DID YOU KNOW?
Your skin has over 1 billion pores,
and absorbs anything you put on it.
Most people have found that taking care of their skin has become way too complicated and expensive. It's not necessary to spend hours every day getting ready to leave the house to still have great looking skin when you get home.
With just a few common sense skin care tips, a person can forego a lot of the time that cosmetic companies say is needed to have wonderful skin.
One of the most common and frequently ignored skin care tips is staying out of the sun during the heat of the day. Even in winter, the sun that shines between 10am in the morning and 2pm in the afternoon does the most damage to your skin.
What You Put Into And Onto Your Body Shows On Your Skin
The skin is the body’s largest living organ and it requires proper nutrition. To have great skin we recommend that you eat a diet that is full of organic fruits and vegetables.
Try to eat as little meat as possible. Take a protein supplement to get your protein. Most meat found in the grocery stores are full of toxins that are bad for your skin. This is why most vegetarians have smooth, shiny skin and look so young.
Your healthy diet should be done in conjunction with a lot of exercise to rid harmful toxins from your body. Most toxins in your body show up on your skin as blemishes, pimples, rashes, and wrinkles. Sweating is your bodies natural way to get rid of toxins.
Remember that your skin has over 1 billion pores so anything that you put on your skin is absorbed by your body. At Diet Health and Fitness our motto is "If you can't eat it, don't put it on your skin." So many store bought skin creams are loaded with harmful chemicals and toxins that have been linked to many different types of cancers.
Be especially careful with sunscreens and be sure to read the ingredients because most sunscreens contain toxic and even carcinogenic chemicals proven to cause DNA mutation in laboratory studies.
The common ingredient in these sunscreens you need to steer clear from is titanium oxide. Titanium oxide has been found to cause long-tern neurological damage!
Just ask yourself, would you dunk your arm into a chemistry experiment?
We didn't think so. Please don't put that junk on your skin.
Find yourself an oil free sunscreen with antioxidant vitamins and you're in business.
Smoking and Alcohol Make You Age Faster Than A Dried Prune
Another skin care tip that's often ignored, due to addiction, is to quit smoking and/or drinking alcohol. In the case of smoking, instead of the skin receiving oxygen, it's being fed chemicals and toxins that make it look anything but appealing. That's why most smokers have a gray complexion and look ten years older than they are.
The same is true for alcohol consumption as it deprives your blood of oxygen and dries out your skin. Too much alcohol can cause wrinkles and bags under your eyes.
Stop Being So Stressed Out
In our opinion most people live at a pace that is not conducive to a healthy life. It's well documented that stress can cause virtually any disease or problem with your body. Whether it's mental stress or anxiety caused by frequent changes in your environment, it's going to show on your skin.
You have one life to live and there's no reason to live it at warp speed. Slow yourself down and your overall health will improve. We'd recommend learning different meditation techniques and/or taking a yoga class to learn how to relax yourself naturally.
Clean Hands Helps Maintain Healthy Skin
Believe it or not, there is a correlation between dirty hands and bad facial skin. Ask any health expert and they will tell you that the hands are the number one enemy to healthy skin. Refrain from touching your face and you will prevent the transfer of germs and bacteria to your face.
Don't Wash Your Face Too Often
Overusing moisturizers and other topical solutions only dries out your skin and if the products aren’t natural you're only putting more toxins on your skin.
Washing too often tends to dry out the skin which means you should wash your face no more than two times a day.
Remember, the ones advising to use certain products on every part of the body all the time, are the same ones selling the products. For the best skin care tips talk to a dermatologist specializing in natural skin care or someone at your local health food store.
Skin care is one of the most important aspects to your overall health and appearance. Remember to follow a healthy diet, exercise, sweat and only use natural products on your skin.
