Anti-Aging Skin Care: What You Need To Know
Understanding how the body ages is the first step in identifying the most effective practices for anti-aging skin care. If you are aware of what causes the skin to age, it is far easier to find the appropriate products. Your knowledge will arm you with the confidence to choose products with the right ingredients to [...]
What You Eat Today You Wear Tomorrow
Our diet influences how we look, how we feel and, ultimately, how we die. Saturated fats contribute to heart disease; alcohol to liver disease; and refined carbohydrates to cancer. But one vital organ that rarely seems to get mentioned in all of this is the skin. It may be the only external organ, but it [...]
Smoking: The Second Leading Cause of Wrinkling
After the sun, smoking accelerates the normal aging process of your skin, contributing to wrinkles. It thins the skin by around 40%, so that water escapes more easily. Further damage is caused by the chemicals in cigarettes which break down the fibers in collagen and elasticity, mimicking and accelerating the normal aging process. Cigarette smoke [...]
Antioxidants: Your Armor Against Aging
When it comes to aging, free radicals are public enemy number one. Our cells use oxygen to produce energy. In the process, they generate free radicals – unstable oxygen molecules created during basic metabolic functions as circulation and digestion. Free radicals are also produced by sunlight, by toxins such as pesticides, and by cigarette smoke [...]
