The Zen Zone

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author — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:14:32 +0000

Welcome to the Zen Zone virtual experience. This is a calm area to explore information and recent news. It is interactive and welcomes clients to contribute to the ongoing success of this experience – both on-line and in the salon. Please let us know if we are continuing to meet the needs of our clients and if there is anything at all that would help to improve your Zen experience. WELCOME!

From the author Hilary

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Sleep and your Skin….

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:41:01 +0000

What happens when you close your eyes and drift off to a place of peace and tranquility? Floating out of reality and into happy pleasant dreams of calm and zen. According to the International Insititute of Anti-ageing, studies on 169 identical have shown that where one of the twins worked night shifts, this twin was twice as likely to report poorer health and sleep proglems. There is evidence that sleep loss is pro-inflammatory and that inflammation is also linked to ageing as a result of the increased production of free radicals.

“Aside from systemic inflammation, it has also been discovered that the stress that sleep deprivation cdauses has an effect on the skin’s barrier funtion.” (Altemus et al, 2001). Tfhe findings showed that the effects could portentially trigger or aggravate inflammatory, hyperplastic skin disorders such as psoriasis, eczema and atopic dermatitis.

Impaired sleep has also been found to have numerous behavioural and phusiologica influences such as momory and cognitive aility, glucoose metaholsim and renal function.

Lets get sleeping…..

1. Ensure your bedroom is calm and organised – conducive to a good relaxing atmosphere. make sure your matress is comfortael – you spend a third of your life on it!!

2. Eat healthily and avoid alcohol close to your bedtime. foods such as chicken, eggs, tna and milk are better nearer bedtime3 – they are linked to the production of the sleep inducing hormones melatonin and serotonin.

3. Exercise really help. it reduces stress and, if you exercise quite hard it will make you a bit more tired! it is found to increase botht he duration of sleep itself and the important perios of slow wave sleep.

More information: International Institute for Anti-Ageing – 020 84507997.

The Good Mood Diet

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:40:12 +0000

Research shows certain snacks make potent anti-depressants, if you eat them right.

By Thomas Crook, PhD

My grandfather was a wonderful man who loved cookies. When I visited his lovely, old house surrounded by trees, flowers, vegetable gardens, and lawns, we shared all sorts of cookies, always paired with a large glass of cold milk. Over the years, they became so closely associated with visiting Granddad that now, whenever I have one, I feel buoyed by a swell of happy memories.

As it turns out, scientists have a solid explanation for that burst of good cheer.

Beat Death with a Club

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:03:05 +0000

The next time your wife or girlfriend makes a snide comment about your golf game, inform her that you play for your health. A new Swedish study found that golfers have a 40 percent lower death rate than the rest of the population–which equates to a 5-year increase in life expectancy.

Stay healthy at uni

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:09:09 +0000

Going back to university soon? Or maybe it’s your first term. Either way, you’ll be looking forward to lots of fun.

Looking after your health while you’re at uni is important – fit and healthy students can enjoy life much more. Here are some tips to help you keep well.