You know I’ve had both Botox and Restylane injected by Dr. Bobby (in NYC),but I’ve never brought you into the room during the procedure.
As I’ve stated in the past, I have the procedure for two reasons:
The lines in my forehead are very deep for someone my age.
I want to prevent wrinkles around my eyes and mouth from intensifying.
In this episode, I introduce Dr. Patronella (in Houston) to explain the difference between the various injectables. Then we record the actual process, which (per usual) causes me to get a little nauseous.
You’ll notice the purple spots all over my face. Dr. Patronella marked each site so you could see where he was going to inject. This is not standard procedure so you won’t look like a spotted monster when you leave the office.
My Doctor’s Info:
Dr. Chistopher Patronella
12727 Kimberley, Suite 300
Houston, TX 77024
713-799-9999
www.patronellamd.com
(Full Disclosure: Products and services were comped for Life Experiment episode.)
This just in: spotted Mermaid was seen running around Houston late this afternoon after another battle with Botox. From the looks of it, she lost.
She tried to run from us, she tried to hide, but then for the sake of a good LOL, she surrendered the photos on her iPhone from her office visit with one Dr. Christopher Patronella. The only witness to scene was apparently holding a Kodak Zi8 and shooting one of her “life experiment” episodes. Our research tells us next week’s installment will be the much anticipated taser video in which she voluntarily has electricity shot through her ass. As reporters, we find this much more entertaining than her previous rectal water stunts.
Below, see the beast in question. Warning: might not be suitable for young children.
Apparently the issue started on her forehead -
and AGE spread from there.
Mermaid turns 28 this month and seems to think she can stop Father Time from stomping all over her face.
(Full Disclosure: Botox and fillers comped by Dr. Patronella for Life Experiment episode.)
My view from the inside. As you can see, it’s actually pretty roomy in here. My ears were popping at first, but now I’m comfortable enough to take a nap for the next 45 minutes. Apparently, the increased oxygen helps strengthen all of the systems in your body. With more oxygen circulating, your immune system and heart are stronger and more efficient to prevent and fight diseases such as cancer. The video I linked to in the post below says that many parents are using the chambers to treat their austistic children.
This morning I’m going to shoot a video in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. My initial research says the alternative therapy is safe and an effective way to treat some diseases and keep our bodies healthy.
Here’s something you may not know: most of my meals, from start to finish, take no more than an hour. Usually, a lot less. And they last me for more than just one meal, meaning that one hour of cooking can yield up to three or four meals. How is this possible? I just follow these simple steps:
Step 1: Decide which day of the week you’ll have time to go grocery shopping.
Step 2: Decide which days of the week you’ll have time to spend about an hour cooking. I usually pick 3 days.
Step 3: Choose 3 (or 4 if you’re ambitious) recipes that look fairly simple and specify a preparation time of around an hour, including prep. My go-to websites for healthy and easy recipe ideas are Real Simple, Eating Well, and Cooking Light. Try to look for recipes that incorporate perishable ingredients you already have. If you’re cooking for 1-2 people, preparing the recipe as written will usually provide leftovers (most recipes serve 4-6). If you’re cooking for more people, consider doubling the recipe in order to have leftovers. Print or send yourself the links to any recipes you find online so you have them ready to go.
Step 4: Incorporate all necessary ingredients for your chosen recipes into your grocery list (if you don’t already have them in your kitchen).
Step 5: Make the recipes on your designated cooking days! You’ll already have all the ingredients at your disposal, so you have no excuse not to.
For example, last week, I sent my roommate/sister the following recipes with a corresponding grocery list (it was her turn to shop):
Tofu chili served with salad. This is my sister’s recipe, so I didn’t send a link, but here it is.
The grocery list I sent included the ingredients for all those meals, and sending the links to my sister meant that she could make the meals if I wasn’t around (which is a great thing if you live with someone you cook/eat with). We still haven’t made the Chicken Spinach Pesto Soup because the other two meals have lasted us so long!
Got more excuses for why you can’t cook?
If you think you’re too busy to cook, try multitasking. While you prep the food, catch up on phone calls (use speakerphone!).
Last year I had my first colonic ever. And it might be one of the first colonics ever to be widely distributed on the Internet.
As I always say, a cleanse is not truly “cleansing” unless you have a colonic to flush out your system.
So, last week, during my cleanse, I experienced a new type of colonic with the Libbe machine that was….a more pleasant experience, if you wil,l so I thought you might be interested to see how easy this beneficial treatment can be.
**Service provided for free without expectation for press. When hearing about the method, I was intrigued so I brought along my Zi8 in case I found it to be worth your time.
It provides tips on fitness, food, beauty products (usually not makeup), and healthy restaurants. I like it so much I subscribe to three: Everywhere, LA, and NYC.
I believe a reader turned me on to it, and now I’m passing it on to you. Use it as a little morning motivation to stay in a healthy mindset throughout the day.
You can eat consciously healthy every day, but you still are probably missing out on some important nutrients in your diet.
As I expected, the experts say the best way to get the vitamins and minerals your body needs is through fruits and vegetables.
Reasons To Take Supplements
The most complete diets can still be lacking in important nutrients, such as calcium, and iron. You can ensure you supply everything your body needs by taking a multivitamin daily.
Individually we face issues with our bodies that require more of a certain vitamin or mineral. (Example: my joint pain might be alleviated with glucosamine or fish oil)
Nutrilife’s Mission
Their philosophy and mission is to help people achieve a lifestyle of “optimal health” – “having the best health that you individually are capable of having.” They approach health as a balanced lifestyle including fitness and diet, not just selling supplements, in an effort to PREVENT disease and elongating life.
In their Optimal Health Facility, they assess people from all over the world so they truly have a unique perspective. Consider this: doctors and researchers usually only have access to a limited group of people from specific cultures. Nutrilite has access to people from every walk of life so they can look at diseases (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity) as worldwide epidemics.
Why Nutritlite Supplements
Nutritlie “controls quality from the seed to the finished product to make the finest products in the world.”
Farms are sustainable and certified organic
Extraction process captures all possible vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients
Plant concentrates are used to make supplements.
My Takeaway
Although they recommend their flagship Double X product as a daily multi-vitamin, it’s a little pricey for people who spend the extra cash on buying organic. So I will be incorporating their Daily Multivitamin ($11.30 for 90 = 12cents a day) to satisfy my body’s nutritional requirements. For my joints, I have already started taking Glucosamine which is known to help maintain the collagen in joints and support connective tissue.
For those of you who don’t eat enough fruits and veggies, I think the Concentrated Fruits and Vegetable tablets ($40 for 60) might be a good supplement to have around. Definitely cheaper than a salad.
Nutritlife Sports Nutrition
As for their Sports products, I was shocked to see corn syrup in the ingredients. With their focus on nature and nutrition, I still don’t understand why they felt the need to use it in the products they recommend for athletes who seek to make their bodies run efficiently as possible.
If you’re into bars and protein shakes, their products do taste good, but I will always assert that processed foods are never the answer when creating a healthy lifestyle.
More on fitness nutrition on Monday.
Many Thanks
I would like to thank Nutrilite and Amway for inviting me to such an informative day! It was a pleasure to experience your facilities and meet your very talented team.
