Are we missing the mark or did God change His mind?.
In the 1975 to 1980s, a cohort of scientists came to the conclusion that the maximum lifespan of humans are 120. It was found that before reaching the age of one hundred and twenty several processes responsible for the reproduction of cells start to fail. This causes the death of cells and the individual.
Lately, scientists claimed that that the reason why cell division stops at the age of 120 years had been discovered. They said that the cause was due to something called telomeres. Telomeres seemed to be the enlightenment to solve the puzzle of the human life cycle. Besides, telomeres are a type of protection that caps chromosomes on our DNA strings. However, as a cell divides the telomere does gradually decrease in length. The process of cell division perpetually continues until the telomeres become too short, then the cell will eventually die.
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However, three thousand years ago, people did equally forecast human maximum lifespan to be 120 years.
For instance: the Lord said, my spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. (Genesis 6:3)
The bible says that human maximum lifespan is one hundred and twenty years. How can this be true when there are stories where people live more than 900 years?
Carol Alt - 40+ beauty
The verse claiming that human age limit is 120 years demonstrates how God impose changes. Alterations are often achieved through changes occurring in physical laws and natural processes.
In the book of Psalm the lifespan of human has reached an equilibrium ranging from 70 to 80. This means that people are living roughly 58 to 66 percent of possible human maximum lifespan.
People in General 70-80 Average life expectancy when Psalm was written
Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010)
Today in USA Men 73 Average life expectancy -- Women 79 from 1996 data
A logical explanation for the age limit 120 years, can be solved by claiming that God didn’t ordain the age limit to begin immediately. In other words, it is a process that occurs through physical laws and natural process. Mutation by DNA is one way that can explain how the Lord altered lifespan. For instance, Noah and Methuselah was likely born before the age restriction was imposed. Moreover, Moses did by coincident live exactly to the age limited established in the Old Testament.
Diahann Carroll
Born July 17, 1935
I'll take the 120 restriction and I will take care of this body that will have to withstand 120 total years.
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. (Genesis 6:3)
Ancient Egypt No other country or culture was so concerned with beautification as was Egypt. Cleopatra the VII has also written a book of beauty secrets. Even today Egyptian glass perfume vials decorate many a classic dressing table and the herb Aloe, so ingrained in ancient Egyptian beauty treatments, is still a vital ingredient in most skin-care creams.
Body Oil
THEY DIDN'T USE SOAP!!!!!
Oils and creams were very important against the hot sun and dry, sandy winds. The oils kept skin soft and supple and prevented ailments caused by dry cracked skin. Workers considered these oils and ointments to be a vital part of their regular wages such that when they were withheld, grievances were filed during the reign of Ramesses III. The Egyptians were quite fond of strong scents. A great variety of oils and fats were available for perfumes. The most popular was the basic oil called balanos, among the lower class it was castor oil.
If body oil is not a daily part of your bathing ritual, perhaps its time you made it so. The heat, dust and pollution of our times plays havoc with our skin. Ever wondered why Egyptian women were renowned for their alabaster skin Records show that all women, from the richest to the most destitute used body oil in huge quantities. In fact, sufficient body oil for daily use was often issued as part of wages!
Egyptian Anti-wrinke cream recipe 1 tsp sweet almond oil
2 drops of Frankincense essential oil or Rose Attar.
Mix these ingredients together and you have an excellent anti-wrinkle cream. Cleanse your face and apply this to your face at night. Massage it in your skin gently for about 5 minutes, and wash off the next morning. Almonds Bitter or sweet almond oil were the most common ingredients of Egyptian cosmetics, and are excellent for the skin. Use pure almond oil as an under-eye cream and keep crows-feet at bay. Almond oil is also excellent for your hair. Mix almond and coconut oil to your hair and wash it off after an hour, for excellent results.
Body Oil Try this: After bathing, pour a teaspoon of almond oil into a mug of water and pour it over your body as a final rinse.
PERSONAL NOTE: I smear a layer of oil on top of whatever skin product I am using. On top of creams or serums, I will add a layer of oil.
PSALM 24:1 "The EARTH is the Lord's and the fullness thereof."
The most outstanding beauty regimens are those found in the natural earth. I am a firm believer of seeking the Lord's guidance especially for beauty advice. After all, the earth is truly the Lord's and the fullness thereof. From the rain forests to the snow capped mountains to the deserts to the verdant plains, there are plants with properties to transform and maintain our physical bodies, internally and externally. The natural ingredients are by far superior to the synthetic ones.
Since ancient times, the people of Japan have possessed the best knowledge of many natural beauty and health-care secrets. Even today, statistics show that Japanese women appear to have the longest life expectancy out of all the nations of the world.
Historically Japan was closed to the outside world for many centuries by the fierce ruling shoguns, but stories persisted about this intriguing land where the native women had the smoothest beautiful skin and lustrous flowing silky hair. They were said to possess some secret knowledge of how to enhance beauty.
This was true as Japanese women took extreme care discovering and using ancient traditional methods to maintain their bodies and devote much time to perpetuating their beauty. It was known that things like rice bran, camellia seeds, and many local plants and seaweeds could be used as beauty care. These secrets have not lost their value today as a natural way to maintain beauty care with healthy ingredients. That is why they are still very popular and have continued to be handed down through generations, until the present day.
Japanese beauty secrets are founded upon natural and indigenous resources.
Here are certain secrets of Japanese women beauty and their skin care still used since their ancient times:
· Japanese women think that Vitamin C is very good for their skin which makes them white. For this, they usually eat oranges which deoxidize and break up melanin that result in clearer skin.
· They make use of Azuki, which is a kind of red bean. It is a centuries old ingredient in Japan which should be rubbed on the face gently that will keep the face smoother and away from blemishes.
· Make use of signature oils, such as CAMELLIA OIL instead of just any oils on your face. This can be used to clean the face properly and helps as cleansing and toning of your face. (It is also said to grow hair.)
The secret of the Japanese geisha and their smooth, flawless skin is camellia oil. White camellia nut oil, used for centuries in Asia, contributes moisturizing, conditioning, nourishing and softening benefits to the skin. Camellia oil gives the skin a texture and glow unmatched by any other skin care product. There are special formulations for helping to eliminate wrinkles after giving birth, revitalizing hair growth, and treating burns. It helps to restructure the skin and strengthen nails. It is one of the most rapidly absorbed oils making it an excellent choice as facial oil. Fans include Kate Winslet, who used the Japanese Camellia oil during her pregnancy to combat stretch marks. You can get Camellia oil through Fresh, the cosmetics company.
· Komenuka rice bran is a super ingredient that is used by Japanese. It nourishes your skin and helps to keep them younger. It also prevents wrinkles, dark circles under your skin and controls skin's natural oil.
· Oriental herbs such as Japanese green tea and Japanese knotwood (great source of Resveratrol) are used to care for skin
· A dried Japanese seaweed called wakame which is traditionally used to make a smoothing and detoxifying face gel-toner. The seaweed contains minerals and other natural elements which work to gently clean and detoxify your skin. Exfoliation is key to remove dullness and dead skin cells from your face.
· Wakame kelp is a kind of sea algae found in waters of Japan and is one of the best ways to care your skin naturally. This protects the skin from UV rays of sun and from damaging the skin from pollution. It also protect from fine lines and dark eye circles. Phytessence Wakame is a type of kelp native to the Japanese Sea. It effectiveness comes from its ability to block the production of a harmful enzyme in your body called hyaluronidase. This enzyme breaks down hyaluronic acid present in your skin. As a result, the elastin and collagen fibers deteriorate which leads to an increase in sagging and wrinkles.
Japanese Nightingale Bird Poop - an ancient anti-aging phenomenon????
What Geishas Don't Want You to Know!
We women will spend almost any amount of money and do just about anything to keep a youthful look, especially around on our faces.
The latest beauty trend is actually generations old, but is just now becoming popular all over the world.
Ancient Japanese Secret: Bird poop facials!!
Yep, you read that right. Bird droppings are the latest and greatest. Before you run out and scrape up pigeon poop from a park bench listen up!
Nightingales provide the excrement. The song-bird's poop contains guanine, which has been said to be behind what gives fish scales their iridescence, and the white, shiny appearance of the skin of many amphibians and reptiles.
With that said, geishas and Kabuki actors have been using the droppings for generations to clean their makeup, as well as lighten and brighten their skin.
The guano is turned into a powder called "uguisu no fun," and it's purified by using an ultraviolet light to kill bacteria and of course the smell.
Recent news reports have women exclaiming their newfound love for nightingale poop facials.
Containing anti-aging Fucoidan! Uguisu is the name of the Japanese nightingale which appears in spring and has a beautiful song even throughout the night. Apart from the nightingale being known for its beautiful song, nightingale droppings are also used in Japan as a traditional application for silky white skin. The story is that a maiden had fallen asleep under a tree where some nightingale droppings fell on to her face. Later on when she woke up and washed off the dried 'poop' she noticed how how her skin had become much smoother in texture and lighter in colour.
The powdered nightingale guano is a fine powder that is mixed to form a paste and applied to the skin as a face pack. It is mildly lightening on the skin while smoothing the complexion and leaves the skin feeling soft and nourished.
The uguisu no fun is a traditional skin care product safely sold and hygienically collected for cosmetic skin purposes. The fun or droppings contain certain ammonic properties that appear to gently bleach the skin while smoothing and toning the complexion. UGF contains naturally occurring anti-aging Fucoidan. The nightingale guano is sterilized under UV light to make it extra safe for cosmetic use.
ABC News Special Reporters visited the village of Yuzurihara, Japan, where 10 percent of the population are age 85 or older, which is ten times the number in the U.S.A. The ABC Special reported that "the residents of Yuzurihara are not only living longer, but they are also quite healthy." The secret is hyaluronic acid: The natives live on a diet of sweet potatoes and vegetables that promote the synthesis of HA.
What Causes the Breakdown of HA? The breakdown of collagen in joints is facilitated by an enzyme, hyaluronidase, that specifically attacks HA. Ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) and free radicals of all types stimulate the production of hyaluronidase. This means that the whole family of antioxidants can have a protective effect on HA, by inhibiting the production of excess hyaluronidase.
Bill Sardi, who has recently written a book about HA entitled "How to Live 100 years Without Growing Old", says, "There are so many natural products that lay claim to anti-ageing benefits it is often confusing. There is no argument that the visible signs of ageing - baldness, voice change, skin wrinkling and dryness, shrinkage in height, joint pain and dependency upon eyeglasses - all emanate from the loss of HA and not to direct shortages of any hormones like DHEA, or minerals like coral calcium, or any other widely promoted natural remedies.
"Once the industry sorts all this out, there will be a stampede for these HA products." "Collagen is a side-show. It's the HA that's doing all the healing."
HA is a double molecule, glucosamine combined with glucuronic acid. Glucosamine is only one-half of the HA molecule, which is why glucosamine yields results much slower and much less dramatic than HA. Chondroitin raises the production of HA in the body, and thus for those on large doses, there may be some of the same anti-ageing benefits.
The people of Yuzurihara grow and eat starchy root vegetables, which stimulate the body to produce hyaluronic acid, including a small sweet-potato-like vegetable called "tamaji."
Those taking oral supplements containing hyluronic acid may want to know that it is derived from chicken cartilage. If you are allergic to chicken, consult your physician before taking. Inflammatory reactions have been reported, though rarely, and only as far as we know when using the injectable grade HA.
Burdock is effective in treating dry and scaly skin disorders such as psoriasis, dandruff, and eczema, particularly when they are caused by a general systemic imbalance. It stimulates the digestive juices and bile secretion and is therefore useful when treating anorexia nervosa and digestive/appetite problems. Burdock also aids liver function and is used to heal cystitis.
Red Wine
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Resveratrol, found in the skins of grapes and red wine, helps stimulate hyaluronic acid in your body.In 1997, researchers at NorthwesternUniversityMedicalSchool learned that resveratrol in red wine, highly concentrated in grape skin, is a phytoestrogen. Drink red wine or red grape juice to increase estrogen, which produces more hyaluronic acid in your body.
While food supplements cannot claim to prevent or cure any disease, oral hyaluronic acid supplements may make a claim to promote and maintain healthy tissues in the eyes, liver, joints, skin, and leg veins. Peer-reviewed studies have been published on all of these conditions. HA supports youthful appearance, joint movement, and visual response among adults of a wide age range.
It's been almost six months since my last posting. May I just tell you how hectic it's been?
Firstly, I donned my white lab coat and started formulating two new and exciting products, PNEUMA OIL Scalp Rejuvenator and PS:3325 (skin oil treatment). My business partner, Jeri Wingo and I have been working on the formulas, praying for guidance and believing God for powerful and revolutionary results.
Well, after the first testing of PNEUMA OIL, the results are PHENOMENAL! Documented accelerated hair growth on the scalp and brows grew in thicker after 14 days. We're beyond thrilled. Our formulation is totally biblical except for one ingredient which was revealed through prayer. The exception ingredient is derived from an incredible little plant that originated in the Brazilian Amazon. But, true to the gospel, it is in accordance with God's provision for healing to be found in herbs. (We Biblical Beauties understand that God speaks to His people explicitly.)
PS:3325, our incredible skin oil treatment is actually based upon a very special biblical oil. Jeri and I are the only ones who have tried it so for. We experienced profound results of firming, retexturizing and diminished puffiness in the eye area. However, we found out the hard way that we have to use it sparingly. (I got carried away and got some of it into my eye. My eye became irritated and red but I was fine after I flushed it out with water. However, we can't have our clients experiencing a reaction like that.)
Of course, before we launch either product, we will have met all mandatory procedures, testing, official approvals, etc. God is AWESOME. I know that there are zillions of ingredients which can revolutionize health and beauty healing and improvement yet to be found.
2009 was the Year of Tribulation for a lot of folks. Even up until the 11th hour, I was praying to God, please let me make it to 2010. Seriously, it was that kind of year.
For example, I arrived home on December 29th after having spent 10 idyllic days with family in bucolic Durham, North Carolina to find my bedroom looking as if it had been bombed. Paint peeling off the walls, ceiling plaster everywhere and bed still moist from a seemingly indoor shower. Well, it seems that the heat had been turned up in my apt. building and the steam radiator had spewed steam and water into the bedroom for over 10 days. With the windows closed, the room had become a veritable steam sauna. I am just grateful that my clothing in the closet was not damaged. Miraculously, my computer nor television had been in the line of steam droplets. At first, I bemoaned my situation. I was furious with the downstairs neighbors who had requested more heat. This was just one more act of destruction emanating from them. I asked God, "How much more can I take?" Well, God calmed my spirit by saying, "It's just water, child and you were planning to paint anyway......weren't you?" Yes, I had said I was going to decorate the apt., leave it better than I had initially found it and move onto the next level.
So, what does this experience have to do with Biblical Beauty? Well, because of the water damage in my apt., I am indeed forced to finish my home improvement project I had begun early in the year. Every room had been painted thus far except for the bedroom. The kitchen has been partially painted awaiting the competion of an accent wall. Now, I am committed to finishing the entire project. Moreover, I have to finish this apt. before accepting stewardship of my own new home. I know this in my spirit.
A BIBLICAL BEAUTY knows that her environment reflects her persona and reveals what she is thinking. Beauty, ambiance, style, orderliness and completion are just as important in one's appearance. God wants everything in our lives complete, orderly and stylish, reflecting a beauty that is a veritable expression of His glory. When He created the heavens and the earth, He looked upon each phase of completion and said, "IT IS GOOD."
Let's wrap it up Biblical Beauties. Every area of our lives and our very appearance has to reflect the express glory of God for this next level of spiritual advancement.
2010 is the year of TANGIBLE MANIFESTATION OF OUR DESIRES. Biblical Beauties everywhere will now reap!
MARRIAGES
BABIES
CAREER SUCCESS
HOMES
With that said, I am going to emphasize NEXT LEVEL BIBLICAL BEAUTY. When we walk down the street, people should see a glorious expression of the living God and the whole universe should express in unision, IT IS GOOD.
BIBLICAL BEAUTIES, I just admonish you to pray to our Lord for a greater capacity to handle the vision that is YOU!
