The Wild West of Skincare
24 January 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Sustainability, Testimonials
Lack of sleep is bad for your skin
but I went to bed way too late last night, wwwaaayyy too late. Thanks to this documentary that was shown for the second time on ITV2. ‘In Search of Perfect Skin’ showed the truth behind this 28 year old ‘Made in Chelsea’ reality TV star’s skin. Brave girl; we saw the truth that’s she’s spent thousands of pounds and many hours covering up. The clip below from the documentary also exposes ‘The Wild West’ that is the scary reality of the industry. Who knew it was SO easy to verify emotional claims and get your product on the market?
Much practical, non-scary help is available on our resource. Time for change.
I’m trying, I’m really trying…
This is what I got up to last Friday afternoon ahead of our annual New Year’s celebration organised by the mayor and his team as it is in most villages/towns/cities in France.
Boy did I take some kick-back from the villagers who raise cattle – and eat them. South-west France is known for eating duck, sausage and foie gras, not vegetables. It’s going to take a while.
Small steps – none of them could deny that I look well on it though…
Some people survive and write about it.
Cancer. Whatever works for you.
Mission Remission is a great site that was added to our resource this week. You can read the post we contributed here.
One of Rosie Made a Thing ‘s new range of greetings cards.
This lady’s ‘on the money’ once more.
A caring sentiment for ladies that lose their hair as a result of cancer treatments.
Speaking of which…
This amazing lady’s new book is currently on offer on Amazon Kindle UK/US/FR for 99p/99c until the end of February.
Not everyone’s hair loss is temporary – and it’s not as rare as her medical team led Shirley to believe. Nowhere near.
If you, or one you love has been diagnosed with breast cancer you want to know about the unspoken side effect of taxotere if it’s featured on your/their treatment plan.
It was on my plan in 2017 – I was not told my hair loss could be permanent. Shirley and many like her live with that reality today.
’10 of the best health and wellness retreats in europe for 2023′ the Guardian article read last weekend.
These ladies were taking part in the Nourish Retreat held in a stunning venue, in SW France last summer.
‘Designed to help guests fall in love with healthy food and regain their joie de vivre.’ ‘Immersion into slow French rural life with daily mindful walks, nutrition discussions, a sleep workshop, a cookery session and a market visit. Tasty meals are seasonal and plant-based, with lunch the main meal of the day.’
Bliss – now how do I get to become ‘a reviewer’ on the Queen of Retreats team so I can go to some of these?
Approximately 28% of UK adults are obese.
This figure has DOUBLED since 1992.
So says an article in The Times UK this week:
With a laudable statement of how to halve the obesity crisis Nesta, which describes itself as an innovation agency for social good, said ‘the trend could be reversed by cutting 216 calories a day. A move would save the NHS £3.25 billion a year.’
‘Cutting two rashers of bacon and a packet of crisps a day from the diet of overweight people would be enough to halve obesity levels in England, according to new analysis.’
All calories are not equal. Empty calories come in forms such as these: ‘The research identified ten categories of food that are widely consumed and are possible to alter, including biscuits, cakes, chilled ready meals, crisps and salad dressings.’
We’ve an even better idea – stop eating the empty calories in mass-produced biscuits, cakes, chilled ready meals, crisps and salad dressings.
Eat real food, in it’s most natural state possible. It’s very hard to eat too much nutrient-dense real food. I’ve tried.
It took me a moment too…
Busy uploading ‘stuff’ to sell on Vinted as part of my decluttering drive this caught my eye.
The intimation is clear.
Whereas you’d struggle to seriously gain weight with these delicious granola bars from Deliciously Ella‘s new cook book. I didn’t follow the recipe precisely (I rarely do to be honest, usually cut some or all of the sugar out for example). Thoroughly recommend.
We’ve featured the wonderful pioneering work of Rachel Carson on our site for years now. This is her classic book, which was being discussed on Radio 4 last week (currently on Kindle UK for £1.29, Kindle FR for 1.93 euro).
I didn’t realise until then that she’d had breast cancer and it had resulted in her death. That was in 1964. Her legacy very much still lives on.
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