10 Ways to Moisturize Winter Skin
Nothing dries out your skin like cold weather, but here are a few things you can do. One is to turn down the thermostat because heat, whether is it electric, hot air, steam, or hot-water heat… will dry your skin. Does it feel like you are pouring on gallons of skin cream and you can […]
Hashimoto’s Is Not Stopping Jen!
Hashimoto Thyroiditis is Not Stopping Jen! One of my best friends, Jen, who has known me since we cruised the night clubs together many years ago, also has Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. If you don’t already know, I have been battling Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a debilitating autoimmune disease, for ten years now and have written a book, Hashimoto’s […]
The Skinny on Skin! by Terry Ryan
They have been warning us for years…the skin police. Don’t go outside without SPF50 on your skin. Blah, blah, blah. Where were they when I was pouring iodine into the baby oil and slathering it on my body to enhance the perfect burn? Nowhere, that’s were they were. Now I look at the skin of […]
Is Vitamin D Really Important? by Terry Ryan
Is vitamin D really Important? You bet it is! What is vitamin D? Vitamin D is one of the many fat-soluble vitamins important to the body. This vitamin however, is more than just a vitamin and in the body acts more like a steroid hormone. This hormone affects over 2000 genes and is found in […]
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Yes, that’s a mouthful. I told someone I had that once and they burst out loud laughing. I guess they found the name funny. It wasn’t funny to me or to anyone who has been diagnosed with HT but unfortunately that is what I have. What is it? It is an autoimmune disease […]