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The Curl Experts 

BY CHADWICK & IGOR 

WHAT MAKES OUIDAD SALON UNIQUE? 

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into working with all types of curls and have developed techniques that offer solutions 

to the challenges of naturally curly hair. Our salon is a haven for those who are blessed 

with naturally curly hair. After just one visit it becomes obvious that we are addressing 

the needs of curls and then bringing them to life. Because we address four curl types 

we can customize services that offer solutions to even the trickiest head of curls where 

sometimes 3 or 4 curl types live together on one head of hair. 

What will a client experience at the salon on a typical visit? Most individuals with 

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them a place where they can be heard and understood. A thorough consultation will 

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for their unique head of curls. You will receive a prescriptive at home regime and be 

taught how to properly care for and maintain your look. We want our clients to be 

empowered when it comes to her curls. 

WHAT ARE TWO WAYS A GIRL CAN CHANGE UP HER CURLS 

Chadwick: Currently one of the hottest coloring techniques we offer is Color Melting. 

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start over. We also offer styling techniques that help to elongate curls. 

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"Being 

healthy and 

fit is not longer 

a fad or a trend 

it's a Lifestyle." 

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 

James Okun, MD 

Joaquin N Diego, MD, FCCP, FACC 

Meg Meeker, MD 

Allie Casazza 

Judy Elbaum 

Jenn Baxter 

Aaron Barriga 

Igor Araujo 

Maydelaine Moreno 

Frank Apodaca 

Lynn Andrews 

Sarah May Bates 

Ava Mallory 

Rubel Shelly 

Claudia Portillo 

Editor in Chief 

The long-awaited Summer season is upon us! Three 

full months to enjoy fun, family time, sunshine, warm 

temps, and hopefully, kickstart your commitment to 

getting and staying healthy. Three months to start a 

new healthier lifestyle, to develop a new, healthy habit, 

to expand your horizons, to learn something new, and 

hopefully, to feel a sense of accomplishment and pride 

due to all your efforts to improve your life and the lives 

of those you love. This month, we’re focusing on just 

that. 

In previous issues, we’ve focused on men, women, 

children and almost everything in between, but this 

month we’re going to delve into an often-overlooked 

segment of the population where health topics are 

concerned. This month we’re going to focus on young 

adult/early adult health and prevention to, hopefully, 

help them gain a head start to stave off potential health 

problems later in life. Everything from taking proper 

care of your eyes as you age (yes, forty-somethings, 

we’re talking to you) to understanding the signs of 

symptoms of potential colorectal issues and what you 

can do now to decrease your chances of developing 

issues later to in-depth discussions pertaining to ADD in 

adults and so much more to help keep you on the right 

track or to help get you on the right track. 

In addition to the bevy of young adult health articles, 

you’ll find the same fun, informative, and timely articles 

to guide you through your best summer yet. Find new 

healthy recipes, discover fun locales to visit, celebrate 

the season, enjoy summer barbecues, graduations, and 

weddings and rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul 

before cooler temps find their way to our side of the 

globe and before school is back in session, and the next 

warm weather season is months away. 

As always, our goal to curate the best advice possible 

for our readers has been met yet again. I, for one, 

cannot wait to share what we learned, show you what 

could be possible, and help you to incorporate new, 

healthy habits and lifestyle changes that just may save 

your life in the long run. While the topics we discuss 

might not be at the top of the list for dinner discussion 

options, you’ll soon find out just how vital they are to 

your life and to the lives of everyone you’ve ever met. 

Without further ado, dear Healthy magazine readers, 

this month is all about making your life, and more 

importantly, making you the best possible version of 

you and helping you to prevent future health issues. 

There is no magic bullet, but there are simple, easy, and 

life-altering steps you can take to ensure you’re in the 

best of health for a longtime coming. There is no better 

time to get the ball rolling and take the necessary steps 

to make positive changes once and for all, no matter 

what stage of life you’re in. 

Here’s to your health and cheers to a fun, safe, and 

healthy Summer for all! 

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EDITORIAL CONTENT 

FITNESS & BEAUTY 

HEALTHY KIDS 

RAISING ADVENTUROUS KIDS 

HOW TO IMPLEMENT MINIMALISM 

FOR YOUR KIDS IN YOUR HOME 

HEALTHY BODY, 

MIND & SOUL 

FRIENDSHIP 

THE CASE FOR PROGRESSIVE 

LENSES: YAY OR NAY? 

HOW TO RECOGNIZE 

ADD IN ADULTS 

HYPERLIPIDEMIA IN EARLY 

ADULTHOOD INCREASES LONG- 

TERM RISK OF CORONARY 

HEART DISEASE 

PREVENTATIVE PMS: HOW TO 

PROTECT LOVED ONES AND 

BALANCE YOUR BOD 

BECOMING AWARE OF YOUR 

RESISTANCE: THE KEY TO SURFING 

AND SURVIVING THE CHAOS OF 

TODAY'S UNCERTAIN WORLD 

HOW SLEEP SUPPORTS YOUR 

WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM 

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KERATOSIS PILARIS 

HAIR COLOR IN-FLUX 

FOR THIS SUMMER 

5 THINGS YOU SHOULD 

KNOW ABOUT LASIK EYE SURGERY 

PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE 

WHY ARE MILLENNIALS 

HAVING HIGHER RATES OF 

COLORECTAL CANCER? 

HEALTHY FOOD 

HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY, 

POWER-PACKED PANTRY 

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE · JULY 2017 

FRIENDSHIP 

More and more of us appear 

to have fewer and fewer 

people in our lives whom 

we would consider friends. 

And lest the word friend 

be left too ambiguous, 

let a friend be defined as 

someone with whom you 

have confided matters that 

are truly important to you 

within the past six months. 

Researchers cite evidence 

that Americans have a third 

fewer close friends than 

just a couple of decades 

ago. More disturbing still, 

the data seem to indicate 

that the number of us who 

have nobody to count as a 

close personal friend has 

more than doubled. 

The findings hold for both males and 

females. They are consistent for people of 

all races, ages, and educational levels. Even 

within families, the degree of intimacy has 

diminished considerably. All this information 

can’t be good news, for it translates into 

people who feel lonelier and more isolated 

than ever. 

Emotionally healthy people form meaningful 

ties with other human beings. They don’t just 

exchange information but share personal 

things. They talk about likes and dislikes, joys 

and fears. They extend themselves to help 

others and know how to accept assistance 

when they get in over their heads. When 

they have important decisions to make, they 

get insight and support from their friends. 

Everybody needs a handful of people with 

whom to connect in these intimate ways. 

Nobody is smart enough, strong enough, or 

competent enough to negotiate something 

as complicated as this human adventure 

called life alone. John Donne protested the 

idea that men and women could function 

in splendid isolation from one another. “No 

man is an island, entire of itself,” he wrote. 

I know. You’re busy! So is everybody else – 

including the people who are healthy enough 

to have emotional ties. You don’t have time 

for the obligations in your life already? I 

understand that excuse too. But the issue 

here is priorities. Which is more important? 

Playing computer games or having a friend? 

Getting a bigger house or loving (and being 

loved by) 

the people in the house you have now? 

Making extra cash or having a real life? 

The same research shows not only that 

people have fewer friends these days but 

that more and more of us are feeling the 

need for them. With the circle drawn so tiny, 

people are feeling lonely. Everybody needs 

people to count on. 

"Everybody 

needs a handful 

of people 

with whom to 

connect in these 

intimate ways." 

If you are one of those people in need of 

friends, the best advice I can give is this: 

Spend more time being a friend to someone 

than in trying to find one. 

Care to guess what sort of dividend is 

returned on that investment? 

By Rubel Shelly 

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Healthy Kids 

RAISINGADVENTUROUS 

KIDS 

8 

HOW TO IMPLEMENT 

MINIMALISM FOR YOUR 

KIDS IN YOUR HOME 

10

I 

have to say that one of my favorite 

conversations to date was with Bob & Maria 

Goff. Bob is the author of Love Does and 

Maria recently released her first book called 

Love Lives Here, and I thought it was the perfect 

opportunity to talk to them about their lives as 

fearless parents, risk-takers and nurturing a sense 

of adventure in your kids. 

HEALTHY KIDS · JULY 2017 

RAISING ADVENTUROUS KIDS 

Bob and Maria were such a joy to talk to and I 

hope something you hear encourages and inspires 

you! Here are just a few excerpts from our 

conversation. 

MM: In your book, you make a statement that 

I absolutely love, “Do what makes you the most 

loving, hopeful version of yourself.” One of the 

things I’ve learned as a pediatrician is that when 

parents get their lives in order – their kids thrive. 

Can you expand on that statement? 

MG: I think that one of the things that we 

struggle with, whether we’re a single person, a 

career person, a mother of a lot of kids or none 

at all, we tend to compare ourselves to each 

other. It’s a human nature condition. I found that 

I was doing that a lot as a young child because 

I struggled in school. That was a hard lesson to 

learn early on and I think what I got out of that 

is that eventually, we have to discover who we 

are – and embrace that without trying to judge 

someone else’s gift as more important than ours. 

For example, in our marriage, Bob and I are very 

different. I like to think of him as the balloon and 

I’m the string. Each of us is doing different things, 

but what each of us is doing is equally important. 

MM: Bob, you and Maria have lived a lot of life 

together and clearly, you have a strong marriage 

– and you really worked as a team in raising your 

kids. How did you support each other while raising 

your kids? 

BG: I think one of the things that stand out in my 

mind, is that Maria would always talk to us (myself 

and the kids) about who we were becoming, 

rather than who we were. Some people get 

“head-faked,” thinking they are defined by their 

biggest failure. And we’re not. Other people get 

“head-faked” another way, thinking their successes 

define them. And the truth is, we’re really all just 

turning into love, some of us more slowly than 

others. 

PARENTS, AFFIRM HOW FAR 

YOUR KIDS HAVE COME 

INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON 

HOW FAR THEY HAVE TO GO. 

Maria doesn’t talk about how far we have to 

go – she talks a lot about how far we’ve come. 

And I think that’s what I’ve observed that makes 

our family strong. In parenting, just simply 

acknowledging how far your kids have come are 

words of life you can speak to them. 

MM: Your parenting style seems to be quite bold. 

And you write about encouraging adventure in 

kids, and I need you to tell our audience, Maria, 

about how you helped your children “run away.” 

MG: They were probably 4, 6 and 8 at the time 

and were playing in our safe, fenced in backyard 

by themselves. They came running inside and 

exclaimed that they had this wonderful idea that 

they wanted to “run away.” Of course, that pushed 

every mommy button in me! I wanted to knock 

down their dream and tell them they were too 

young and that it was a bad idea, that you can’t 

think like that. But I had a choice – to either knock 

it down or to get behind them. 

And I decided that I would get behind them. I saw 

the delight in their eyes and their enthusiasm – 

that they weren’t running away from something, 

they were running towards an adventure they 

wanted to take together. And I saw the value in 

that. I thought This is beautiful. They feel like 

they can take on the world because they have 

each other. Their “running away ” involved tying 

all their items up into a scarf at the end of a 

stick, like Huckleberry Finn, climbing on top of 

our cinder block wall, and just marching around 

all 3 corners of our property line, making it bad 

for dinner. And I watched them the entire time 

through the kitchen window, as they discovered 

this “adventure.” 

DON'T BE AFRAID TO 

ENCOURAGE ADVENTURE 

IN YOUR KIDS. 

When they got home for dinner, the tone in their 

voice was priceless! They felt like their world just 

got bigger. They saw themselves and each other in 

a different way. And I see them now, today, going 

on adult-type adventures with each other. So I 

think we can help plant those seeds in them when 

they’re young, in hopes that when they grow, they 

still know who are the people around them that 

have their back. 

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MM: It seems to me that both of you parent with 

the sense of fearlessness, and I see a lot of fear in 

parents. What are parents so afraid of? 

BG: I think one of the things that come naturally 

to all of us is the fear of failing. You don’t want to 

mess up. But the truth is, failing isn’t a bad day, it’s 

just a Tuesday. I think that if there is one thing that 

we’ve spoken to our kids about a lot is “fail trying.” 

We’ve all experienced pain and loss, but I want to 

fail trying – I don’t want to fail watching. Failing 

every once in a while, or even every day, doesn’t 

define who we are. 

MG: As a mom, the fact that I did hit rock bottom 

in the course of my life and did bounce back up 

means that I place a high value on hitting rock 

bottom. Sometimes I would pray that when my 

kids had rough spells, that God would get them 

there quickly… get them to that bottom place fast 

so we can work on the bouncing back up and all 

the lessons learned from it. 

WE DON’T ALWAYS GROW 

WHERE WE’RE INSTRUCTED. 

WE GROW WHERE WE’RE 

LOVED AND ACCEPTED. 

BG: We don’t always grow where we’re 

instructed. We grow where we’re loved. We grow 

where we’re accepted. What I’ve seen Maria do in 

our family, in particular, is to create a place where 

there is love, acceptance – it isn’t algebra class – 

we’re not trying to teach everybody new things 

– we’re trying to love them so they would grow in 

the ways that they’re meant to grow. And there’s 

something beautiful if you know you’re never 

flying without a net. There’s something beautiful 

for risk takers, when you just say “let’s go do this 

thing.” Our kids knew that even if they failed, they 

were loved unconditionally. 

By Meg Meeker, MD


HOW TO IMPLEMENT 

MINIMALISM FOR YOUR 

KIDS IN YOUR HOME 

01 

DECLUTTER 

THE TOYS 

In order to get started, you have to 

let go of all the things that have been 

keeping you overwhelmed and your kids 

overstimulated with entertainment. Start 

slow, don’t overthink it, and just startthose 

are my biggest pieces of advice 

here. Don’t sneak around and get rid of 

stuff behind your kids’ back- that’s not 

what we want here. We want them to be 

aware and understand this process, so 

it’s better to go slower and wait for them 

to get on board than to lose their trust. 

02 

LEAD BY EXAMPLE 

Kids know what you show them. When 

I implemented minimalism in the rest of 

the house and we started living this way 

in every area, my kids learned that this 

was just a part of our family and how we 

roll. Now they don’t remember anything 

else and it’s just the way things are. 

03 

CHOOSE OUTDOOR 

TIME OVER SCREEN 

TIME 

It’s a habit you can choose to make. 

Technology is awesome and there’s a time 

and place for it, but it doesn’t have to be 

the only way to fill your kids’ time if you 

don’t want it to be. Don’t let bad weather 

be an excuse to pull the iPad out either. If 

you live in a state with lots of freezing or 

scalding days, you have the challenge of 

getting creative and encouraging your kids 

to do the same! Nothing amazing comes 

easy. Sometimes you have to fight for 

what you want and make it happen like the 

warrior mama you are! 

04 

PLAY WITH YOUR KIDS 

SOMETIMES (BUT LET 

THEM LEARN HOW TO 

KEEP THEMSELVES 

ENTERTAINED TOO) 

Get outside, have a living room dance party, 

make up a game together… be the mom 

who plays and makes awesome memories! 

05 

CONSCIOUS 

CONSUMERISM 

What kind of toys are you choosing to 

keep as you declutter? What kind of toys 

will you buy going forward? 

Personally, I choose to have things in our 

house that encourage my kids to use their 

imaginations or to build things. Legos, 

blocks, dress up costumes, things like that 

are so worth the space they take up and 

always inspire creative play. If you have 

things like this and your kids don’t play 

with them, declutter the rest of the toys, 

give it a week and watch what changes. 

ALLIE CASAZZA is The 

Purposeful Housewife. 

She is all about helping 

you purge the clutter 

that's clogging your joy, 

rediscover the purpose 

in your days, and live with 

intention. 

Learn more about Allie 

@thepurposefulhousewife. 

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THE CASE FOR 

PROGRESSIVE 

LENSES: YAY 

OR NAY? 

Aging is inevitable even for our eyes. The fact 

of the matter is our eyes age right along with 

the rest of our bodies. Eventually, it becomes 

more and more difficult to adjust our focus 

from what we can see at arm’s length to what 

we can see at a distance. Progressive lenses 

allow us to see everything-near or far-more 

clearly. 

SO, WHAT PROGRESSIVE 

LENSES AND HOW DO 

THEY WORK? 

They are the lenses that will transform a 

blurry blob into a crystal-clear picture no 

matter the distance. With these lenses, there 

is a near-seamless transition between long 

distances away and what is right in front of 

your face. No more jumping between images. 

No more having to switch from a glasses 

on and a glasses off position or having to 

go from looking out the top of your lens to 

looking through the bottom of a lens to see 

at different distances. And unlike the clunky 

glasses of old, progressive lenses appear 

clear throughout. No more distracting lines 

that are notorious in everyday, run of the mill 

bifocal lenses. 

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE 

BETWEEN PROGRESSIVE 

LENSES AND BIFOCALS? 

Bifocals only let you see clearly faraway and 

up close, but objects at arm’s length away will 

still appear blurry. On top of that, the abrupt 

change will be jarring to the eye and perhaps 

your equilibrium, especially when shifting 

your focus from near and far viewing areas. 

Not only is this off-putting to longtime lens 

wearers, but it can be extremely distracting 

and unattractive to the eye. The half-moon 

shape lower lenses that make the bifocal 

get in the way when you’re doing simple eye 

tasks, and can create headaches. 

WHEN TO MAKE 

THE TRANSITION TO 

PROGRESSIVE LENSES? 

Here’s the gist of what happens to your eyes 

as you age; starting at about the age of forty, 

your eyes begin to slowly, over time, lose 

their ability to focus on objects that are close 

by. You’ll find yourself holding the newspaper 

or a book at an arm’s length to see, or you 

might notice difficulty driving at night or 

reading in dim light. Oftentimes, we put off 

having our eyes checked. We strain our eyes, 

refusing to acknowledge the truth about 

what’s going on. That choice often leads to 

eye fatigue, tension headaches, and most 

notably, may cause you to miss important 

details around you. 

Who wants to continue rocking a bifocal, 

letting their eyes stress and strain to do 

normal, everyday tasks, when you could have 

the perfect eye accessory that not only looks 

stylish, feels great, and also makes it possible 

to see from all ranges: close, mid, and far 

away. Stop going back and forth between 

lenses and use a lens that won’t make you 

feel older but will make you and your poor 

eyes feel better. They’re the perfect stylish 

solution for a smart, sophisticated and stylish 

consumer that won’t feel like you’ve put a 

sign on your forehead alerting people to 

the fact that you’re aging just like the rest 

of us have or will. Progressive lenses are the 

solution to all your eye problems. 

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Healthy 

Lifestyle 

FRIENDSHIP 8 

THE CASE FOR PROGRESSIVE 

LENSES: YAY OR NAY? 

HOW TO RECOGNIZE 

ADD IN ADULTS 

HYPERLIPIDEMIA IN EARLY 

ADULTHOOD INCREASES 

LONG-TERM RISK OF 

CORONARY HEART DISEASE 

PREVENTATIVE PMS: HOW TO 

PROTECT LOVED ONES AND 

BALANCE YOUR BOD 

BECOMING AWARE OF YOUR 

RESISTANCE: THE KEY TO SURFING 

AND SURVIVING THE CHAOS OF 

TODAY'S UNCERTAIN WORLD 



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HOW TO 

RECOGNIZE 

ADD IN 

ADULTS 

Did you know that ADHD, or 

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity 

Disorder, isn't just a disorder 

children suffer from? Over the 

last couple of decades, more 

and more adults have been diagnosed with 

it, and that's not to mention the estimated 

number of adults who've yet to be diagnosed 

it. 

No matter what your age, the problem can be 

difficult to diagnose. The symptoms that are 

synonymous with ADHD can be attributed 

to many other disorders or hard to pinpoint 

unless there is clear evidence of other 

symptoms. 

BUT DOCTORS MAY HAVE 

COME UP WITH A WAY TO 

MAKE A DIAGNOSIS EASIER 

TO DETERMINE. THEY'VE 

CREATED A SIMPLE SIX- 

QUESTION SCREENING 

TEST THAT MAY BE ABLE TO 

DETERMINE IF AN ADULT 

HAS ADHD ACCURATELY. 

The test was designed by an advisory group 

of the World Health Organization. They, 

along with two board-certified psychiatrists, 

is based on updated ADHD criteria as it's 

lined out in the Diagnostic and Statistical 

Manual of Mental Disorders-5. These criteria 

are broader than the original version because 

the previous version didn't accurately detect 

a broad cross-section of adults who suffer 

with mild to extreme cases of ADHD. 

THESE SIX QUESTIONS MAKE UP 

THE NEW ADHD SCREENING TEST: 

1. How often do you have difficulty 

concentrating on what people say to 

you, even when they are speaking to you 

directly? 

2. How often do you leave your seat in 

meetings or other situations in which 

you are expected to remain seated? 

3. How often do you have difficulty 

unwinding and relaxing when you have 

time to yourself? 

4. When you're in a conversation, how 

often do you find yourself finishing 

the sentences of the people you are 

talking to before they can finish them 

themselves? 

5. How often do you put things off until the 

last minute? 

6. How often do you depend on others 

to keep your life in order and attend to 

details? 

The answers for these questions include 

either "never", "rarely", "sometimes", "often", 

and "very often". The "never" response gets 

a score of zero. Scores for higher responses 

vary. In total, they can collectively add up 

to a maximum number of 24. A score of 14 

points or more may indicate a diagnosis of 

Adult onset ADHD. Of course, this test is 

not the only thing to consider when trying 

to determine a diagnosis, but it provides a 

strong basis for a potential diagnosis. 

If when you take the quiz and think you meet 

the criteria for adult ADHD, be sure to make 

an appointment with your family doctor to 

confirm a diagnosis. While no diagnosis is 

ever easy to hear, it is far better to know than 

to be left wondering whether your suspicions 

are right or not. You might be surprised to 

know that there are a variety of treatments 

and therapies or a combination of the two 

that can help you deal with the symptoms, 

and in some cases, find much-needed relief 

from the most bothersome aspects of the 

problem. 

By Ava Mallory 

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Hyperlipidemia in 

Early Adulthood 

Increases Long- 

Term Risk 

of Coronary 

Heart Disease 

Recent research by Duke 

University reports that a 

prolonged diagnosis of 

hyperlipidemia in young 

adulthood does raise 

the risk of developing 

CHD, Coronary Heart Disease, in the 

future. 

It is widely known that hyperlipidemia is 

a term that encompasses many different 

disorders. Its implications can be a direct 

result of many factors including certain 

genetic disorders. What it means to 

have hyperlipidemia is that one might 

experience high levels of fats circulating 

in the bloodstream including fats, 

cholesterol, and triglycerides. When these 

fats (lipids) enter artery walls, they can, 

and most often do, increase a person's 

risk of developing atherosclerosis, or the 

hardening of the arteries). That increase 

can lead to conditions like strokes, heart 

attacks, and perhaps the need to amputate 

a limb if necessary. Risk factors for early 

adults with hyperlipidemia increase with 

other comorbidities like diabetes, history 

of smoking, high blood pressure and renal 

insufficiency. 

Hyperlipidemia is a chronic condition that 

requires ongoing medications, such as statins 

or fenofibrates, to control blood lipid levels. 

It is most often found in people living in 

the United States and Europe due to the 

prevalence of those who follow a high-fat 

diet. 

THE SYMPTOMS OF 

HYPERLIPIDEMIA INCLUDE: 

 

Elevated blood lipid levels upon 

testing that have no known cause 

 

Symptoms that develop following 

a diagnosis of atherosclerosis 

 

Angina and heart attacks caused 

by narrow heart arteries 

 

Strokes 

 

Pain with walking and or a 

diagnosis of gangrene 

It should be noted that hyperlipidemia in 

itself doesn't cause symptoms, it can increase 

the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, 

including diseases associated with the blood 

vessels that supply the heart (coronary artery 

disease), the brain (cerebrovascular disease), 

and the limbs (peripheral vascular disease). 

The implications of an early adulthood 

diagnosis drastically increase the risk of 

developing more serious comorbidities that 

can be detrimental to one's health over the 

long term. 

Other factors increase the risks even more, 

like gender, age, family history of coronary 

disease at a young age in a parents or a 

sibling, particularly a young (younger than 

55 years of age) sibling, cigarette smoking, 

hypertension (elevated blood pressure), 

kidney disease, and diabetes mellitus type 

I or II, and other varied conditions. 

On top of treating the condition after 

diagnosis, health care providers spend 

a considerable amount of time and 

effort focusing on strong and proven 

preventative medicine. Diagnosis and 

management at the onset of the condition 

and ongoing after a diagnosis have 

been shown to prevent cardiovascular 

disease (CVD). Over recent decades, 

their ongoing treatment of patients with 

hyperlipidemia has shown a direct correlation 

between high lipid concentrations and the 

risk of CVD, the leading cause of death in the 

United States. 

One landmark study determined that the 

proper therapeutic interventions to lower 

elevated cholesterol levels do result in 

reduced risk factors for cardiovascular 

morbidity or mortality for those diagnosed 

with hyperlipidemia, thus furthering the idea 

that one does indeed impact the other. For 

those reasons, medical practitioners have 

shifted their focus to prevention overall. 

By Joaquin N Diego, MD, FCCP, FACC 

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specific things that trigger it: if 

you’re stressed out, you drink 

a lot of alcohol, or you don’t 

exercise regularly, or you have a 

lot of caffeine. Also, consuming 

anything cow: beef and dairy 

can worsen it because of all 

the hormones (I don’t know 

about other kinds of milk). Not 

to mention “xenoestrogens” – 

chemicals found in numerous 

personal hygiene and household 

products, things like parabens in 

skin products – and pesticides 

in foods. These affect your 

estrogen levels. There are too 

many xenoestrogens to list here 

but here’s a link to more info. 

Another major factor is whether 

or not you eat organic fruits and 

vegetables. PMS is effected by 

the toxins you absorb. 

PREVENTATIVE PMS: 

HOW TO PROTECT LOVED ONES 

AND BALANCE YOUR BOD 

This is for those who suffers gnar PMS. I know girls 

who don’t go out when they’re PMS-ing because 

of how dangerous it is for others. It can be 

confusing and rob you of yourself! I hope to give 

you some background info about how to prep for 

PMS. If you’re a severe sufferer, you likely know 

all this stuff, but hopefully, you’ll read something 

helpful or at the very least– guilt-relieving. 

PART 1: THE WHAT 

Intense PMS and hormonal shifts that make you 

feel crazy. Hormones are a mess. They can make 

you feel out of control in all sorts of situations – 

from feeling attached and in love – to bawling your 

eyes out for what might or might not be a good 

reason– to screaming at someone you care about, 

for a made up situation. 

It compromises your rational, cool, calm, happy 

self to a position that feels, well, borderline 

dangerous. I know people who don’t go out when 

they’re PMS-ing because of how dangerous it is for 

others they love. So here is some background info 

about it – including all the info I could find on the 

internet. If you’re a severe sufferer, you likely know 

all this stuff, but I will include some other stuff that 

you might not know. So hopefully something good 

or at least guilt-relieving will come out of this. 

PART 2: THE WHY 

Some look at the female cycle as a natural purging 

method – when all the unvented emotions are 

flushed out. So these emotions are “real” but 

unknown: the cutoff parts of ourselves. I’m not 

sure if I’d agree entirely with this concept since 

hormones can make you believe opposite things. 

For example, there’s an episode of This American 

Life called Testosterone that this all about how 

the hormone changed one person’s entire focus in 

life while transitioning. It changed her personality 

because of what her body was driven by sex. So 

I’d say think of PMS as your body and emotions 

on the extreme setting. Just like hormones can 

make you bond with a baby, they can make you 

hate a spouse. Sure, on some level it’s anger that 

has been unvented– however, it is exacerbated 

because of the imbalances. Like your anger on 

crack. It doesn’t mean the feelings don’t exist, or 

they’re not from you – but they are heightened to 

extremes that otherwise wouldn’t exist. 

For a lot of people, PMS tends to get worse as 

you get older. It often comes with gifts like acne, 

weight gain, water-weight gain, depression, fatigue, 

anxiety, cravings, severe bouts of rage followed by 

crying. What’s happening is your hormones are 

doing loopy-loops – your estrogen levels go up, 

your progesterone levels go down. And there are 

This is all super important 

especially when you get into 

adulthood because your 

hormone regulation is weighted 

more heavily in your adrenal 

glands. You want to support 

your adrenal glands by balancing your body before 

you are in a state of PMS. Stress is a big one 

because cortisol taxes your system and therefore 

your other hormone production is compromised. 

It’s also dangerous for reasons 

tied to illness – they call it estrogen 

dominance, and it can lead to things 

like cancer. You want to make your 

hormones stable and not crazy – 

so no crash dieting around your 

period, either. You can get tested for 

estrogen dominance at your doctor’s 

office or a naturopath’s office – it’s 

a saliva test – and if you test for 

estrogen dominance, you can take 

more dramatic steps to regulate it. 

PART 3: THE HOW: THE TOOLS 

(These are super basic.) 

01 EXERCISE. 

At least 30 minutes, 4 to 5 times a week. 

Long enough to get your heart rate up. 

TAKE PROBIOTICS. 

02 Your gut bacteria helps you balance 

out and shed the impurities. Constipation and 

imbalances in the gut bacteria can worsen the 

situation, because they lead to the reabsorption of 

estrogen from the gut back into your blood, even 

after your liver has tried to get rid of it. These 

are hugely helpful for just balance in general. And 

they help you rid yourself of toxins. My favorite 

brand is Flora Udo’s Super 8 (what my naturopath 

recommended). 

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TOOL 3: CLEAN UP 

YOUR DIET! 

Stop your intake of refined 

sugars, refined carbs, nonhormone 

free meats and dairy, 

and try to eat organic as often 

as possible. Why? Pesticides 

exacerbate this issue. Alcohol 

counts as sugar! It also prevents 

your body from excreting excess 

estrogen. And if this sounds 

crazy to you – then do it for at 

least the week before you get 

your period. 

Eat organic animal products to 

avoid environmental estrogens 

from hormones and pesticides. 

Cut out caffeine, stop drinking 

alcohol - at least a week before 

you PMS and during your cycle. 

Balance your blood sugar by 

eating protein, and eat more 

omega 3’s. Because we get an 

excess of omegas 6’s in corn 

and everything uses corn oils, 

our bodies are out of whack. 

We need the other omega 3’s – 

specifically EPA and DHA – mostly the EPA. So aim 

to take 1000 mg of EPA a day and 500 of DHA. 

That’s what I take anyway. 

TOOL 4: SUPPLEMENTS! 

Take supplements to help your regular metabolism 

and your hormonal metabolism. This is a link to 

a doctor’s website – Dr. Hyman, no less! Basically, 

that site is where the majority of this research 

comes from, where he lists more supplements. I 

will only list the ones I personally use: 

• EPA and DHA – Omega 3 fatty acids. Make 

sure you’re buying molecularly-distilled. I buy 

the Nordic Naturals Brand, and I take 1,000 

mg of EPA and 500 mg of DHA a day. This is 

also great for depression! 

• Vitex Chastberry, this also helps your cycle 

become more regular, which helps is you’re 

trying to conceive! 

• B6 and B12. All the sources matter so choose 

a good brand that’s organic and not derived 

from a construction site. I recommend 

Garden of Life and Now Naturals. 

TOOL 5: TACKLE YOUR STRESS 

AND ANY DEPRESSION. 

Just like you want to get your body moving, 

you want to release your stress, so things like 

meditation, yoga, breathing, hiking, laughing, 

cooking, nature…do whatever works for you to get 

your balance in mental awareness, back. PMS can 

also aggravate underlying depression so consider 

seeing a therapist and get lots of suns and take 

your fish oil! 

….And because family and friends are the greatest 

casualties of PMS, here are a few ways to warn 

them during and before they are injured. Basically, 

put your symptoms in the box that separates them 

from your personality. 

TOOL 6: COVER IT WITH 

WARNING LABELS! 

If you are in a rage state, make sure to cover it 

somewhere with your warning: also I am super 

cranky! You might want to get out of here because 

I’m super hormonal. Another way to remember 

this is narration about the state you’re in. As best 

you can. 

TOOL 7: SOFTEN THE BLOW. 

Basically, take some pragmatic steps toward 

slowing down your communications. Sometimes 

things come out less intensely if you type them 

(just because you are not using volume), so for 

example, try emailing things when you’re PMSing. 

If you can create a delay for yourself – I 

use Boomerang, this sends my emails out in 10 

minutes or an hour. This means I can edit things I 

know are too mean. Ask yourself when reviewing 

emails: Is this something I can say, tomorrow? 

Alternately you can tell someone else to tell a 

person, for you. Basically, give yourself a buffer of 

any shape or form. 

TOOL 8: THE RATIONAL SCALE 

OF EXTREMITY. 

This is good to use when you’re hyper-emotional 

and can’t literally tell if you should be mad or not. 

Draw a line on a piece of paper. Make notches 

from 1 to 10. Write down the worst thing you 

can imagine that would enrage you at 10, then 

write the mildest thing you can imagine at 1. For 

example, “Giving me a weak handshake.” All the 

way to, “Cheating on me.” When you look at this 

list, where does this thing fall? If it’s below the 

50% mark, you must wait to bring it up til you are 

in a calm state. OR give it at least 12 hours. Write 

everything you want to say in full form, in an email 

and send it to yourself. 

IN CLOSING… 

It is worth changing your diet habits before 

moving on to medical therapies because you are 

less likely to have side effects. I suggest you try 

alternative therapies and try them in combinations 

before you go on any meds – mainly because you 

have to take the meds forever and the results, in 

my humble opinion, are vague at best. Why not try 

something like acupuncture, first? Also suggested 

in my research were homeopathic treatments, 

which I myself, have never tried. But for now, keep 

it simple! Try to eat more fruits, vegetables, and 

whole grains the week before your period. And 

get lots of exercise and rest. Cut down on your 

exposure to toxins of all kinds including herbicides, 

plastics, bleaches and bleached products, solvents, 

etc. And above all, try to let go of the shame and 

guilt – remind yourself you are a good person, 

coming from love and trying your best in the midst 

of a chemical storm. 

I wanted to include links to helpful resources in 

one spot: 

The clue is an app/period tracker that a few ladies 

sent me after the podcast went live. I haven’t 

tried it myself, but it seems rad! Also, a listener 

recommended baths with lavender. 

Smile lovely friends! XOX 

By Sarah May Bates 

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If I could teach you 

only one thing, I would 

choose for you to learn 

how to ride uncertainty 

like a wave. If you can 

learn to ride within the 

power of the wave, to 

allow its energy to propel 

you forward, you 

can tap into a source of 

personal power. 

BECOMING AWARE OF 

YOUR RESISTANCE: 

The Key to Surfing and Surviving the 

Chaos of Today's Uncertain World 

Did you know that you are 

fearless, generous beyond 

thought, gracious, creative, 

able to shape shift your 

des tiny? 

You are! So what is keeping 

you from celebrating 

yourself, from living the bountiful life you deserve 

and can create? 

In looking at the events of the past several years, 

I found a thread, a luminous thread that led me 

through the maze of chal lenges we face today. 

How did the events of our time form into the 

chaos of the world today, as well as the turmoil 

in our own personal lives? As you hold up your 

star shield to the Great Spir it, you see that there 

is a dangerous imbalance of the male and female 

energies on this earth. 

We must balance the 

intellect and mind 

of the male with the 

intuition and emotion of 

the female in order to 

understand how we came 

here from nature and 

what we are made of. If 

not, then maybe we are 

lost. Maybe our evolution as a species will actually 

cease. 

But there is a choice we can make to prevent that 

and achieve a critical balance. I believe it comes 

down to the one lesson that the Sisterhood 

of the Shields taught me over and over: how 

to give up resistance and pick up the shield of 

empowerment. 

The events of this past year, in particular, 

demonstrated the turmoil of uncertainty. We have 

always lived with a sense of in security, and until 

lately, most of us have spent our energy trying to 

ignore it or pretend it doesn't bother us. So how 

do we--as sha mans--learn to make uncertainty our 

ally? How do we let go of our resistance to change, 

our fear of what is different? This has become a 

focus within my Shamanic Mystery School. 

Using energy in a focused, 

conscious way will reduce 

the sense or experience of 

chaotic energy for yourself 

and others around you. 

Chaos is a part of creation, 

and instead of resisting or 

responding in fear, we want 

to shift how we respond to it 

by directing our awareness to 

the beauty and opportunities 

it manifests. 

Dynamic ener gy is given off 

by an act of creation, and 

the energy that comes from 

the chaotic side of creation 

is powerful. It is uneven and 

somewhat like being in an 

earth quake. This dynamic 

energy is un certainty. But it 

is an amazing en ergy once 

we tap into it and ride it like 

a wave. 

The Sisterhood taught me to 

not stand and fight the wave, 

but to throw myself into it. 

Like the dolphins riding the 

surf line, when you relax 

and move with the current, 

you rise to the surface and 

maintain your sense of 

direction. Uncertainty in life 

is like that and we choose 

how to face it. 

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By Lynn Andrews 

As shamans, we learn to see 

the energy between all living 

things - the energy of true 

power. I want you to be aware 

of the truth that energy is 

just energy. It is not good or 

bad, not dark or light, until 

someone or something focuses 

it. Energy itself is pure and unaffected in 

its original state and is incredibly powerful. 

By understanding and refocusing these 

frequencies, you can move into their flow 

and achieve the male/female energy balance. 

You can learn to surf! 

It is your awareness of energy that allows 

you to begin to use it, to tap into its 

power to create the life you desire, to bring 

healing to yourself, your loved ones, the 

planet. Within that awareness, you make a 

shift of consciousness. However, the chaos 

you experience today is the result of your 

resistance to this shift. 

Furthermore, through out much of the world 

now, the economic field of energy is very 

stressed. This stress spills over into almost 

every aspect of your life, as you worry about 

how to support your family, as our countries 

move ever deep er into debt, creating an 

instability that will become the legacy your 

grandchildren inherit. This all results in fear. 

Your inability to create mean ingful changes 

in response causes you to put up walls of 

resistance, to separate from others, to fear 

and distrust those with whom you disagree 

on ways to improve our world. 

So it is essential, now more than ever, that you look at the 

choices you make and why you hold resistance in your body - 

which, in turn, creates a block, literally, within your life force. 

That resistance depletes your energy, sep arates you from Great 

Spirit, creating more chaos in your life and thereby in the world. 

How do you shift away from resistance into 

riding the wave of uncertainty? 

Let me offer a practice using the Sacred 

Wheel of shamanic tradition. 

Find a place where you can be comfortable 

and at peace...whether that is outdoors or 

in your living room. Grab a piece of paper 

or journal and a writing implement. Draw a 

circle around you and sit inside of that circle, 

with your journal at hand. 

First face South, which represents the 

physical part of spirit and the physical aspect 

of the energy. Begin asking the following 

questions, recording your answers in your 

journal: Where do I experience resistance in 

my body-Am I closing my mind to change? 

Am I experiencing illness or physical pain? 

Where do I feel stress? And finally, what 

would I experience if I let that go or opened 

my mind? 

Then face West, which represents the 

emotional aspect. Ask: How am I responding, 

am I reacting? What do I feel? What emotions 

am I experiencing? And then: what emotion 

would allow me to flow with this change? 

Next face North...this is the 

direction of Spirit, the place 

of inspiration and creation. 

The questions to ask here are: 

Am I listening to God? What 

am I resisting in my spirit and 

why? What is God trying to tell 

me? Finally, if I was working 

in concert with God, how would my spirit 

respond to this challenge or change? 

Lastly, turn to the East, the direction that 

rules your mind. Propose these questions: 

Without emotions interfering, what is the 

rational response? What does common sense 

say to do? And then ask: If I was facing this 

choice with a calm and unattached mind, 

how could I best embrace this change? 

If you have gone around the circle once 

and you have not yet released most of the 

resistance, do it one more time. This is like 

peeling an onion...with each turn, a layer 

of resistance will peel away. The chaos will 

subside and-eventually--you'll make friends 

with it. This is where balance is restored. 

It is also where you begin to experience the 

freedom of letting resistance go, feeling the 

flow of energy moving through you again, 

and allowing creativity to bring new choices 

and new opportunities. That unencumbered 

creativity is the great healer that enhances 

your personal power, and is your portal into 

the energy field of a truly fearless, generous, 

purposeful, and bountiful life. 

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is compromised. This increases the production 

of cortisol, explained above, and you fall into a 

vicious cycle of exhaustion due to stress factors. 



This article is going to explore the effects 

that poor/limited sleep has on your body 

and how this can also affect your weight 

loss program and ability to get lean, 

ripped and lose weight. 

Your body weight varies mainly depending on 

how much/little food you eat, but there are also 

many other variables that can have an indirect 

effect on your ability to lose weight and keep it 

off. Recent studies have suggested that the less 

sleep you get, the more your hormones will be 

impacted, significantly affecting how you feel on a 

diet, and how well you stick to that diet. 

BRAIN FUNCTION 

A lack of sleep directly influences your brain 

function by setting it up to make bad decisions. 

Sleep deprivation, or sleep debt, happens when 

you either don’t get enough rest, or a poor night’s 

sleep. When this happens, it dulls the activity in 

your brain’s frontal lobe, which is the area that 

correlates with decision making and impulse 

control. 

Plus, your brain’s reward center becomes 

stimulated. Your tired, overworked body is 

essentially looking for comfort, and you are more 

likely to turn to comfort foods, especially highcarb, 

high-fat snacks. Larger portioned meals are 

also more likely to be chosen by the tired mind. 

and regulates energy. A lack of sleep equals a lack 

of energy causing leptin levels to plummet… this 

sends a signal to your brain to eat more food. 

This makes things allot more difficult for you than 

they need to be when you are following a diet 

routine. While slipping on your diet and snacking 

on a cookie will not make much of a difference to 

your weight loss goals… eating the whole bag will 

make a difference. And when you are under slept, 

you will not only feel a greater urge to snack; but 

you will also have less willpower to be able to stop 

yourself. 

CHANGES IN FAT CELLS 

These hormone changes have a rapid effect on 

your body as well, and it doesn’t take much time 

at all to see and feel the difference. It only takes 

four days of sleep debt for your body to disrupt 

your body’s ability to properly use insulin. Insulin 

is the hormone that allows your body to use the 

energy from food. In fact, insulin sensitivity can 

drop as much as 30% in this time period. 

When insulin is functioning correctly, your fat 

cells function properly as well, and remove 

fatty acids and lipids from your bloodstream to 

prevent fat storage. As you tire, and become 

more insulin resistant, these fatty tissues circulate 

in your blood and store themselves in places like 

your liver- which leads to weight gain and diseases 

like diabetes. 

TIPS FOR A 

BETTER 

NIGHT'S 

REST 

Even the most attentive of 

us can fall into a pattern 

of poor sleep. As seen 

above, it doesn’t take long 

for your body to become 

compromised from a lack 

of rest, resulting in both 

short term and long term health risks. In fact, 

it is estimated that up to one third of adults 

are suffering from sleep debt at any given time, 

meaning they aren’t getting the estimated 7 to 9 

hours of rest needed for a healthy sleep duration. 

And a lack of sleep isn’t only personal, many 

vehicular and industrial accidents are caused each 

year due to operator fatigue. So what can you do 

to help get the shut-eye you need? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you’re still tired despite your best efforts, 

consider your sleep environment. Old or 

poor quality mattresses often can be a 

culprit of discomfort. Replacing a mattress is 

easier than ever. The Sleep Judge provides a 

nice list to start you off. 

Create a bedtime ritual and schedule. If 

you like to read each night before bed, set 

a specific time to sit down before bed. It’s 

important to get the hours you need, so 

setting a reminder or alarm an hour or so 

before bed helps get you in the mindset to 

relax. 

Turn off the television, tablets, and put 

down the phone 60 to 90 minutes before 

sleep each night. All of these devices 

emit blue light, and disrupt your natural 

melatonin levels, another hormone that 

helps regulate your sleep patterns. Blue light 

mimics daylight and tricks your brain into 

wakefulness. 

Save your bedroom for sleep and sex. It 

should be a place of relaxation, not a place 

to work or be entertained by electronics. 

Be mindful of your eating patterns. Heavy 

meals in the evening may cause discomfort, 

and sugar and caffeine can stay in your 

system up to 6 hours, causing you to feel 

more alert. 

Cool off your room. Sleeping cool is a 

healthy choice and allows your body to 

naturally regulate it’s internal temperature 

while you sleep without overheating. And 

it also can support weight loss through the 

support of brown fats. 

HUNGER HORMONES 

Rest is like a meal for your brain, and the average 

adult needs between 7 and 9 hours each night 

to function properly. Without it, the hormones 

that regulate both hunger and fullness are 

compromised and are unable to send the 

messages to the brain to make choices about how 

much food to eat. 

Ghrelin is the hormone that signals your brain 

when it’s time to eat. It picks up on the signals 

produced by the body when an energy source is 

needed for both mental and physical functioning. 

When you are tired, this hormone is created in 

larger quantities as your body struggles to work 

through daily exertion. 

Leptin is another hormone that inhibits hunger 

SABOTAGE GYM TIME 

Lack of sleep is the enemy of muscle, which is a 

big problem (whether we are regularly putting 

in hours at the gym or not). Not only does being 

tired influence bad decisions (like deciding to skip 

the gym), and also create mental and physical 

fatigue for a less effective workout, but it literally 

decreases protein synthesis, which is your body’s 

ability to make muscle. 

Muscles are important to body function because 

they support your skeletal structure, and are 

crucial to breathing, digestion, and proper blood 

flow. This directly influences your metabolism. 

Muscle taxation is affected by your lack of sleep 

and becomes almost impossible to recover 

from since the production of growth hormone 


CONCLUSION 

Even if you aren’t looking to lose weight, your 

poor sleep habits are affecting you even more 

than you know. The less sleep you get, the more 

prone you are to health issues that can severely 

compromise your lifestyle over time. And it 

doesn’t take long to notice a difference in your 

body health when you haven’t gotten the proper 

amount of sleep, especially if you have been on a 

diet and exercise regimen. 

To keep your weight in check or to lose weight, 

make sure to get the proper amount of sleep 

each night. Brain function and physical exhaustion 

are a good indicator that you need to reassess 

your rest habits before more noticeable, longterm 

problems occur. By Ava Mallory 

By Frank Apodaca

Fitness 

& Beauty 

KERATOSIS PILARIS 

HAIR COLOR IN-FLUX 

FOR THIS SUMMER 

5 THINGS YOU SHOULD 

KNOW ABOUT LASIK EYE SURGERY 

PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE 




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KERATOSIS 

PILARIS 

You've probably never heard 

it called by its medical name, 

but chances are you've seen 

someone who has it, or you 

might be someone who suffers 

from this skin condition. Keratosis Pilaris, or 

"chicken skin," is a common skin condition 

that affects nearly fifty to eighty percent 

of adolescents and about forty percent of 

adults. The condition is often mistaken for 

small, red pimples, but they actually look like 

small bumps that are scaly or rough-feeling. 

Overall, it is a simple condition. 

It can be embarrassingly or socially 

damaging for some. Many people are 

ill-informed and automatically assume it 

can be spread from person to person like 

a communicable disease, but that's not 

the case. Unfortunately, most over-thecounter 

treatments and medications won't 

minimize the appearance or do anything 

about the sandpaper-like bumps and make 

your skin appear to be smoother or clear. It 

is always better to consult your doctor or a 

dermatologist for the proper treatment. 

By definition, 

keratosis pilaris 

is when your 

hair follicles 

become 

plugged and 

form roughfeeling 

bumps 

on your skin. Its 

rough texture 

will cover small 

portions of your body, most notably the arms 

and cheeks, or anywhere where hair grows 

on your body. It most commonly occurs in 

adolescence, which in itself can be damaging 

because of social ‘norms' or expectations. 

But, alas, it is a manageable condition that 

involves things like daily moisturizing, gentle 

exfoliating treatments and with the use of 

mild, non-irritating body soaps. 

Anyone who suffers from this condition 

knows that at certain times of the year like 

during the winter months or when the skin 

dries in low-humidity weather, they're more 

susceptible to flare-ups. The dead, dry skin 

causes the pores and hair follicles to clog. 

That, in turn, promotes keratosis pilaris. 

Some promising theories point to a possible 

genetic component to this skin condition. 

For instance, eczema can play a large factor 

in determining whether or not you develop 

keratosis pilaris. If atopic dermatitis, a type of 

eczema, is prevalent in your family, you may 

be more susceptible to developing other skin 

conditions, including keratosis pilaris. 

While there is no known cure for this 

condition, there is good treatment for the 

most annoying symptoms. The treatment 

must be ongoing and usually involve 

conventional types of treatments like 

moisturizing lotions that contain lactic acid, 

urea, glycolic acid, and/or salicylic acid. 

They are keratolytic agents that help to thin 

the skin around the area of inflammation 

or lesions because one of the main 

components of this condition involves the 

growth or development of excess skin over 

the affected area. 

As mentioned, these treatments treat the 

skin condition; they don't cure it. In order 

to be remotely effective, the treatment 

must be used on an ongoing basis in order 

to keep keratosis pilaris at bay. It should be 

noted that, as with 

any treatment 

or medication, 

there are also 

potential 

side effects 

to consider 

and monitor. 

Reactions 

can vary from 

person to person. 

Another treatment involves the use of pulsed 

dye laser targets to help reduce the redness 

that's associated with the skin condition. 

Studies have determined that this therapy 

is safe and effective for the treatment of 

the known 

discoloration, 

but again, it 

doesn't cure 

it or help to 

improve the 

rough, scaly skin 

roughness. 

By Maydelaine Moreno 

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HAIR 

COLOR 

IN-FLUX 

FOR THIS 

SUMMER 

For 2017 the team at Ouidad 

Salon by Chadwick and Igor 

located in Fort Lauderdale, FL 

created a color collection 

that was inspired by 

Goldwell’s In-flux 

theme for Color Zoom 2017. 

Color Zoom is an international 

competition held yearly. 

Top colorists from all over 

the world compete for 1st 

place. This year the show 

will be held in Barcelona 

Spain in early October. The 

team is excited to attend 

and be amongst like-minded 

individuals. This year’s theme is 

IN-FLUX. 

Energy converges. Shapes merge. 

Color morphs. This is beauty IN- 

FLUX. Dark, elegant colors coalesce with 

mysterious iridescence, creating a new 

interplay of colors in the hair. Shape and 

color work seamlessly to create hair fashion 

with no discernible beginning or end. The 

atmospheric mood is reminiscent of deep 

twilight, a constantly changing interplay of 

shadows and radiance. 

Once the collection was released last 

October, Chadwick and Igor’s team had 

approximately six months to put together 

their storyboard and bring their creation 

to life and have it photographed and then 

submitted for entry. The process is long 

and challenging. Model selection, color 

interpretation and placement, models 

wardrobe and make-up all must be carefully 

chosen. The judges are looking at every 

aspect of the final photo. 

“From the very first 

thought to the very 

last minor detail this 

entire project was inspiring 

and rewarding on so many levels. Producing 

images like this show the talent and skill set of 

our team.” Chadwick Pendley, co-owner and 

Master Artistic Educator 

“With this being the first year our team 

competed and produced this level of finished 

work one can only imagine what beautiful 

and creative things will manifest in the years to 

come.” -Krisitine Bunce (Lead Colorist and Director 

of Education of TruStar Salon Services) 

“This collection was a great way to push the 

limits of our team” says Igor Araujo, co-owner 

and Goldwell Technical Artist– “This collection 

showcases dark, elegant colors fused together 

to create an iridescent interplay of colors. All 

of the looks have a dark and moody vibration 

combined with movement and fluidity which 

help to create a great marriage for 

the color and cut.” “The iridescent 

effect is characterized by shaded roots 

and a combination of dynamic, eccentric 

colors on the surface” claims Araujo. 

“I loved being part of the Color Zoom 

competition. Just thinking about it has my 

artistic creativeness flowing. Working on this 

project with our whole team was not only team 

building it was also inspiring to see that everyone 

around me was also giving it their all” (Caroline 

da Silva-Colorist) 

“Entering 2017 Goldwell Color Zoom was the 

most exciting yet challenging thing I've ever 

done. I fell in love with the In-flux collection. 

It forced me to think outside of the box and 

boosted my creativity to the max! I honestly 

can’t wait to go to Barcelona in October and see 

the Influx collection live on stage and then see 

what the inspiration 

for next year’s 

collection is going 

to be!” (Amanda 

Craighead, Stylist) 

By Igor Araujo 

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The Curl Experts Team 

OUIDAD SALON BY CHADWICK AND IGOR 

Igor Araujo 

Lead Colorist and Educator 

Chadwick Pendley 

Co-owner and Master Artistic Educator 

Amanda Craighead 

Stylist 

Krisitine Bunce 

Lead Colorist and Director of 

Education of TruStar Salon Services 

Caroline da Silva 

Colorist 

3530 N. Federal HWY Fort Lauderdale, FL. 33308 • 954.613.0405 

chadwickandigor.com 

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A 

LUXURIOUS 

OPTION 

With more than 

30 years in 

the Italian 

Clothing 

business, 

Sergio C. 

decided to go out on his own and open 

“Condotti”, a fine Italian clothing boutique. 

Since 2008, Condotti has been know for 

its prestige and success in the art of fine 

menswear. 

While Condotti proudly has an extensive 

and unique stock, the true expertise 

and specialty lies in the “Custom Made 

and Made to Measure Program” - all 

meticulously tailored in Italy. This allows 

Condotti’s clientele to order anything they 

desire with the guarantee of a perfect fit, 

superb quality and preferred exclusiveness 

in design and fashion at the highest level. 

The “Custom Made and Made to Measure 

Program” also includes wonderful blouses 

for women from Marol, following the styles 

of gentlemen’s shirts. 

Condotti thrives on being the most 

exclusive, unique, and luxurious option for 

its selective clientele, using only the finest 

of fabrics for shirts, suits, tuxedos, and silk 

ties for all tastes and all sizes.


5 THINGS YOU 

SHOULD 

KNOW ABOUT 

LASIK EYE 

SURGERY 

PRIOR TO THE 

PROCEDURE 

Did you know that according to the 

statistics from the Vision Council 

of America nearly two-thirds of the 

adult population wears prescription 

eyewear? And that 20% of the population uses 

contact lenses? But prescription glasses and 

contact lenses have their own limitations, 

which can be tackled by performing a simple 

LASIK surgery. Here is what you need to 

know about the LASIK procedure before 

undergoing the treatment: 

1. WHAT 

IS LASIK? 

LASIK (Laserassisted 

in-situ 

keratomileusis) is a 

popular type of laser 

corrective surgery that 

is used to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness 

and astigmatism. This is done by reshaping 

the inner layers of the cornea with a highly 

specialized excimer laser. The cornea will be 

treated depending on the type of vision problem, 

to have either a steeper, flatter or more rounded 

curvature. 

2. WHO CAN GET 

LASIK TREATMENT? 

Anyone who wishes to minimize their dependency 

on prescription glasses and lenses can opt for 

LASIK. However to be eligible, the following 

criteria must be met: 

 

 

 

 

The patient must be at least 21 years of age, 

The patient's vision must be stable without a 

significant increase or -decrease in the past 

year, 

The patient's eyes must be free of any 

injuries or damage, 

The patient must not be pregnant or nursing 

Apart from these, people opting for LASIK 

surgeries are gauged on their general health as 

well as other medical requirements such as strong 

tear production and thick corneas. All of which 

can be assessed during a quick consultation with a 

LASIK specialist. 

3. HOW TO 

PREPARE 

FOR LASIK? 

The preparation 

process starts 

with a thorough 

examination of 

the eyes to ensure 

that they are healthy enough to undergo the 

procedure. During this examination, various 

aspects such as the shape of the cornea, 

the moisture content, pupil size as well as 

the presence of any refractive errors will be 

evaluated. Many-a-times, patients are even 

required to undergo a wave front analysis to 

ascertain a precise map of the aberrations that 

affect vision. 

Once the various analytical procedures are 

carried out, the patient must then refrain from 

wearing lenses as they can distort the shape of 

your cornea thereby affecting the measurements 

and surgical outcome. 

To minimize the risk of infections, the use of eye 

make-up, lotions and cream are prohibited. 

And lastly, patients will need to arrange a ride 

to and from the clinic as numbing drops are put 

before the surgery which can lead to blurry vision 

post the LASIK treatment. 

4. WHAT IS THE 

PROCEDURE FOR LASIK? 

First, numbing eye-drops are administered which 

help make the procedure painless. Then, a thin 

flap is created in the cornea and gently folded 

back in order to expose the inner layers of the 

cornea. After which, the laser is aligned and 

locked on to the pupil to carry out the corrective 

procedure. Individualized patterns are then used 

for each patient in order to allow the cornea 

to focus light on the retina in a proper manner. 

After which, the corneal flap is repositioned in 

its previous function on the cornea once it has 

been reshaped and eye drops are put to assist the 

healing process and to prevent infections. 

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5. WHAT 

ARE THE 

BENEFITS 

OF LASIK? 

Getting the LASIK 

procedure done has 

multiple benefits, 

listed as follows: 

It helps correct vision and reduces 

dependence on prescription glasses 

and lenses through a minimally invasive 

procedure 

It reduces the chances of developing vision 

related problems, allergies and infections in 

the future 

It increases your ability to part take in 

various activities and perform job functions 

such as working in defense, acting, athletics 

to name a few. 

It is a long term solution to vision problems 

and turns out to be cost effective in the long 

run. 

It boosts your self confidence and makes you 

feel better about yourself 

So, if you are considering undergoing the LASIK 

procedure, be sure to speak to a professional to 

understand what exactly you are required to do 

pre and post surgery to maximize the benefits 

of LASIK. Also, take the time out to understand 

the procedure, the risks as well as the potential 

outcomes so you can make a well-informed 

decision. After all, these are your eyes we are 

talking about! 

By Aaron Barriga 

34 HEALTHY MAGAZINE

A 

new American Cancer 

Society study conducted 

over the period 

between 1974 and 2013 

looked at over 490,000 people 

over the age of twenty who 

were diagnosed with invasive 

colorectal cancer and found 

that their risk of colon cancer 

quadrupled the risk of them 

developing rectal cancer. 





This alarming study defied the commonly 

accepted notion that risk of colorectal 

cancer generally increased with age, 

especially with regards to young people in 

general. For those over fifty-five years of age, 

the findings showed that the rates generally 

declined for them. 

Millennials, per the dictionary, are defined 

as persons born in the 1980s and 1990s. 

To put it in perspective, someone born in 

1990 would be twenty-seven-years-old now, 

and the likelihood of being diagnosed with 

colorectal cancer sometime in their lifetimeduring 

the primes of their lives-increases day 

by day. The study's authors hypothesize that 

obesity and a sedentary lifestyle along with 

a high fat, low fiber diet may be contributing 

factors. What those physical and dietary 

factors do is "initiate inflammation and 

proliferation in the colonic mucosa" in as 

little as two weeks' time. 

Historically, some risk factors for colorectal 

cancer include a positive family history, 

obesity, inactivity, smoking, a diet "high in red 

and processed meats" and "heavy" alcohol 

consumption increase the risk of developing 

colorectal cancer. Also, increasing risk 

is a history of premalignant polyps and 

having Type II diabetes. Certain hereditary 

syndromes and history of Crohn's disease 

and ulcerative colitis also increase the risk. 

Symptoms of colorectal cancer can include 

rectal bleeding, dark or bloody stools, 

change in bowel habits or a change in the 

caliber of stool, weakness, 

fatigue and/or weight loss. 

Treatments for colorectal 

cancer include surgery, 

radiation, chemotherapy and 

targeted therapies which can 

target specific molecules 

to slow tumor growth or 

decrease the formation of new 

blood vessels. 

If millennials continue to display alarming 

and increasing rates of colorectal cancer 

with some having excellent, well-balanced 

diets and rigorous exercises, that all possible 

causes need to be examined extensively. 

The lack of solid proof leads some medical 

researchers and practitioners to believe 

there might be a correlation between 

a negative attitude, outlook on life, and 

negative emotions may also be key factors. 

Studies have shown that negative emotions 

do have an impact on our physical health, a 

general feeling of malaise or phantom pains. 

Could it be possible that they could also play 

a role in colorectal health? 

Quoting from Chapter 5 "Eli Siegel 

and Aesthetic Realism – Contempt 

Causes Insanity" in The History or New 


Innovations in Modern Medicine in comment 

on the field of Psychosomatics, Mr. Siegel 

notes that "From the psychosomatic point 

of view, it is fairly clear that if the self "hates" 

reality, one of the components of the very 

basis of disease is accepted by it." 

The good news is that increasing awareness 

of this potential for colorectal cancer in 

millennials is leading to consideration of this 

diagnosis in younger patients with rectal 

bleeding, and therefore, earlier testing and 

treatment. 

Further research on the roles of diet, 

exercise and the psychosomatic approach to 

cancer may help shed light on the startling 

rise in millennial colorectal cancer rates. 

By James Okun, MD

Healthy Food 

HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY, 

POWER-PACKED PANTRY 

FOR CLEAN EATING 

MEAT LOAF 

38 

40

HEALTHY FOOD · JULY 2017 

HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY, POWER- 

PACKED PANTRY FOR CLEAN EATING 

Ready to start eating more cleanly but don't know where to start? 

Your pantry! 

It's easy to get overwhelmed at the thought 

of having to "revamp" your entire kitchen to 

start eating cleaner, but it doesn't have to 

be that way. I remember a few years ago, 

feeling the same way... 

wondering how I would ever remember what 

I was supposed to look for, what I needed 

to get rid of and what I could replace it with 

instead. 

So, I am here to make your life a little easier! 

:) 

First of all, you don't have to get rid of 

everything all at once. Yes... it's true, the 

quicker you change the foods you are 

putting in your body, the quicker you will 

start to feel healthier and stronger. But I 

know the reality is healthy food costs money, 

plus you may still have containers that are 

full or almost full, so you may want to wait 

until you run out of something before you 

replace it and that is fine. 

Just don't wait too long! 

Okay, so now that that's out of the way... 

let's talk about what you DO want in 

your pantry. The good news is there is 

pretty much a healthy alternative for 

everything you love and enjoy, so you 

don't have to completely give something 

up in order to eat cleaner. You just have 

to make some adjustments. 

First, let's talk about baking. If you have 

a sweet tooth (like me) but want to 

switch to a healthier gluten free and refined 

sugar free diet, you will most likely have to 

start making most of your goodies at home 

since the market hasn't really caught up yet 

(hopefully soon!). So, here are some basics 

you will want to keep on hand: 

99 

Almond flour 

or meal (my 

favorite!) 

99 

Coconut flour 

99 

Rice flour 

99 

Tapioca flour 

(good for 

thickening 

in soups and 

gravies) 

99 

Baking soda 

99 

Baking powder 

99 

Stevia 

(powdered or 

liquid) 

99 

Coconut 

sugar (great 

substitute for 

brown sugar) 

99 

Coconut 

nectar 

99 

Honey 

99 

Dates 

99 

Agave nectar 

99 

Vanilla extract 

(with no 

alcohol) 

99 

Carob powder 

These flours and natural sweeteners will 

give you everything you need to make some 

amazing gluten-free and sugar-free recipes 

that are much healthier but are still DELISH! 

Just be sure to double check the conversions 

on the package or look them up online, as 

some convert 1-to-1 with regular flour or 

sugar, while others require you to use less 

or more. 

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Now, let's look at some other healthy alternatives you 

will want to keep 9 on 9 hand Quinoa for cooking: 

99 

Coconut aminos 

(instead of soy sauce) 

99 

Apple cider vinegar 

99 

Olive oil 

99 

Coconut oil 

99 

Ghee 

99 

Himalayan sea salt 

99 

Black pepper 

99 

Other spices such as 

cinnamon, turmeric, 

thyme, rosemary, garlic 

and chili powder 

99 

Nutritional yeast 

(instead of cheese) 

99 

Brown rice 

99 

Gluten-free pastas such 

as rice pasta, quinoa 

pasta or black bean 

pasta (my favorite!) 

99 

Black beans 

99 

Chickpeas 

99 

Olives 

99 

Canned fresh-caught 

salmon (great for 

topping salads!) 

But if you're feeling super motivated now (which 

I know you are!), don't stop there! Here are some 

staples to keep on hand in your fridge too: 

99 

Free range brown eggs (for hard boiled eggs) 

99 

Antibiotic free, hormone free turkey or chicken 

breast (gluten free) 

99 

Leafy greens like spinach, arugula or kale 

99 

Lemons 

99 

Limes 

99 

Mushrooms 

99 

Zucchini (another great pasta alternative!) 

99 

Carrots 

99 

Tomatoes (as long as you're not allergic to 

nightshades) 

99 

Red, yellow, orange and green peppers 

99 

Fresh herbs 

99 

Hummus 

99 

Antibiotic and hormone free cheese (if you 

choose to eat dairy) 

99 

Organic butter (if you choose to 

eat dairy) 

And since I still highly recommend a 

smoothie every day for breakfast, you 

can also keep these ingredients on hand 

as well 

99 

Plant-based, no sugar added protein 

powder (like this one from Nuzest) 

99 

Maca powder 

99 

Non-dairy milk like coconut milk, 

almond milk, flaxseed milkor rice 

milk 

99 

Nut butters such 

as almond butter, 

cashew butter or 

walnut butter 

99 

Apples 

99 

Sweet potatoes 

99 

Berries such as 

strawberries and 

blueberries 

99 

Avocados 

99 

Protein bars 

(without added 

And for snacks... 

sugar or artificial 

sweeteners) 

99 

Popcorn 

99 

Nuts such as 

almonds, cashews 

and walnuts 

99 

Pumpkin seeds 

99 

Dark chocolate 

99 

Gluten-free 

crackers 

99 

Gluten-free bread 

And if all of this talk about food has 

made you thirsty... don't forget to 

keep these clean drinks on hand as 

well: 

99 

Decaf or non-caffeinated organic 

teas 

99 

Kombucha 

99 

Drinking vinegar (it actually 

tastes good!) 

99 

Alkaline water 

And there you have it! A super healthy, power-packed pantry 

(and fridge) that will keep you on the right track and more 

importantly, keep your body feeling GREAT! 

Remember, take your time and try different things to find 

out what you like. It will take a little bit of adjusting here and 

there, but I promise you, the results are well worth it! And 

your body will THANK YOU! 

By Jenn Baxter 

39 HEALTHY MAGAZINE

HEALTHY FOOD · JULY 2017 

MEAT 

LOAF 

Here’s a recipe 

for a hearty 

meat loaf that 

is the ultimate 

soul food 

for the meat 

and potato 

lover. I like to serve my meat 

loaf with a plate of fluffy mashed 

potatoes and a colorful medley 

of roasted vegetables. While this 

meat loaf is delicious served hot, 

some say it is even better when 

it is cold. To make a scrumptious 

and satisfying sandwich, slice the 

cold meat loaf into ½ inch slices, 

place on your favorite whole 

grain bread, top with lettuce, 

tomato slices, onions and pickles. 

Feel free to make a lighter and 

more low calorie version by 

substituting ground turkey for 

the ground beef and 2 egg whites 

for the whole egg in the recipe. 

Enjoy! 

INGREDIENTS 

WW 

1 tablespoon canola oil 

WW 

½ red pepper, finely chopped 

WW 

½ yellow pepper, finely 

chopped 

WW 

1 small onion, finely chopped 

WW 

6 garlic cloves, minced 

WW 

1 pound ground beef or 

ground turkey (dark meat) 

WW 

¼ cup teriyaki sauce 

WW 

¼ cup barbecue sauce 

WW 

1 egg, lightly beaten 

WW 

½ teaspoon garlic powder 

WW 

½ teaspoon onion powder 

WW 

½ teaspoon salt 

WW 

freshly ground pepper— 

about 10 grinds 

WW 

½ cup bread crumbs—ok to 

use gluten free 

Before you begin, you will need 

a 13” by 9” baking pan, lined on 

the bottom with aluminum foil. 

Spray the aluminum foil with Pam 

to prevent the meat loaf from 

sticking. 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 

degrees. 

2. Heat the oil in a large 

skillet. Add the red and 

yellow peppers, onion 

and garlic, and sauté 

over medium heat for 5 

to 10 minutes until the 

onions are softened and 

translucent. Allow to 

cool for a few minutes. 

3. Place the ground beef in 

a large bowl and with a 

fork break up into small 

pieces. 

4. Add the sautéed 

peppers, onion and 

garlic, teriyaki sauce, 

barbecue sauce, egg, 

garlic powder, onion 

powder, salt, freshly 

ground pepper and mix 

well. 

5. Add the bread crumbs 

and combine until 

the mixture just holds 

together. You may need 

to add more bread 

crumbs as needed to 

bind the mixture. 

6. Place the meat loaf 

mixture into the 

prepared baking pan, 

shape into an oval of 

approximately 10” by 

3” and place in the 

preheated oven for one 

hour. 

7. If desired, brush on 

some barbecue sauce 

about 10 minutes before 

the meat loaf is done to 

glaze the loaf. 

8. Makes 4 to 6 servings. 

Recipe by Judy Elbaum 

baba_judy 

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6490 Bird Road 


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143 NE 3rd Ave. 


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305.444.3826 

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2475 NW 95th Ave. Unit 8 


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