Category Archives: general health tips for skin

Sunburn management

  By opticals | April 12, 2012 - 6:23 am | beau, Blog, general health tips for skin, health, health queen, healthy skin, irritable, kids, natural, patrick, s, sam beau patrick, sunburn, the health queen
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Have you been sunburnt before?

Many of us have and it can happen quick and can leave you sore for days (especially behind your knees)! Ouch!

It’s best to avoid LONG Exposure in the sun. I am a big fan of some sun light (even in the middle of the day) as it gives you valuable Vit D, but prolonged exposure just leads to sun burn and skin cell changes.

This is for those people who get too much sun and end up sunburnt…

This is a short clip on how to manage it:

The main things you need to pay attention to are:

1. Hydration (to prevent you getting headaches, nausea and dehydration)

Drink plenty of fluids (water and electrolytes), soups are good as well

2. Cool off (mainly for comfort and to help with pain)

Jump in a cold shower, a cold pool or river.

3. Pacify for your skin

Avoid using oils on your skin, use water based creams or aloe vera. A bath with rolled oats is soothing as it chamomile tea leaves seeped in a bath.

Fat Loss Tip # 7. Optimise your Thyroid

  By opticals | November 7, 2011 - 8:00 am | adrenals, beau, Blog, fat, general health tips for skin, hashimotos, hashimotos disease, health queen, healthy skin, infertility, naturopathy, queen, thyoid disease, thyroid, underactive thyroid, weight loss
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Your thyroid is a small gland that sit below your adam’s apple. It is responsible for many things in your body, including metabolism, mood and general overall health.

Your thyroid is very sensitive to stress and has a close (and dependant) relationship with your stress glands, the Adrenals.

Sometimes with prolonged stress, your thyroid can become underactive. The classic symptoms of this are fatigue, very low energy levels and motivation, dry skin, you will notice the cold more, you will probably feel depressed to some degree and you may gain weight.

If your thyroid becomes over active, you will experience life at a fast pace! Everything speeds up, including metabolism, so you lose weight, you will need little sleep, your heart might skip along very quickly and you can feel anxious.

An underactive thyroid is much more common and can be the first signs of an auto-immune condition called Hashimoto’s Disease.

This is a clip about thyroid disorders. If you are worried book in for an appointment or see you GP.