May 14, 2009
Create An Advanced Anti Aging Program For Your Skin
Vanity is a effective motivator! Regardless of our age, we all desire to look our utter best and have friends tell us how remarkable we look for our age. Perhaps then, the thing that frightens us most is aging before our time!
There are various examples universally of people successfully reducing their aging process. But life is built on dualities " tall and short, high and low, and of course 'young' cannot exist without 'old'. In spite of our courageous attempts to battle our aging process, the scary reality of life in this period of human existence is that nearly all of us ARE FAILING MISERABLY IN OUR ANTI AGING EFFORTS!
Sophisticated life brings with it a daily attack of perilous environmental and dietary toxins and stressors which unquestionably threaten our health. The scientifically acknowledged end result of this has been a speeding up of our aging!
It's called PREMATURE AGING and it's at the center of why our appearance is giving way well before time. Premature aging brings with it the onset of, so-called, 'old age' degenerative disease. You don't have to look far to see the proof and to understand that these diseases are no longer applicable to just old age!
But living in our advanced world also brings the technology and know-how we need to successfully deal with premature aging.
I worked in the nutritional supplement and skin care industries so I know what's what! My understanding of nutritional science is quite advanced - better than most peoples and I have a number of exceedingly experienced experts which I can call at any time.
So, here's the core of this article. To be successful in your anti aging efforts you cannot rely on a Individual track program! Substantially effective results occur only from putting in place a three part method. This is how you will create / maintain a younger appearance AND steer clear of all the 'old age' diseases throughout your life.
An effective anti aging skin care system can only be created using these three measures:
** Lifestyle
** Nutrition
** Topical Skin Care
LIFESTYLE:
This component is clearly obvious. Your everyday life drastically alters how rapidly your appearance ages. If you are continuously stressed, and smoke cigarettes or tobacco products and consume alcohol heavily for example, you will certainly age speedily and have a much greater heightened chance to finish up with all the diseases you don't want.
Exercise is a key component of your anti aging program but only at a moderate level. People ,especially in their 20's, 30's and 40's go overboard, thinking more is better. Heavy exercise raises oxygen intake which therefore speeds up the formation of free radicals - one of the four requisite causes of human aging. This will only serve to increase your aging process rather than slow down and normalize it. You need to extensively raise your antioxidant intake if you want to cancel out this increased free radical production.
NUTRITION:
Regrettably, processed food accounts for a colossal 90 % of food in the USA. Processed food in a comparison with fresh food has minimal nutritional value " missing many life sustaining nutrients including necessary vitamins/minerals, fiber and so on.
If the right amount of nutrients is not taken in on a daily basis, the conditions which allow the start of degenerative disease are there. Your skin WILL LOSE ELASTIN AND COLLAGEN and as the levels of these go down your skin takes on an older look. Too little supply of anti-oxidants from a diet based primarily on processed food will also have a huge impact on your skin.
The only way to address this situation is through an 'inside out'strategy. This is achieved both by enhanced dietary intake and effective nutritional supplements. The markets most effective nutritional health supplements include a very wide range of vital nutrients to help you take in all the nutrients which you body requires to function properly and optimally.
Supplements or not, you must eat a lot of fresh and preferably raw foods. Cooking destroys crucial enzymes so, a diet based to a large degree on raw foods is the answer.
The grade of supplements I'm talking about are not regular multi vitamins and minerals. I mean elite multi-nutrient science-based health supplements. I believe this the wisest 'supporting' anti aging self-health-care action you can undertake.
BUT so as to not be deceived by unreliable, mis-leading marketing spin, you need to be familiar with the key ingredients in the most effective nutritional health supplement formulas. (use the links below to visit my website where you'll find the answers.)
Skin Care Creams
Anti aging skin care products are the most simple form of action to take to avoid the visible and exterior effects of aging. BUT, if you don't include the diet and lifestyle parts, topical skin care can only act similar to a band aid (albeit an important band aid!).
Consumers however get largely taken advantage of because the elite companies are professionals in creating totally effective marketing presentations, capable of shaping potential customers thinking and seducing them into purchasing ridiculously over priced products which can never meet their marketing claims.
The most serious dilemma consumers face is that these clever marketing presentations have educated us into accepting that the more high-priced a product is, the better it has to be.
The reality is that this is IN GENERAL FAR FROM TRUE!
The fact of the matter is that usually the more popular and expensive a particular brand is - the highly effective ingredients are included in smaller amounts - far below those used in successful clinical trials. The famous skin care companies simply have too many expenses from their marketing and distribution methods and tremendous pressure from shareholders for increased profits (which simply can't be met if the best, clinically effective ingredients are included in their formulas (in effective dose amounts).
So, what should we look for in a skin care formula, based on the best of the nutritional sciences ?
1:- That it is EFFECTIVE in creating obviousanti aging results because its formula has the fundamental ingredients to address ALL THREE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSES OF SKIN AGING:
** Loss of collagen and elastin
** Lower levels of hyaluronic acid
** Oxidation through the action of free radicals
THIS IS THE KEY - AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL!!
2:- SAFE INGREDIENTS !
A high-priced price tag is no guarantee that a skin care product isn't going to harm your health (including lots of years in the future when it's too late). Here's a understandable example of this: - one of the world's most well acknowledged, leading international brands (name begins with 'C' ) contains a PESTICIDE in its formula! That's completely true!
Now, on to all those beautiful smelling fragrances. Simply stated, they are hurtful chemicals which you must stay away from!
Why? Because the name Fragrance can refer to up to 4000 individual ingredients - many of which are toxic and/or carcinogenic! The long term influence of these seeping into your blood stream is still unknown. Are you prepared to take the gamble?
Now, we come to PARABENS!
These are harsh CHEMICALS used as powerful preservatives in the skincare and pharmaceutical industries! Studies suggest they might bring about cancer and interfere with your body's endocrine system, as well as creating allergic reactions and skin rashes. The cream of the crop brands use parabens since there is a largelead time from product manufacture to time of purchase and also because they are extremely inexpensive. The natural alternatives are considerably more expensive so they're not included.
One further safety safeguard to complete: have a peek whether a skincare manufacturer is a participant of the Compact for Safe Cosmetics.
So, what you've just read are the crucial criteria to look for under the ?topical skin care? portion of your anti aging skin care system. Take note that the bulk of skin care products DO NOT MEET all (or any) of these criteria. Fortunately there are some which DO and price in the vicinity of a third of the elite big name brands.
(In case you're interested - the skincare products my family and I enjoy are manufactured by the Xtend-Life company based in New Zealand (naturally they pass all criteria from above).
The key actives of their flagship products are the BIG THREE (CLINICALLY VERIFIED ) ANTI AGING INGREDIENTS (the big name companies are currently reformulating to include these inside the next 12 months):
** CYNERGY TK
** Nanobelle CoenzymeQ10
** Phytessence Wakame
For those readers who would like to research these new technology products, use the link down below to visit my site where you'll see links to exact product pages at the Xtend-Life website.
REAL ANTI AGING SKIN RESULTS :- LOOK GREAT! FEEL GREAT!
You've learned today that real and significant anti aging results can't come from a 'one approach' strategy. It takes a three part system. Follow the basics in this article and take pride in the comfort of knowing your anti aging efforts represent the most effective actions possible for a successful anti aging skin care system.
PS. Look at extra anti aging articles over at nutritional-supplements-truths.com
Great Health! Great Skin!
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