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Gracefully Going Grey By Shari
my best friend who has been bleaching her hair platinum IfPlanning not Immortality what about The 120 Club? for the End of Your Life and keeping it cut in a pixie cut told me that she was
Due to the popularity of Game of Thrones and the admiration of the Mother of dragons, Queen Daenerys Targaryen, the silver-haired beauty perhaps inspired Who will hair end fashion up with amongst your books and your tchotskes, the latest younger ladies to dye My good friend Everett died in see 2005young aged your gadgets and yourit garden when you change their hair grey. ToAlexander me looks atools bit odd to 85 on his ranch in Oregon. It wasn’t really a ranch, your with cosmic address at the of endgrey. of your girls various shades (Orlife? perhaps it’s moreShades like anof Ark. Alexander liked to hang out Fifty Grey that hasjust inspired this trend.) with animals, certainly not eat them. Hewas an It’s probably thewant easiest andgrey least Why would you to go soonerous young? part of your educationalist and an English eccentric much estate planning to make a list of all your possessions and influenced by Rudolf Steiner and Huxley’s Perennial noticed allmore decide who will get the stuff you have I’ve accumulated these Philosophy, who decamped to Oregon in the 1960s and more famous years. Will Junior get your porno movie collection? Your becoming a leading figure in the personal and daughter might like some jewelleryactresses or family heirlooms; development movement that became popular at that singers have maybe your best friend appreciate yourwho gadgets time. As a young man would he had been crippled by polioor gone grey. Helen garden tools. You have made Last Will Testament? but claimed to have curedyour himself. Heand was, he told Miran, Emmylou Good. That takes of your estate, possessions and me a member ofcare the 120 Club, all ofyour whom committed Harris, Diane financial accounts and settles your preferences. Or does it? themselves to live to be over 120 years old. Alas, Keaton and Jamie Alexander didn’t make it. He died 35 years short Estate Planning aged 85, which is respectable. Curtis to name a few. Most males goneis Somewhere around the age of 18 or have 19 ourofwisely bodies cease Planning for the dissolution and distribution your estate grey like developing and frombut that moment theanaturally various body not that cumbersome you need toon take few things into George Clooney clocks that comprise is us,property start their account, especially if what you have or aremoseless foot in two and RichardBesides Gere, looking handsome and sexy. That countdown to ourstill eventual demise. How countries. the bequests and provisions your last iswill forand men whofrom haveshould been lucky toon keep their long wetestament last that point on enough depends appoint an executor who willhair. take good of luck, our genes, our lifestyle and how care administrative and financial matters such as Probably not many people have celebrated their sixtiethor much money we have. The process doesn’tyour liquidating bank and investment accounts, pension usually without start tohaving manifest visibly until birthday a single grey hair.our For those of us retirement accounts, ensuring your assets go to the proper mid-30s so and, good genes, who startedorgoing grey given when we were much younger, by beneficiaries, paying any debts or taxes. It could also psychologically weour don’t the time we hit sixty hairusually is prettystart muchtogrey or white. include selling your home or terminating your lease. And feel old until aour early 70s.we need to make a decision to There comes time when with foreign property rights restricted in Indonesia, be sure stop colouring our hair and go “au natural” or continue you don’t leave behind a against: can of worms your executor will Here’s what colouring. Justwe’re thinkallofuphow much money we can save have to deal with. during a year. Colouring your hair with a professional Chronic stylist can Inflammation be expensive, and although less expensive, Even if you have little in the way of assets or possessions, home bleaching and colouring treatments can cause you should have a simple will because if you die intestate Aging people damage to our suffer hair. an epidemic of outward the legal system in your location decide who gets your inflammatory diseases such aswillarthritis, but chronic inflammation also damages assets, no matter how massive or meager. Things are more brain cells, arterial walls, valves and complicated if you are theheart parent or guardian of a minor other have structures in the body. Heart child, an informally adopted or attack, sponsored child and stroke, no heart valve failure, and Alzheimer’s there’s document stating what you want to bequeath have orall linked to the them whobeen will care for them afterchronic your demise. By the inflammatory cascade. same token, are you making some provisions for your faithful staff who may lose their jobs and probably have no Glycosylation retirement or financial cushion to fall back on? Diabetics age prematurely, but even non-diabetics suffer Another thing to consider is to make sure that your will does from this chemical reaction, where protein molecules not contradict the account beneficiaries named on your bind to glucose molecules forming non-functioning retirement life insurance like. structures.accounts, Glycosylation is mostpolicies evidentand in the senile The person listed as the beneficiary on each of those dementia, stiffening of the arteries, and degenerative policies willofget money even if your will says otherwise. diseases thethe eye. Make sure your beneficiary designations are up to date and sync with anyDeficit other legal provisions you have made. It Methylation pays to review the beneficiaries on all your accounts. You Our not cellular DNA requires constant action for may be ready to die and in fact enzymatic may yet have a long maintenance and repair. Aging cripples methylation bout of life ahead of you but remember that things change, metabolism that can manifest as people come causing and go inDNA yourdamage life and situations alter. Be sure cancer, liver damage and brain cellwill. degeneration. these changes are updated in your Mitochondrial Energy Including your will, make Depletion a list of critical documents that the will’s executor will need to settle your estate like your The cellular my energy powerhouse, the mitochondria, Unfortunately hair bank began and goinginvestment grey when account I was insurance policies, requires aa complex series of family. chemicals to maintain twenty five, trait that runs in my But luckily being statements, credit and debit cards, pension and tax critical functions such as transporting nutrients through blonde made it easier to hide the grey. A few years ago documents and pertinent information like your Social
jealous of my natural silver hair, that she was paying a lot Security or National Insurance numbers and make sure you of money to get the same colour. She suggested that I stop the and purging of toxic tell cell yourmembrane family or carers where tothe findcell them. This debris. includes colouring my hair a light golden blonde and keep it natural. Mitochondrial lead to congestive heart failure, passwords sodepletion your online accounts can be accessed. Other However, I wasn’t ready and to give up colouring my hair, muscle weakness, neurological disease. practical directivesfatigue should address the paying of any taxes thinking that it would make me look older. But a year ago due, utility bills, recurring payments or donations. Any time while watching a TV program I loved one of the character’s Hormone Imbalance a major change occurs in your life, make sure your will and platinum hair with a bright blue streak on the side. This last directives reflect it. inspired me to make thehuman transition, which be done to in Trillions of cells in the body are could synchronised one step by of lightening my hair and hormones. letting it grow out function chemical all signals called Aging End-of-life preferences naturally.hormonal My hair imbalance dresser also gave very good cut creates that canme leada to depression, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease loss of libido. that is flattering in a controlled messyand look. I do love the Now that the estate portion of your bounty is settled, have blue streaks which I think make me look funky and young you given a thought to the other end-of-life decisions you Excess looking. Calcification I often get compliments on my blue hair. need to make while still, as they say, of sound and competent mind? What about drawing up a Living Willofthat instruct Calcium ions are transported into and out cellswill through your nearest and dearest how you want to be cared calcium channels into the membrane. Aging disrupts thisfor when you longer in a position to in verbalise process andare theno result is excess calcium the cellscoherent of the thoughts? are very brain, heart Remember valves andthere arterial wallsimportant that caninstructions lead to arteriosclerosis andend Alzheimer’s. in regards to your of life preferences that simply do not belong in a Last Will and Testament since that document will not be read until after your death.
For advice on this tricky subject I went to Max at Spoiled Hairdressers, primarily because Max is one of the most distinguished and experienced ex-pat hair dressers on Bali, with 16 years’ experience tending to tropical hair of all styles, colours and conditions. He explained that the transition from dark hair to grey is the most difficult, taking about six months, and you need to Fatty Acid Imbalance be committed to this decision. Using a combination of gradual highlights and low lights to blend in the hair, and The body requires essential acids to maintain slowly move lighter takes time.fatty It’s vital to have a great cell cut energy output.and Aging causes alterations in the enzymes with a shape style and going shorter to make the required to convert dietary fatsbeautiful. into specific fatty acids the change more natural stay The requires. western way effect toand doof that to imbalance draw up an Advance body The fattyisacid manifests Directive, a legal and binding document that outlines your as irregular degeneration, low energy, Some peopleheartbeat, are lucky joint and have a sexy looking silver wishes if you become incapacitated due to illness or injury. hyper-coagulation, dry skin andthe a host othertemples. conditions. streak in their hair, rather than usualofgrey But It sets forth the specific life- supporting or prolonging when your hair is 50% grey it’s time to consider going grey measures wouldcolouring. like applied -or not- like with resuscitation DNA Mutation gracefully oryou continue Unfortunately the hair or CPR, or whether to end all life-saving measures. Your growth in these areas, your hair will need to be retouched wishes should be written down and the document given Numerous synthetic and natural compounds mutate every three to four weeks to avoid having unflattering greyto cellular DNAmost and cause totime form. cells people to cancer be closecells atyour the of Aging your demise. orthe white roots. Thislikely means colouring hair approximately lose DNA repair mechanisms and can the result is Youtheir should notgene leave these agonizing to twelve to eighteen times during a year.decisions This cutothers. into DNA genetic damage causes cells proliferate out wish of your pension drastically, especially here in care the you tropics These instructions should include theto type of control, i.e., turn into cancer cells. where hair (and nails) growand faster cold you climates. Max to have, the medical team thethan hospital want to end mentioned to me that men look great going natural when up in. If you wish to be an organ donor here in Indonesia Immune the starts and lessTransplantasi in need of National the colour yougrey canDysfunction register with are Komite (the appointments, but he does have a number of dapper National Transplant Committee) or the Eye Bank male (Bank For a variety of reasons, aging immune clients who come in and the have subtle cover system up withloses their Mata Indonesia) ahead of time and stipulate that in your its ability to attack bacteria, viruses and cancer cells. In regular cuts. directive.
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Spoiled Hairdressers in Umalas have a special package for ex-pats to help you with your grey growth maintenance if you choose to stay colouring your hair, offering a Your instructions should also indicate your wishes for package for six excessive sessions of rootsofcolour, wash cytokines and blow aging humans, levels dangerous preferred last rites, burial, cremation or repatriation dry for 2.4 million. This will save you a considerable are produced that causeathe immune systemand to turn on its preferences, appoint funeral service a trusted amount of money and keep your hair looking great. He host and create auto-immune diseases,, such as allergies, relative or friend who agrees to take care of all that. Also can also assist with long term planning for a grey transition lupus, don’t anemia, forget to rheumatoid leave behindheart a listdisease of familyand andarthritis. friends you that will take away the stress of managing it alone. want notified. ‘Next of kin’ may not be near if you have Non-Digestive Enzyme Imbalance family in another country. Indonesian Immigration and your consulate also need to be informed. Internal cellular functions depend on multiple enzymatic reactions occurring with precise timing. Aging causes And now for the big caveat: Remember that every country enzyme disturbances in the brain and liver, which result in has itsneurological own norms diseases and regulations it comesorto severe such aswhen Parkinson’s durable health careloss. and Impaired appointing a health care proxy.inIf persistent memory liver function results you plan to die in Indonesia you are well advised to inform toxic damage to every cell in the body. yourself of the practices here. In fact, a quick survey among a Enzyme few Bali Deficit lawyers reveals that unfortunately, the Digestive Indonesian law system does not recognise a Living Will. The aging pancreas digestive However, you canoften drawfails uptoasecrete privateenough statement letter enzymes, aging directives liver does and not secrete regardingwhile yourthe medical wishes enough on how bile acids. personnel The resultsshould are thetreat chronic problems medical you digestive in case of a lethal many faceletter as they condition. This statement onlyage. indicates your wishes and does not have the strong enforcement capacity like a Excitotoxicity will. It behoves you to discuss these matters with your private physician now and see where you stand. The aging brain loses control of its release of neurotransmitters such as In the end it doesn’t really matter - or does it to you? glutamate and dopamine, and this results in devastating brain cell damage and Statistics claim that nearly half of people age 55 and older destruction. don’t have a will. bet the percentage even higher for Because grey hair Itends to thin out and isbecome coarser not having a Living Will. Yet it is important to document as you age, it’s important to treat your hair with kindness Circulatory Deficit yourkeep end-of-life preferences communicate those to and it moisturized. Usingand a good salon conditioner isyour a must, being careful to not apply too much and (very) family and/or the people that are likely to be near you Microcapillary flow of blood to the brain, gently the conditioner through the hair for an at thatcombing crucial time. Putting a plan in place for things eye and skin is impaired as a part like of even distribution before thoroughly rinsing. suggests medical care and funeral arrangements helps that normal aging. The result is Max thatensure disorders adding a little cider vinegar to some mineral bottled upon your death, your wishes areascarried outormacular and that of the eye (such cataract, water a final rinse to remove the hard water scale fromIn degeneration, are the No.1 familyforsquabbles are avoidedglaucoma) over your dead body. you hair,ofleaving it soft and shiny. Using diluted purple age-related degenerative Major terms funeral arrangements, you adisease. can leave the and mini-strokes areyour common problems shampoo is also important to keep hair from arrangements to a competent service likegrey Antara Bangsa associated with circulatory deficit to very the going brassy. Spoiled offer three brands – Alfaparf Milano Funeral Services. Expats in Bali concur they are brain. with Never Brass and Grey Pride. They also have the good and take care of the details. Schwarzkopf Silver shampoo. Don’t worry - you won’t Oxidative Stress look like your grandmother had purple hair, but Don’t wait to put your affairswho in order. Now, while youwill are have soft and manageable hair with a beautiful shine. still hale and healthy and still have control of your Free radicals are unstable molecules that have been belongings and the execution of your last wishes, is the implicated in most diseases associated with Max aging. Ifbest you’re thinking of going grey then for time to put some order in gracefully your end of life see preferences. Antioxidants have become popular supplements to aDon’t consultation. He’s already helped many expats with the wait untilfree-radical-induced life’s inevitable loopscell throw you a curve and protect against damage, but few transition to and even enjoy it! beat you to age it. thegracefully, people take proper combination of antioxidant supplements needed to do any good. Spoiled Hairdressers. CNR Jl. Umalas Dua & Lestari, U m a l a s . w w w. s p o i l e d h a i r d r e s s e r s . c o m . F B Spoiledhairdressers Instagram. T:62-361-8475141 Open Tues to Sat. By Ines Wynn By Shari Shari ByBy Adrian The Boomer Corner is a column dedicated to people over The Boomer Corner is a dedicated to over over The Boomer Corner is column dedicated to people people over The Boomer Corner aa column column to people over 60 living in Bali. Its is mandate is todedicated cover topics, practicalities, practicalities, 60 living in Bali. Its mandate is to cover topics, practicalities, 60activities, living in in issues, Bali. 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