Dare to Apply SNAIL SLIME on your face?!

Snail slime is a kind of mucus, an external bodily secretion produced by the snail.

It's packed with glycolic acid and elastin, a snail’s secretion protects its own skin from cuts, bacteria, and powerful UV rays, making mother nature’s gooeyness a prime source for proteins that eliminate dead cells and regenerate skin.

It's a treatment that has been used as far back as ancient Greece: Hippocrates reportedly prescribed a mixture of sour milk and crushed snails for skin inflammations. These days, snail slime is currently used in cosmetics.

It's a miracle for anti-aging product?

Snail slime, a secretion rich in proteins (hyaluronic acid) and  antioxidants. If it's applied on human skin, it claimed to stimulate the formation of collagen, elastin and dermal components that repair the signs of photo-aging and to minimize the damage generated by the free radicals that responsible for premature skin aging. Besides, it's also marketed as an acne treatment, spot & scar remover, and burn healer.

Bitter Melon - Solution for Diabetes?

Did you know that 90% of estimated 285 million people had type-2 diabetes? It’s in an increasing trend, and by 2030, this number estimated to almost double!!! This chronic disease occur more commonly in more developed countries, follows the trend of urbanization and lifestyle changes, perhaps most importantly a “Western-style” diet.

Insulin treatment can help manage diabetes, but, in some places, annual care for one person can cost 75% of the average income! Here comes the bitter melon might help!

Bitter melon is a plant. It’s used as a vegetable in many Asian countries and as an ingredient in some kinds of curries. Bitter melon or Momordica charantia  (Latin name) was described as “bitter in taste, non-toxic, expelling evil heat, relieving fatigue and illuminating” in the famous Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen (1518-1593), one of the greatest physicians, pharmacologists and naturalists in China’s history!

It contains high level of charantin, which increases insulin sensitivity and compounds that activate AMPK, a protein well known for regulating fuel metabolism and enabling glucose uptake. It also has a form of lectin (a sugar-binding protein) thata lowers blood glucose and suppress appetite.

Bitter melon/ Bitter gourd
*bitter but better*

Researches found that a serving has similar effect to a daily dose of the anti-diabetic drug, glibenclamide. The advantage of bitter melon is that there are no known side effects, according to Dr Ye (experienced practitioner of Chinese Medcine).