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Issue: September 09, 2006 (Archive)

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Intensive treatment The stress of moving house caused me sleepless nights and suddenly, I am seeing fine lines around my eyes that never were there before. Beat your genes How often do you hear the excuse: "I can't help being fat, it's in my genes?" Recent research has shown than it is just that - an excuse. Because physical exercise can reduce a genetic predisposition to obesity by an average of 40 percent, a new study has shown. Healing nature Have you ever heard of forest therapy? You may recall feeling refreshed or relaxed after walking through a forest - that is the effect of so-called forest bathing. Forest therapy involves using the revitalizing effects of time spent in nature to treat physical and psychological ailments. Mane event VS Sassoon has teamed up with clothing store JFT to launch the first ever VS Sassoon Concept Store@JFT. Firm tone Tone and moisturize your body at the same time with Mary Kay TimeWise Body Targeted-Action Toning Lotion (HK$340 for 236ml). Chocolate overload Dark chocolate has been shown to reduce blood pressure better than a placebo. Scientists credit the flavanols in dark chocolate - they are thought to stimulate the production of nitric oxide, which helps relax the arteries so that blood can flow smoothly. So if your doctor prescribed a daily dose of dark chocolate to keep hypertension at bay, would your first instinct be to head straight to the supermarket and buy a case of candy bars? Hey, noni noni In the 1990s, the vitamin-packed noni emerged as a superfruit but it eventually went out of fashion, crowded out by other superfruits like acai berry. Now, Tahitian Noni International, is re- marketing it not just as a juice but a bioactive beverage. One week to a new you If you flip on a reality-TV show about weight loss, you can expect to see an exercise montage and get a helpful nutrition tidbit or two. But if you ever try to emulate the success at home, you'll realize the cameras have forgotten to depict one critical thing: reality. Counter strike Elemis has opened a 300-square-foot counter in Lane Crawford in Tsim Sha Tsui. The new counter has a SpaBar, where customers can try products, and a private SpaPod for facials and grooming treatments. A whole new world Using the computer should come easy to 26-year-olds but not for Cheung Man- kin. An attack of encephalitis in 2003 affected his brain, leaving him with blurred vision and an inability to control his upper limbs. Not being able to type, he used to feel at a disadvantage in this age of computers and the internet.

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