Body Image, Body Smells, and Appetite Suppressants
Why do we punish ourselves by trying to look so slim? Most people may not be surprised that popular culture promotes body image and self image for women AND men which has sometimes adversely affected the well being of men and women.
What may surprise you is that this is not a new phenomenon.
Is it a modern trend for the wafer thin appearance of models in magazines and papers to seem so attractive to young girls and women as to push them towards anorexia, bulimia, starvation, and malnutrition?
Actually, No.
As early as the 1920s, Western societies promoted the culture of being as slim as possible, causing women to starve themselves in order to achieve having the tiny bosom and tiny waistlines that was all the rage at the time.
The fuller figure did make a comeback during the depression, but once again the thin fashion returned in the 60s, demanding that society equated thinness with beauty.
Your skin is the largest organ of your body (despite what some men may think!). As such, it plays an essential role in the body’s breathing apparatus. Surprisingly, the skin is a very absorbent organ. To make this more believable to you, gently drop some peppermint oil on to the base of your feet. Within 10 to 15 minutes you will taste the peppermint in your mouth. This is the same principal that nicotine patches and HRT patches use in order to get a substance into the bloodstream.
The skin can not only absorb smells, liquids, etc, it can also excrete waste products, and this accounts for us perspiring.
Given the fact that the skin acts like a semi-permeable membrane, you might wonder about the sense in writing labels for various preparations for the skin which states ‘caution, must not be swallowed’ or ‘not for internal use’. Well folks, what you put on the skin does get to the rest of the body system, so be aware of what you readily apply to your skin.
Should you take weight loss products that are designed to curb your appetite? The answer is a resounding NO!
If foods are hard for the body to process, then the body is more likely to convert those foods to fat. If your body needs more fuel, it will make you aware of being hungry. Eating the wrong foods gives you incomplete nutrition and makes you eat more because your body is telling you it needs more vital ingredients. If you eat even less of the same foods you will get even less body nutrition and you don’t want this. Your health will suffer if you just cut back on your poor quality food over a significant period of time. This is why dieticians do not generally recommend the use of weight loss supplements.
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