Homemade Recipe for Oily Skin
June 17, 2008 by Lucy · Leave a Comment
Most of us know that a lot of the skin cream products we buy today are really harsh and some end up making our skin more oily. Came across a really good natural homemade recipe for oily skin today, that’s a must read at Your Natural Wellness. Read more
Acne Be Gone - Forever. Impossible?
June 8, 2008 by Lucy · 2 Comments
Like most people who have acne, they want to clear it up faster than they can say ‘acne’, giving them clear and beautiful skin they could only dream of before… and without, ever spending a single dime on useless acne treatments again… and, if you’re like most acne sufferers, banishing acne in a few days! Impossible?
What Causes Acne?
You may not know this, but product wastes and toxic build up in your system is one of the main reasons why you have acne or why your skin breaks out.
The body has 4 channels of elimination…your bowels, kidneys, lungs, and skin. The bowels and kidneys are the primary channels that your body expels product and toxic wastes.
These toxic wastes can be the accumulation of fat that the liver can not wash out or there may be a problem with fat digestion, fat accumulation, food allergy, or even the accumulation of hormones that the body produces.
Once these toxics build up, the kidneys and bowels can get overloaded and clogged up, causing them to malfunction. When this happens some of the load will be dumped onto your liver. One of your liver’s main roles is to metabolise pile up fat into usable energy for your body.
This means, your liver will be doing some of your kidney’s work. So now, your liver gets overloaded and it too will not function at full capacity. What happens when your bowels, kidneys, and liver get overloaded? When this happens your body will expel toxins through your lungs and skin - the secondary channels of elimination. This is when acne occurs and when your skin starts to breakout.
But whatever the toxic source is that’s causing this problem, acne is a sign that your bowels and kidneys are overloaded with toxins, waste products, or hormones. It is a sign that your liver is growing weaker in its detoxification abilities and it will continue to grow weaker if you don’t do something to get rid of the toxic waste in your body. So you may think that acne is your only problem, but your liver, and kidneys are getting weaker every time you breakout.
How to prevent toxic build-up in the liver and kidneys
To prevent build-up of toxins you can prevent this from happening by increasing your “fibre” intake. Fibre will absorb these toxins and product waste, and help your bowels sweep them out of your system fast. So by eating enough fibre, you’ll be able to speed up your bowels transit time, preventing your body from expelling toxic waste through your skin and thereby preventing acne. So start eating the type of foods that contains the highest amount of fibre.
What types of food contains the highest amount of fibre?
Fruits and non-starchy vegetables are fibre rich, such as apples, bananas, oranges, raspberries, and strawberries. And vegetables such as broccoli, brussel-sprouts, spinach, parsnips, and potatoes. These contains the highest amount of fibre.
But this doesn’t mean you should eat as much of these high fibre foods as you can. Only consume enough so that your bowel transit time is between 12 to 18 hours. In other words, try not to consume too much fibre per day or your transit time may be too fast causing important nutrients to pass through your system without being absorbed. So if your transit time is under 12 hours, you may want to reduce the amount of fibre you consume each day.
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Enjoy The Sunny Outdoors Safely
May 7, 2008 by Lucy Jones · Leave a Comment
With summer just around the corner in some parts of the world, it’s time to organise skin care for you and your family’s sunny outdoor life during the summer months. It’s so important to protect the skin against harmful ultra-violet rays that can be damaging to delicate, well kept and/or young skin.
Most likely, you’ll have left over sunscreen from last year - trash it and make a pact with yourself to once and for all take time to learn the in’s and out’s in what 
a good sunscreen should, shouldn’t and can do for you and your family’s skin during the summer months.
You can of course just pop down to the local shop or supermarket, where you’ll probably find an enormous amount of sunscreen cream lined up on the shelves of one sort or another. The cashier at the supermarket probably wont be of much help in assisting you with any questions you may have about sunscreen lotion. She’s too busy to think about your tan or skin protection, much less which brand will or wont be sticky or greasy and they probably wont know which one contains potentially harmful substances or which one wont irritate the skin due to too much XYZ content.
This is where Screen, Inc. comes into the picture. Screen, Inc’s sunscreens have the seal of recommendation given by the Skin Cancer Foundation and their sunscreens are manufactured in the U.S. As most brand names on the market today are in general far too expensive for what they are, with some well known brands even containing downright harmful substances, you’ll appreciate the help and care that Screen, Inc., can provide with their professional expertise and know-how in the sunscreen sector, teaching both young and the more mature what sunscreen is, how it can protect you and how you can enjoy the sunny outdoor life in the safest kind of way using proper skin protection.
Too many people are being diagnosed with skin cancer - help protect you and your family from the risk.
Tips For Natural Skin Care
March 12, 2008 by Lucy Jones · 1 Comment
An excellent technique for natural skin care is good nutrition. We all know that an all round healthy body - both inside and out is the maximum goal, so it’s very important to uphold the values of proper eating and living a healthy lifestyle in order to stay in shape and to be absolutely well, shining and smiling to the world. If you take care of the inside - the outside can’t help but shine.
We can’t help but grow old, but if we take care of our skin, using suitable organic cosmetics and natural skin products, we can keep our skin glow and elasticity for a very long time and minimize the wrinkles - although they can in fact be a charming asset. Nevertheless, for many reasons, many of us want to minimize these inevitable signs of ageing.
A successful anti-ageing skin care regimen, would include moisturising. Anti ageing products such as moisturisers generally penetrate the skin deeply and will help reduce sunspots, as well as some fine lines and wrinkles to a certain extent, although some skin types may need a more or less amount of moisturiser to produce good results.
Antioxidants can help to stop the oxidation process, leading to the visible effects of ageing skin. And using a sun-block cream, can generally protect the skin from harmful ultra-violet radiation if the proper formula sun-screen is used. Since there is some controversy regarding sun-block lotions - make sure to research thoroughly before use.
A scrub or exfoliation, which is the external form of exfoliation is helpful in renewing a fresh skin layer. And a good cleanser and tonic will refresh too - being careful around the eyes.
There are a huge amount of natural skin care and anti-ageing treatments available to prevent early signs of ageing. Everyone’s skin is unique, so it is possible to have skin care treatments tailored made to suit your skin. If you’re unsure speak with a dermatologist or skin care professional, before starting with an intended treatment.
Grapefruit Seed Extract: Stretch Mark Prevention
February 20, 2008 by Lucy · Leave a Comment
If you have ever had stretch marks you probably know all too well that they are unsightly and in some cases embarrassing. Pregnancy one of the most exciting times in a woman’s life, is often the cause of stretch marks and for many women - especially those that prefer bikinis, stretch marks are dreaded. Nevertheless, 90% of all women are prone to developing these pink or reddish, slightly indented, sometimes itchy streaks on their abdomen, hips and/or breasts at some point during pregnancy. Stretch marks, also called striae distensae, occur most frequently on the abdomen area, but some women also get them on the breasts, buttocks or thighs.
Stretch marks normally occur in the elastic mid-layer of the skin, where repeated or sudden stretching
However, stretch mark prevention is possible when the cause is linked to an hormonal imbalance. The following are some easy tips for stretch mark prevention.
Water helps to prevent stretch marks by helping the body stay hydrated. The amount of water an individual should drink on a daily basis varies, but the best indicator is your urine. Urine that is close to colourless is a good indication that you are well hydrated.
Daily exercise is just as important and these two methods work together to keep your body free of toxins. Exercise also helps keep your body well toned. Strength training
Applying a moisturizer helps to keep your skin supple and smooth. It’s important to only use products with natural ingredients and are generally safer and tolerated by most people. You won’t have risks of side effects and some of them have biological activators that start the self healing process of your skin.
Grapefruit seed extract is a natural antibiotic used for many different types of skin ailments. It is a powerful ingredient to aid in the healing of skin damage, such as stretch marks. Grapefruit seed extract helps to restore damaged collagen and elastin, which strengthens and re-textures the skin.
As collagen and elastin are responsible for the skin’s elasticity, improving and stimulating production of the connective tissue cells will prevent skin from tearing and thus prevent the formation of stretch marks. The condition of the skin’s connective tissue also dictates how well the skin contracts after pregnancy. So not only does this compound improve the condition of your stretching skin, after the delivery it will also aid in the contraction of your skin to its previous appearance.
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Dairy Milk Revealed As Biggest Cause Of Acne
February 17, 2008 by Russell Eaton · Leave a Comment
For several decades scientists have tried to establish the causes of acne. A picture is emerging at last that dramatically shows milk to be a major cause of this skin affliction. For example an article by Sanjida O’Connell (How a Pinta Causes Pimples, The Independent, May 8th, 2007, USA) shows graphically how milk causes acne.
In the article, O’Connell explains that Julianne has never suffered from spots as a teenager, but by the time she was 28 she had terrible cystic acne along her jawline and across her neck. An American, she had travelled to Europe to learn to become a cook.
Julianne had decided to open a restaurant and deli back in the States, so before she returned home she toured around Europe, sampling every cheese she came across. As she told her story to the dermatologist Bill Danby, something clicked: “Oh my God, it’s the cheese,” she said. For six months, she stopped eating all dairy products. During that time she became 85 per cent free of acne, and her skin cleared up.
According to Danby, a skin expert, “The ability to develop acne is partly genetic and partly the result of hormone exposure [e.g. hormones from dairy milk]. I tell my female patients that genetics are the key to the fact that Paris Hilton has lots of money and no zits and my patients have lots of zits and no money.”
Acne can affect anyone at any age, but it usually peaks at between 16 and 18, when up to 98 per cent of the population of Western countries is affected. A link between dairy milk and acne has been suggested because acne is much less common in parts of the world that consume less dairy milk. As well as being socially excruciating, acne is costly - $5 billion is spent worldwide each year treating it.
This is how milk causes acne: hormones in dairy milk stimulate the glands of hair follicles, making them secrete more sebum than they normally would. As a consequence, hair follicles stick together and form a plug in the pore of the skin - the first visible sign of acne. As the plug ‘pinches’ the sebum canal it prevents the free-flow of sebum to the skin. The result is acne.
As with any pregnant mammal, cow’s milk is full of hormones. These hormones help the calf grow quickly. Other hormones are produced by the placenta to help the cow’s pregnancy. One of the main hormones found in milk is IGF-1. This is a growth hormone which is also produced by all humans as they grow. IGF-1 peaks at age 15 in girls and 18 in boys, coinciding with peak acne levels.
It is thought that IGF-1 works with testosterone and DHT to cause acne. It is heavily present in all types of dairy milk: nonorganic, organic, raw or pasteurized. By consuming any kind of cow’s milk, this greatly increases the amount of IGF-1, and this in turn causes acne.
The evidence that cow’s milk is one of the biggest causes of acne is confirmed by several studies. For example, Dr Walter Willett led a team of researches at the Boston Harvard School of Public Health in a study of 47,000 women. The women were part of the ‘Nurses Health Study II’ (a major well-publicized project).
A total of 47,000 women were asked to complete questionnaires relating to their diet as teenagers and to say whether they had ever been diagnosed with severe acne. The study found no link between food such as chocolate and chips and acne, but found a clear link between women who had acne and those who had drunk a lot of milk.
Other research clearly confirms this:
* IGF-1 [in cow's milk] contributes to the increase in sebum production during puberty. (Endocrinology, 1999 Sep, 140:9).
* About 80% of [dairy] cows are throwing off hormones continuously [milk is] implicated as a factor in the development of acne teenage acne patients improved as soon as milk drinking stopped. (Frank Oski, M.D., Don’t Drink Your Milk, Teach Services, Inc).
* About 80% of cows that are giving milk are pregnant and are throwing off hormones continuouslyDr. Jerome has found that acne improved as soon as the teenagers stopped drinking milk. (Dr. George J. Georgiou, Ph.D., Clinical Nutritionist, Milk - A Recipe for Disease, Nov. 2002, worldwidehealthcenter.net).
By simply switching to non-dairy milk you will go a long way to avoiding acne. Some supermarkets sell non-dairy milk (usually soy milk and rice milk). But there are many other kinds of wonderful non-dairy milk which you can easily make at home in a matter of minutes. When made correctly, home made milk is super-nutritious and truly delicious, and of course, it does not cause acne.
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