(Music) Hi everyone, I'm Olga Villaverde
and I'm Amber Milt, welcome to The
Balancing Act.
Okay so you know when I wake up in the
morning my hair is like woof!
Mine is like sun's out, buns out!
So we all have
these terrible hair days right?
Yeah.
Okay well the truth is today we've
got great advice for those with curly hair
or you know wavy hair, yeah frizz!
We're going to help fight the frizz!
Yeah!
I am so looking forward to this.
Anything.
And okay we've also got if that seems
like a little hair brains, we've got
some ideas help you ensure peace of mind
when it comes to your online business so
we're gonna explain that too.
And you know I
love to cook.
Yes girl you love to cook.
And you know I love Ralph, right?
Oh yes we love Ralph.
Alright, so I'm always looking for some
tricks to help me in the kitchen right
Ralph?
Abracadabra I got some liquid magic up my
sleeves stay tuned ladies!
Oh boy he's a magician we could use a
little liquid magic maybe after the show?
Indeed he's great, all that and much more,
coming up on The Balancing Act! (music.)
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You know it's undeniably dreadful, frizzy
hair!
No one wants it we all try to avoid
it but let's face it ladies it happens
but no fret - I'm serious!
Our guest is
here to help us make bad hair days a
thing of the past, meet Dr. Boyce Clark of curly
hair specialists lubricity labs.
Good morning.
Thank you so much.
Thanks for being here!
I'm going to tell you right now I've
heard you're amazing, you've done amazing
things with your daughter's hair,
my daughter has struggled all her life
with her curly hair and she's just been
begging me I need to relax my hair.
Don't do it.
Why?
So as a single dad who just happens
to have a PhD in biogeochemistry I
struggled every morning with my daughter's hair.
We would wake up and it
would literally look like something from
the movie “Predator”.
It would be everywhere.
She calls herself Mufasa.
I get it.
Yeah.
I don't, I didn't know what to do
I would brush it it would get bigger.
The humidity.
I see the pictures Look at this!
The humidity would increase outside
her hair would grow and I would think as
a scientist what chemically is
happening why's her hair getting frizzy?
I
looked into some of the salon keratin straightening
treatments.
I wasn't comfortable putting those types of chemicals
on a 12 year old.
I taught myself about hair.
I looked into some textbooks on the anatomy physiology and
morphology of hair and I thought if I can
understand why the hair is frizzing I
can come up with a chemical solution.
And I understand you started doing
this in your kitchen.
I did I reached out to
pharmaceutical companies who had some
fairly cutting-edge compounds that have
just been released they sent them to me
for samples to work in in my lab we
mixed it up and about three nights a
week I would test it on my daughter's
hair.
There was screaming crying and
gnashing of teeth.
So I would pull a comb
through her hair before I would test it
and then we would apply it and then I
would wash it out and dry it and pull it
through again to see how.
She doesn't
look very happy here.
Not happy.
We went through about eight months of
this and had a Eureka moment.
You really started
noticing a difference.
It was almost, it
was instantaneous.
Did people notice?
I sent her to school that day and
I got two notes at home and a phone
call from a teacher saying what did you do
to her hair and where can we get it?
No!
Let's talk about Lubricity I'm going to do
this!
Lubricity and how it controls the frizz.
Sure so it's a treatment.
Step one, it's
called penetrate.
You apply this to dry
hair, you wait 15 minutes it's absorbed
into the hair.
And you use this?
Yep.
To do it?
Just like in a salon.
Exactly or like your own
treatment at home.
Okay you wait the 15
minutes, you don't wash it out, you put
step two on encapsulate, these two
chemically react on your hair and they
literally change the molecular structure
of your hair.
Hmmm.
You maintain the
results with the shampoo and the conditioner.
And what it does is it now
makes your hair not absorb moisture so
frizz is caused by humidity soaring into
your hair this stops that from happening.
And I can see the before and after
pictures here which are pretty dramatic
these are people who have used it.
Instantly.
Tell me about the term
lubricity.
Lubricity is a scientific term
that means to reduce friction or to
increases smoothness.
And how does it
differ from the keratin treatment
besides not damaging your hair?
It's done at room temperature, it's done
in two 15-minute steps, instead of
hours you don't have to heat it to 425
degrees the keratin straightening treatments
are done to create straight hair
this is not a straightening treatment this
is a smoothing treatment if you've
got naturally curly hair you will
still have naturally curly hair after this
but it will be frizz free if you want
to have straight hair you can round
brush, flat irons, then it will be straight
until your next wash.
What about hair types?
Like for example my producer who is in
the control room right now,
Marquita she's got really really curly
hair, and I've got like wavy, so hair types
and what about colored hair?
All of our
hair is chemically identical this system
works on the chemistry of hair and therefore
it works on all ethnicities with regard
to colored hair; whether you color your hair
your hair is natural we noticed two side
effects after I developed the treatment.
The first is incredible shine, we're
seeing that as you do the treatment
after the color your color will last
about 40% longer and the color is much
richer and much more dramatic.
So please tell me you've moved out of the
kitchen.
Yes we're in a professional laboratory
space now.
And you're busy! we are very
busy.
God bless, thank you so much.
Thank you.
Appreciate your time.
And if you'd like
more information on how to say goodbye
to frizz head to lubricity labs dot com.
lubricity labs dot com or our website
the balancing act dot com.
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And I am so about controlling the frizz
and adding shine especially in that
summer heat so I want to flow smoothly
indeed, and we're going to keep this flow
going.
Up next how to protect your online
business.
Stay with us.
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(Music) E-commerce is a
trillion-dollar industry and if you are one of the 1.7
million ecommerce site owners listen up.
For the first time there's a way you can
protect your online retail sales, after
all you've worked so hard to build
your online business.
Are you prepared for
loss of income if a platform like Amazon
or to suspend you for something like a
customer dispute?
In many cases at no
fault of your own, that would be devastating!
Here to talk about insurance
for your e-commerce business is Lori
Jurans from well insurance.
Good morning.
Good morning, thanks for being here.
Thank you.
You know we've talked a lot about
the internet, we've talked a lot about
e-commerce sites this is really new to
me and this was really personal to you
wasn't it?
It was, yes it was, we own our
own e-commerce business and we were
ecstatic to see it growing.
Fast.
Yes we've been working it for about five
years and about a year ago as we became
more reliant on the income that we
were bringing in with this business I
started to realize that if something
happened tomorrow, perhaps at no fault of
our own that we would maybe not be
able to pay the bills the next day and
that became very scary for me and
that's when I said this really should be
available.
So here's a question why would a platform shut down the
e-commerce business?
Well so it's an interesting
question.
Right?
And it happens every day
unfortunately yes and oftentimes at no
fault of the business owner.
Give me some examples.
The big giant is Amazon right?
A lot of e-commerce sellers depend
on Amazon to do their online sales
and Amazon really works to protect
the consumer and believes that if
something is suspicious they will shut
down your account while they investigate
it.
Because the customer is always right.
The customer is always right in the
Amazon world which is a beautiful thing
and as it should be however while
they're investigating this they may
suspend your sales.
It could be that your account
was hacked or that you have had too many
delayed shipments lately, it also could
be that you've been accused of counterfeit products.
Oh!
Yeah, things like that.
So then you're shut down for that
time being and then you're losing
money.
That's right.
And that's your business.
That's right so that's when you have an
aha moment.
Yes.
And you said I have to
do something.
Yes.
What did you do?
Yes so at that point I went to my
general liability insurance agency
company and so we really should work to
develop this policy because general liability
is necessary and provides
a lot of protection but there's not any
insurance companies currently providing
any type of loss of income insurance and
really not any insurance agencies that
know the ins and outs of the e-commerce
business.
So what did you create?
So we created a loss of income
suspension insurance policy.
How does it work?
So, it uh, you can really customize it to make it
work for you.
So your premium is based on your
annual gross income and it's also based
on if you choose to cover yourself for
30 days up to 180 days, you also can
cover yourself for $50,000 in annual
gross revenue up, to a million dollars in
annual gross revenue, and that's really
how it works you can purchase this
policy and were you to be suspended
based on the insurance policy you
purchased you can protect your loss of
income for the days that you are out of
income.
Who should be using this policy?
Everyone?
Anyone that has an e-commerce
business absolutely, I believe should be
considering the policy.
And let's talk
about the legitimacy of the policy
because you know you hear so many things
fraud all this stuff so yes you know
talk about that aspect.
Absolutely well this is backed by Lloyds
of London.
We'll that's huge.
It's huge.
It's the oldest insurance company in the
world and that's his backing this policy,
so no worry about the legitimacy of the
policy.
So have you heard from business
owners that say “oh my goodness thank you so
much for this idea because now I have
peace of mind”?
Yes, yes we have.
We've had people tell us that they can
sleep better at night because they
know that if something happens tomorrow
that they can continue to pay their
employees, they can keep the lights on, they can
keep food on the table.
It's personal.
It really is personal you know
business owners have worked very hard to
build their business and they deserve
the right to protect it.
Great idea, great
lightbulbs that went off.
Thank you.
Congratulations and good luck on the
business and hopefully it keeps on
growing.
Yep that's the plan.
Thank you so much
and for more information about suspension insurance for your
ecommerce site visit well dash insurance
com or go to our website the balancing act
dot com.
And that's some great information for some
great peace of mind.
You know whatwhat's's always
on my mind?
Food! time now for a quick bytes as Chef
Ralph, I bet he's got some culinary magic
up his sleeve.
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Presto change-o I'm about to enhance
your favorite recipes with a bold flavor
what I like to call liquid magic.
I'm chef Ralph Pagano and
abracadabra let's elevate your dish by simply
using a few drops of Maggi seasoning sauce.
Now check this out
Maggi seasoning sauce it's made from
fermented wheat and it gives it incredible Emami flavor, you
know it's quite similar to East Asian soy
sauce but it does not contain any soy.
If you just throw a couple of drops
from the bottle right into hot to cold
dishes it really enhances the flavor in
gravies, entrees, soups and sauces.
In fact I love,
I keep it as a secret in my kitchen
all the time.
I'm going to show you right
now how to make an incredible super easy
dip.
Who doesn't like avocado?
Raise your hand.
Keep your hands down.
Avocado is like the bacon of the fruit
world.
Right?
I'm going to add, I got one avocado
here but I add another avocado perfect.
I've got my avocados in the food processor, I'm going to add some
good old-fashioned mayonnaise 2/3 of
a cup, I've got crema which is sour
cream done Mexican style mix.
With a little bit of
mayonnaise gonna pop that into my food
processor.
Into this party goes my secret
Maggi seasoning which is really going to
build some robust flavors up in my dip,
some fresh garlic, lime juice for the
acid and some toasted cumin seed.
You know cumin is the number two
used spice behind black pepper FYI.
Turn it on blend
away it's that simple.
When it's nice and
mixed up just at the end you add the
fresh fragrant cilantro, give it a quick
one, two pulse.
1, 2 skidoo.
You know what'sPresto
good skidoo my favorite dance move.
Presto change-o it's all done and it
looks like it is right here.
Freat avocado with that Maggi seasoning
develops this incredible flavor that I
can't wait to get on.
How about this?
Some potatoes.
I got beautiful roasted red potatoes
with jalape�os, tomatoes and a little bit
of the Maggi season it gets incredible.
I'm got to tell you I love chicken
wings these right here tequila lime juice Maggi
seasoning bake them in the oven finish them on
the grill go to a ranch dressing on
the side this is my kind of party.
It's extremely
versatile and it's made from the natural
extract of pure vegetable oil which
means it's good for the vegans and I can
tell you what, if you add just a little
bit of this Maggi seasoning you get that
deep rich roasted flavor that you would,
when you're cooking kind of meats in the
oven, so this is a really good secret for
my vegan friends and for everybody out
there.
You want to know more about Maggi
seasoning sauce go to Nestle USA dot com or
visit our website the balancing act dot com
and don't forget to share your favorite
Maggi seasoning recipes with us and
remember this has been a quick byte but
chew slowly.
(Music)
(Music) I'm at a quest lab in Fort
Lauderdale Florida where you can get your
blood drawn and your lab work done.
Look familiar?
This is one of the draw room
where you sit in the chair like this one
and I'm sure you've seen these supplies
before especially the collection tube
and you wait for a phlebotomist who
finds the best thing you have and draws
your blood.
Meet Dr. Jay Wohlgemuth of
Quest Diagnostics who this morning will
be discussing the importance of lab work
and your health.
Doctor thanks so much
for having us here.
Thanks for coming to
Quest Diagnostics.
Let's talk about what
lab work reveals about ourselves and our
bodies.
Well lab work informs on what's
going on in your body if you're having
symptoms and something's going on with
you lab work often can lead to the
answer but just as important if you're
feeling fine there may be something
going on in you which you need to know
about so you can intervene and prevent
you know bad outcomes in the future.
So we're talking about possibly
arming ourselves to detect and
diagnose.
Right you may have symptoms you may
not, but in both cases diagnostic testing
can be really valuable.
So in a case like for me
once that I was feeling weak and my
hemoglobin was low hence anemic, that's a
perfect example right?
That's a great
example.
I had this very similar thing
but I had no symptoms I had a blood test
and had vitamin D deficiency.
Okay.
So I was really glad to know that so
I could treat myself and prevent a hip
fracture someday in the future.
So let's talk
about more underlying diseases some that
you may not be aware of a little bit
more serious until you do the blood work.
Well one of the misunderstandings about
lab testing is a lot of people say “well
I feel fine right so why should I be
tested?” However.
However cancer is
treatable and curable if detected at an
early stage and most diseases are like
that if you can detect it early you have
a much better chance of preventing bad
outcomes and preventing progression.
A great example be hepatitis C, 3
million Americans have it.
And they don't know it.
Almost nobody knows but if you don't do
something about it it can go on to liver
failure, cancer and there are curative
therapies available, so you may be feel
fine but you need to be tested you know to
see if that's going on to prevent you
know bad outcomes in the future.
So if it's so
important why aren't people going to get
the lab work which I think nowadays it's
suggested once a year or twice a year?
It depends on your situation at
least once a year there's a set of labs.
So why
are we doing it?
You know I think there
are two important factors at least one
of which is convenience I mean it has to
be convenient.
People don't want to go
out of their way, they don't want to
schedule an extra appointment, drive in
and park and so we're doing a lot to try
to make it more convenient like putting
labs into supermarkets, making it
possible for people to collect their own
sample at home and send it into the
laboratory.
Oh that's fantastic.
Yeah it's really helpful to make sure it's
really convenient for people so that
that hurdle is lower so that they'll
participate, but the other thing is some
people are scared of needles.
There are many people that, I don't like
them I'll do it I don't like, my kids
can't stand them.
So people avoid it, a lot of kids
are very scared as well so we have
alternative sample types we can use for
that but we also have our friend quiggles.
Quiggles?
Quiggles is cute and I'll let you,
I'll let you take a look at him but what
that does is it allows us to distract.
How does it work?
Turn it on here
with this button and the vibration next
to the vein makes essentially the needle
painless.
And it's vibrating.
And it's vibrating so it's a distraction
and it actually.
It tickles a little.
It removes the pain it really helps to help distract
and help children in particular you know
have their blood drawn.
So they may not see
the needle or maybe feel it as much.
They really don't feel it as much.
What a great idea, and for adults too?
It works for adults and they work
for you too.
Let's talk also about the mobile health
app my quest that's very helpful.
My quest is an application you can load
onto your mobile phone and what it
allows is for you to actually receive
your diagnostic data directly not having
to call your doctor but it also allows
you to schedule your appointments and
keep all of your records or maybe the
records of your kids or maybe someone
you're taking care of like your husband
or or your mother and that's
incredibly useful to have that information
with you at all times and when you walk
into the doctor you now have your
diagnostic results that you can share right
there on on your phone.
So there really is no
more excuses I mean it's much more
convenient it's easy it's less painful
if you will and affordable.
All of those
things and most importantly highly
important to prevent bad outcomes in
your life, prolong your life, and reduce
you know reduce disease burdens.
My hemoglobin is back to 14 now so
I'm good to go.
Hey I raised my vitamin D level and I'm
back in the normal range.
Excellent thank you so much for your time.
Thank you.
Now I know next time you're coming to our
studio.
I'm going to come back.
I know we're gonna be
talking about genetic testing and?
And personalized medicine.
Excellent again
doctor thank you so.
Thank you and if
you'd like more information on lab work
or Wuest Diagnostics you can go to their
website that's Wuest Diagnostics dot com
slash patients or check out our website
the balancing act com.
(Music)
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Aright how about if I give you the keys
to my Ferrari tonight?
Oh yeah like that.
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There you go.
Thanks for watching
everyone.
We'll see you next time.
You look hot Oh yeah mama!
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