Dr Pete's Health Secrets

      There is a growing  trend among young ladies and some men of African and Asian descent to desire to lighten their skin. In most cases chemical products are used that ultimately redult in damaging their skin and with adverse health effects. Some of these products are agreesively marketed as capable of archieving quick results but many contain harmful chemicals. While whitening chemicals can be effective, prolonged use can be the cause of unwanted side effects to the user. This is just one of the many reasons why nature is still the best for you with all its health benefits and low risk of harmfull reactions and allergies In this article I shall examine natural alternatives that are effective skin lighteners without the health hazards of chemicals. These can also be used to exfoliate your skin and remove blemishes if you have white skin. Just apply less frequently, about once in 6 weeks. If you want to have whiter skin without worrying about the potential...

  Natural hair colour is as a reslt of melanin produced by melanocytes just under the skin surface. Any condition that reduces the activity of melanicytes will result in greying. In this article I would look at those factors that affect the activity of melanocytes and how they can be reactivated. There are variations of melanin, eumelanin is the most common type that is the reason for your black and brown hair colour. However, pheomelanin, another type of melanin, is the reason for your reddish hues.  Apart from giving the hair, and skin its colour, Melanin also acts as a natural barrier, guarding your hair from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays, UV rays.  It functions by absorbs and dispeerses UV radiation, thereby keeping the radiation from causing damage to your hair’s internal structure. Greying, a loss of the ability to produce adequare melanin, is a natural consequence of ageing that should be accepted with dignity.  However premature greying maybe as a r...