health program this spring is to consult an expert. If you feel your exercise routine (or lack thereof) has suffered this winter, hire a personal trainer to get you motivated and moving. If your daily run is not the problem, perhaps you need to discuss your dietary requirements with a certified nutritionist to ensure your diet plan is well balanced and tailored to your specific age, gender and biological needs.

After all, it isn’t swimsuit season that should motivate us; it’s that invigorating feeling of good health brought on by fresh air, fresh food and plenty of exercise. It’s that glow to your skin and the addictive little burst of endorphins. Not all of us can look like Grace Park in a bikini, but by keeping ourselves healthy, we can add years to our lives, energy to our days, and a positive outlook to our psyches.

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Hormones are powerful chemical messengers that control our mood, energy, stress levels, metabolism, sleep, reproductive function and many other vital bodily functions. In good health, all our hor-

mones work together in a delicate balance. Unfortunately, hormonal imbal-ances commonly leave many of us feeling stressed, tired and unwell. There are many causes and aspects of hormonal imbalance, but four key themes that I experience regularly with my patients are outlined below.

1. Estrogen Dominance It is now well known that excessive estrogen exposure is one of the most prominent causes of PMS symptoms, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, fibro-cystic breast disease and breast, uterine and ovarian cancer. This is often referred to as “estrogen dominance.” One of the main sources of too much estrogen in the body is xenoestrogens, which are environmental toxins found in plastics, pesticides, beauty products, cleaning products, deter-gents, birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy. Xenoestrogens are structurally similar to estrogen and have the ability to mimic estrogen in the body and cause an excess estrogen state. These “foreign” hormones can also create damaging by-products and metabolites, putting a lot of stress on the liver and disrupting normal hormone pathways. Decreasing estrogen through support of the liver detoxification pathways and supplementing with progesterone-enhancing herbs such as vitex and vitamin B6 can help the situation.

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2. Stress glands Stress can cause hormonal imbalance by increasing production of stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol, from the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are two small glands that sit on top of the kidneys and are the body’s main stress responders. They help support the body’s ability to cope with, or adapt to, stress. When the adrenal glands constantly have to adapt to stress, progesterone is converted to the adrenal hormone cortisol rather than converting to estrogen and testosterone in the steroid pathway. This causes progesterone, estrogen, testosterone and even thyroid hormone production to be “sacrificed” in lieu of making more of the stress hormones. Adaptogens are herbs that help the adrenal glands adapt to stress. Herbs including Siberian ginseng, rhodiola, ashwagandha, suma and schizandra help increase the body’s capacity to cope with stress, thus maintaining hor-mone balance.

3. Thyroid LevelsIn general, hypothyroidism or low thyroid hormone is a common condi-tion in North America that affects between 20 and 25 percent of the female population and about 10 percent of males. In addition, approximately 30 percent of people over the age of 35 may have sub-clinical or mild hypothy-roidism, where the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from the pituitary gland is within the normal range but they have many symptoms of low thy-roid. If you are tired, gaining weight, have cold hands and feet, hair loss, dry hair or skin, cracking in the heels and insomnia, consider low thyroid. Clinically low thyroid, as confirmed by your doctor, requires prescription medication. However, if your tests come back normal and you are still expe-riencing symptoms, you can support your thyroid with a natural formula-tion containing L-tyrosine, ashwagandha, guggul, pantothenic acid, copper, manganese and iodine.

4. A Transitional Time: MenopauseWhen a woman’s childbearing years come to an end, she will begin to expe-rience the first signs of menopause. During this time, the body is adjusting to fluctuating hormone levels. Various signs of menopause include irregular or absent menstrual periods, hot flashes/flushes or night sweats (80 percent of women experience this), mood swings, insomnia, depression, urinary problems and loss of libido. A woman’s risk of heart disease and osteoporo-sis are also increased during menopause.

Not to be forgotten during menopause are the adrenal glands. Once a woman reaches menopause, the adrenal glands become the primary source for sex hormone production. The stress of everyday life on top of the transi-tion into menopause no doubt creates much strain on the adrenal glands. Many women have “stressed” or “fatigued” adrenal glands long before they reach menopause, which makes their menopausal symptoms much harder to cope with. Black cohosh, chasteberry, gamma orzanol, hesperidin and dong quai will help balance fluctuating hormone levels and ease the transi-tion through menopause.

Hormone imbalance is a major contributing factor to a variety of wom-en’s health concerns. We can restore healthy hormone balance with proper estrogen metabolism, lifestyle factors, liver function, and by decreasing stress and supporting adrenal and thyroid function.

Dr. Marita Schauch BSc ND is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Canada’s premier institute for education and research in naturopathic medicine. Dr. Schauch’s health articles educate the public about health and wellness and have been featured in numerous print media. She currently resides and has her clinical practice in Victoria, B.C. www.doctormarita.com

NoTHiNg To SNEEzE AT:HoMEopATHy For SEASoNAL ALLErgy rELiEF By Stephenie Farrell

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The snow is melting, the sun is shining, and the warm weather is on its way. Spring is in the air. How glorious! Well, perhaps not so glori-ous for some people. If you’re like many of the millions of Canadi-

ans who suffer from seasonal allergies, you’re likely dreading those spring flowers. Unfortunately, over-the-counter medications can leave you feeling drowsy, dizzy, and just plain awful. However, there are natural, safe, ho-meopathic alternatives to those medications. Homeopathy is a gentle way to relieve your allergy symptoms without the common side effects associated with generic antihistamine treatment. Here’s how to prepare your medicine cabinet with natural remedies this allergy season.

• AliumCepa: When your nose is dripping like a faucet, you may want to consider trying allium cepa. If you need this remedy, you’ll produce excessive amounts of watery discharge from both your eyes and your nose. The nasal discharge may excoriate your nostrils and upper lip. Tearing is excessive, but bland. Your nose may be completely blocked and you’re likely to suffer from violent sneezing fits. With this remedy, your symptoms feel worse in a warm room and better in the open air. If you’re particularly sensi-tive to flowers, peaches and pollens, give allium cepa a try.

• Euphrasia: If you’re suffering from burning tears and bland nasal discharge (opposite of the above symptoms), euphrasia could be a good choice for you. The common name of euphrasia is Eye-bright. As the name suggests, eye symptoms feature quite promi-nently with this remedy. You may want to try this remedy if your eyes are inflamed, extremely irritated, burning and itching, and if symptoms feel worse in the morning and better at night, upon lying down.

• Pulsatilla is a good remedy when your allergies are seasonal. If your eyes are incredibly itchy, produce lots of tearing, and symp-toms are made better with cold applications, you may consider pulsatilla. Common sensitivities are pollens, hay and ragweed. If you need pulsatilla, your symptoms are likely worse when you’re overheated and are better when you’re in an air-conditioned room.

• NatrumMuriaticum:Thin, watery discharge from the nose that resembles a raw egg white may respond well to natrum muriati-cum. If you experience tearing from your eyes that is worse when you walk outside in the open air or in the wind, if your lips are chapped and cracked at the corners of your mouth, and if you experience a loss of smell and taste when your allergies begin, give this remedy a try.

• NuxVomica could be right for you if you suffer from sneezing in the morning on rising from your bed. If you develop dark circles under your eyes and feel a sensation of ‘fullness’ in your ears, or suffer from nasal obstruction at night and runny nose in the morning and throughout the day, nux vomica might be right for


you. If you need this remedy, you’ll feel relief from your stuffiness when you’re in a warm room or when you drink warm drinks.

• Sabadilla is a good remedy to try if you have uncontrollable, de-bilitating paroxysms of sneezing. With each sneezing fit, your red, burning eyes will tear up. If you need sabadilla, a ‘tingling’ sensa-tion and constant itch will be felt within your nose. Symptoms are usually worse in the open air and better in a warm room. Typical sensitivities are pollens, especially from flowers.

How to Take your remedyIt is important to take your homeopathic remedies properly, as with any medication. Follow the steps below to ensure you are taking the treatment correctly.

• Choose a low potency such as a 6C, 12C or 30C; the higher the potency, the more specific you have to be about matching your symptoms.

• Let the pellets dissolve under your tongue, making sure to take them at least 30 minutes before or after eating or drinking.

• Take one dose of the remedy every half-hour or hour for up to three doses.

• Once you feel a 50 percent improvement in your symptoms, stop taking the remedy and let your body do the rest.

• If you’ve taken three consecutive doses of the remedy and there’s been no improvement, stop taking the remedy; it’s probably not the right remedy for you.

If symptoms persist or worsen, seek the advice of your primary health care provider. Consider seeing a certified Homeopath. Constitutional ho-meopathic treatment is a wonderful way to help improve your overall health.

Additional Tips for Allergy Sufferers There are a few other natural tactics you can try that are proven to help alleviate allergy symptoms. Consider the following strategies to quell the effects of seasonal allergies.

• Try supplementing with omegas 3, 6 and 9. These oils are known to have anti-inflammatory effects and can help decrease allergy symptoms.

• If you can, limit your intake of dairy. Dairy products increase mu-cus production and can make seasonal allergies worse.

• Nasal douching with saline solution from a neti pot or squeeze bottle may help reduce symptoms.

Stephenie Farrell is a Classical Homeopathic Practitioner in Hamilton, Ontario. You can check her out on the web at www.holistichealthnow.ca and contact her at [email protected].

By Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe, M.S.

Giselle said, “I am 48 years old, and I have been waiting for my acne to disappear since I was 16, and it never has.” We think of acne as a problem for teenagers, but acne is common in wom-

en during the perimenopausal years and beyond. Hormonal acne is a stubborn condition that no end of scrubbing and topical agents can solve. Hormonal acne occurs in women like Giselle due to incompe-tent ovulation. When a woman with acne ovulates, her body secretes abnormally high amounts of male hormones, including testosterone, DHT and DHEA. This hormone upset occurs because the egg is not released properly. Women with this condition experience acne around mid-cycle; the acne clears just after the period only to reappear shortly thereafter.

The Pill as an Acne TreatmentMany physicians prescribe the birth control pill to control acne. The pill halts ovulation, which in some women can clear acne – but at what cost? Today, one in six women of child bearing age cannot conceive. Infertility may have something to do with the fact that we are putting 16-year-old girls on the pill to treat acne, many of whom stay on for over a decade only to discover when they come off the pill that they don’t ovulate properly and can’t get pregnant. Another study found the birth control pill damages the cells that produce testosterone. For many women, their sex drive dies while on the pill but when they come off the pill, it does not return. Plus, no one discusses the increased risk of breast cancer from taking the birth control pill. The pill is not a safe treatment for acne and does not correct the underlying hormonal imbalance.

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Spearmint Tea Reduces TestosteroneResearch published in Phytotherapy Research in 2007 found that spearmint tea may help treat acne and male facial hair growth in women. The study found that women drink-ing two cups of spearmint tea for just five days saw significant lowering in blood levels of ‘free’ testosterone – the form of testosterone that is metabolically active in the body. Exces-sive testosterone is what creates the stubborn hormonal acne that many women suffer from. Any woman with acne, male facial hair growth or overly greasy skin should drink several cups of spearmint tea per day.

Treating Hormone Imbalance It is important to eat the foods that balance hormones including cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage and kale. These vegetables are rich in indoles and sulfora-phane. If you want to get adequate amounts of these nutrients to treat stubborn acne, take the supplements Indole-3-carbinol, DIM, d-glucarate, curcumin, rosemary, sulforaphane and green tea ex-tract. These nutrients control excess testosterone by ensuring prop-er ovulation. By ensuring the estrogen-to-progesterone balance is healthy, normal ovulation will occur and male hormones will not be secreted excessively. Balanced hormones are the key to eliminat-ing hormonal acne long term.

GLA and AcneGLA is a component of healthy skin. GLA helps to maintain the stability and fluidity of the natural water loss barrier in our skin. Acne occurs in those with a GLA deficiency. GLA is vital for keep-ing skin cells moist and strong by improving the barrier function of the skin; moreover, GLA has also been found to inhibit male hor-mones in the skin that cause acne. GLA can be taken internally and applied externally to acne-prone areas with excellent results. GLA is found in abundance in borage oil (24 percent) and to a much lesser extent in evening primrose oil (8 percent), and cannot be obtained in adequate amounts from the food we eat. If you have hormonal acne, you need 1000mg of GLA supplied from borage oil. Fish oil does not contain GLA and therefore does not have the same action on testosterone.

GLA, Menopause and SkinIn women who have gone through menopause, the enzyme that converts food into GLA becomes impaired. This is another reason we need to supplement with GLA for beautiful skin. The main rea-son our skin becomes dull and thick after menopause is due to the inability to make GLA. Without sufficient GLA, the skin becomes dry, rough and wrinkled; with enough GLA, skin is luminescent, dewy and glowing.

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By Carol A. Kivler, MS, CSP

Have you ever walked a tight rope? That’s how it feels when you live

with, love or care for someone who is in the midst of a severe depression. And considering the fact that one out of four North Americans will face a depressive episode in his or her lifetime, it’s likely you’ll witness some-one close to you challenged by depression.

As your relationship with the depressed individual (the consumer) changes due to the illness, you may find yourself feeling sad, misled, resentful, guilty, exhausted, worried and

a whole lot of other emotions. That’s a lot of “weight” to manage, es-pecially if you have a rather heavy load in life already. How do you strike a balance that honours the consumer, while protecting your own well-being? The experiences of the consumer’s loved ones (meaning you) are challenging and often overlooked, yet friends and family are a key part of recovery for the consumer; the healthier you remain, the greater support they receive in return.

Having been diagnosed with clinical depression, I walk the road of the consumer and have observed the state of discomfort from both my family and friends, who didn’t know what to do or say to support me during my hospitalizations or the months of recovery from my epi-sodes. There were many ways they could help me, but they didn’t know how, and in a severe state of depression, I didn’t have the strength to show them. Through my own experience as well as the experiences of the audience members with whom I now speak, I offer tips to enrich and enhance the lives of the consumers, their loved ones and health care providers. Following are the “Five Bs” for effectively dealing with the consumer.

1. Be a good ListenerShare your concern for the individual and offer your observations. Then follow up with some open-ended questions, which will allow the individual an opportunity to talk. “What are you feeling?” or “What three things can I do to make you feel supported?” Assure the indi-vidual you are not there to judge, but rather to provide a listening ear. Depression is a topic that is hard to talk about and sometimes harder to listen to. But since many depressed individuals are consumed by anxi-ety and ruminating thought patterns, having someone to share them with makes a difference.

2. Be patientPeople who are depressed can take a long time to accept their own ill-ness. Your patience can enhance their ability to accept their illness, and thereby reduce the amount of time it takes them to agree to treatment. Your patience translates as acceptance in the consumer’s mind and it will help them through the waiting period before their medication


takes effect, or when one medication after another fails. Overall, your ability to remain patient will increase their ability to remain hopeful for recovery.

3. Be Encouraging Encouragement is like a crutch to a depressed individual. Depression steals self-motivation, and that’s why encouragement from a loved one is so important. Encourage them to seek the services of a professional without shame or embarrassment. Reassure them that depression is very common and very treatable, and that recovery is more than a pos-sibility; it’s a probability. Encourage them to take one day at a time and tackle one task at a time – to focus on the fact that things don’t have to be perfect. Help them to avoid setting unrealistic goals that can further the depression. Unattainable goals just set the consumer up for failure; while setting very small, achievable goals is empowering and increase the chances of recovery.

4. Be Available Depression causes one to withdraw from life. Keeping in touch with your friend or loved one through visits, phone calls, emails and note cards helps them to stay involved and interactive, as well as feel valu-able and loved. It also reminds them that they are not alone. While visiting, suggest a short walk. The walk will provide a diversion but more importantly give the person a little exercise. Most important, just let them vent!

5. Be objectiveSeparate yourself from the illness! You can’t help the depressed indi-vidual if you begin to own the depression. You can’t fix them, you can only offer love and support, and your top priority must be you! Keep yourself healthy and happy, and know your limitations. Have people you can turn to when you need to lighten the load and bring laughter into your life. Also, remember that there is no straight line to recovery. Depression can seem like a thief in the night that comes and goes with-out warning. Awareness of this fact will stop your life from going into a tail spin when your loved one has a setback.

Depression is as real as any physical illness and can be even more debilitating. When you acknowledge, understand and accept that indi-viduals struggling with depression need the same loving concern and care as those with physical illnesses, you increase their chance of recov-ery. Be a role model of strength, positivity and compassion.

Carol Kivler is a passionate consumer advocate, speaker, author and the founder of Courageous Recovery. She speaks to consumers, their loved ones and healthcare professionals to raise awareness, instil hope and combat stigmas surrounding mental health diagnoses and treatments. Carol shares her journey of recovery from four bouts of medication-resistant depression and her positive experience with the life-saving treatment ECT through keynotes, breakouts and Grand Rounds. In addition to her most recent book, The ABCs of Recovery from Mental Illness, Carol is the author of Will I Ever Be the Same Again? Transforming the Face of ECT (Shock Therapy) and Blessings: My Journal of Gratitude. For more information, please visit www.CourageousRecovery.com and www.CarolKivler.com.

The Five Bs for Dealing with a Depressed Loved one

Collagen is a protein that exists only in the animal kingdom and is found in all animals, from the least evolved in-

vertebrate to the most complex mammal, hu-mans. Of course, the closer the species comes to the genetic makeup of man, the more the collagen is genetically similar to ours. Nowa-days, as a supplement, hydrolysed collagen from hide of beef is the closest to human collagen.

Collagen becomes altered by the accu-mulation of defects caused by free radicals and toxins that continually attack the body. It must be replaced by new molecules of colla-gen manufactured by our own cells. But with age, our cells become less and less efficient in this work, which results in the loss of tone and elasticity in the skin, wrinkles, and weak-ening of connective tissues such as tendons, ligaments, bones and cartilage. Collagen is the molecule that is destroyed first during aging; consequently, cartilage destruction is partly responsible for the development of condi-tions such as arthritis. In North America, one in three people suffer from cartilage-related conditions.

Collagen is literally “the glue of life.”Studies confirm that hydrolysed collagen

(a pre-digested form of collagen) used as a food supplement is an excellent source of spe-

cific amino acids for the body and also has a positive impact on degeneration of cartilage, tendons and ligaments. Not only is the hydro-lysed collagen absorbed completely, it can be used by all tissues including cartilage.

It has been demonstrated that this same collagen is capable of stimulating the special-ized cells of cartilage to manufacture new whole, functional collagen molecules to re-place altered molecules. A number of clinical studies have also demonstrated that taking collagen as a supplement could improve joint pain and mobility without having secondary or toxic effects, even if taken for a long period in doses of up to 3,000 to 10,000 milligrams per day. In fact, to have a significant result, daily dose must usually be over 3000 mg.

Collagen is essential for the health of the body’s connective tissues, allowing it to keep its integrity and accomplish its biological func-tions. It is literally “the glue of life.” Hydrolysed collagen helps to maintain healthy cartilage, bones, skin and tissues made of endogenous collagen. People affected by arthritis, osteo-porosis, fibromyalgia, tendinitis, bursitis or sport injuries can use hydrolysed collagen to effectively relieve pain. Hydrolysed collagen also has an action on skin texture and elasticity (wrinkles), hair and nails. Collagen is an im-portant element of the body for maintaining good health.

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COVER STORY #82GRACE PARKFEATURE

Health, Hawaii and Happiness:IntervIew wItH

By Liberty Craig

Grace Park

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She plays a tough chick in most of her roles; a sexy woman in almost all. Many of us first met Grace Park as the boyish but se-cretly sultry Cylon in Battlestar Galactica. In her latest gig, she’s

the bikini-clad pro surfer turned detective with attitude on the CBS re-make of Hawaii 5-0, who is prone to punching out the guy who steals her wave. Number 59 on the Maxim Online Hot 100 List and subject of a steamy, oft-googled Maxim photo shoot, Park is a firmly established sex symbol.

Behind the scenes, however, Park is funny and grounded, and re-fers to herself as a “softie.” She also takes her health very seriously. Like most of us, she’s not perfect; she doesn’t always make it to the gym, for example. But Park strongly believes that her health supplement regimen and her “emotional work” have made her the healthy, vibrant 37-year-old that she is today. (Need we mention that she doesn’t look a day over 25?) Park spoke with Vista about the secrets of youth and health, and splitting her time between her hometown of Vancouver and the beaches of Hawaii.

A not-so-Leisurely Life in Hawaii“A lot of people think that a little sunshine makes your entire life bet-ter, but it’s not as easy as people might think – the entire industry is about creating an illusion. It’s story telling. There are long hours and it’s a tough job. However, there are a lot of things that I feel very fortu-nate for; it’s a great job and you meet a lot of amazing people. There is a different culture here that I really appreciate. A lot of people here aren’t originally from Hawaii, so there’s a feeling of expanded family. People are really kind – in Vancouver we’re very polite, but in Hawaii people are warm. It’s a very different default and I’m still getting used to it. I’m sure people wonder what’s up with that Canadian girl!

“Having the show set in Hawaii definitely gives it its own flavour. We have a Hawaiian cultural advisor who gives us pronunciation ad-vice for every episode. The chemistry between the actors is amazing. The action is incredible and the special effects are spectacular – we take our cues from action films. In the pilot, we had exploding heli-copters and army trucks, and it wasn’t CGI – we were really blowing them up! The amount of talent that goes into car chases blows my mind. The margin for error is tiny, and they go so fast.”

A Star of Maxim Proportions“The thing with the ‘Hot 100’ list is that, while of course it has some-thing to do with looks, you have to be known. I know way hotter people than some of the people on those lists! For all the people who like you, there’s definitely a massive contingent who don’t. Everyone’s going to have their opinion. When I first was asked to do the Maxim photo shoot, I wasn’t thinking about it as a career move, though I do think it helped me get my foot in the door for auditions. I had done a little bit of modelling, so I was used to photo shoots – it was just different clothes. There’s an element of trust, too, that they’re going to airbrush you and make you look good.”

tough on tv; Soft in real Life“I would definitely say I’m a softie, and more sensitive than tough – emotionally and physically. For the show, trust me, I’m not doing all my stunts! For Hawaii 5-0, we have some very talented people who fly in to help everybody look better. There was one scene where we had to run out of an exploding building, and all six of us had to leap onto a giant cushion. But it wasn’t a nice soft cushion – it was hard! We had to jump up high and then come flat down because of the camera angle. We did it two or three times, and I jammed my shoulder for months!”

A Green routine for excellent Health “I am completely dependent on my green powder drinks. I’m up to two massive tablespoons in my daily drink, and I add broccoli-cale

powder or goji berry powder or phytoplankton – the lists I have are exhaustive. The stuff I got lately, Shilajit, seeps out of the Himalayan mountain ranges in India, and is one of the highest Ayurvedic rem-edies. Another one that is really high in L-DOPA, which helps make dopamine, is called Mucuma Pruriens. I just get the most potent, most nutritional superfoods that you can get. All health food stores and the better grocery stores carry these complex pre-made, potent, plant-based mixes. They’re readily available and accessible for everybody.

“I used to eat a lot of sweets, and I knew it wasn’t healthy. I know it was emotional. I found that it had to do with my ‘base state’ – your default state where you’re at emotionally or mentally. I think it used to be so low that sweets would be my escape from it. And then one year, I finally stopped doing that. There’s a point at which your base state is high enough that you don’t want to have two bottles of wine or eat a whole cake, or whatever it is for you – pharmaceutical drugs, gambling and so on. As an adult, there are layers and layers of incidents where you’ve felt criticized or laughed at or isolated, and all those incidents add up until there’s a giant elephant in the room, and you just want to know why you’re eating the whole bag of chips!

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“I think most people don’t realize that your cravings come from your body trying to get you the nutrients and minerals that you need to function better. It comes from eating the exact same things every day – cooked, dead food like white bread or pasta. If you supplement your diet with nutrients that are really good for you, you’re not going to be fighting all day long with your cravings or your weight. With my green drinks, I feel better all the time and it automatically changes how I eat. Who needs to hate themselves? Let’s do away with that – this is very practical, doable, easy.”

the emotional work of Good Health“The other important thing is to do personal work on yourself. People love to do Botox, and yes, it works, but why not try to figure out why you’re using those muscles so much in the first place. Whether it’s fur-rowing your brow or the way you hold your body, it’s because of your emotional state. If you’ve missed the spiritual cues and you’ve missed the mental and emotional cues, it will finally manifest itself as physi-cal. I’m always about getting to the source. Get yourself good nutri-tion, and do the emotional work on yourself and emotional healing, because that will ‘youth’ you like nothing else.

“I attend workshops for emotional health in which there’s a day

I call ‘the face changing day.’ It’s an intensive workshop and by the time you’ve reached day seven or eight, you’ve worked through your fears and your angers and all the stuff that is just sitting there, that you didn’t know was there. On a certain day, everyone becomes ten times better looking. If you want to be more joyful, feel better, and as a bonus look better, you have to do the emotional work to get there.”

the Physical work of Good Health“If I have to do a photo shoot or especially a bikini scene – where I can’t just pose in a flattering angle – then I’ll go work out. I think about going to hot yoga in Vancouver more than I actually do any-thing. Over Christmas, I went once, but I got there too late and they didn’t let me in! When I feel like I need a workout, I call my crossfit guy – I need to meet somebody to make sure I show up.

“I have a fast metabolism and I have really broad shoulders. When I was in university I went to the gym quite a bit, and there’s definitely some muscle memory. In my early twenties, I was snowboarding and mountain biking regularly, but I’m like a grandma now. I hit Whistler over the holidays and it was gorgeous up there. I was loving it, but then I fell on a big sheet of ice and hit my tailbone so badly, I couldn’t even move. It was so sad!”

After a grueling workout, hike or bike ride, a buckwheat waffle breakfast is tasty and satisfying. You can add any berry you like, and always make extra for freezing. Buckwheat, the fruit

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Buckwheat contains all eight essential amino acids and is a good source of magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, phosphorus and many B vitamins. One cup of buckwheat contains 17 grams of soluble fibre and 19 grams of protein. Buckwheat is high in antioxidant flavo-noids that help protect the body against free radicals. It also contains omega-3 fatty acids and, due to its moderate glycemic index (45), con-suming buckwheat can lower or modify blood glucose levels, reduce blood pressure and lower cholesterol.

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25-50 grams vanilla or plain whey protein isolate or hemp protein250 ml filtered water4 whole eggs (or ½ cup organic coconut oil)1 tsp pure vanilla extract250 ml fresh or frozen mixed berries (blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry)1 medium banana

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Forpancakes:Use a large, greased fry pan; add large scoop of mixture; turn over when small bubbles start to appear. Re-grease pan after each pancake is made. Top with ghee and organic maple syrup or unpasteur-ized honey.

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Food Limitations Excess consumption of industrialized foods like packaged meals, French fries, artificially co-loured juices, pops, potato chips and fried foods has created an undernutrition phenomenon. These “foods” are high in calories, but offer poor nutritional value and are bad for growing kids. It can be difficult to establish a direct cause-and-effect correlation, as a cascade of symptoms of-ten begins insidiously, only to worsen over time. Additionally, if your child suffers from many food whims and consumes few fruits and veg-etables, he or she is likely to suffer from nutri-tional deficiencies.

Depletion of Agricultural LandsEveryone agrees that food is the foundation of vitality and good health. However, since the beginning of industrialization, farming meth-ods have changed considerably. The soil must now produce a greater yield. As a result, land impoverished in nutrients cannot transfer vi-tal elements to fruit and vegetables. Dr. David Thomas, a British medical doctor, compared the nutritional content of food in Britain be-tween 1940 and 1991, revising his figures until 2002. He concluded that fruits and vegetables no longer contained the level of nutrients they had 50 years ago. Certain foods had lost up to 75 percent of their nutritional content. Depleted food combined with difficulty meeting dietary recommendations: an infallible recipe leading to nutritional deficiencies.

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current scientific data (and not influenced by the powerful lobbying of business interests). In ad-dition to dietary recommendations, Dr. Willett advises taking a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement as a “nutritional insurance policy,” both valuable and validated by several studies. It is erroneous to believe that all vitamins are simi-lar. As with our food choices, there are criteria to consider when selecting a multivitamin and mineral supplement of quality:

• Use vitamins from natural sources, de-rived from raw material such as whole foods or plants. This lends the product a higher biocompatibility to the body due to the very nature of its molecules.

• Use minerals designed to be more easily absorbed by the body. For example, pre-chelated minerals, built into an amino acids complex (“aminoate complex”), greatly promote bioavailability and facili-tate assimilation.

• Whole food powders from fruits, veg-etables or whole grains provide the body with the synergy of molecules naturally occurring in food, such as phytonutrients (like flavonoids).

• Use a supplement free from common allergens such as wheat, yeast, soy and dairy products.

• Choose a manufacturer that guaran-tees the exact content and freshness of the finished product, and that dis-closes assessments of an independent laboratory.

Sad but true, diet alone is no longer enough. The addition of a multivitamin and mineral sup-plement to one’s lifestyle is a must. It is also a very safe thing to do, and will cost much less than potential health problems down the road, not to mention the worries that come with them! This is an easy first step to integrate into your personal and family lifestyle.

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high amounts during ovulation causing acne on the face, hair line, chin, chest and the back. No end of scrubbing and harsh topical treatments will alleviate this type of acne. Hormonal acne is not just a teenage problem. Hormonal acne is very common during the perimenopause years when incompetent ovulation occurs as you head towards menopause. Estrosmart solves hormonal acne by balancing hormones naturally. Estrosmart normalizes testosterone levels by encouraging the ovaries to function. Estrosmart will eliminate hormonal acne within 2 full menstrual cycles. Doctors recommend the birth control pill to stop ovulation and therefore control acne but the Pill does not solve the underlying hormone imbalance. Estrosmart not only clears acne but makes periods effortless, controls endometriosis, PCOS, ovarian and breast cysts and so much more.

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Ultimately, cancer and other serious dis-eases are caused by a devastating failure of the immune system. Weakened by

the onslaught of harmful pesticides, preserva-tives, chemical fragrances and colours, plastics and a slew of environmental toxins, our im-mune systems are fighting harder than ever to keep us healthy, and cancer rates are on the rise.

Cancer research has made great progress in the past two decades, yet the disease runs ram-pant among us. Treatments are reactive rather than preventative, and often the cure is truly worse than the sickness – and the incidence of recurrence is simply too high. As we become increasingly aware of our own responsibilities when it comes to our health, we are becoming more health conscious, learning to avoid known carcinogens and focusing on antioxidant-rich, whole food diets, adequate exercise and stress relief, and proper supplementation.

Yet the fight is still being valiantly fought. Cancer is the leading cause of death in the developed world. What can we do to protect ourselves against the ravages of this terrible dis-ease? Evidence shows that natural approaches to support the immune system can significantly decrease the risk of cancer recurrence and can increase survival. Many researchers now believe cancer is not only preventable but, in many cas-es, curable. By taking precautions to boost and balance the immune system, we may be able to ward off all kinds of deadly disease, up to and including cancer.

The body’s immune system is designed to kill abnormal cancer cells, which become harmful when they mutate and spread through healthy tissues. Established cancers, however, develop mechanisms to make them resistant to immune attack. A weak or compromised immune system is a recognized contributor to cancer and other chronic disease. Respon-sible for the health and function of the entire body, the importance of the immune system in cancer treatment and prevention cannot be overlooked.

An herbal compound known as MGN-3 has been clinically proven to increase the num-

ber of critical disease-fighting white blood cells in the body – NK-cells, T-cells, and B-cells – thereby activating the immune system. The healthy production of these cells is often com-promised in cancer patients. Clinical studies conducted in Los Angeles, Japan and Europe showed that MGN-3 increased NK-cell activ-ity by as much as 300 percent in as little as two weeks. T-cell activity was shown to increase by 200 percent, and B-cell activity increased by 150 percent. MGN-3 was also shown to sig-nificantly boost natural antibody production as well as other parameters of the immune sys-tem. An MGN-3 supplement is easily absorbed into the body, non-toxic even in extremely high doses, and it begins to work within days. It is completely free of synthetic chemicals, drugs and genetically modified organisms, and has no contraindications unless taken in conjunction with immune-suppressants.

MGN-3 was first developed in 1990 by the Daiwa Pharmaceutical Company of Japan. It is made of an extract of arabinoxylan from rice bran that has been enzymatically modified us-ing shitake mushroom to increase its effect on the immune system. Since 1990, many thou-sands of people around the world have taken MGN-3 to boost their immune systems. It is considered by many to be the most effective im-mune system supplement available today.

MGN-3 is a unique approach to cancer prevention and treatment since it works with your body to fight invading disease, rather than fighting the disease at great cost to the health of your body, such as with traditional treatments like surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. These common medical treatments are not only dif-ficult to endure; they also damage healthy tis-sues while treating malignant ones, and run the body down to where it can barely survive, let alone fight off illness on its own. Why not promote and support the body’s own natural defence mechanisms and address the systemic issues that can lead to cancer formation? With a robust immune system, the body is better able to protect you from serious, potentially fatal disease.

Nail Polish aNd Natureby Michael bloch

Feature CaNada Must do More For

its oCeaNsby david suzuki with contributions from ian hanington

Educating Today... For a Better TomorrowORGANIC PLANET

orgaNiC MaMa: Natural haircare for totsby Tami Main

rePort shows CaNada Must do More For its oCeaNs By David Suzuki with contributions from Ian Hanington

Educating Today... For a Better Tomorrow

It’s been 20 years since Canada’s East Coast cod fishery collapsed, and we still have no recovery target or timeline for rebuilding pop-ulations. That’s just one finding in a damning report from a panel

of eminent Royal Society of Canada marine scientists. Sustaining Can-ada’s Marine Biodiversity notes that Canada has “failed to meet most of our national and international commitments to protect marine bio-diversity” and “lags behind other modernized nations in almost every aspect of fisheries management.”

For a country surrounded on three sides by oceans, with the lon-gest coastline in the world, that’s shameful. Beyond the jobs, recre-ational opportunities, food, medicines, and habitat that our oceans provide, they also give us life. Half the world’s oxygen is produced in the oceans by phytoplankton, which are threatened by rising ocean temperatures and acidification because of global warming. Succes-sive federal governments have failed to recognize our oceans as much more than reservoirs of resources to exploit for short-term gain. You’d think the decline of the northern cod fishery, largely caused by mis-management, would have taught us something. Now, with some West Coast salmon fisheries on the verge of collapse and little real effort to protect our oceans, it appears we can expect more of the same — un-less we start demanding more from our government.

The Royal Society panel focused on climate change, fisheries, and aquaculture, “because of their potential for impact on Canada’s marine biodiversity.” The problem, it found, was not an absence of knowledge, science, or policy, but rather “a consistent, disheartening lack of action on well-established knowledge and best-practice and policies, some of which have been around for years.” Canada’s Fisheries Act, which dates back to 1868, doesn’t mention conservation. Our 1997 Oceans Act has yet to be effectively implemented. And the Species at Risk Act has been largely inadequate. Although Canada has made an international com-mitment to establish a protected network covering 10 per cent of our ocean territory, it has protected less than one per cent.

In fact, the federal government recently rejected millions of dol-lars in funding for a collaborative effort to establish a marine spatial plan and network of protected areas in Canada’s Pacific North Coast

waters. First Nations, industry, the provincial and federal govern-ments, and environmental organizations, including the David Suzuki Foundation, had been making progress on the Pacific North Coast In-tegrated Management Area (PNCIMA) for years, but the federal gov-ernment stymied the process by failing to invest adequate funding and by rejecting support from a philanthropic organization.

Its reason? The government was worried that marine protected areas and marine use plans based on ecosystem science might restrict oil tanker traffic. The loss of more than $8 million dollars from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation was a blow to the process, and the government has not stepped in to make up for the shortfall. Rather than protect the Pacific’s valuable resources, opportunities, and habi-tat on which 40 percent of the world’s marine mammal species and countless other plants and animals depend, it appears the government would rather risk it all by pushing the Northern Gateway pipeline project to ship crude bitumen from the tar sands through precarious Pacific Coast waterways to China and California.

The report also notes that climate change could drive some salm-on species to extinction, that increasing acid levels could harm “ev-erything from corals to mussels to lobsters,” and that fish farming can harm wild stocks through spread of parasites, diseases and interbreed-ing. Besides an apparent lack of interest on the part of government regarding the health of Canada’s oceans, the report identifies a major problem that puts us behind most developed nations: a “major con-flict of interest at Fisheries and Oceans Canada between its mandate to promote industrial and economic activity and its responsibility for conserving marine life and ocean health.” The panel offered a number of sensible recommendations, which include addressing the conflict of interest and living up to our national and international commitments to marine biodiversity.

Our government is gaining a reputation for ignoring or discount-ing the advice of scientists. Let’s tell our leaders that our future de-pends on the future of the oceans, and that this advice must be heeded. The science is clear: it’s time to do more.


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naIl PolIsh and nature:

What's In Your naIl PolIsh?

I’m not really known to wear nail polish, but as a result of a question from a reader, I thought I would take a look at the ingre-

dients used in nail polish, the environmental impact of these substances, and green nail polish alternatives.

Nail polish isn’t a modern invention by any means. According to Wikipedia, the Egyptians were using a nail polish thou-sands of years ago based on henna extracts, and the Chinese used a mixture of natural components such as Arabic gum, gelatin and beeswax. These days, nail polishes tend to be synthetic chemical cocktails, often petro-chemical based (crude oil). Components may include:

- butyl acetate or ethyl acetate- tosylamide-formaldehyde resin- dibutyl phthalate- stearalkonium hectorite- benozophenone-1- toluene- nitrocellulose- FD&C colourantsSome nail polish manufacturers are said

to use industrial grade nitrocellulose in order to save money. Industrial grade nitrocellulose is mostly used for furniture finishes and car paints. Of particular concern are formalde-hyde, toluene and dibutyl phthalate – known as the “toxic trio” for their potential impact on human health. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, while toluene is a volatile organic compound (VOC) and is toxic and pollut-ing. Dibutyl phthalate is also a carcinogen as well as a suspected “gender bender,” meaning that it has the potential to cause hormone imbalance in males and females. Research links phthalates to the rise of hormone-re-lated medical concerns like polycystic ovar-ian syndrome, breast cancer and infertility.

Ethyl aceate and butle acetate are also of health and environmental concerns as they generate chemical fumes and penetrate into our bodies and create health problems.

Beyond our own health, the wider envi-ronment needs to be considered; after all, what poisons us is often toxic to a whole range of other creatures. Given that over 50 percent of women (and some men) use nail polish, I hate to think how much of the stuff is produced each year – and it all has to end up somewhere

once removed from finger nails. Additionally, there is the issue of all those little jars that it comes in. Even if the jars are glass, they should not be recycled as the remaining contents are considered hazardous waste – yet another item in our home toxic waste dumps.

On a positive note, nail polish manufac-turers have been responding to the “toxic trio” issue. A survey by the National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance last year found the majority of

the manufacturers questioned no longer use these chemicals. However, as to what these companies replaced the toxic trio with, I’m not sure. The Alliance points out that further work needs to be done to ensure that alterna-tive chemicals are safe for our bodies and our environment.

There are many nail polish brands and some come from countries with less than stel-lar records when it comes to toxins. If you have a favourite nail polish, contact the company and ask them what’s in it. Ingredients may not vary only from brand to brand, but product line to product line. The individual compo-nents can then be quite easily researched. You can also start looking into “green” nail polish. Aside from being free of the toxic trio, these “Earth friendly” products are water-based and contain much less petroleum; some of them are entirely VOC free. They may use less pack-aging or use bottles made from recycled glass. However, they may not be totally free of tox-ins, so check ingredients even when choosing natural nail polish. Generally speaking, water-based nail polish is the preferred alternative to chemical polishes.

I personally think natural, manicured nails without the goop look nice, too – and fingernails don’t have to be long, do they? Health and environmental issues aside, think of the money you could save. Ditching the nail polish altogether may be an easy greening step for some people and, as we’ve discovered, little green actions can make a difference!

Michael Bloch publishes Green Living Tips, an online resource powered by renewable energy offering a wide variety of Earth-friendly tips and environment-related news to help consumers reduce costs, consumption and environmental impact. www.greenlivingtips.com

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naIl PolIsh and nature:

What's In Your naIl PolIsh?

orGanIc MaMa:natural haIr care For tots

Caring for your child’s hair can be a bit tricky when your little one is not will-ing to cooperate with a hair care regi-

men. Many babies and small children dislike having their hair washed or even touched. By making bath time a pleasant experience, your child will be more likely to practice proper hair care that will last a lifetime. Children are also more likely to wash their hair with fun hair care products, especially if it is a tear-free formula. Try to purchase a soft-tipped, natu-ral brush specifically designed for kids, as this will help make brushing their hair a positive experience. Always use a comb on wet hair rather than a brush, as brushing wet hair can lead to breakage.

Babies and children don’t need daily shampoos. Wash on an as-needed basis or every couple of days, as over-washing can dry out their hair and skin. Children’s scalps are more tender and delicate and they often have super fine, easily tangled tresses. It is important to take extra care and use natu-

ral and organic products that will not irritate your child’s delicate eyes and skin. Be aware of heavily perfumed products that may contain phthalates, which are common in many baby shampoos and lotions. Phthalates are used to stabilize fragrances and to make plastic con-tainers more flexible.

Many new parents overlook a good hair conditioner for children. A great natural hair conditioner is very useful if your child’s hair tangles easily; it will keep your child’s hair looking soft and shiny. Traditional natural conditioners as well as spray-in conditioners that are specifically designed for children are available. Avoid heavier hair conditioners as they will weigh the hair down and make it ap-pear dirty and greasy.

If your baby has a flaky, red scalp, it is usu-ally a condition called cradle cap – a harmless skin condition. Regular washing with a mild shampoo combined with natural remedies such as tea tree oil can be helpful in treating this condition. Always consult your physi-

cian if your child suffers from skin sensitivi-ties before using any new products. I would also recommend the “Baby Shower,” which is a showerhead that filters chlorine and dirt from your child’s bath water. The Baby Shower helps with any skin sensitivities as well as dry-ness of the skin and hair.

Healthy hair is also dependent on devel-oping good eating habits with high-quality carbohydrates and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. Encourage good eating habits to help promote shine and condition of the hair for children and adults throughout their lifetime.

Tami Main is the director of a skincare company based in Langley B.C. She specializes in producing natural and organic skincare products for babies and children. Special importance is placed on environmentally friendly packaging solutions. Contact her directly with any queries, questions or comments .She would love to hear from you and welcomes your feedback [email protected] or www.taslie.com.

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By Rose Macmillan

Sure, it’s an everyday occurrence... but hair loss can be difficult for men and downright devastating for women.

Male pattern baldness, or androgenetic alo-pecia, is responsible for more than 95 per-cent of hair thinning in men. Though it is extremely common, its prevalence varies among populations depending on genetic background, but always increases with age. A large Australian study showed that by age 80, a full 73.5 percent of men and 57 percent of women experience mid-frontal hair loss. The same term, androgenetic alopecia, is also ap-plied to female pattern baldness, though the condition is different in women and tends to involve a thinning of hair along the part or crown rather than the male “bald spot” or “receding hairline.”

The cause of this kind of hair loss is our genes. More specifically, hair loss is the re-sult of degradation of the hair follicles due to hormonal changes in the body, leading to thinning of the hair and eventual hair loss. If baldness is in your family, you may expect to experience it at some point in your life. At least four in every seven men carries the gene for male pattern baldness. But does our ge-netic predisposition mean that we must sim-ply accept our fate, or are there scientifically proven remedies we can use to slow hair loss – and even grow it back?

treating Hair Loss in MenWhen men begin to lose their hair, it is due to a process that occurs deep within the hair follicle in an area called the dermal papilla that is highly sensitive to hormonal change. An enzyme in the dermal papilla called 5-al-pha-reductase (5AR) breaks down testoster-

one into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). When too much DHT exists, the active growth cycle of the hair follicle is shortened, and hair be-comes thinner and eventually stops growing.

Hair loss in men can be treated using spe-cific compounds that inhibit the 5AR enzyme, thereby reducing DHT and slowing or even preventing hair loss. Prescription drugs can accomplish this part of the process, but there are also herbal extracts that have the addi-tional benefits of reducing excess cholesterol (which is the building block of testosterone) so that less DHT is produced. An effective hair-loss formula should also include vita-mins to increase blood flow to the tiny capil-laries that nourish the sensitive hair follicles and remove waste.

A scientifically proven herbal formula to prevent hair loss and promote new hair growth provides a natural, safer alternative for men and women to expensive drugs or costly and painful transplant procedures. Results may be noticed in as little as two months, with new growth evident within four months.

treating Hair Loss in womenFemale pattern hair loss is caused by the same physiological process as in men, wherein an abundance of DHT affects the health and lon-gevity of the hair follicle. In women, however, the result is typically a more general thinning of the hair, without the typical “bald” appear-ance seen in men. Many women also experi-ence dramatic hair loss after childbirth due to falling estrogen levels. However, as hormones stabilize, most women find that the problem clears up on its own within a few months.

Treating female pattern hair loss re-quires a similar approach as with men. However, an effective women-specific for-mula should include additional ingredients, including silicon, which has been shown to contribute to hair shaft strength. The formu-la should also contain iron, since numerous studies have shown a link between sub-clin-ical iron deficiency in women and hair loss.

Additional Benefits of Herbal Hair-Loss remedies The herbal extracts included in effective non-prescription hair loss treatments, in-cluding saw palmetto, fenugreek and flax lignin, have additional benefits that may be a welcome relief to those taking the supple-ments. In men, herbal hair-loss treatments help relieve the symptoms of mild to mod-erate benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the symptoms of which include weak urine flow, incomplete voiding when urinating, or frequent urination day and night. For both men and women, these herbal medicines can help reduce elevated blood lipid levels or hyperlipidemia, and help red blood cells form and promote functionality. The herbal remedies can also help the body metabolize carbohydrates, fats and proteins more ef-ficiently. A women’s formula that contains iron can help prevent iron deficiency, as well.

There is no one remedy that is right for every person who experiences hair loss. However, a safe, all-natural herbal remedy is the perfect place to start when searching for the hair-loss solution that is right for you.


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By Dr. Cory HollyAll Or Nothing!Muscle is my health engine. I love how

it looks and I love how it feels. I like the sensation of muscular power and

strength, and I especially like what muscle gives me: confidence and personal pride. Muscle al-lows us to perform a great range of physical activity; without muscle, none of us could even move.

Muscle serves the body in many ways, in-cluding the generation of heat (thermogenesis), the utilization of stored body fat and glycogen as fuel, the stability of body position and pos-ture, the regulation of organ function, the elimi-nation of waste through peristalsis, the circula-tion of blood and the endogenous (internal)

production of amino acids required for immune cell replication. The human body is comprised of three types of muscle tissue that function in dif-ferent ways: skeletal, cardiac and smooth. Skel-etal muscle constitutes the majority of the body’s total muscle pool (50 percent) and is the type that typically gets most of the attention. A stagger-ing 640 individual skeletal muscles are attached by tendons to 206 bones. Skeletal (and cardiac) muscle is also called striated muscle because of the presence of alternating dark and light bands.

Muscle CompositionMuscle is comprised of 72 percent water, 22 per-cent protein and 4 percent fat. What remains is

2 percent inorganic material. Fat is 15 percent water, 12 percent protein, 70 percent fat and 3 percent inorganic material. The structure and function of muscle and fat are not the same. They operate and act independently of each other. A muscle cell is called a myocyte. A fat cell is called an adipocyte. They’re two different types of cells. One cannot turn into the other. You can certainly gain or lose both, but a fat cell cannot transform into a muscle cell and muscle absolutely does not turn into fat.

Skeletal muscle is also defined based on characteristics of function. These include excit-ability, contractility, extensibility and elasticity. Excitability describes how a muscle can receive

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and respond to stimulus from the nervous sys-tem. Contractility refers to the fibres’ ability to contract or shorten, such as when you make a muscle by squeezing your biceps. Extensibil-ity is defined by muscle stretch and its ability to extend through a range of motion. Elasticity re-lates to muscle recoil; how efficiently muscle can return to its original shape after contraction or extension.

Individual muscle fibres are separated, sur-rounded and protected by bands and layers of connective tissue. A special sheath called fascia surrounds each fibre, and deep fascia connec-tive tissue holds muscle together and separates muscles into functional groups and bundles. In-dividual muscle fibres have an outer membrane called the sarcolemma.

Think of a major muscle group like your chest or back. Large muscles consist of hundreds and even thousands of independent muscle fi-bres called vasiculi, which are nicely bundled and wrapped up like a newborn baby in a blan-ket. Each fibre is internally packed with addi-tional bundles of finer myofibrils, which are the contractile elements of skeletal muscle. Electron micrographs of myofibrils reveal even finer column-like structures called myofilaments. Myofilaments consist of thousands of functional units strung together in long chains. Each unit is highly functional and is arranged in compart-ments called sarcomeres. There are two types of myofilaments, thick and thin. Thick myo-filaments consist mainly of the protein myosin. Thin myofilaments consist mainly of the protein actin. Special bands, zones and lines, identified by letters like A, I, H, Z and M, describe regions specific to the myofilaments myosin and actin, where they overlap and how they interact and interconnect at different points.

Nerve cells that stimulate muscle fibres are called motor neurons, and a single motor neu-ron, including all the muscle fibres it stimulates, is called a motor unit. The process of muscle con-traction involves the recruitment of at least one or more motor units. The ability to recruit motor units depends on the health and condition of our neuromuscular systems, and is a primary deter-minant of muscle contraction, muscle force and complete muscular development.

Sliding Filament TheoryThe mechanism of muscle contraction is un-derstood according to a sliding filament theory originally proposed by Hansen and Huxley in 1954. According to this model, muscle contrac-

tion occurs as thin filaments slide or pass over thick ones. The filaments themselves do not shorten in length, but simply slide past one an-other, causing whole muscle bundles to shorten, change shape and become thicker.

Roll up one of your shirtsleeves. Extend your bare arm straight out in front of you. Bend your elbow and bring your fist towards your face. Now contract your bicep with force. No-tice how your bicep gets thicker and larger (you hope). As the filaments slide past each other, it causes the muscle to change shape and rise up into a ball. Myosin cross-bridges attach to and pull on actin filaments, causing them to slide inward. As the filaments slide and sarcomeres shorten, the entire muscle eventually shortens or contracts – all because we willed it to.

All or NothingSkeletal muscle fibres contract according to an all-or-nothing principle initiated by thought. An electrical impulse strong enough to elicit a contraction response produces maximal con-traction of an entire motor unit, or none at all. All or nothing!

This principle relates beautifully to human achievement. Throw yourself into whatever you’re doing and don’t hold back. Dive in! Go for it! Don’t look back. Make the decision to do it. All or nothing! If you put yourself and every-thing you are into any project, big or small, you can do anything. We are limited only by our-selves. If we want to be well, we have to know what wellness is. Next, we must understand how to achieve wellness; and finally, we have to apply the work that leads to wellness as an outcome. It’s all about action. You can’t build health (or muscle) without action and effort.

The concept of “all or nothing” is inherent in the discipline of sport and elite exercise train-ing. You have to know what you want and go after it, like a hungry animal. The entire mecha-nism is driven by your own desire, energy and effort, and you get back whatever you put in. Call it karma, give and take, divine recycling, reaping and sowing or cause and effect. I call it courage, honor and integrity (Chi).

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great deal these days about the essential fatty acids found in certain types of fish, and your supplement powders may pack the nutritional punch of blue-green algae or phytoplankton. But have you ever considered adding kelp to your diet? Kelp, and seaweed in general, is a natural detoxifier, protecting the liver and aiding the body’s innate detoxification systems. The kelp species lamineria digitata is an arterial cleans-ing agent, and has been used for centuries in Chinese medicine to create healthy blood ves-sels and reduce deposits in the arteries while restoring their elasticity. It also strengthens the circulatory system and helps to lower choles-terol. Kelp has also proven effective for weight loss by helping to eliminate excess stores of fat and fluids, while boosting energy, stamina and the immune system. Kelp and other sea vegetables contain up to twenty times the essential nutrients of their land-grown counterparts. Not all seaweeds are fit for consumption, but sea vegetables like nori, dulse, hijiki and sea lettuce are commonly used in dishes throughout Asia and North America, and contain very high levels of vitamins A, B6 and B12, C, E, and K, as well as natural iodine, calcium, magnesium, protein and dietary fibre. Kelp is one of the richest of these, with the high-est levels of organic iodine and over 50 minerals and trace elements, 22 amino acids and several

other organic vitamins and digestive enzymes. Probably the most efficient method of utiliz-ing kelp for its cleansing benefits is to supplement with kelp in a readily digested liquid form. Sim-ply add it to your morning smoothie, or drink it down with a glass of fresh-pressed juice! The health benefits of supplemental kelp are stagger-ing, and can help you achieve all of the following:

• Prevent serious disease: Seaweed con-tains a unique dietary fibre that has been linked to both cancer prevention and the reduction of blood clots.

• Boost metabolism: Seaweed contains natural digestive enzymes that support metabolism and digestion to help eradi-cate bloating and constipation.

• Fight age-related illness: Seaweed con-tains powerful antioxidants that scavenge free radicals to help fight disease and slow the aging process.

• Improvethyroidfunction: Seaweed (es-pecially kelp) is very high in iodine, which promotes healthy thyroid function.

• Fightobesity: The organic iodine found in kelp also helps fight against obesity and lymphatic congestion, while purify-ing the blood.

Yes, fish oils are extremely beneficial to your health; but it is kelp that just may be the little-known superfood of the sea.

Angus Brody is a health and wellness writer and a regular contributor to Vista Magazine.

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