expert advice on health, wellness and beauty for women
The body is your physical manifestation of all that you can be. This category has all posts we have tagged with the term “body”.
The hectic lifestyle most of us have makes us very susceptible to energy drain – that feeling when you are too tired to do the things you usually love. Energy drain can go beyond just tiredness and aching muscles; it can also affect your work, relationships, and physical and emotional health. Try a few or [...]
Summer is just around the corner and with it comes the all too familiar image of the perfect “bikini body”. It starts to creep into our psyches around Memorial Day. Yet for all of the fretting we do about our physiques, coupled with unhealthy thoughts of weight loss, diet changes and the perceived need to [...]
For many of us, the search for clear, healthy skin is one that seems challenging at best. We seek advice from experts at the local department store cosmetic counter in hopes that they will point us in the right direction and finally solve our problem. But are they really the experts that we think [...]
According to data released by the American Burn Association, in 2011 alone, over 450,000 patients in the United States were treated for burn injuries. That same year there are was an estimated 3500 burn deaths with approximately 3000 accounted for by residential fires and 500 from other sources. Add to this a total of 45,000 [...]
Achieving healthy, glowing skin is a popular topic but also one that can also be confusing. Registered dietician and respected nutritionist, EA Stewart, will attest that you really are what you eat. And, the appearance of your skin is often a barometer of your internal health. After all, your skin is the largest organ of the [...]
Given that one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime, breast reconstruction after mastectomy is a significant medical and aesthetic consideration. According to current projections, in 2011 alone an estimated 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women, along with 57,650 new cases of [...]
Over the last few weeks, we watched the debate unfold on the potential health risks of yoga, and we did so with fascination. A recent New York Times article and resulting book that kicked off a firestorm of conversation but for all the wrong reasons. Rather than taking sides on whether or not Yoga is a [...]
We all want to have beautiful skin. But rarely do you find such an important element of overall health and wellness that also plays a direct and important role in overall appearance. The skin represents a healthcare dichotomy because our natural inclination is to focus solely on how we and others look at our external appearance. [...]
Nature treats skin very differently depending on a person’s ethnicity. Asian, Latino and African American women have unique skin care needs and the area of skin of color treatment is experiencing growing interest. In this be Expert Interview Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and skin of color expert Dr. Julius Few shares tips and treatments that [...]
You know antioxidants are important to keep your skin looking fresh, maintain your vitality at any age and ward off disease—and lately there’s no shortage of ways to get antioxidants, because they’re in everything from your smoothie to your eye cream. But did you know your body makes its own antioxidants? That’s right: You are [...]
In founding be, we asked ourselves a simple question: “Why can’t you have the life you want, on your terms, without prejudice or pre-conceived notions about how you should look or feel?” … [Read More...]