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Weight Loss
Toronto, January 2010. by Ange Kanavas. Many clinics offer success stories on weight loss but do they offer the speedy results that you get at Agate? Would you like to know how? Read on...
Lipocell Evo under the non surgical liposuction protocol Breaks up fat nodules with Lipomassage, melts them down with ultra sound and eliminates by lymphatic drain.
The Ideal protein on the other hand works on ketoses and Insulin; speeding up the metabolic function.
Combine the two and you get the fastest weight loss system ever! Expect to lose a minimum of 3- 4 pounds every week and 2 inches from all over. Now that you are losing this weight, LipoCell Evo with 22 different protocols will contour your body and reshape the NEW YOU.
Let’s remember that when losing weight, Toxins trapped in the fat cells are now released. Eliminate them quickly with the use of the Ionic foot detox. This detox helps with joint pains and edema, boosts the immune system, reduces inflammation, Inactivates viruses, fungus, bacteria and yeast, helps with sore throats, acneic skin and post surgery recovery. It helps restore the overall Health and so much more.
Agate Well Being Centres For Men And Women The Portal To Healing And Beauty Is Celebrating The Grand Opening On 9 9 9
Toronto, September 2009. Ange Kanavas owner of the New Agate Well Being Centre in Etobicoke; and La Maquette Restaurant has finally fulfilled her dream in helping people in Healing.
She is using the inside out approach with proper diet, detox and thought pattern. Vibrant Health is achieved and radiating Beauty and glow is the outcome. Free Consultations are offered for the non invasive /non surgical Liposuction By Starbene’ s LipoCell Evo; using ultra sonic waves to break down and melt the fat in conjunction with negative pressure and Microcurrents, clients see anywhere from 1- 3 inches difference every time.
For men a specific protocol is offered that targets the belly fat that’s the danger for heart attacks and strokes; The ABPeel is using Radiofrequency for the facial lifting and tightening of the skin.
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Dr.Brian Zidel MD is bringing the Botox and Juvederm team to Agate for the clients that are looking for that quick, fresh and rested look.
Other treatments offered at Agate are: Reflexology, Deep Muscle Therapy, Registered Massage Therapist, Meditation, Reiki, crystal clearing and balancing of chakras; All Facial lifting, AFA CLAY PEELS and all about Nails and feet including the Ionic Foot Spa. From 999 to 12-9-09 you are invited to experience Free Anti-ageing Eye Treatments by Cell Cosmet cosmoceuticals, Facial lifts, and chair massage.
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Scanning your Health by Ayurvedic Pulse Examination
Author: Dr Mukesh D JainIf any Ayurvedic doctor, just by touching your wrist, reels off about your chronic pain or abnormalities in blood sugar and digestion or heart murmurs or kidney failure or peptic ulcer ... all without prior knowledge, do not attribute any extra-sensory perception or amazing occult power to him. It is just an interpretation of a profound theory, the nadi entity.!
According to Ayurveda, every cell in our body sends its own unique signal to the heart via different vital organs, and the blood stream. These pranic currents of energy are then compressed into rhythmic pulsation, which can be decoded to reveal what is going on in the liver or the kidneys, the left ventricle of the heart or the right fallopian tube. One electro-magnetic wave is all it takes to telecast an entire scene; likewise, our constitution has devised out how to convey the entire body's activities through the pulse or Nadi.
It is customary to examine radial pulse at the root of thumb of the right hand in case of males and of the left hand in case of females. Arterial pulsation is representive of the heart beat, which is the seat of mind and emotions. During pulse examination, the patient should be lying flat on the bed or should be half inclined with the support of a pillow or backrest.
Following steps are suggested:-
(1) Stretch the arm properly and the hand should be kept in slightly flexed position.
(2) Simultaneously the fingers including the thumb should be in a stretched position.
(3) You should examine the pulse by the help of your right hand. Your three fingers viz. the index, the middle and the ring finger are used as a tool for the nadi pariksha. These fingers are kept over the radial pulse, the index finger remaining near the thumb of the patient.
(4) Apply gentle but uniform pressure through the tips of these fingers over the radial artery so that its pulsation may be felt. One has to put pressure and release it repeatedly to assess correctly the exact finger on which the pulsation is maximum.
(5) If the maximum pulsation is felt over the index finger then the Vata dosha is dominated in the pathophysiology of the patient. Feeling in middle finger indicates the Pitta dosha while in ring finger indicates the Kaphic pathophysiology in the body of the patient.
Normally the pulse is neither very slow nor very fast. It is appropriate in volume and tension and thus regular. When Vata dosha is dominated in the patho-physiology, the pulsation becomes zig-zag fashion like movement of leech or snake. In case of Pitta dosha the nadi has jumping waves and its pulsation is felt like a movement of frog. In case of Kapha the motion is slow like the movement of swan. When nadi is afflicted by two doshas it is intermittently fast and slow. When all the three doshas are involved, the pulse becomes irregular.
When pathophysiology involve vata & pitta dosha, the nature of arterial pulsation is zig-zag and jumping type. The vata-kapha nadi is zig-zag and slow. The pitta-kapha nadi is zig-zag and slow. Doshic pulse has specific correlation with hemodynamic factors of the patients. They also possess the diurenal rhythm for example evening time nadi is more charactrised by Vata dosha, Pitta is more prominent in the noon. In a clinical study, Kazvo Kodama and his colleagues have correlated increased Vata dosha with increased peripheral vascular resistance, increased Pitta with decreased peripheral vascular resistance and increased Kapha with lowering of pulse rate and increased peripheral vascular resistance. It is now possible the interpretation of Vata-Pitta-Kapha manifestation in terms of pulse rate, rhythm, volume, tension and condition of arterial wall with optically and electronically recorded tracings.
CHARACTERISTIC AYURVEDIC PULSE
An imperceptible or interrupted nadi is a fatal sign. In fever the nadi is rapid and warm. Similarly the nadi is also rapid when one is excited with anger or sex. It may be weak in case of anxiety, depression and fear. With loss of appetite and poor nutrition, the nadi becomes slow. It is light and rapid when the appetite is good. You can learn this unique investigation with experts of Sanjivani Wellness Organisation or Ayush Academy of Ayurvedic Medical Sciences, India.
References:
(1) Charak Sutra 9:4
(2) Astanga Hridaya Sutra 1:20, 13:25
(3) Charak Sutra 1:54, 11:42, 11:43
(4) Sushruta Sutra 15:32, 21:36
(5) Charak Vimana 4:12
(6) Bhava Prakash, Purvadha 1:7; 11-20.
(7) Kazuo Kodama et al : Visualization & Quantitative analysis of Pulse diagnosis of Ayurveda, Purna Swasthya, Souvenir of 4th World Congress Holistic Approach: Health for All, Bangalore,India 1991.
(8) Upadhyay GV : The Science of Pulse Examination in Ayurveda. Satguru Publications, Indian Book Centre, 40/5 Shaktinagar, New Delhi, India
(9) Jain Mukesh D. : Pulse Diadnosis in Ayurveda; In Fight & Win Ailments of Modern Era with Ayurvedic Treatment. 2008 The Ayush Samiti Bhilai, India
Hon. President of AYUSH Academy of Ayurvedic Medical Sciences & Fellow of French Association of Medical Yoga. Double graduated in Basic Sciences, Ayurveda with Modern Medicine and Surgery both from Sagar & Ravi Shanker Universities. A teacher, researcher, an author of two scientific books on Ayurveda & Yoga; On editorial board of several journals including Global Ayurveda & Light on Ayurveda Journal. Currently head of Panch Karma Clinic on Neuro-Muscular Diseases in Bhilai. See Profile at http://openlibrary.org/a/OL4097418A
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Ultrasound helping people to eliminate fat areas without surgery
At Agate we use our Lipocell Evo to help customers to model their bodies. Our treatments are Non Invasive and we help people to reduce 4 to 7 inches in 3 to 5 sessions. ABC has showcase this kind of technology in their article "New Way to Blast Fat Without Surgery Looks Promising"which you can read by clicking here
You should avoid Plastic Surgery when possible.
We are Agate practice Non Surgical and Non Invasive treatments to help our customers deal with:
- Weight Management (reduce inches and non surgical liposuction)
- Face Lifting
- Body Sculpting
- Cellulite treatments
A Light for each need Starlight by Starbene®
Starbene has developed Starlight®, a device for Intense Pulsed Light treatments with exclusive interchangeable filters that offers quickness, effectiveness and comfort.
The principle applied by this equipment is Intense Pulsed Light, a method of polychromatic Light emission. This visible and diffuse light has a wide spectrum and is used in Aesthetic Medicine to treat diverse vascular and cutaneous disorders. Starlight® improves this technology power to its fullest by incorporating interchangeable filters.
It is applied on treatments such as Definitive Depilation, Photorejuvenation and Rosacea with excellent results seen from the very first session due to the existence of a filter for each need.
This equipment multiple applications act at different levels of deepness achieving effectiveness on the treatments described bellow:
Definitive Depilation: It involves progressive reduction of hair growth in the treated areas. Intense Pulsed Light released by® is absorbed by the hair melanin, increasing its temperature and inducing heat to the hair root. Starlight
Photorejuvenation: It is a therapy that acts on the epidermis and dermis improving collagen layer, reducing wrinkles, dyschromias and vascular disorders (Rosacea) which have not been eliminated through other treatments until now. Photorejuvenation acts on all disorders of aged skin and eliminates spots, photocoagulates capillaries and attenuates small wrinkles.
Rosacea and other treatments
It is a chronic disease of unknown cause that affects the face skin and is associated to hereditary, environmental and infectious factors.
Intense Pulsed Light is the best therapeutic choice to treat all injuries produced by vasodilation since it achieves erythema reduction (redness) through photocoagulation of dilated skin vessels.
Visit Aesthetics Solutions web page www.aesthetic-solutions.biz/ipl-hair-removal.aspx to know further information about this device.
Aesthetic Solutions is the exclusive distributor for Canada of Starbene Electromedicine and Aesthetics Equipment.
Agate Well Beign Centres uses the latest technology supplied by Aesthetics Solutions.
What kind of food should you be eating?
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Beauty and limits
Aesthetics and age have created a mixture these days that seems to have no visible limits. It covers younger generations and extends to adult persons.
Articles on aesthetics and age are frequently published since people are worried about passing of time and aging signs. As a consequence, there are lots of texts with formulas, treatments and care that help people to fight against aging or, even better, to prevent it.
On the opposite side, it is perceived a tendency among young people towards venturing into the Aesthetic World at an increasingly younger age but, in fact, to acquire products or services which are not related to age.
Weeks ago, Media published pictures of an 11-years-old model. This settled a controversy over her age considering that she is still under child development experiencing totally unstable biological and emotional conditions.
Further to the industry information, this profession involves huge exposure to the Media, night events and long journeys during production campaigns. Besides, models may find themselves with few hours to study or keep relationships with people of the same age. Consequently, this profession demands strict behavior from the model herself and the closest persons who love and influence her.
Further to statistics, the number of youngsters undergoing plastic surgeries has increased significantly. Consequently, there are professionals who do not advise to choose these surgeries because of the “effects” which could arise as a result of the persons´ lack of psychological and physical “maturity”. Many parents already had to grant breast aesthetic surgeries instead of the traditional Disney trips to their 15-years-old daughters.
When kids are born with special gifts, their parents’ role is crucial to find a balance between their kids´ professional and personal development and to continue struggling for their children’s interests. Experts assure that if parents expose their kids to certain risks, they could create adults with serious problems and deprive them of enjoying their childhood, the most innocent and purest stage of life.
In front of this situation, several questions are opened to debate: Can a child be properly educated when he/she works several hours a day? Would he/she enjoy perfect health under the strict aesthetic market conditions? Would he/she feel complete in their spare time? Is he/she happy feeling that their rhythm is totally different from their mates?
Basic tips to be splendid this summer
With the beginning of summer, there is an increase in inquires of patients with cellulite, stretch marks and flabbiness problems which do not fix the ideal beauty image that the modern woman wants. These problems restrain women from seeing themselves beautiful and healthy.
Although the ideal thing is to develop a plan during the whole year round, yet it is not late to carry out procedures that improve the corporal skin aspect.
It is important to take into account that cellulite, or correctly called PEFE (edematous fibrosclerotic panniculopathy), is not a synonym for overweight since everyday we observe cellulite in both slim and obese patients.
The cellulite origin lies in a degenerating process based on a metabolic alteration. Interstitial liquid (jelly-like liquid that surrounds cells such as adiposites) and all its components are affected since blood circulation slows down accumulating debris and toxins. Consequently, tissues nutrition becomes insufficient producing inflammation, formation of nodules and fibrosis that strain or retract the skin. As a result, typical dimples are observed in the most advanced stages (orange or quilted skin).
Tips to reduce PEFE:
Adopt food habits consisting in a balanced diet that guarantees a correct contribution of nutrients.
- Suspend those toxic habits that accentuate cellulite (tobacco, alcohol and coffee).
- Perform aerobic physical activity at least three times a week.
- Slightly invasive aesthetic treatments:
- Messotherapy (5-10 sessions every seven days)
- Electroporation (10 sessions that can be alternated with messotherapy sessions)
- Manual or bioelectrical lymphatic drainage
- Vacum-Dermo-Movilization®
- Toning with Electrostimulation to eliminate muscular flabbiness
- Skin toning with Radiofrequency
This aesthetic protocol goal is to improve the patient's physical aspect by increasing blood perfusion, PEFE's main cause, at peripheral level and to revitalize the skin. This way, the patient will gain a lasting and youthful aspect and feel comfortable with his/her body anywhere.
Practical tip to look a youthful skin this summer:
Facial cleansing with cleansing gel or lotion in the morning and at night plus application of Factor 50+ solar protection everyday. We must be aware that the skin does not forget. The best way to take care of it is to use solar protection and to be exposed to the sun during recommended hours in order to avoid early wrinkles and aged skin aspect.
Dr. Emanuel Benedetto
2007-12-06
Andropause: Changes that are of interest to couples
It is evident that Andropause is a topic of great interest to men and women since it brings about changes that may affect the couple, such as libido reduction, sexual impotence and changes in corporal aesthetics.
Andropause is a term that was coined to match the physiological phenomenon that women experience, called menopause. It entails many sudden organic changes in men and their humor.
What these processes have in common is the decline of sexual hormones that causes these changes. Nevertheless, both processes are completely different. Although reduction is gradual and progressive in both men and women, reduction lasts a period of time that varies from 5 to 10 years in women, while reproductive capacity is kept up to their old age in men.
Ovaries produce feminine sexual hormones (estradiol and progesterone), whereas testicles produce masculine sexual hormones (testosterone). As hormonal functions decline, women experience climacteric (step that precedes menopause). In men, even though their hormonal functions start to decline, their reproductive function remains the same with a slow, gradual and progressive reduction.
Men's sexual activity is not determined by regular periods as women's, being able to beget up to over 70 years old, depending on each case.
Men's inquiries regarding disorders associated to testosterone fall, depression, insomnia, humor disorders, muscular activity decrease, among others. Specialists coincide that these inquiries are increasing.
According to pharmaceutical industry sources, the ammount of money spent in testosterone gels and injections is increased rapidly.
In men, testoterone fall is gradual and, in many cases, it is even imperceptible. When men are 50 years old, only 10% of them experience symptoms regarding such fall, when they are 70, the percentage increases to 30%.
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weblog.maimonides.edu
Mesotherapy & Electroporation: Differences and Similarities
The Aesthetical Medical Industry has perfected the procedures to introduce substances into the body. Today, Mesotherapy and Electroporation are the most popular techniques.
Mesotherapy is a medical technique highly used in the treatment of diverse affections. It can be found frequently in the aesthetic field in which it is applied to fight the symptoms of cellulite and localized fat, among others. This technique consists in the application of shots with several therapeutic objectives, and is carried out by a Medical Specialist. These shots are applied at different levels of depth introducing small doses of medicine. By means of special devices that are capable of dosifying the exact quantity, the product is administered with a very thin needle. These applications are almost painless but, in some cases, there has been registered a slight painful sensation during the session and minutes after it. Results are very good depending directly on the quality of the product used. Some patients have manifested pain during the application of Mesotherapy, and some others suffered from skin irritation and hematomes due to a bad application of this technique. It's worth mentioning that there are people that are not medical professionals who are not properly trained carrying out this type of medical procedures of invasive nature. Electroporation, on the other hand, produces the introduction of specific substances to deep skin layers, generating faster effects than the rendered by other therapies. This technique does not cause pain or hematomes. Its mechanism of action is capable of potentiating the membrane's permeability. The fundamental features of Electroporation is that it is a non-invasive and painless method, that does not produce burns and not use needless. It is an innovative technique for the introduction of substances into the tissues that can also be applied by physiotherapists. This therapy eases the treatments for cellulite, localized fat, flabbiness, hydration, facial rejuvenation, etc. And, several products can be applied, even those for Mesotherapy. The increment of the skin's permeability is produced as a consequence of the temporary alteration of the tissue at a cellular and intercellular membrane level. The formation of the called “pores” is what differentiates this therapeutical technique from conventional iontophoresis. Some Firms commercialize Electroporation as “Virtual Mesotherapy”; this is why, it is of utmost importance to know the characteristics of both techniques to establish differences and similarities between them.
Sibela Gonzalez, Medical Specialist in Dermatology Responsible for Starbene's Academic Training Depa
2007-08-10