Ezine Dedicated to Natural Healing and Wellness--New Issue Available Online

Rhinebeck, NY (PRWEB) April 23, 2013

The new spring issue of Natural Healing, Natural Wellness is now available to the public online, free of charge. Published by Topical BioMedics, Inc., Rhinebeck, NY, the quarterly newsletter has grown into an e-zine over the past four years, and focuses on natural ways individuals can live healthy, wholesome, vibrant lives. It features informative articles and tips from experts in such diverse areas as nutrition, green living, massage therapy and fitness, stress management, aromatherapy, dream work, and other disciplines, as well as insights from Lou Paradise, the companys president and inventor of its line of Topricin natural pain relief and healing cream formulas. The e-zine can be accessed on the homepage of the companys website, http://www.topricin.com.

The cover story of the current issue of Natural Healing, Natural Wellness provides readers with The Skinny on Skin: Caring for Our Largest Organ, with tips for keeping it soft, supple, and vibrant.

Other e-zine contributors and content include:

Zion Health, Leading Manufacturer of Healing Clay Body Care, Supports Hy-Vee Health Food Stores Commitment to the Nebraska Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NAND)

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 05, 2013

Joining forces with like-minded community sponsors, natural body care company Zion Health is supporting Hy-Vee health food stores as they donate to NAND for the annual Fuel Up With Color 5K and One Mile Kids Fun Run and Fitness Challenge. Zion Health will contribute over $ 1,000 worth of products to assist Hy-Vee with the cause.

As a firm believer that every growing business should have a strong focus to improve their surrounding communities, natural body care industry leader, Zion Health supports fellow natural foods store Hy-Vee in their shared goal to create a healthy community. Beyond their efforts to be a reliable purveyor of fresh groceries, Hy-Vee seeks to establish its stores as sources for consumer information on diet, nutrition and wellness topics. To do so, Hy-Vee employs dietitians, hosts consumer and employee wellness programs and has HealthMarket departments that feature natural products such as Zion Healths healing clay body care products.

Taking action in 2013 to encourage nutrition and fitness in children and adults, Hy-Vee is supporting NAND for the second annual Fuel Up With Color 5K and One Mile Kids Fun Run and Fitness Challenge. Last years race featured nutrition messages spread out along the course to remind participants of the importance of healthy eating and colorful plates of nutritious food. Children were also challenged with a fitness component at 1/4 mile stations to encourage the 5 food groups as part of a colorful and nourishing diet. Hy-Vee served as a local sponsor where registration was held at Hy-Vees club room. This years race will be held on September 28, 2013 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Zion Healths ancient clay body care products draw on naturally sourced, sustainable and eco-friendly means that promote clean, green living. A sizable contribution of these products by Zion Health and Hy-Vee to NAND furthers a united effort from the natural health industry to promote nutrition and fitness throughout the community.

Zion Healths organic, natural ancient clay products are available at Hy-Vee stores throughout the mid-West nationwide, at http://www.kanwaminerals.com, and at health food markets and co-ops throughout the United States and Canada. Zion provides its consumers with pure skin and body care products that are 100% vegan, free of parabens, aluminum and formulated using certified organic ingredients whenever possible. For more information on Zion Health products, go to http://www.zionhealth.com

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Zion Health Announces Vegan-Friendly Line of Ancient Clay Organic Soaps and Healing Native Remedies; Now Available at Veggie Monster in Woodside, NY.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 06, 2013

Zion Health is proud to announce that local Queens neighborhood natural grocer Veggiemonster will now carry Zion's Ancient Clay Soaps and native remedies containing a unique high grade edible clay called calcium montmorillonite (Kanwa) clay. These natural soaps are formulated to nourish and cleanse the skin without causing irritation.

A family-owned and operated high-quality health food store,Veggiemonster is committed to providing fresh and wholesome produce and groceries to their vegetarian, vegan and health-conscious neighbors. Over the past three years, Veggiemonster has grown to carry essential lines of organic groceries, vegetarian vitamins and natural body care products. The most recent addition includes Zion Health's healing clay soaps and native clay remedies.

Kanwa clay is a well-known folk medicine remedy for numerous health and skin disorders. According to Michel Abhesera, author of The Healing Clay, bentonite clay was called Ee-Wah-Kee, meaning The Mud That Heals, by Native Americans and applied by native cultures on skin to clear acne, eczema and infected wounds. More recently, Kanwa clay was discovered to hold a negative charge and attract positively charged toxins, viruses and bacteria. MIT scientist Dr. Robert T. Martin notes that calcium bentonite clay has a large surface area that enhances its adsorption and in turn, its ability to attract positively charged particles. Zion Health's clay products harness the detoxifying action of Kanwa clay in their organic soaps and full product line to absorb environmental pollutants on the skin, including heavy metals and harmful bacteria.

As a supporter of natural, vegan and cruelty-free body care products, Zion Health natural soaps are plant based and not tested on animals. The organic clay soaps are also nutrient rich, as kanwa clay provides more than 60 trace minerals.

Zion Healths natural line of organic Clay Soaps are now available at Veggiemonster in Woodside, NY, at http://www.kanwaminerals.com and at health food markets and co-ops throughout the United States and Canada. Zion provides its consumers with pure skin and body care products that are 100% vegan, free of parabens, and aluminum and formulated using certified organic ingredients whenever possible. For more information on Zion Health products, go to: http://www.zionhealth.com

New Vein Defense Healing Cream Reduces the Look of Veins

Anaheim, CA (PRWEB) May 08, 2013

TriDerma announced the launch of its Vein Defense Healing Cream. Vein Defense Healing Cream is a professional strength formula that provides an alternative to expensive laser procedures.

The cream is a concentrated formula created to help reduce the look of veins, spider veins, red blotches and broken capillaries on the face and body. It contains the companys proprietary botanical complex, AP4

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Columbia Healing Cream develops a unique old world technique for processing aloe that honors traditional methods used to make wine.

(PRWEB) May 30, 2013

But first: what exactly is aloe vera?

As a member of the cactus plant family, aloe vera grows in arid climates and stores moisture in its leaves. The healing qualities of aloe gel have been utilized for centuries - the ancient Egyptians even called aloe the "plant of immortality." The clear gel found in its leaves has widely been used to maintain healthy skin. Most are familiar with the soothing effect of applying aloe to a sunburn.

Aloe gel contains more than 75 naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids and enzymes known to help with a number of skin-related issues (1). For example, Aloe contains C and E vitamins that fight aging by keeping skin firm and tight. It has healing and anti-inflammatory hormones that treat acne, burns, dry flaky skin, small cuts, abrasions, itchiness making it an effective treatment for skin (2). According to the Mayo Clinic, topical aloe gel has immunomodulatory properties that may improve wound healing and skin inflammation (3). Medical studies how that aloe has even been known to soothe persistent conditions such as eczema, dandruff, and psoriasis (4,5,6).

So what's the problem with most skin care products containing aloe?

The way in which aloe is extracted and processed has profound implications on how much of the original natural benefits of the plant are maintained in the final product (7). When aloe is extracted under high heat and thrown in a blender, it loses its potency. Much of the benefits are diminished and rendered ineffective in the process, leaving the consumer with a much weaker product (8).

Does it make sense to use a dehydrated product to hydrate your skin?

Not surprisingly, but widely unkown, many companies use powdered aloe to keep costs down since the dehydrated aloe doesn't need to be processed fresh and storage is easy. This makes it cheaper but at the cost of effectiveness. And unlike the orange juice at the grocery store, they don't have to claim that the aloe they are using is made from concentrate so consumers are unaware they are purchasing a product that has been processed to a degree that reduces it's potency (9).

Columbia Healing Cream has taken a quite different approach.

Columbia Healing Cream has developed a specialized way to extract essential aloe through a process called "Cold Pressing" that yields the most effective and least processed aloe isolate. Cold pressed aloe is far more potent than other aloe products that are processed with heat (10). Columbia's process is more time consuming and costly, but it leads to a product that is of superior quality and far more efficacious. With no corners cut, you can liken their delicate old-world methodology to finely crafted wine.

Columbia Healing Cream uses only the most effective ingredients, carefully picked after years of testing for purity and their ability to work in harmony with, and actually enhance the effectiveness, of the other ingredients in the formula. They choose these ingredients, not so they can sport the latest fad ingredients in bold lettering on their packaging, but because Columbia strives to produce the most powerful skin care product on the market. This attention to the most minute detail in their labs, yields twice the healing enzymes, twice the vitamins, twice the soothing amino acids for enhanced skin repair.

People are rightly concerned about the products they put into their bodies as evidenced by the scrutiny they apply when reading the ingredient labels on food products. Columbia believes a product that is absorbed into your skin should be made with equal care and attention to its components. After all, skin is the largest vital organ in the human body. With Columbia brand products, consumers can finally treat it as such.

(1) http://saveyourworld.com/Organic-Aloe-Vera-s/48.htm

(2) Shelton RM. Aloe vera. Its chemical and therapeutic properties. Int J Dermatol. 1991 Oct;30(10):679683. [PubMed]

(3) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/aloe-vera/NS_patient-aloe

(4) Zawahry ME, Hegazy MR, Helal M. Use of aloe in treating leg ulcers and dermatoses. Int J Dermatol. 1973 Jan-Feb;12(1):6873. [PubMed]

(5) Vardy AD, Cohen AD, and Tchetov T. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Aloe vera (A. barbadensis) emulsion in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis. J Derm Treatment 1999;10(1):7-11.

(6) Syed, T. A., Ahmad, S. A., Holt, A. H., Ahmad, S. A., Ahmad, S. H., and Afzal, M. Management of psoriasis with Aloe vera extract in a hydrophilic cream: a placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Trop.Med Int Health 1996;1(4):505-509.

(7) P. Hemalatha, E. Vadivel, T. Saraswathi and K. Rajamani Role of Preservatives and Storage Temperature on the Post Harvest Quality of Aloe vera Gel

(8) Ivan E. Danhof, M.D., Ph.D. Aloe Vera Leaf Handling And Constituent Variability

(9) http://www.naturalnews.com/022016_aloe_vera_gel.html

(10) Alfred Garbutt, D.C. The Rediscovery of Aloe Vera - Processing the plant with high heat also

destroys many of the beneficial ingredients of Aloe.

A Foolproof Plan for Healing Winter-Dry Hands

Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) January 31, 2013

Between the dry, cold air outdoors, indoor heating, frequent hand-washing and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers, hands really take a beating this time of year. Is there a way to keep hands clean without damaging skin? Cosmetics Cop Paula Begoun and her team from the best-selling book Dont Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me reveal a foolproof plan for enduring winters chill while keeping hands looking their best (and keeping germs at bay).

It sounds so simple, but the number one thing you can do is moisturize after every hand-washing or using hand sanitizer, explains Begoun. Being as diligent about moisturizing as you are about cleaning your hands is the number one way to start having soft skin again. And all alcohol-based hand sanitizers claiming to be moisturizing are anything but! Given the amount of alcohol these products contain and how drying alcohol is, there isnt much hope of those products helping dry skin in any way.

Not just any moisturizer will do, though. As Begoun says, Whether labeled hand cream or something else, make sure whatever you use to hydrate hands contains a brilliant blend of emollients, repairing ingredients, and antioxidants. Each of these plays a role in repairing skins surface, which is chipped away at and damaged with each hand washing or squirt of sanitizer. Find state-of-the-art repairing hand creams and moisturizers here.

What else can be done to take hands from sandpaper to silk? These tips will make a beautiful difference:

The 2013 Native Detox Drink; Kanwa Healing Minerals Tea Contains Unique Detox Clay Minerals for Whole Body Purification: Now Sold at Ermas Nutrition Center in Texas

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 24, 2013

Zion Health, an industry leader in the manufacturing of natural detox products for the skin care and internal body, has announced today that its Herbal Detox Tea(s)-Kanwa Healing Minerals Tea is now available at Ermas Nutrition Center located at 18045 Upper Bay Road in Nassau Bay, Texas.

Health food shoppers may now benefit from natural detox purification remedies derived from clay-based ionic minerals that are known to purify the system by detoxifying harmful metals, unwanted pathogens and environmental pollutants.

Kanwa's Detox Herbal/Mineral Tea is available in mint, jasmine, green tea and chamomile.

This Whole Body Detox cleanse remedy works by combining the healing power of herbs with the stimulating minerals found in - Calcium Montmorillonite clay (edible clay) known to help absorb harmful bacteria, chemicals and toxins trapped in the stomach, colon and small intestines. The 57 minerals found in this unique edible clay has long been used throughout history to help energize and heal the body. Minerals are known to work together to form a natural internal cleanser that uses its negative ionic molecular charge to attract and remove damaging heavy metals and unwanted pathogens that inhabit the body, which can trigger premature aging and sickness.

Ermas Nutrition Center offers enzyme-rich organic vegetables and raw food. The health food store provides its shoppers with the highest quality, whole food vitamin and mineral nutritional supplements, and chemical-free, all-natural health and beauty supplies.

Zion Health's Natural Skin Care Products include an Ancient Clay Face Wash, an Ancient Clay Body Wash, an Eye Cream, Hydrating Cr