'How to be a Barbie without Silicon' by Candida International

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"No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office." George Bernard Shaw

What with the beauty industry on the one hand preaching to us how to rid ourselves of the horrors of cellulite, and on the other hand the scientific press sneering at us that cellulite doesn't exist, it's a bit of a challenge to get to the bottom of the issue.

Talking of Barbies, let's not forget the Action Men. If we could lay aside the military glorification and focus on the word Action, it's better than Inaction. 'Inaction Man' doesn't have the same ring to it. The question arises, 'What action?' Contrary to Military-Action-Man, Eco-Action-Man is dedicated to vegetarian cooking and he deplores and condemns the use of guns. Even pretend ones.

So for all those who remain hopelessly vain and desperately want to have a good body, the good news is that eating on the candida diet helps us not only to improve our health but also helps us lose weight (or gain it if we are too thin). Eating whole grains and vegetables is a blessing for those who want to be skinny without being anorexic. However if you want to avoid the 'outrageously skinny syndrome', increase good quality oil, build your muscles with exercise and 'eat wide'.

Diet is not the only thing that can dramatically help us to become more youthful and good-looking. Yoga is also rejuvenating and will help keep you straight-shouldered and agile well into old age.

Rebounding on a quality bouncer is an excellent form of exercise for those wishing to get their energy and looks back.

Tai-chi is particularly good for those who wish to develop gracefulness as well as boosting their immune system.

Do-In is an ancient form of self-massage related to shiatsu and it includes various massages for the face to keep it looking young and healthy. (Read: 'The book of Do-In by Michio Kushi.)

Water therapy is not only enjoyable, it is also a source of rejuvenation.

For natural make-up read the various books on how to make your own beauty products at home ('Natural Health and Body Care').

Aloe vera gel mixed with a few drops of rosehip oil (optional: add a drop of sandalwood essential oil) is excellent for repairing damaged skin.

Spirulina contains not only the elusive vitamin B12, but also gammalinoleic acid which is an excellent hormonal regulator. It is a very good gut cleanser and sweeps away toxins and unhealthy bacteria. It is recommended for women who need to give their hormones a boost without resorting to synthetic hormones.

Did you know that because of the vast amounts of synthetic hormones (the pill and HRT) in women's urine flooding into the environment's water system, some rivers now have up to 50% of their male fish becoming female, and that the number of babies being born with genital deformations is increasing accordingly?

It is also worth observing that eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia and obesity are devastating vast sections of the female population in the 'developed' world. (The percentage of males developing either anorexia or bulimia just a few years ago was 10% but is rising rapidly.) The same study showed that over 150 000 American women die of anorexia each year, statistics that were higher than those dying of AIDS or of those killed in 10 years of war in Beirut. ('The Beauty Myth' by Naomi Wolf)

This is very shocking to most people who may have thought that anorexics and bulimics are just silly little girls trying to get attention and spending too much time thinking about their weight when there are people starving to death in the world. Some people even go so far as to say that if they really are that stupid they don't deserve to live, let them 'starve to death'. Such superficial, ignorant and judgmental attitudes have probably contributed to the death toll.

It's ironic that whilst two thirds of the world starves to death, the other third eats or starves itself to death.

The connection between these two unnecessary, perpetual ongoing massacres is world finance. It is part of the same economic machinery that creates and nourishes war. Television advertising, the cosmetics, fashion, plastic surgery and 'slimming' industries, and women's fashion magazines in general have a lot to answer for. The fact that most fashion models are pressured into becoming dangerously underweight (most models are on average 17% underweight) is a deliberate ploy to harass the millions of women subjected to this incessant bombardment of images into buying products that they don't need and that may well even harm them. If you are ever tempted to go on one of those slimming programmes involving sachets of powder to which you add water to replace meal, be careful, there is more and more evidence to suggest that these products and unnatural methods of weight control provoke anorexia and other eating disorders because they encourage the desire to avoid eating.

'What are the solutions?' we may ask. However, if in the same breath we sigh 'There are no solutions and what do I know about it? There's nothing I can do to change the situation', we will never discover that in fact solutions there are, and in abundance. If we never try to find out about the subject we guarantee that nothing will ever be done about it. If we don't know about it, we can't talk about it to other people. If we can't talk about it, nobody will ever know about it and things will just get worse.

Reading books and informing ourselves especially through the various health freedom organisations, now growing in numbers and in size, is becoming an essential part of protecting the planet's and humanity's survival.

As we overcome our own problems we learn that making others happy is a necessary part of becoming and remaining happy. With more freedom comes more responsibility. If we overcome illness or a life-long struggle with our weight, it is natural to want to share this knowledge with other people.

Finally, making people happy makes you more good-looking so don't be selfish! Just as most athletes are beautiful because of their physical fitness, so stand-up comics attract people with their humour. Also, looking for each person's beauty, whatever they look like, and recognising it, is a way of becoming more beautiful oneself. The more we see beauty in others, the more our own beauty will shine. This is a simple question of how our face looks when we are pleased or displeased. Having a doll's beauty is no protection against looking ugly if we're always sneering or complaining. And even the 'ugliest' person is beautiful when laughing or saying something inspiring.

Recommended reading:

'The Beauty Myth' by Naomi Wolf

 

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mandato da Robin Good il Thursday October 14 2004
aggiornato il Sunday September 24 2006

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