A part of everyone’s body care regimen is trying to maintain a healthy weight.  Here are some common weight loss myths that will help you in your effort to maintain your health and beauty! Health and Beauty Weight Loss Myth #1- Low fat foods are a healthy choice.  Actually,

Improve your body care program with Pilates.  Pilates have been around since the 1920′s when Joseph H. Pilates developed  this system of exercise. Core strength is the foundation of Pilates exercise.  The core muscles are the deep, internal muscles of the abdomen and back. 

As we age, unless we’re extremely active and have the right genetic background, we get cellulite on thighs and excess weight around the bra line. The telltale garment is drifiting from that sexy bikini or two-piece suit to a one-piece bathing suit. It’s critically important

Milk thistle is one of the most popular herbal products sold in the United States, with retail sales around $9 million in 2000, and its sales continues to rise. It has been used medicinally for over 2 millenia, in particular for the treatment of hepatic and biliary disorders, but

We all eat at our desk to save time! We think this is a good thing, not realizing it can be the very worst detractor of our regular body care regime.  Most health articles will agree that when you eat at your desk, it is often a mindless eating activity, you usually are eating very

When I first started my career, I was a young 20-something whose simple, almost non-existent body care regime could maintain her youthful appearance with very little physical effort. However, fifteen years later, I cannot make this same claim. I feel that I really do work hard to

One of the cardinal rules of proper body care is getting 8 hours of sleep daily. However, in today’s busy world it is very hard sometimes to set aside one third of your day for nothing but relaxation. What you may not realize though, is that breaking this little rule can have disastrous

We are all looking for a fast, easy, inexpensive way to fix all our beauty problems but, sometimes, it’s just not meant to be. Here are a few body care cures that just don’t work! Cellulite Creams- They contain vasoconstrictors (ingredients like caffeine, that dilate blood

I was on my way to an important meeting the other day when I looked down at my nails to make sure I had filed them. Yep, I had, but my hands were a mess! Living in a cold weather climate I had forgotten how quickly your cuticles, nail beds and hands can crack and bleed! Seems that

It occurred to me lately that I had been on a diet for most of my life and it doesn’t seem to matter what I do; the battle of the bulge is not something I’m winning. So I thought; what part of my general body care is so wrong? Now I know diet is a major women’s health issue