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The Mediterranean Diet Defined The Mediterranean diet features a high intake of monounsaturated fatty acids from olive oil, a high intake of fruit, vegetables, beans, nuts, cereals and fish, a moderate intake of alcohol and dairy products, and a low intake of red meat. Overall, the diet provides a total fat content of 25% to 35%, with an unusually low intake of saturated fat that accounts for 8% or less of energy intake . Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes – May Be Reduced With Mediterranean Diet This way of eating was previously found to lower the risk...

Joint Cream With MSM Was Made A National Sensation By Daily Mail In the mid 1990’s Katie May of Yin Yang Skincare produced her first run of skin cream containing MSM.  Katie had learned that MSM was accumulating a reputation for benefitting the skin because of its high sulphur content – around 34%. But a surprising thing happened: users of the cream with symptoms of osteo-arthritis began to report a reduction in joint discomfort and improved joint mobility after having applied the product to skin around the joints. Most surprising of all was the case of female friend of Katie’s who suffered arthritis in her fingers: after using the cream to treat...

Raunchy Red Lipstick It might yet be sunny and warm – but let’s not kid ourselves, summer is definitely last season. Still there are compensations, for no matter what the winter eventually throws at us, right now and for the next eleven weeks - girls it’s Party Time. This is not the season to take up yoga or to suddenly develop an interest in Victorian Water Colours, instead you need to look out that reliable “little black dress”, buy a new RED lipstick, the raunchiest red available to really light up that mistletoe, and invest – (yes invest) – in...

Medicinal Herbs Now, as the Autumn progresses, anyone who brushes a Stinging Nettle will feel a sharp burning sensation across any exposed skin, the result of formic acid released from the hair like spines that cover the stalks and leaves of the plant. At the end of the British Summer and early in the Autumn, the Stinging Nettle [Urtica Diocia] is at its most spiteful – which makes it an unwelcome plant in the garden or along footpaths. The botanical name tells us much about this ubiquitous weed or, depending on your point of view, useful herb: Urtica deriving from...

Yin Yang Skincare Clinic – The Nutri Centre, 7 Park Crescent London W1, Thursday 15th October Yin Yang Skincare will be holding a Skincare Clinic at The Nutri Centre 7 Park Crescent, London W1B 1PF, Thursday 15th October.  We are taking bookings from 09.30 hrs through to 19.00hrs. Monica Savage will be the senior attending Yin Yang Consultant.  To book a consultation and treatment with Monica please call Katie May on 01 99 38 22 800 or email katie.may@yinyangskincare.co.uk Monica Savage – Senior Yin Yang Skincare Consultant Monica nurses within the NHS and has developed a number of specialist fields within the...