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Anti Ageing Cookware!?!

Want to know how you can prevent ageing while cooking?!?

I'm really excited and it's not often I get excited... especially about a new product. I'm a bit of a sceptic and I really don't like being taken in by a lot of marketing hype.

But, having said all that, the Nikken products have had such an impact on my life that I decided to became a distributor. (Their magnets succeeded where even steroid injections had failed and helped me get rid of my tennis elbow. And the water filtration system even had my cat convinced.)

So, when I first heard about the new Nikken cookware and read the claims and all the marketing bumpf, I contained my excitement and my sensible, sceptical side just kept asking for more and more information (thank you Shirle). Until, finally, I let myself get really excited! It's a technological revolution.

We would all like to slow down the ageing process, it's not just a question of those ghastly wrinkles that seem to appear overnight, it's about the creaking joints and quality of life!

And, by now we've all heard about how great antioxidants like vitamin C and blueberries are and how they can slow down the ageing process which is caused by harmful free radicals. 

Well, LifeWare Technologies have come up with a patented system of cookware that actually prevents the creation of harmful free radicals during the cooking process!

And seeing really is believing. Just take a look at the zucchini pictured below, they were both cooked in identical conditions, at the same temperature, for the same length of time and using the exact same oil:

cooked using the Kenzen Cookware with their patented technolgoy

cooked using traditional cookware

Just like rust, the brown colour is an indicator of free radical damage and ageing! The great news is it also retains more vitamins and tastes better too!

If you want to know more, I'll be writing an article in this month's ezine about preventing ageing, oxidation, antioxidants and the new cookware. Email me on nikken@spanishfitnessbootcamp.com to find out how you can get your hands on this amazing cookware system!

If like me you want the real technical info check out Lifeware Technologies website.

Housework Reduces Risk Of Breast Cancer!

On GMTV this morning, they were talking about a study just out has shown that housework can reduce your risk of breast cancer!

One could think this was a male conspiracy, but actually its a serious and very comprehensive study of over 200,000 women in 9 European countries for a period of more than 6 years.

The reason for the reference to housework was that the authors noted that housework was one of the 'main sources of activity' for women living in these countries.

Dr Lesley Walker, Cancer Research UK's director of cancer information, said: 'We already know that women who keep a healthy weight are less likely to develop breast cancer.

'This study suggests that being physically active may also help reduce the risk and that something as simple and cheap as doing the housework can help.

On average, the pre-menopausal group doing housework spent 17.7 hours a week on it while the post-menopausal women spent 16.1 hours.

Pre-menopausal women who did housework were around 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than pre-menopausal women who did none.

Meanwhile, post-menopausal women who did housework were around 20% less likely to develop the disease than post-menopausal women who did none.'

The good news is that it doesn't need to be housework, any exercise will do. Phew!!!

And if you want to know how many calories you're burning while you do the housework ...

Have You Heard Of UNIFEM?

I was invited to a conference in London to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of UNIFEM last week. Have you heard of them? Well, neither had I. They are in fact the United Nations Development Fund For Women. Unfortunately they seem to be a rather poor relation in comparison to UNICEF. Although, they do have the sponsorship of Nicole Kidman. And we heard that things are set to change for the better!

Despite their hereto tiny budget, they are responsible for some amazing initiatives around the world. Recognising the importance of education in the fight for equality they are using partners like Cisco to deliver IT training to women in middle eastern countries. One of the issues that particularly caught my attention was the fight to end Femal Gender Mutilation across the globe.

It was an interesting evening with Geoffrey Robertson QC as the main speaker. If you like watching Judge John Deed, then you would have been inspired by this man. He is a staunch supporter of human rights and women's rights. He has had an amazing career and has prosecuted some of the most heinous war criminals in the world.