Natural preservative free cosmetic stalemate

By now many health concious consumers are becoming very savy in terms of their choices with respect to the levels of preservatives in products, especially so in the area of skin care. Much has been publicised and quoted into wether the the use of parabens are in fact damaging to our skin in the long run. The unfortunate reality is that everything we consume is economy and price driven. It seriously is a fine line equation. The practicality is that companies need to produce products that not only have a good `shelf life' but at the same time produce safe products for the consumer, coupled with the need to merchandise it at a reasonable price. So therefore as a valid commodity the `100% preservative free' stance on cosmetic and skin care products does proceed with difficulty into the marketplace. The precise reasons are explained very well in the following article `7 Reasons They Aren't More Preservative Free' published in the beautybrains website, which comes highly recommended.

Fantastic Voyage

Knowing the inside workings of the human anatomy is always intriguing, and the superbly created and indeed finely detailed medical animations made by Nucleus Medical Art at Nucleusinc are nothing short of breathtaking. For the most part it is akin to taking a fantastic voyage into the microscopic internal workings of humans right down to the cellular level (such as the above example). Far from being just mere works of art these custom made animations of surgery, anatomy, mechanism of action (MOA), and physiology are primarily produced for medical devices, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, marketing agencies, lawyers etc. The company also produces a range of products other than multimedia such as such as medical illustrations, medical images, anatomical charts, anatomical models to interactive multimedia for educational and commercial use.

Blast from the past

Since starting in the beginning of September 2006 our parent site cell-to-cell-health.com has certainly come along way (as can be seen here in January 2007). To the degree of which I had not realised until I did a search through the archive files of WayBackMachine. Apart from the many additions to the site since then there is also the absence of much material which was later to be removed for whatever reason as it was no longer considered relevant.

Nonetheless it remains here in much of it's entirety as it once was and to further show how far we have come and how much more work there is to be done. A site in progress that continues to this day. So happy you could join us....

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Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

In the supposed `age of reason' we now live in it is quite interesting to find many `old wives tales' or `unquestioned beliefs' that have persisted for so long given the totally inadequate scientific data available in support of such unsubstantiated excepted dogma. As such an article entitled `Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe' which I recently come across debunks many of these so called `excepted truths' which lie quite happily within the mainstream of (so called) common knowledge. I wouldn't entirely agree that all doctors (as mentioned) subscribe to these but no doubt some still do. These include such statements as:

People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day.
We use only 10 percent of our brains.
Shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker or coarser.
Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight.

just to name a few. The article states only 7 of these so called common myths, however many of us would be well aware that they are many more, some others of which appear as subscriber comments at the articles end. In general and in conclusion one should always be judicial when disseminating information of any descript and only a half wit who actually does use only 10% of their brain capacity would believe all is unquestionable.

Perception of image

Dove `Evolution commercial'



Dove `Onslaught' (sequel to `Evolution')

Reality in itself is an illusion, in fact reality and the perception of the world at large not only in how we see it but also how other individuals see us is well defined by our own image we have of ourselves. This is a freedom that we as humans have been gifted with. This statement to some would seem like an absurd paradox, and the unfortunate aspect is that whilst it can be our greatest strength is can also be one of our greatest weaknesses.

If we are mentally undefined as to the state of our own true `self' then what happens is that it leads us wide open to the subjection of another synthetic reality that is not of our own to be laid upon us. Simply put if we do not control our lives them surely someone else will. The media in general in all of it's differing entities has done a marvelous job in informing us and non more so than in the shear blatant propogandering of how we should look.

What could be worse than the absolute manipulation and distortion of the truth by companies whose sole aim is to profit from peoples vanities. The irony being that the true beauty of an individual is measured by being personally fulfilled with the knowledge of their own self worth, is independent and has trust in their self image. When our own belief system can be viewed in our mind with total clarity then this in turn radiates to our outer being as conscious awareness of our own confidence. This then becomes our reality.

Whilst I am not endorsing such the Dove Self Esteem Fund in conjunction with the Butterfly Foundation have made a positive move for the better in regards to the re-education of the self images of young and old alike. Also the article entitled Media Distortion of Image makes for good reading on this subject matter detailing the impossible ideals that the media machine imposes upon us.