Archive for March 2018

March 29th, 2018 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

You decide to go on a diet, trying to shed just a few pounds or a maybe large fraction of your weight. Why do this? Our bodies evolved to face a natural world with food scarcity and occasional bounty. Our stomachs are large and our bodies can accumulate large amounts of fat that can support us during the lean times, and even to support the growth of a baby to term despite the scarcity of food. However, if we live in the developed world in the XXI century, there are no times of scarcity. A visit to Costco can supply enough calories to support a small Iron Age village for…

March 9th, 2018 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

Maybe I should have written the title in ALL CAPS! It should be obvious but it is nice to show you pictures of eyelashes growing and of what were before empty areas of scalp, now regrowing hair. I had a medical procedure last year that ended with me losing  a lot of hair, adding to the misery of months of recovery, but our SAS hair serum worked and I am now back to my usual hair. So go and get our KGF containing products, they work. As for me, it is nice to do the right thing and succeed, and helping people on the way. And it is nice to…

March 8th, 2018 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

Rosacea update 2018 New scientific evidence has shown that rosacea’s diverse features may be part of a progression of inflammation, which initially may not be visible to the naked eye but can be detected by looking at the changes in the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the skin. It starts with the common presentations of flushing and then stable face redness, and then it may progress to include papules and pustules, and potentially lead to development of external nodules and swellings called phymas. Research on rosacea has intensified over the last 15 years and it suggests that there will be no simple answers. It seems that, underlying rosacea there is…

March 7th, 2018 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

Your vegan hand bag is made of plastic. What is the plastic used to make your “vegan leather” handbag? From Wikipedia: “Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass and often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic, most commonly derived from petrochemicals, however, an array of variants are made from renewable materials…” Plastic is used to replace leather as an inexpensive alternative. What is remarkable is the changes in nomenclature used to sell it. Maybe in the past buying fake leather may have made you feel “cheap”. But buying vegan leather may make you feel virtuous, and you may be willing to pay more for vegan than for…