Black hole sun
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brightrosefoxAt lunchtime, noon, it was blistering.
At four-thirty, when my work day ended, I stepped out of the vehemently air-conditioned building, inhaled deeply, and thought, "My gods, it's Phoenix, Arizona with humidity." And I walked. To the Borders bookstore to get my Charlaine Harris Southern Vampire books. To Metro Center, where people crammed onto hot trains. From the Shady Grove station to the bus stop, where I sat with the sun glaring in my face.
I didn't burn.
I was wearing sunscreen, yes. I had anointed myself from the jar of Yerba Mate skin cream from Alphaskincare.com, because it contains kokum butter, mango butter, and especially sea buckthorn oil, all known to help protect from the sun; and on top of that I had Olay's Complete Multi-Radiance UV lotion, with zinc oxide.
I should have gotten a little red. My nose, yes, got slightly red. But that's it.
The sun stung my eyes and my skin stayed calm.
When I got home after walking the ten minutes from the bus stop, I took MSM, an anti-inflammatory, and some antioxidants -- alpha lipoic acid, pomegranate juice, blueberries, Triphala.
*pauses*
Perhaps it's the antioxidants and the MSM. From the inside out. Silly theory. I also have not been spending much time out in the sun. Only when I have to, for lunch or to walk home or to a bus stop. Skin needs a little sunlight -- but not hours and hours of baking.
I would like to start researching the protective, preventative, healing effects of ingested antioxidants and anti-inflammatory supplements, especially when it comes to protecting the skin from environmental damage. And I want to include theories that adding topical antioxidant protection strengthens the effects.
My mother has not needed a new eyeglasses prescription in six years. Her eyes have not worsened. When the doctor, amazed, asked her what she had been doing, she smiled and said, "I take a lot of antioxidants."
I know people in their forties who eat a diet very rich in colorful foods, lots of anti-oxidants, some of them with fair skin and hair, blue eyes. They don't tan, but they do not burn so much. They do not get sick very often. I met a woman who had beaten breast cancer with just dietary and lifestyle changes and supplements. She took royal jelly every day. Her eyes were bright and shining, her skin glowing, looking like a thirty-year-old model instead of forty-seven.
That made me smile. It is rare that one can beat an illness such as cancer without drugs or chemicals, but I am always proud of those who do.
I think I am getting used to this light bronze glow now. I am usually Snow White in bluejeans.
At four-thirty, when my work day ended, I stepped out of the vehemently air-conditioned building, inhaled deeply, and thought, "My gods, it's Phoenix, Arizona with humidity." And I walked. To the Borders bookstore to get my Charlaine Harris Southern Vampire books. To Metro Center, where people crammed onto hot trains. From the Shady Grove station to the bus stop, where I sat with the sun glaring in my face.
I didn't burn.
I was wearing sunscreen, yes. I had anointed myself from the jar of Yerba Mate skin cream from Alphaskincare.com, because it contains kokum butter, mango butter, and especially sea buckthorn oil, all known to help protect from the sun; and on top of that I had Olay's Complete Multi-Radiance UV lotion, with zinc oxide.
I should have gotten a little red. My nose, yes, got slightly red. But that's it.
The sun stung my eyes and my skin stayed calm.
When I got home after walking the ten minutes from the bus stop, I took MSM, an anti-inflammatory, and some antioxidants -- alpha lipoic acid, pomegranate juice, blueberries, Triphala.
*pauses*
Perhaps it's the antioxidants and the MSM. From the inside out. Silly theory. I also have not been spending much time out in the sun. Only when I have to, for lunch or to walk home or to a bus stop. Skin needs a little sunlight -- but not hours and hours of baking.
I would like to start researching the protective, preventative, healing effects of ingested antioxidants and anti-inflammatory supplements, especially when it comes to protecting the skin from environmental damage. And I want to include theories that adding topical antioxidant protection strengthens the effects.
My mother has not needed a new eyeglasses prescription in six years. Her eyes have not worsened. When the doctor, amazed, asked her what she had been doing, she smiled and said, "I take a lot of antioxidants."
I know people in their forties who eat a diet very rich in colorful foods, lots of anti-oxidants, some of them with fair skin and hair, blue eyes. They don't tan, but they do not burn so much. They do not get sick very often. I met a woman who had beaten breast cancer with just dietary and lifestyle changes and supplements. She took royal jelly every day. Her eyes were bright and shining, her skin glowing, looking like a thirty-year-old model instead of forty-seven.
That made me smile. It is rare that one can beat an illness such as cancer without drugs or chemicals, but I am always proud of those who do.
I think I am getting used to this light bronze glow now. I am usually Snow White in bluejeans.
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Date: 2005-07-21 02:54 am (UTC)Eric
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Date: 2005-07-21 05:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-23 06:10 pm (UTC)BTW I have another shippment of Triphala coming in, if you would like, let me know how much you want and I can reserve some for you.
Eric