| Well-being in a bottle
You dont usually associate intelligence with skincare. Then again, Aesop isnt your usual beauty label. SYIDA LIZTA AMIRUL IHSAN takes a closer look at this clever Melbourne brand.
YOU need more than an ounce of intelligence to appreciate Aesop because here is a label which doesnt advertise, have pretty packaging or link itself to a famous face. In fact, aside from its eye cream, none of its product comes in a box. This skincare label is only concerned about the botanicals that goes into its amber brown glass bottles. If you cannot see past this striped sticker on my body to get to the ingredients inside, the Aesop bottle seems to say, then its your loss. There is undisputed confidence in Aesop, and for a good reason. The brand started in 1987, when its founder, Dennis Paphitis, ran a hair salon.
Healthy Eating by Nancy Berkoff
Spinach adds life to salads and side dishes. Spinach was a Spanish secret for many years. This deep green mystery is thought to have originated in Persia and was brought to Spain by the Moors. Eventually, the news — and the leaves — spread throughout Europe and became very popular.
Catherine de Medici, of Italian royalty fame, liked spinach so much that when she went to marry the king of France she brought cooks from her native Florence to prepare her favorite green veggie. To this day, dishes garnished with spinach are called "a la florentine."
Treat yourself just like royalty and procure some fresh spinach. You can select from good oldfashioned spinach, which is fully mature and has broad leaves, baby spinach or bagged spinach, which is usually cleaned and washed.
9 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR SALAD.. SUPER
Here's our guide to the best salad superfoods. You'll soon be throwing pomegranate seeds and red cabbage in with your lettuce leaves for those extra health-boosting goodies. 1 CHERRY TOMATOES These juicy bites will do much more than refresh your taste buds. Tomatoes are packed with a red substance called lycopene, which can reduce the risk of prostate cancer by up to 35 per cent. Further studies suggest that they also help prevent breast, bowel and pancreatic cancer as well as heart disease. Try... eating with heart-healthy fats such as avocado, olive oil or nuts, which aid absorption of lycopene. 2 LEAFY GREENS .
Healthy Snack Menu May Help Low-income Children Consume More Fruit ...
04/09/06 School lunches and vending machines aren't the only places to look for ways to improve students' nutrition. Modest changes in the kinds of snacks offered at after-school programs can also have a significant positive impact on children's diets, UC Davis researchers report in the September 2006 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
The study suggests that a healthy snack menu in an after-school program can help low-income children -- those at highest risk of obesity -- consume more fruit and less saturated fat, said lead author Diana Cassady, an assistant professor of public health sciences at UC Davis.
"Even though school food programs have very limited budgets, this study suggests that with leadership and a little bit of political will, food service for kids really can be improved," Cassady said.
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