“Feed” Your SKIN Antioxidants for a GLOWING COMPLEXION

Although there is no conclusive proof that antioxidants keep SKIN from aging, experts do agree they have the ability to ‘capture’ free radicals and may protect us from certain diseases. Antioxidant-rich foods can also give us a healthier, GLOWING COMPLEXION.

According to Susan M. Kleiner, R.D., Ph.D, a Seattle-based nutritionist, eating foods rich in antioxidants is best. “There’s no substitute for getting nutrients through food. The body absorbs and assimilates them far better than in supplement form.”

Kleiner suggests following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Guide Pyramid, and eating three to five servings of vegetables and two to four servings of fruit each day. Choose at least one citrus fruit, such as an orange, a tangerine, or a grapefruit, for vitamin C. To increase beta-carotene intake, eat at least two orange-yellow or leafy green vegetables each day.

<b>Eat Right for YOUNGER LOOKING SKIN</b>

Eating healthy equals YOUNGER LOOKING SKIN. Drinking a cup of orange juice and eating one raw carrot provides twice the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin C and beta-carotene. The RDA for vitamin E is harder to meet, especially for those on a low-fat diet.

“Don’t be afraid to add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to your diet, or to eat some nuts or seeds,” advises Dr. Kleiner.

The following guideline can be used for RDAs for three of the most common antioxidant nutrients, vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta-carotene; good sources and how best to maximize benefits of each are included.

Vitamin C:   RDA at least 60 mg. (1/2 cup orange juice = 70 mg.)  Citrus fruits and juices and tomatoes are good sources of vitamin C. Eat whole fruit for extra fiber. Avoid juice in glass containers, and heat-pasteurized juice. Light and heat destroy some of the vitamin C.

Vitamin E:   RDA 8 mg for women / 10 mg. for men (1 tablespoon of canola oil = 9 mg.)  Good sources include nuts, seeds and their oils, fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, halibut, and trout, and wheat germ. Use canola, olive, or another vegetable oil in place of butter or margarine when cooking.

Beta-carotene:   no established RDA. Expert Dr. Kleiner, however, recommends 5-6 mg. ( One carrot = 12 mg.)  Orange and yellow vegetables, and leafy green vegetables, including broccoli, are all good sources. Instead of potato chips or popcorn for an evening snack while watching television, opt for prepackaged, washed and peeled baby carrots.

If you feel you are unable to meet the RDAs through diet alone, by all means take an all-in-one antioxidant vitamin supplement a day, but continue to pay attention to rich food sources.


Because many over-the-counter cosmetics containing antioxidants don’t have enough to be totally affective by themselves, it is best to ‘feed’ them to your SKIN in combination with a healthy, antioxidant rich diet for YOUNGER LOOKING SKIN.

We at Savvy Spa Luxuries care about you and your wellbeing. With proper SKIN care, a healthy diet, regular exercise, adequate sleep, and ample amounts of water, you can enjoy a more fit body, improved quality of life, increased stamina, and a GLOWING COMPLEXION!


©2006 Lori S. Anton
Savvy Spa Luxuries Editor
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5 ACNE Treatment Tips You Can Use Today

Luckily, there are a number of things you can do everyday to make sure your skin is less prone to flare ups. Here are five tips for taking control of your ACNE starting today.

1. Exercise - Keeping in shape can help fight ACNE by fighting off negative stress levels that can come from negative self-esteem and depression. However, some safeguards need to be in place to ward off ACNE that can result from your workout routines. Watch what you put on your body with regards to clothing, sports gear and equipment.

For example, tight lycra and nylon exercise outfits might look great in the movies and on magazine models, but if you are susceptible to ACNE problems, avoid these synthetic fabrics that tend to trap in body moisture and heat resulting in a bacteria frenzy. Instead, choose loose clothing made of cotton or natural blends to allow more air to get to your skin.

And when you are finished with your workout, get out of clothing wet from perspiration or water sports. Shower and change into dry, clean clothing. And keep your sports gear and equipment clean, too. Dirty headgear, for instance, can irritate forehead areas prone to ACNE problems. So toss headbands into the washing machine after workout sessions.

2. Cosmetics - To avoid pore-clogging and skin irritations that are similar to ACNE and that can contribute to ACNE, use products labeled noncomedogenic or oil-free. Shimmering facial colors can contain a flaky mineral called mica that can cause skin irritations and clog pores. Other additives in coloring that can cause similar reactions are coal tar derivatives, carmine and heavy cream in blushes.

More preventative measures include using a lip gloss that promotes a matte finish instead of a high gloss for less pore-clogging; note the more the shine, the more then comedogenic content and the more the pores can clog. Beware that eye creams can contain heavier concentrations of moisturizers than regular creams and lotions, meaning they have greater potential to clog pores in the surrounding facial areas.

3. Diet - Studies show that diet does not play a role in either the cause or the treatment of ACNE. However, what is recommended for ACNE preventative care is this: what is best for your body is best for your skin, especially since your skin is the largest organ of your body. So remember to watch your diet and consume healthy vitamins, minerals and other supplements. This will help to prevent and help conquer ACNE breakout.

4. Hygiene - A healthy skin regimen should include no harsh scrubbing or over-washing, because this can cause possible skin irritation or possible over production of oil to replace what has washed off, clogging pores in the process. Products with gentle exfoliation ingredients are OK to use; i.e. not scratchy nut or fruit shell pieces that can tear skin. And skip alcohol products when possible; these can take off the top layer of your skin and cause your glands to product more oil, clogging pores in the process.

If you do spot ACNE-troubled areas, do NOT mess with them. Remember that these are already weeks in the making, and squeezing or picking blemishes can force the infected area to regress back inside, further troubling the region and possibly leave a scar. If necessary, seek help from a dermatologist for alternative treatments.

5. Shaving - Shaving for both genders is actually an excellent way of exfoliating or removing dead skin to help with the prevention and spreading of ACNE instead of leaving the remains to clog pores. And for some light ACNE cases already in process, shaving can help rid whiteheads and blackheads from the face. A word of caution: for areas with infection or high inflammatory activity (redness, sensitive, open ACNE, sores, etc.), do not shave. Or at the very least, use a shaving cream for sensitive skin!

 

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5 Physical Symptoms Of MENOPAUSE

While thinking about the symptoms of MENOPAUSE, it is important for you to know and understand that these symptoms differ from women to women. Certain factors like difference in diet and nutrition, general health and health care, etc all affect the way women experience MENOPAUSE.

The general physical symptoms of most women approaching or experiencing MENOPAUSE include:

Longer menstrual periods

For a woman who usually has short menstrual periods of, say, 4 days, this can increase to more days. When this occurs, it could be one of the symptoms that she is approaching her MENOPAUSE. When you notice that this is happening to you and you are approaching your late 40s, there is nothing to worry about. Simply know that this is a symptom of MENOPAUSE.

Heavier menstrual flows

Some women also notice that their menstrual flows are now heavier than usual. If this happens to you and you are sure that nothing else is wrong with you physically, then know that you could be approaching your MENOPAUSE, especially if the age is right. If the age is not right, then you are not approaching MENOPAUSE.

Spotting

Spotting is the situation whereby little drops of blood comes out during the time when you are supposed to be menstruating. When this occurs, it could be a sign of MENOPAUSE. First, check whether you could be pregnant or not. If not, and if it continues, then it could be a sign of MENOPAUSE.

Menstrual periods irregularity

There is also the tendency that you will experience general menstrual periods irregularity when you are approaching MENOPAUSE. When this happens and you know nothing is wrong with you health wise, then it is a symptom of MENOPAUSE.

Lack of interest in sex

Lack of interest in sex for most women in MENOPAUSE occurs partly because there is now less fun when having sex. This is because as MENOPAUSE happens, the estrogen levels decline, thereby making the vaginal walls less elastic and thinner. This eventually leads to pain or discomfort during sex. To solve this problem, there is the need for sufficient vaginal lubrication for women who are experiencing MENOPAUSE and still want to enjoy sex with their partners. 

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5 Minutes To Silky Smooth Skin

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Every woman wants smooth, soft SKIN, but not every woman knows how to get it easily. Silky SMOOTH SKINhas a luxurious feel to it, and is extremely sensual and sexy. No wonder we all want it so bad! We want it because of how it makes us feel, and our partners want it because of how it feels to them.

Most Spas provide some sort of SKIN softening service where they can drench your SKIN in some form of moisture rich emollients. I recently got to learn one of the coolest SKIN softening treatments, where your SKIN is wrapped in chocolate! Can you imagine! What woman wouldn’t want to be wrapped head to toe in chocolate?

If you didn’t know, chocolate is a fat, and not to break the mood, but how the treatment is prepared, is they heat the fat and oil produced from chocolate, and mix it into another SKIN lotion base. Thus you have both the chocolate and the lotion working together.

Now I know we all can’t rush out and get the amount of chocolate you need to do this at home. That would be way too expensive and impractical. Plus you couldn’t rub it all over yourself and get every inch like they do at the spa. So what can you do to have the same silky soft SKIN without the expense? Here is all you need.

All you need to do is do what you do every day, just add one small ingredient to it. First, take a warm to hot shower, the hotter the better. Why? The heat from the shower not only relaxes your body, and soothes your muscles, but opens the pores of your SKIN all over your body.

Now shower as you normally would, but at the end, take a wash cloth and soak it with baby oil. With the baby oil drenched wash cloth, step out of the water enough to rub the wash cloth all over your body without being hit by the water spray. Once you have rubbed the baby oil all over your body, let the shower water drench your body for an extra minute, then get out of the shower.

If time permits, don’t towel try, but air dry instead. What you will find is the moisture from the baby oil is literally sucked up by your SKIN like a sponge, leaving you with softer, smoother skin! Give it a try after a long hard day, and I’m sure it will become one of your favorite bath time rituals.

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5 Components of PHYSICAL FITNESS

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PHYSICAL FITNESS is the ability to function effectively throughout your workday, perform your usual other activities and still have enough energy left over to handle any extra stresses or emergencies which may arise. You will reach your desired level of  PHYSICAL FITNESS faster by understanding the five components of PHYSICAL FITNESS and how they fit together.

PHYSICAL FITNESS is the ability to function effectively throughout your workday, perform your usual other activities and still have enough energy left over to handle any extra stresses or emergencies which may arise.

The components of PHYSICAL FITNESS are:

*  Cardiorespiratory (CR) endurance - the efficiency with which the body delivers oxygen and nutrients needed for muscular activity and transports waste products from the cells.

*  Muscular strength - the greatest amount of force a muscle or muscle group can exert in a single effort.

*  Muscular endurance - the ability of a muscle or muscle group to perform repeated movements with a sub-maximal force for extended periods of times.

*  Flexibility - the ability to move the joints or any group of joints through an entire, normal range of motion.

*  Body composition - the percentage of body fat a person has in comparison to his or her total body mass.

Improving the first three components of FITNESS listed above will have a positive impact on body composition and will result in less fat. Excessive body fat detracts from the other FITNESS components, reduces performance, detracts from appearance, and negatively affects your health.

Factors such as speed, agility, muscle power, eye-hand coordination, and eye-foot coordination are classified as components of "motor" fitness. These factors most affect your athletic ability. Appropriate training can improve these factors within the limits of your potential. A sensible weight loss and FITNESS program seeks to improve or maintain all the components of physical and motor FITNESS through sound, progressive, mission specific physical training.

Principles of Exercise

Adherence to certain basic exercise principles is important for developing an effective program. The same principles of exercise apply to everyone at all levels of physical training, from the Olympic-caliber athlete to the weekend jogger.

These basic principles of exercise must be followed.

Regularity

To achieve a training effect, you must exercise often. You should exercise each of the first four FITNESS components at least three times a week. Infrequent exercise can do more harm than good. Regularity is also important in resting, sleeping, and following a sensible diet.

Progression

The intensity (how hard) and/or duration (how long) of exercise must gradually increase to improve the level of fitness.

Balance

To be effective, a program should include activities that address all the FITNESS components, since overemphasizing any one of them may hurt the others.

Variety

Providing a variety of activities reduces boredom and increases motivation and progress.

Specificity

Training must be geared toward specific goals. For example, people become better runners if their training emphasizes running. Although swimming is great exercise, it does not improve a 2-mile-run time as much as a running program does.

Recovery

A hard day of training for a given component of FITNESS should be followed by an easier training day or rest day for that component and/or muscle group(s) to help permit recovery. Another way to allow recovery is to alternate the muscle groups exercised every other day, especially when training for strength and/or muscle endurance.

Overload

The work load of each exercise session must exceed the normal demands placed on the body in order to bring about a training effect.

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3 Secrets and Tips For ANTI-AGING

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<b>ANTI-AGING</b>, Staying Young, looking younger or just feeling younger is a multimillion dollar industry. There's a really good reason for it. We have an ever-AGING generation. This generation is one of the largest generation on the planet. Naturally, there's a huge number of this population that do not want to grow old. Therefore, ANTI-AGING products are rampant in the marketplace. But don't get 'taken' by the unnecessary products that play on the emotions of those who wish to look young.

The following are three secrets and tips that will allow you to avoid the risks of buying certain products that are not needed.

Secret Tip #1: Feed Your Face

If you feed your face with ANTI-AGING food on a consistent basis, you'll find it easier to stay young. Another way to say this is to just make sure you're not feeding your body full of junk that is sure to perpetuate the AGING process. Also, know that if you try to escape the eating step, you'll grow older faster. The body knows what it needs. Just give it to your body.

Secret Tip #2: Pick Something or Go Somewhere

In other words, get up off the couch, turn the TV off and do some ANTI-AGING activities. This doesn't have to be work either. Find an activity or two that you enjoy. Walk, run, weight train, ride a bike, get on a pogo stick. Do anything that causes your body to move and exert some activity. This will allow your body to stay young by stretching muscles and keeping you limber at the same time.

Secret Tip #3: Don't Be A Party Pooper

Mentioned above for the #2 ANTI-AGING Secret Tip was finding something you enjoy. That's the whole secret of this entire article. Find something you have fun doing. Just know this, if drinking alcohol into a drunken stupor is the one thing you enjoy, you are not going stay young for very long. In fact, if you're older in age and you're doing this you may not even enjoy staying old. The key to the entire process of ANTI-AGING is to treat your body right and have fun doing it.

Enjoy life, stay young mentally, emotionally, physically and you'll see an ANTI-AGING process that you'll be happy about. That will give you the motivation and momentum to continue the lifestyle of ANTI-AGING.
 

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Do You Suffer From ALLERGIES You Need To Read These Tips

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ALLERGIES are an affliction faced by millions of individuals. The best way to combat the often, debilitating affects of seasonal and other types of ALLERGIES is to arm yourself with knowledge. Take the tips in this article to heart, and you will soon start to achieve real, lasting relief.

For many allergy sufferers, it is impossible to effectively treat symptoms on their own. When the effects of seasonal and other ALLERGIES become too much to bear, it is wise to seek the assistance of a medical professional. By consulting with a specialist, you will have greater access to useful diagnostic tools and prescription treatments that would, otherwise, be unavailable to you.

Although it's common knowledge, many people forget to wash their hands when preparing food. Washing your hands during food preparation ensures that particles of allergy causing foods are not mixed with other non allergenic foods, which is essential if you are preparing meals for multiple people and not all of them have ALLERGIES.

Slow down. When you find yourself dealing with pet ALLERGIES, you may initially be distraught and think you have to give up a beloved pet. The truth is there are many ways to deal with this type of problem without losing your loved one. Talk to a medical professional to see what options you have.

If your child frequently complains of symptoms like a stuffy nose, or frequent sneezing, ALLERGIES may be to blame. Over time, these problems can make it difficult for your child to perform well in class, or reach their full potential. In these cases, allergy therapy may produce a marked difference in the way your child feels, and behaves.

Change your air filter regularly if you suffer from ALLERGIES, at least once every three months and more often during peak allergy season. Your air filter collects dust, dander, pollen and other irritants. If you change it, you remove those items from your home and keep it from re-circulating into the air.

Avoid clutter, especially in the bedroom. If you suffer from ALLERGIES, you should strive to keep your bedroom as free from clutter as possible. Since you likely spend anywhere from six to ten hours per day in bed, it is crucial that this area is as allergen-free as possible. The less clutter you have, the fewer places there are for dust, and other irritants to settle.

Wear a mask when you are cutting the grass or working in the yard. Things like grass cuttings and pollen can contribute to allergy problems, making you feel miserable. Make sure to cover your nose and mouth to avoid exposing your sinuses to these problems to reduce the onset of problems.

Invest in an air purifier. An air purifier, especially in the bedroom, can help make a person with ALLERGIES much more comfortable. These units circulate air similar to a fan, while filtering out dust and other air pollutants. For the best results, look for a unit that features a HEPA filter.

Allergy symptoms may be making your little one miserable and irritable, but that doesn't mean he's necessarily ready to take liquid medications without a fight. If your child complains about the taste, ask a pediatrician or pharmacist if you can mix the medication with fruit juice to mask the taste.

There is no doubt that suffering from ALLERGIES can be a frustrating, irritating experience. However, it is not necessary to go without help. If you apply the guidance in this piece in your everyday life, it is, indeed, possible to keep ALLERGIES at bay and resume living the life that you truly desire.

 

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