Natural Skincare Creates Firm, Smooth & Beautiful Skin!
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
What you need in order to be successful in firming and smoothing your skin are all natural skincare anti aging products. These are the formulas that will address the issues behind why lines and wrinkle form, and why skin slackening occurs.
The troubling thing is that there is only a small number of anti aging skin care formulas that are truly all natural, and just a handful of these have the ingredients you need.
Most skin care formulas are made up of ingredients very low in quality, and these compounds are more than likely developed through the use of chemicals.
The cosmetics industry is crazy about the use of synthetics as ingredients, and much of this has to do with the low cost of the chemical compounds being used. Chemicals in cosmetic products pose a very serious health risk to the user.
This is especially true if the person uses products developed using chemical compounds for a number of years.
Natural skincare compounds are either wholly used by the body for the purpose intended, or they are partially used and the remainder of the substance excreted from the body. Your body cannot process chemical compounds the way it does organic substances, so the chemicals simply build up in your soft tissue.
There are more than 4,000 individual chemicals commonly used by the developers of anti aging skin care products, and other cosmetic formulas.
The cosmetic industry generally tries to conceal the fact that a great many of these chemicals have been branded toxic or carcinogenic due to the results of scientific studies. One cannot allow these substances to accumulate inside them, and expect to remain healthy for very long.
You must make it your mission to seek out only those formulas that truly qualify as natural skincare products, but you also must look for certain ingredients even among these creams and lotions.
All organic compounds will provide you with the antioxidants you need for reducing the effect free radicals have on the skin. Only a few select ingredients do what is necessary in order to reverse the effects of tissue and polymer loss.
Before I explain to you what it is you need to look for I need to make one thing very clear, and it is that natural skincare formulas featuring collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid won’t help you.
The cosmetic companies have made billions of dollars from the fact that the majority of consumers don’t know that these three substances cannot be absorbed. They are far too dense, and cannot be broken down to make them more readily absorbable.
A combination of the protein complex/enzyme fusion Cynergy TK and specially developed coenzyme Q10 compound Nano-Lipobelle H EQ10 will spark a tremendous increase in natural collagen and elastin production.
To shield your tissues and polymer from the destructive force of enzyme groups you need Phytessence Wakame kelp extract and grape seed oil. These compounds keep the collagenase, elastase, and hyaluronidase enzymes at bay.
These are the ingredients that a natural skincare formula needs in order to be effective, and you would be wise to take advantage of what these powerful compounds have to offer.
Over-the-Counter Anti Aging Skin Care Products
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Dermatologists often compare the effectiveness of over-the-counter anti aging skin care products to the effectiveness of Retin-A, the only prescription anti-wrinkle cream. Until recently, there was no comparison.
Nothing worked as well as Retin-A for people who could get beyond the unwanted side effects. Those include redness, itching and irritation. Burning is yet another side effect many people experience. The burning is usually the hardest for people to deal with.
They may be able to deal with a little redness or even some itching, but burning is another issue entirely. It’s painful. The natural reaction is to want to rinse it off as quickly as possible.
No one is sure why Retin-A causes people so many problems. Of course, they aren’t sure why it works, either. Most of us believe that most of the benefits would be due to the antioxidant activity.
While Retin-A is a synthetic compound, it was derived from naturally occurring vitamin A, an antioxidant. Vitamin A is known to be important to the skin’s health and appearance, although no one knows exactly why that is the case, either.
It is known that anti aging skin care products should contain antioxidants, because they address one of the causes of cellular aging. That cause is free radical damage. Antioxidants can prevent and reverse free radical damage. They are a part of the body’s natural defense system.
The reason that Retin-A burns, causes redness, itching and irritation is understood. The synthetic form is the acidic version of vitamin A. Naturally occurring sources of vitamin A are non-acidic, although they can be toxic.
The vitamin A found in animals is toxic to humans in large amounts. It can cause illness and even death.
Most of the vitamin A in our bodies is made within our bodies through the conversion of beta-carotene. The best anti aging skin care products on the market today contain plant extracts rich in beta-carotene. The extracts provide the same benefits as Retin-A, but without the side effects.
Then there is coenzyme Q10, another antioxidant. Judging from the latest studies, it is even more effective than Retin-A. It can be used on sun-damaged skin to reverse wrinkles and other types of damage.
But, antioxidants are not the only things that we need to fight the visible signs of age. That’s why antioxidants are not the only compounds you will find in the best anti aging skin care products.
The skin’s moisture balance must be maintained in order to prevent wrinkles. Excessive dryness is one of the causes of wrinkles and sagging.
The average moisturizer contains petroleum-based oils that cannot be absorbed by the skin’s cells. The companies should not be allowed to call them moisturizers, because they are not moisturizing.
The best moisturizers are plant-based oils, nearly identical on a molecular level to those produced by the human body.
Maybe in time, dermatologists will be able to judge over-the-counter anti aging skin care products by evaluating the ingredients they contain. Luckily, you and I don’t have to wait. We can do our own evaluations.
Anti Aging Foods and Anti Aging Skin Care Products
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Anti aging foods are those that fight free radical damage, keep inflammation to a minimum, keep blood sugar levels stable, support the body’s natural reparative processes and promote methylation. Is there any single food that will do all of those things?
No. It is the combination of nutrients in your diet that makes the difference. In order to ensure that you are getting all of the nutrients you need every day, taking a good multi-nutritional supplement could be a good idea. But, there is nothing that replaces a proper healthy diet.
There are a lot of different opinions about which diets are the healthiest. When you are comparing dietary recommendations, one of the first things you should look at is the source of the information.
The Dairy Council will say that you need milk, cheese and other dairy products. The Wheat Foods Council will say that you need bread. The food industry in general will say whatever it takes to increase their company profits.
A case in point is the recent news about Kellogg’s. The FTC has imposed advertising restrictions because the company claimed that one of their breakfast cereals would help support your child’s immunity, a claim not supported by scientific evidence.
There is one thing for certain. You will not find anti aging foods in a box. Packaged food is put through many different processes. Because of that, it retains very little nutritive value.
To compensate, manufacturers “fortify” the product; meaning they add vitamins and minerals to make up for the lack of nourishment provided by it. If the product were actually nourishing…if it contained real food, there would be no need to fortify.
One of the problems with fortification is that food manufacturers use synthetic nutrients. Practically all vitamin-E on the market is synthetically created using petrochemicals. Basically, they are plastic vitamins.
None of the real anti aging foods are processed. They are as close as possible to the way that nature made them.
Your diet has an effect on the visible signs of aging, as well as those things that go on inside of the body. But, never fail to recognize the importance of using good skincare products, if you are concerned about your skin’s health and appearance.
Like processed food, most of the mass-produced skincare products are devoid of nourishing ingredients. They contain lots of petrochemicals, heavily processed gels and plasticizers. One of the popular ingredients for anti-aging creams is really nothing more than silly putty. Yes, the stuff that you played with as a kid.
In addition to anti aging foods and anti-aging skincare products, there are some specific nutrients that will help maintain the health of your body and your skin according to researchers. Some of them are not commonly found in the foods that we eat. An example is coenzyme Q10.
Coenzyme Q10 is found in minute quantities in many different cells. But, the only significant quantities are found in fish hearts. When was the last time you ate that?
To sum it up, there are many things to consider when choosing a diet rich in anti aging foods. And a healthy diet is not the only thing you should consider if you want to look and feel your best for life.
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