I will write some news very soon! I got all your messages on GAGA GONE WILD, and promise that I will do the shoot about styling ideas with Maiko after I return to Tokyo. I told her and she said she is excited to shoot with me. Let’s do it!

I am in Dubai with 47 of my friends to watch the Dubai World Cup (horse race) on Saturday. Lots of fun events, parties etc. I will have many pictures and details to share with you.

For now, please see my previous post of a few weeks ago CLICK HERE!

Love, ines

WOULDN’T IT BE FUN…. if people were so creative when they go out? I am so bored to see everyone wearing either black, gray or beige at events or at meetings.

Yesterday I went shopping all day in Tokyo, shops after shops buying clothes, shoes and accessories for the shooting of my DVD series. I am going to shop again all day today. I have 2 pople following me and helping me carrying the bags or paying when I am done. You could not believe how fast I am when i shop, it is like if I had a radar founding the cool pieces. It has been years looking at fashion magazines!

My budget is HUGE, also I am having so much fun and I found some incredible outfits, accessories for the next seasons, exciting! I am actually wearing a black hair wig and sunglasses while shopping (!!!) so that people would not recognize me and I can go faster looking for the best from shop to shop.

Why can’t girls or women in general have to shop “SAFE”? I do not understand… everyone should wear something that match their personality. If you wear gray or beige, it means that you are spice less… is this really the message that you want to pass on, to people who meet you, about yourself?

Again, yesterday I was in a shop and I saw these 2 girls in their twenties. They were both wearing all black from head- to-toe, and guess what? They were looking to buy some more black!! I could not resist to show them a pair of shocking pink sandals to break their monotone-funeral-look. They did recognized me and actually bought the shoes. And me too!

Actually would you like me to take pictures of all he goodies that i bought and post it for you? I could include price and the name & location of the shop where I bought it? Would it make your life easier on the weekend to go shopping? Maybe I could even ask Maiko, our new winner, to be my standing model for the photos and you could see how the clothes look on her. Tell me if this is a good idea please and I will surely arrange? Anything for you my dear!!! I am at your service….

Gonna get ready to get out the door, in my knew super-cool Audi Q5! I just received it last night, I was waiting since last December when I ordered it!!! I am like a kid on the morning of Christmas, I AM SO HAPPY!

And yes, I am like the big boys… I am a car lover and I like to change model every 10~12 months. Why limiting myself to the same engine when I can always update to a new one. And let me tell you, the new Q 5 with it light brown leather seats is to die for…. I love speed and always get in trouble with the police for it… this car is super light and the engine roars like a wild animal when you just push a little on the pedal, it flies, silent and propulses you in a delightful extasis. Yes… now you know, I am crazy for cars, speed and luxury on the road. This is my weak point!

I can open the entire roof and feel like if I am actually driving a convertible without the wind inconvenience. The car is equipped with the best BOSE sound system, and my i-phone automatically connects to the car when I enter it, also I can receive and make phone call without even taking my mobile out of my bag. I do not also need to use the key to operate the car, it is enough it is inside my pocket or in my bag the cat recognize it and can function. Extreme luxury guaranteed. And, toward the end of my shopping frenzy, I put the seats down in the back, so that there is more space for the bags. LOVE DRIVE-SHOPPING!!!!!!

ps: BUT, be careful because if you start driving Audi, you will never stop. Audi makes the best cars, stylish, high-tech and safe, they make it highly addictive, seriously…. it is my second one now, and… I CANNOT STOP!

Now thinking about the R8! Actually, male-top-model Girolamo drives it in Tokyo. Also, I met Simon Lebon (Duran Duran) for morning coffee with my friend and his SYN business partner, Nick Wood, the other day, and Simon was talking highly of his car the Audi R8 as he knows I love cars and I am an Audi lover.

AND, IF YOU WANT TO FEEL “INSIDE MY CAR”, CHECK THIS OUT: HERE!

EMIRI AND MAIKO TOGETHER ON THE RED CARPET LAST NIGHT. THEY GOT SO MUCH PRESS ATTENTION!!!

ABOVE IS HISAKO MANDA, EX MISS UNIVERSE JAPAN, AND MOST FAMOUS ACTRESS. SHE IS INTERVIEWING CELEBRITIES ON THE RED CARPET

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO

Guest Hiroko Mima and judge Tracy Andrerson, at backstage during 2010 Miss Universe Japan final competition at Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa on March 9, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan

Photos by Wire Image photographer JUN SATO

Ines,

Thank you so much for your advice before about gluten and lactose. I would like to give you a progress report about my son.

After your advice, we stopped using any gluten or lactose products at home.  However, they give the children milk and biscuits for snack at school.  We have to have a note from the doctor for the school to cooperate with us.  We couldn’t get a note from the doctor because it is not a serious allergy.  We asked the psychiatrist but the doctor said there was no president.

We will avoid these products at home and hope that will make some difference.
I have another son and the doctor said he should be watched as well.  He developed very slowly when he was a baby, but after turning 1 year old, he is developing really quickly and now he is talking.

We are restricting his diet in the same way, but the health center said they were worried about the calcium intake.  I will continue doing all I can. Sometimes I feel really down, but reading your blog gives me power.

I will continue to read your blog.

Chieko

Dear Chieko,

I am very glad to hear that you have started the no-dairy / no-gluten diet. Actually it should not be so difficult for Japanese people, as before there was rice, rice pasta and tofu. But no cookies, cheeros, milk, cheese and yogurt in your daily diet. Also why changing this to a poisonous diet coming from overseas, when Japanese food is the healthiest in the world…?

But, one thing for sure is that you need to give your sons some calcium supplementation and also vitamins to balance the no-dairy diet.

Other then milk & dairy products there are several other types of non-dairy sources of calcium that you can opt as to ensure your daily calcium intake. The soft bones of fish, as with sardines, pilchards and tinned salmon, provide us with valuable calcium. Other useful sources include Soya bean products, such as tofu, as well as sesame seeds, nuts, white bread, dried fruit, pulses and green leafy vegetables. Okra and curly kale are also rich vegetable sources of calcium. Soya milk alternatives, bottled water, breakfast cereals and orange juice are also fortified with extra calcium.

Forget about calcium from milk! There is very limited of calcium which can be absorbed by the human. Milk is for cow that’s it. Do you know any mammals that still drink milk after 9 months old? Not one. Nature is made specifically that when there is teeth inside the mouth, it is time to start eating solid food and stopping the milk.  I have some Japanese friends who breastfeed their child until 2 years old or even more and this is wrong. The only thing that will come out of t is an anxious kid, small and skinny and later on with sexual issues!

Oops, back to the topic, sorry…. You should give your son the following supplements (vitamins, amino-acids and mineral) on a daily basis.

- A good multi-vitamins

- Zinc 50 mg for 2 weeks (super important)

- a pure fish oil

- magnesium and calcium

I buy from Nature Made http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=naturemade&tag=googhydr-22&index=aps&field-adult-product=0&hvadid=5019558309&ref=pd_sl_8141p6yabv_b

Regarding the school, for sure if you want to see good results you have to withdraw completely dairy and gluten, this is a must. I can help you to get a certificate from my doctor stating that your sons are intolerant to dairy and gluten. (maybe also to white egg which is very common). You should require your doctor to run the food intolerance IgI test, also you will be able to find out for sure for both of them.

Please contact my personal health practitioner, Ken Kitahara at http://www.detox.jp e-mail to info@detox.jp for more medical information. And if you come to Tokyo even better, do the tests with him.

This post is for you Chieko, but also for you Ben, for your little brother. I am so proud of what you both are doing. You are doing the right thing. See the story of these parents as well. We all have the same story. D not feel down, because you are going to be so happy in a year with the difference, I promise!

Important suggestion is to read this story of a mother, Karen Seroussi, who has recovered her son as well.

http://www.autismndi.com/news/display.asp?content=Resources&shownews=20040729003254

and the story of celebrity Jenny McCarty and actor Jim Carey at:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/02/mccarthy.autsimtreatment/index.html

Big smiles. With love,

ines

ps: check this post in Japanese by clicking the button at the right corner at the top of this post. Translation are made within 24 hours after I write always. Special thanks to Abece.

1．Age wise I am an adult; however, I think I am still like a child and need daily effort to become more mature.  I think reading is an important part of this process and growing up.  Do you have any books you recommend for me to read to become a world-class mature woman?

I do not not know what to recommend for you about books or novels as you must be reading in Japanese and I cannot… I suggest you read fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle, Marie=Claire, Bazaar, Domani, Bi-Story, Galmorous and Classy. You will get lot of visual ideas to dress like a world class woman. Also they always have interesting interviews of women from around the wold. Most importantly, you should read newspapers every day in order to develop your own opinion about social issues and world events. It is the most important to go through the process of becoming mature in an intelligent way.

2.  I love fashion. This is a question regarding winter-fashion.  I usually like to wear clothes that show-off my neckline, but in the winter I often wear turtlenecks.  If you have any fashion items you recommend for the winter, please let me know.

I love wearing a Gap white-t-shirt with a fur coat in winter and jeans. I hate to cover up with turtlenecks, I feel like a turtle myself. The most seductive part of a woman in winter to show of is actually her neck.

I suggest to wear a V neck or low cut and to have a scarf to wear around the neck if cold. I found amazing woolen scarfs at H&M stores. I bought a black and a gray one with skeleton of a giant fish printed on it.

Also, at the kids section in H&M Harajuku, they sell colorful scarf for children that I wear as well even though I bought them for my sons in lime-green and in blue-indigo.

I love fun hats for the winter as well and high leather boots with leggings. I also found lots of them in H&M or Zara. I bought a few wigs and wear the as a hat, they keep me war and they are fun for a quick new look! I have some fabulous ones but more expensive, and of a really nice quality at Gucci and Celine. I fancy the accessories at Patrizia Peppe, you should check it out. Maiko wore one of Patrizia Peppe sparkling-dress for the opening of the Miss Japan show, the other night. I actually changed her dress just before the show starts, because I did nt like what she was wearing.

You can find cool gloves in stores around Harajuku on the weekends and maybe you will bump into… ME!

3.  I have always been short, and I have the tendency to gain weight easily and I was fat up until I was in my second year of high school.  When I was in my 3rd year of high school, I became determined to loose weight and lost 10 Kg by not eating.  However, I developed an eating disorder and struggled until the age of 24.  Now I have mostly overcome my eating disorder and can eat normally, but I am gaining weight again and feel like I am returning to my former self.  For a person like me, how do you think I can diet and keep my figure?  Please give me some advice.

The first thing to do is to check if your metabolism is not too slow because of your thyroid not working correctly. It could simply be an hypothyroidism problem. Also I recommend you to see your doctor and to ask him to run a T3 and T4 tests on you. It is very important to do both.
It is very simple and covered by your insurance, it is a blood test to identify an under-active thyroid (hypothyroidism), which can be indicated by such common symptoms as fatigue, weight gain, dry skin, thinning hair and chronic constipation.

Doctors believe as many as 30% of women may suffer mild hypothyroidism by midlife and that it might be a cause of everything from chronic disease to depression.

Usually a regular doctor will test for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroxine (T4) if TSH is low. But, you need to get T3 tested as well, because it is possible for someone to have enough T4 but not enough T3. This is my case. This is just one of the reasons why, so many people are told by their doctor, that their thyroid is working properly, when it isn’t.

For more information, if you can read English visit: www.stopthethyroidmadness.com or www.thyroiduk.org . For informative sites in Japanese visit:  http://www.detox.jp e-mail to info@detox.jp ask my physician, Ken Kitahara for assistance, his clinic is located in center Tokyo.

Regarding food, just eat healthy meals and small quantities. Buy Erica Angyal book it is full of good advises.

Also, you might need to exercise maybe more than you do. Because you need to burn calories to keep thin. Good luck dear, most of the women on this planet have a weight problem…

4. I have this problem where my body gets really cold easily.  I always wear socks and make sure to dress warm, but still my hands and feet get ice cold.  They say that letting your body get cold will cause other illnesses (in Japan) so I want to fix this condition.  Do you know of any fundamental ways to fix my condition?  Please give me some advice.

For sure it is your Thyroid! Go test and do not forget to run the T3 test as well.It changed my life after i found out. I was always freezing….

5.  I have so much acne on my face and neck.  I can’t get it to clear up no matter what.  Can you tell me how I can clear up my skin?

First of all, go to your doctor and check your hormone balance.

The more effective is to buy Proactiv and use it everyday for at least 3 months on the area where you have acne. I have seen spectacular results with the finalists and friends since the past 8 years. It is easy just order it from the TV or buy it from the Proactiv vending machines that are available in Tokyo (if you live in Tokyo). Also it is very safe because I have never seen any sad effects.

Be careful to be eating healthy always and make sure you drink a lot of water.

And a last, if sadly your case is indeed very dramatic, then check this site at http://www.zimbio.com/Acne+vulgaris/articles/1691/Pantothenic+Acid+Vitamin+B5+Acne+Dr+Jeffrey
If you decide to order this Pantothenic Acid treatment as per Dr Leung, please be aware that you might experience some side effects, just to inform you.

Also check your food intolerances and if I were you the first thing i would try to do is to cut completly dairy and milk from my diet for  week and to see what happen.

Unlike food allergy tests, intolerance tests are not available in regular doctor checks at the hospital, but you have to ask for it specifically. Also ask your doctor to run a IgG test, he can do it, I had it done in Japan at www.detox.jp

You found out which foods to avoid from your diet. These tests are a great start, I found out I am intolerant to sea-food, white egg and yeast. I ran the tests for my 3 sons and they are all intolerant to a different kind of food. (Luca is intolerant to milk & white egg; Noa to salmon & sesame; Ben to tuna.)

6.  Hello Ines.  How do you think is best to deal with criticism, bullying, or teasing?  Is it best to just smile, ignore it, or retaliate?

I want to meet these people with you and to scare them a bit!!! Do not let yourself being bullied. Just shut their mouth, politely but with confidence and they will stop. People bullies or tease people when they feel they are superior to them, it is a way for them to feel powerful. You must be more tough than them. Show that you are not impressed by them and tell them to simply shut up! You know I have been seriously bullied when I was young also I know how you feel. Do not let anyone make you feel sad. Think about me when it happens and look up with confidence. I will be right there with you, in energy.

Love always, ines

CNN’s Don Lemon speaks with Dr. Robert Geller about a federal court ruling that says vaccines are not linked to autism.

oh no… I am so furious after seeing this!!!!

How much money or pressure did Dr Robert Geller receive to make a fake statement like this and put so many children at risk in the future!?

I am so frustrated and deeply sorry, for these children who’s life will never be the same.  I could save my son after he almost lost his life, it took us 5 years to recover him. We were so lucky to be able to do so, bccause we were “”rich”" enough to afford expensive treatments, doctors and therapists. But I know families who could not afford it like us, and there child is now in an institution when mine is in a regular school with good academics results. Most of them were not damaged as my son, but now they cannot live a normal life. How do you expect me to shut my mouth? I cannot!! I feel deeply responsible and I hope that I can make a small difference by being outspoken.

These big pharmaceutical companies will always get away with every crimes they commit in our society, simply because they have too much power, too much influence, too much money and steel-control over our governments.

Please trust me and all those parents who are telling the same message than mine, before you follow the heavy schedule of vaccinations recommended by these big greedy companies. You can do the vaccins if you feel like it but only if your child is healthy looking, with a separete time in between that allows his/her body to recover. Search the Internet and try to educate yourrelf by hearing the thousands of parents like me trying to guide you, to inform you, to protect your family and your precious child.

I am not overreacting, I am just being a mother. I thought my child was dead, he came back to us, the first time he looked at me and saw me he must have been 4 years old! This makes me blessed enough, to take the risk to move mountains, in order to reach you before it is too late.

Do not trust everything that it said in the news, on TV. Think about it, all these years tobacco companies have had major control over the media and the politics. It was not so long ago, when they finally lost control. How many experts had testified in the press that tobacco was safe amd not addictive? How many lives tobacco took in smokes during all these years???

Be aware, make up your own opinion by doing researches. Protect your children, only you can!

Sorry for being heavy tonight….. I am just a Mom full of love.