| Alternatives to B -Complex vitamin supplements
AGE HAS COMPELLED ME TO LOOK more into vitamin supplements that not only make people look younger but feel and think younger. Thanks to the PowerBooks sale this August, I was able to buy books that dealt with my greatest concerns: brain-boosting supplements for better memory and for greater alertness so that I can think fast on certain situations; vitamins for detoxifying the body system to boost immunity and fend off diseases; and supplements for womens health concerns such as menopause, pregnancy and cardiovascular health. There were several supplements that kept popping up on different books and that seemed to apply to the complications of aging, but what stood out the most were B-complex vitamins. They seemed like the answer to my prayers as their combination helps one obtain good skin, hair, nails and vision, as well as prepares one for pregnancy, aids in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, enhances immunity, makes one smarter, improves the memory, helps ease menopause, boosts ones energy, etc.
'Our local produce is second to none'
So this enterprise is really the perfect blend -- the ideal vehicle for demonstrating just why our local produce is second to none." Last December Van Bommel -- Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Steve Peters' former executive assistant (1999-2003) and the Ontario Minister of Agriculture's chief of staff (2003-2005) -- got the proverbial ball rolling with new business partners Helen LeFrank of Elgin Community Futures and Melvin Earle Wilson (the restaurant's M.E.), then the executive chef of the Kettle Creek Inn. In the remarkably short span of five months, massive renovations to the 295 Bridge St. structure in the heart of the beach community's downtown core were completed, the aforementioned flags were flying and on May 15 -- the day after Mother's Day -- an eatery paying homage to all things local was born.
Grill talk: Barbecue expert tackles our burning questions
With five bestselling cookbooks in as many years, a public television show and a school devoted to cooking over fire, Steven Raichlen has made his name synonymous with barbecue. He's the guy in the denim shirt and dark glasses smiling on the covers of books and sharing his grilling secrets on Saturday morning TV. He introducedAmericans to beer-can chicken -- in which the bird is roasted atop an open can of beer -- and taught them how to grill with indirect heat. Recently, Raichlen brought his bright-yellow barbecue bus to the Mercury News as part of the national book tour for ``BBQ USA.'' Although the rest of the nation is starting to put grills away for the season, we Californians still have months of good barbecue weather ahead. In a little over an hour, the author turned out zesty chicken wings -- cooked indirectly with coals piled on either side of a large foil drip pan -- on a charcoal grill, as well as corn, artichokes and peach kebabs on a gas grill.
INSIDE OUT Rejuvenate your skin
THE largest organ in the human body probably receives more punishment than any other part. Its job is to insulate and protect, as well as give the body its appealing package. Can you imagine yourself without your skin? We would die without it. So lets learn how we can improve, even rejuvenate, it. Here are some helpful ideas from the Philippine Dermatological Society (PDS): Basic truths Eos. Oxygen to regenerate and rejuvenate skin has been around for over a century. The application of oxygen to the skin reverses aging almost instantly. A clinic called Eos (after the Greek goddess of air) in Laguna designed the EO2S rejuvenation oxygen therapy. Some 300 million years ago the atmosphere was 21-percent oxygen. Today, the oxygen content of the air is 18 percent.
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