MANILA, Philippines?Here are my answers to your questions on health, beauty and wellness. Happy reading!

I am a woman in my late 40s and my greatest fear is to reach the big ?5-0.? Help me delay the aging process.

The bad news is your body clock starts ticking faster in your late 20s. If you didn?t do anything about it, the good news is, it?s never too late. Here?s how:

Rid your body of built-up toxins. Do a detox program by eliminating or decreasing your junk food.

Avoid oily food. This only interrupts the digestive process.

Do mild exercise daily.

Drink 10-12 glasses of water daily.

Start your day happy and end your night in peace.

Supplement with a multivitamin/mineral plus 1,000-3,000 mg of vitamin C daily.

Go to your dermatologist for monthly facials and diamond peel to smoothen fine lines on your face.

Laugh as often as you can. Be a source of joy to all.

Stay focused on the spiritual.

Every time I accompany my husband to a wine session every night, I wake up each morning looking bloated and puffy eyed. What should I do?

While there is nothing wrong with having a glass of red wine every night, chances are you are drinking beyond your limit. Wine cannot be made without the help of yeast. And if you are sensitive, the results can be hazardous to your health?fungus infections to begin with.

I suggest you stay off alcohol for two weeks and observe yourself. Seek medical advice. If you have yeast problems, a simple natural remedy is three tablets of sodium bicarbonate before meals three times a day for five days. Your bloating will stop. Regulate your drinking to only one glass of wine each night.

Can you recommend a regimen to control my weight problem, sugar cravings and poor bowel movement?

Cut out all refined foods. If you don?t have enough fiber in your diet and are dehydrated, you will suffer from constipation. Increase vegetable/low-sugar fruit intake. Exercise daily. Brisk walking will do.

Sugar cravings can be controlled by taking mineral chromium, 5,000-6,000 micrograms daily until the craving diminishes. Take 1,000 mcg once a day for maintenance. (Reference: Suzanne Somers ?Breakthrough? chapter on Dr. Jonathan Wright)

Drop the allergic foods and you can lose as much as 25 pounds.

How can I stay calm and composed when I am a natural worrier?

Adopt a body-mind exercise regimen like yoga, Pilates, tai chi. Increase your intake of vitamin B complex, calcium/magnesium to relax you. Drink a calming tea like chamomile daily. Visualize a river.

Affirm: ?I flow like the waters of the river?surely and calmly.?

Love and light!