Should you change your skin color?

Martin is a dark skinned man who is not so happy with his skin color. "My skin color does not make me look handsome no matter what clothes I wear. I don't know how to deal with this. Can you help me with this please?" he asks.

Your skin color is a gift of Nature and the best thing to do is to love it, appreciate it, and then make choices of colors for clothes and personal care products accordingly. I would personally not suggest that you consider bleaching or skin whitening since it has side effects and makes only slight improvement in skin color. It is impossible to change skin color and we know from Michael Jackson what happens when you try to change it too much. If your skin is damaged from sun exposure, there are treatment options.

What I would suggest, though, is to protect your skin from the sun, not to spend a lot of time directly under sunlight, and always wear a sunscreen when going outside - Sonya Dakar 365 and Anthelios SX are probably the best.

You must also try to build your self esteem. It seems that you may be looking down upon you; you are what you are and you have to love yourself. People with dark skin are as handsome as people with any other skin color.

Wonders of olive oil

New research shows that olive oil may hinder progress of cancer. I actually use only olive oil for almost all cooking, except butter in rare cases, for example, my oatmeal breakfast each morning.

I learned about the benefits of olive oil a few years ago. There is another study that says that olive oil may also act as a painkiller. And believe it or not, when my scalp gets extremely dry during winter, I rub a little and then shampoo after about an hour. It does wonders.

Cell phones do not cause cancer

I don't know if I should call them rumors or preliminary science (subject to availability of more evidence) but for the longest time people thought that you could get cancer from putting a cell phone next to your brain. It even lead to higher sales for all those bluetooth headsets. Looks it was all just BS. probably perpetuated by headset companies.

Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark has published its research in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute to show that there is no increased risk of cancer among cell phone users. Time to go buy another cool mobile phone.