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Brazilian Festives + Food Diaries by Moran Patient Expert

Posted Sat 16 Jan 2010 10:10am with the sister’s birthday (she is very special) and all the festives. Today we actually went to an awesome Brazilian restaurant that operates on the “eat as much as you can ” basis. I am...). Trust me, there was so much food in the buffet. Here is my first plate: Sushi, orange lentils, all colors of raw peppers, baby eggs, cucumbers, mushrooms salads, grilled Read on »

Italian food and Brazilian guarana by Glauce Lucas Patient Expert

Posted Mon 04 May 2009 5:26pm Last weekend we ate a lot of Italian food: pasta, pizza and lasagna. Couldn't be better! And to make it more perfect, Matteo bought us Guaraná Antártica. For those who... in coffee beans.” (thanks Wikipedia, again). Guaraná Antártica is the most famous Brazilian soda made of guarana (of course). And it's available at a Brazilian small shop here Read on »

Brazilian Blowout by LoveVeggiesYoga Posted Sun 13 Mar 2011 3:31pm Friday afternoon I went to get another Brazilian Blowout . I am so happy to have smooth, sleek, wash-and-go hair back again! I got one five months ago . And then I wrote a month later with my review and thoughts. In a nutshell, I loved it! If you’re not familiar with what a Brazilian Blowout is, it’s a straightening treatment Read on »

FDA Investigating the Safety of Brazilian Blowouts by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 18 Nov 2010 1:04am Ok I learned something today too, the Brazilian Blowout is a hair treatment and from what I am reading here, the haze that is created from the use is said to be causing... the FDA rules on the safety, the jury may be out for a while. BD From the website: “The BRAZILIAN BLOWOUT is the most innovative and effective professional smoothing Read on »

The FDA calls out Brazilian Blowout for “false and misleading statements” by Nadine H. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 13 Sep 2011 5:47pm It’s been a while since I wrote about the Brazilian Blowout controversy and there have been a few newsworthy updates recently! Luckily, the word has gotten out about... and misleading statements” regarding formaldehyde/methylene glycol in the solution): September 13, 2011 Dear Nadine, The Brazilian Blowup continues! Remember when we first wrote Read on »

Brazilians want you to know that Acai is not a diet miracle by Lucy J. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 12 Oct 2009 10:00pm Did you know that Brazilians do not use acai as a weight loss supplement? Brazilians love acai because of its great taste. Also they use it because it is full of vitamis and because it is considered one of the most nutritious fruits of the Amazon. Read on »

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics asks FDA for Brazilian Blowout voluntary recall by Nadine H. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 09 Nov 2010 1:39pm their own tests confirmed its presence. But guess what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has done? Nothing. This is unacceptable. The high levels of formaldehyde in Brazilian.... This morning, they sent out the following email regarding formaldehyde in the Brazilian Blowout (which has always claimed to be formaldehyde-free, as you know by now ). I thought Read on »

Is the Brazilian Blowout Really Formaldehyde-Free? by Nadine H. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 24 Sep 2010 7:33pm and sleekifying results common to the Brazilian. Keratin, in fact, requires a reactive agent to bond to the hair…like formaldehyde. Remember when the food industry was coming under fire...” Brazilian Blowout solution and have found that they each contained shockingly-high levels of formaldehyde (at 10.6%, 6.3%, 10.6% and 10.4%). This comes after a previous test conducted Read on »

Brazilian Waxing – Yuck! by AlexanderRivkinMD Patient Expert

Posted Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:02pm I have to say, brazilian waxing is nasty, painful and unsanitary. Here’s a story about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/19/brazilian-waxes-may-be-ba_n_176824.html I don’t get why people still do this stuff when you can get lasered without the pain and the hair doesn’t grow back…. Read on »

Vegan in a Brazilian Steakhouse by Dr. Heather S. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:56pm at a place called Fogo de Chao, a Brazilian steakhouse. It's a place where men dressed as butchers move through the restaurant at a frenzied pace slicing meat off of a skewer... (but no dressings), chick peas, mushrooms, asparagus, and tomatoes. And he brought me polenta faster than I could eat it. So, I ate well and enjoyed my food, though I was clearly grossed Read on »