Showing posts with label healthy skin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy skin. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 July 2017

Health Benefits of Astaxanthin, The Super Antioxidant


I began taking astaxanthin over 10 years ago. I played a lot of tennis and I had developed a case of tennis elbow. I started taking the astaxanthin and the symptoms disappeared within about a week.

I continued to use astaxanthin because I also like to spend time in the sun and astaxanthin helps to protect your skin from UV damage and photo aging and you can stay in the sun longer with a reduced risk of sun burn - even fair skinned people can stay in the sun longer with less risk of getting a sun burn.

Anti Aging - Skin Health:

Astaxanthin helps to reduce fine wrinkles and improves the elasticity of your skin and helps to increase the moisture in your skin. Astaxanthin also helps to reduce age spots. So you can see that astaxanthin is a super supplement for its anti aging health benefits.

What is Astaxanthin?

Astaxanthin is a marine algae. It is what salmon and pink flamingos feed on that gives them their color. It is in the carotenoid family. It is a very powerful antioxidant that helps to destroy free radicals.

In fact, it is several times more powerful than vitamin c, vitamin e and CoQ10. It is also about 500 times more powerful than the catechins in green tea.

Astaxanthin is absorbed into your cells and tissue throughout your entire body, unlike most other antioxidants that only benefit certain bodily functions or organs.

Brain Health:

Astaxanthin can cross the blood brain barrier, so it helps to protect your brain neurons and reduces the risk of brain diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's.

Eye Health:

Astaxanthin can cross the blood retinal barrier, so it helps to:

reduce UV damage to the eyes,
eye fatigue,
age related macular degeneration,
cataracts,
high eye pressure that can lead to glaucoma or eventual blindness.
Joint Health:

And as I already touched on, astaxanthin really helps to improve joint health, by reducing inflammation and pain caused by free radicals and protecting your joints.

Astaxanthin strengthens your over all immunity so you are better able to resist disease and illness.

Astaxanthin is fat soluble and best absorbed with healthy fats.

Dosage: Take 4 mgs daily for skin health and up to 12 mgs daily for joint health.

How long before you see results?

It can take anywhere from 2-6 weeks to see results depending on the person. There are some people who have trouble absorbing carotenoids, and so for those people, astaxanthin will be less effective.

With good supplementation like astaxanthin, along with eliminating sugar and processed foods and eating a healthy diet, you can live a healthier, more active lifestyle.

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Wednesday, 19 July 2017

You Are In A Beauty Contest Every Day of Your Life


Looking beautiful resides in the realms of every woman's dreams but unfortunately, women have confined it to the outer world. Our women forget that looking gorgeous to one's way to make life beautiful for others but a woman, who makes a home out of a house, and makes everything given to her greater and beautiful. Thus, she needs to treat herself like a queen, as she is supreme.

It is remarkable how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness, but beauty is incomplete without cosmetics. It is 2017 now and a vast variety of fancy cosmetics that are readily accessible to women of all ages and domains of life. Looking beautiful in the everyday life is as much essential as it is when you are out for work or some party. In fact, it is much more imperative than the former. If you look beautiful all the time, you will have a confidence boost and you will spread more love. Routine chores can be exhausting and after a tiring day, facing the mirror should just enlighten you. Using good cosmetics is a treat in itself.

So just, go ahead and look around for good beauty care stocks around. Self-pampering is invaluable, it is like a present from you to you. Take care of yourself and let the beauty radiate from inside your heart to the outside world. Build love for all things hair, skin, nails, hands, feet and powder & paint. A healthy skin is vital for appearing young and beautiful. Good cosmetics might be expensive, but genuine products are a one-time investment, that can bring home a healthy glowing skin.

Spend every day of your life as if you are in a beauty contest. Boost your self-esteem levels. Look beautiful, feel beautiful inside out. Take care of yourself, drink lots of water, exercise daily, spread love and pamper yourself by using quality cosmetics that can prolong the aging of your skin. Yves Saint-Laurent quoted "The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy." Beauty is in the skin, protect it, take good care of it, oil it, clean it, and scrub it. An appropriately administered skin makes you look young and beautiful. Devote a few hours of your life each day to learn to look beautiful, like you are a celebrity. They say women who love themselves are threatening, so buck up, love yourself; it is time to allow the world. Keep smiling, life is short!

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Saturday, 3 September 2016

Antioxidant Vitamins - Foods That Fight Wrinkles?

A simple diet adjustment of whole foods that are rich in antioxidant vitamins can make an enormous difference in the skin's outward reflection. Realizing which stressor(s) are negatively impacting your skin and taking action against them will help you defy the odds of premature aging of the skin and wrinkles. Several factors play a role in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles:
Sun damaged skin
Free Radicals
Genetics
Hormones
Dehydration
Cigarette smoke
Chemical exposure
Environmental toxins
Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant known to support collagen production. Sun exposure dehydrates, dries your skin causing free radicals, and depletes collagen; leaving it loose, weak and wrinkled. Collagen is a protein, which provides the primary part of the infrastructure and makes up approximately 75% of the skin. Healthy levels of collagen give the appearance of a smooth, plump appearance. Ultraviolet radiation, or excessive sun exposure is the primary cause of skin damage and can lead to skin cancer.
Wrinkles result from free radical damage and antioxidant vitamins neutralize free radicals. A free radical is an unstable oxygen molecule that is missing an electron. It scavenges and robs from others in an effort to become stable. In turn, after successfully "robbing", the free radicals cause other molecules to become unstable and the new free radicals begin the search for electrons and stability. This vicious cycle can alter genetic material and damage cell function. A free radicals worst enemy is an antioxidant.
Based on my research on the topic of genetics and foods rich in antioxidant vitamins, the following is what I have learned. Research proves that some individuals lack DNA repair enzymes that are responsible for protecting the skin from free radicals (such as those produced by overexposure to the sun). People who lack the genes for these repair enzymes run a higher risk of developing skin cancer. You cannot change your DNA, but you protect your entire body and can stop additional free radical damage by consuming antioxidant and vitamin rich foods. Provide your skin with the best self-defense it needs to fight aging, wrinkles, and potentially skin cancer.
Other aging culprits at work on our skin in need of antioxidant protection include those from toxic sources. Cigarette smoke and exposure to chemicals either indoors or environmentally are among the highest on the list. Toxic chemicals can damage skin cells reducing their ability to function properly. The result of poorly functioning skin cells is increased inflammation, infection, and a loss in structure. Visually, your face will look puffy or display increased blemishes and/or wrinkles.
As we age, the need for powerful antioxidants and vitamins increases due to fluctuations in hormone levels, which can alter skin metabolism of collagen and elastin. Elastin is what gives your skin its ability to stretch and then return to its natural state. Changes in collagen and elastin formation leads to fine lines and wrinkles. Menopause is of particular concern due to the hormone changes in estrogen production.
Foods that are vitamin-rich with a high antioxidant value are extremely beneficial and can come from a variety of different sources. To name a few, the following are among the top antioxidant wrinkle fighting fruits: acai, acerola, apples, apricots, blackberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, wolfberries (goji berries), kiwi, and tomatoes.
The best vegetables with vitamins and antioxidants for you skin are: bell peppers, brussels sprouts, carrots, garlic, kale, onions, and spinach.
Lastly, the top antioxidants to prevent aging and wrinkles in terms of nuts, seeds, and beverages are: almonds, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, chocolate (dark) green tea, oats, and tuna.
If you cannot or do not wish to alter your diet, but want to supercharge your immune system, prevent premature aging of the skin, and/or free radical damage; choose antioxidant vitamins or supplements that are whole food based packed with plenty of fruits and vegetables for maximum protection.






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by Holly Kostoss