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Women's Health

"LATTE LATHER"

By Dr. Susan Lark

The secret to subduing your cellulite might lie no farther than your kitchen pantry. Renowned clinician, author, lecturer and innovative product developer Dr. Susan Lark is one of the foremost authorities in the fields of clinical nutrition and preventive medicine. Her free, bi-weekly health updates contain all kinds of useful information, plus fun beauty recipes, like the natural ingredients coffee scrub reprinted below.

As Dr. Lark explains: "One of the best remedies I've seen for using massage to treat cellulite involves coffee grounds. The grounds not only work themselves into the dimples and po  Continue...

AFTER-BEACH BANANA MASK

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The banana's B and C vitamins, potassium and fiber will help give you a healthy glow when you put them on your cereal, but what about when you put them on your face? No, were not talking about missing your mouth, but rather mixing up a moisturizing mask to nourish your complexion.

Ingredients:
1 mashed ripe banana
2 teaspoons jojoba oil

Directions:
Mash banana together with jojoba oil so that it forms a creamy paste. Spread a thin layer onto face and neck. Let sit for 10 to 20 minutes. Wipe off using a warm, wet washcloth; rinse away any remaining residue. Spritz with green tea toner, follow with your favorite moisturizer.

While this beauty mask can be used at a  Continue...

ALCOHOL & GENDER

Hard Stuff Harder on Women’s Brains

While women typically start drinking at an older age, consume less and are less likely to develop alcohol dependence than are men, women's brains are more vulnerable to the ravages of excessive drinking.

Using computerized tomography scans, German researchers examined the brains of 158 subjects – both genders, both alcoholic and control - and found that women drinkers developed brain atrophy faster than their male counterparts. Lead researcher Karl Mann observed, “Women developed equal brain-volume reductions as the men after a significantly shorter period of alcohol dependence than the men.” In other words  Continue...