5일 토픽입니다!

[Leo777]

1st topic. Tips for healthy skin for winter

Dry skin is annoying, sometimes painful, and can sabotage even the savviest make- up mastery. It's most preval‎ent in the winter, as harsh elements deplete the skin of its natural layer of sebum, the oily substance that prevents skin and hair from drying out. Experts claim that small changes can help prevent and treat dryness as the winter months approach.

Jon shared his tips for maintaining healthy skin through the winter months.

“During winter, the wind and low humidity dry out our skin, and we need to hydrate the skin artificially. This is where moisturizers come in,” he said. According to Jon, there is no golden standard for moisturizers, and the right product may cost a fortune, or be a bargain.

“I always urge my patients to request samples and try out products before making a purchase,” he said. “Everyone responds differently, so try one, and see if it works.”

While we often focus on moisturizers, cleansers play a significant role in skin health.

“It’s best to seek out a neutral pH soap, or one that is slightly acidic,” Jon explained. “The reason for this is that skin is slightly acidic. Choose a liquid cleanser over a harsh scrub, and wash with tepid water. Exfoliation is not good for the skin, and can actually create more problems.”

Many people try to combat winter’s dry air by visiting saunas and jjimjilbang, a Korean style health spa. However, according to Jon, saunas should be avoided for those with skin conditions.

“Saunas will dry out the skin in the long run; they will eventually dehydrate you”, he said.

And though adequate water consumption is paramount to health, there is no scientific correlation between drinking more water and hydrating dry skin.

“Excess in general is a bad idea,” he said. “This applies to all the choices we make to treat our body. For example, fish oils are an excellent source of essential fatty acids, which are great for the skin, but it should be consumed in measure, and it's best to get it from our diet. Overdoing it with supplements is unhealthy. Hot water is bad for the skin, you should use tepid water when cleansing. Lip balm is helpful, but once a day is enough.”

In regard to professional services that treat dryness, Jon asserts that the average garden variety facial is not an ideal investment.

“It really depends on your skin condition, but generally speaking, (non-medical) facials are not scientifically controlled,” he said. Instead, Jon recommends chemical peels, which range in price from 80,000 to 150,000 won and do not necessitate time off from work or social activities.

What is Jon’s number one piece of advice for healthy skin? Take sun damage seriously.

“Wear sunblock everyday, no matter what season it is. If it snows, the reflection is 90 percent.”

QUESTION S:

1. Do you have skin trouble in winter season? (like red blotches_안면홍조, cracks_갈라짐 …etc.)

2. Do you have your own way to protect your skin? And do you care your skin during whole season?

3. How much time do you spend to care your skin in a day?

4. Do you care your appearance? Which part is most important? (skin color, tone, pimple, etc.)

5. Are you good at make-up and dress-up?

6. Do you think you have clean and nice skin condition?

2nd topic. Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?

THE “fact” that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. I frequently read confident statements like, “when a bag of chips is cheaper than a head of broccoli ...” or “it’s more affordable to feed a family of four at McDonald’s than to cook a healthy meal for them at home.”

This is just plain wrong. In fact it isn’t cheaper to eat highly processed food: a typical order for a family of four — for example, two Big Macs, a cheeseburger, six chicken McNuggets, two medium and two small fries, and two medium and two small sodas

Another argument runs that junk food is cheaper when measured by the calorie, and that this makes fast food essential for the poor because they need cheap calories. But given that half of the people in this country (and a higher percentage of poor people) consume too many calories rather than too few, measuring food’s value by the calorie makes as much sense as measuring a drink’s value by its alcohol content

Besides, that argument, even if we all needed to gain weight, is not always true. A meal of real food cooked at home can easily contain more calories, most of them of the “healthy” variety. In comparing prices of real food and junk food, I used supermarket ingredients, not the pricier organic or local food that many people would consider ideal. But food choices are not black and white.

“Anything that you do that’s not fast food is terrific; cooking once a week is far better than not cooking at all,” says Marion Nestle. Taking the long route to putting food on the table may not be easy, but for almost all Americans it remains a choice, and if you can drive to McDonald’s you can drive to Safeway. It’s cooking that’s the real challenge. A similar victory in the food world is symbolized by the stories parents tell me of their kids booing as they drive by McDonald’s.

To make changes like this more widespread we need action both cultural and political. The cultural lies in celebrating real food; raising our children in homes that don’t program them for fast-produced, eaten-on-the-run, high-calorie, low-nutrition junk; giving them the gift of appreciating the pleasures of nourishing one another and enjoying that nourishment together.

Political action would mean agitating to limit the marketing of junk; forcing its makers to pay the true costs of production; recognizing that advertising for fast food is not the exercise of free speech but behavior manipulation of addictive substances; and making certain that real food is affordable and available to everyone. The political challenge is the more difficult one, but it cannot be ignored.

What’s easier is to cook at every opportunity, to demonstrate to family and neighbors that the real way is the better way. And even the more fun way: kind of like a carnival.

QUESTION S:

1. Do you usually enjoy eating fast food? How many times do you visit in fast food restaurant?

2. If you find fast food instead of other foods, for what reasons? (for convenient? Cheap? Not wasting time?)

3. How do you think about the prices of fast food? Is it cheap enough or too much for its quality?

4. What kind of fast food do you like? Hamburger? French Fries? Or Pizza? Or Don't you like any kind of fast food? Then why?

5. Do you think fast food is just bad or it has advantages for your life?(ex. Fast food is convenient.)

[Leo777]

전에 얘기한 대로 저는 이날 면접이 있어서 못나갈것 같습니다... 기존멤버분들이 잘 진행해 줄 거라 믿어요!

[Minhye K]

Good luck! I'll cross my fingers:)

[★Miranda★]

네 알겠습니다^^ 자료 준비해 놓을께요!

[MEI 에요!]

저 참석합니당 !

[MEI 에요!]

헐. 죄송. ㅜ 못갈거 같아요 ㅜ

[Hugh M]

저도~

[Minhye K]

휴~ 근데 how i met your mother 시즌 다 갖고 있어? 어디서 받을수 있어? 난 3까지 있어 ㅜㅠ

[Leo777]

내가 시즌 8인가 지금 하는데까진 가지고 있는데 혹시 원하면 보내줄께 ㅋ

[Minhye K]

Oh oh 내가 찾던 그것 oh oh ㅋㅋ 번거롭겠지만 이메일이나 뭐 가능한 방법으로 보내줘! 커피 살게 ㅋㅋ

[Minhye K]

민혜 참가합니다:):)

[Hugh M]

얘 안왓어...

[Minhye K]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ나 일어났더니 시간이.... 미안미안 수요일엔 꼭 갈게 히히

[Leon]

Good luck Leo!!! I'm in!!

[english expert]

i wish you the best luck i'm also in

[Leo777]

Thanks all of you guys! see you on wed!

[Bluemoon]

참석합니다~~~!!

[Kyung]

참석합니다.