All Stories Tagged With: "beauty"
Green Tea Improves Skin Quality in Women, Protects Against UV Radiation
A 12 week study with women has found that green tea catechins are able to improve skin characteristics including elasticity, roughness, scaling, density, and water content. Additionally, less UV radiation damage was seen in the group that supplemented with green tea catechins. It is well known that various types of antioxidant compounds tend to accumulate in your skin and help protect it from the UV radiation of the sun.
Preschoolers Taught to Think Thin is Beautiful
The findings, published in March in the journal Body Image, aren’t the first to show that kids develop opinions on body weight early. One study, published in 2010 in the journal Sex Roles, found that kids between the ages of 3 and 5 favor thinness. Young kids also consume lots of media: A 2010 study published in the Journal of Pediatrics found that 70 percent of preschoolers watch more TV and play more video and computer games than recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
New Study Finds Major Toxins in Many Cosmetics
You won’t find lead or arsenic on the ingredients list of your favourite lip gloss or eyeliner, but a Toronto-based environmental group has tested dozens of cosmetics products commonly used by Canadian women and found virtually all of them were contaminated with heavy metals. Environmental Defence released a study Monday that shows Canadian consumers can’t assume their cosmetics products are safe, even if they read lists of ingredients carefully.
Hair Straightening Products Could Release Formaldehyde
Brazilian Blowout and other hair straightening and smoothing products can release formaldehyde, even when labeled “formaldehyde-free,” according to a hazard alert recently issued by a federal agency.
