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Spring Fix up For the Skin

It’s time to say good-bye to cold weather – and the dry, skin that goes with it.

Dry Skin will age more quickly and start to look aged before it should.

If your feeling like your skin could use a little spring cleaning your probably correct. Anti-aging wrinkle treatments work better when you take these five simple steps.

Here’s how you can give your winter skin a spring anti-aging makeover in five easy steps…

Step #1: Turn down the temperature. A hot shower or long soak in the jacuzzi tub might feel great…but it zaps the moisture right out of your skin and leaves you dry and itchy. Try lukewarm water instead and for the face I use cool water daily, you’ll see a difference.

Step #2: Exfoliate. You may already know this, but exfoliating is a necessary part of every skin makeover. Dry skin cells can build up on the surface and trap impurities in your pores. A gentle daily fruit cider wash is a good idea and I make a oat powder scrub for once a month.

Step #3: Apply an alcohol-free moisturizer with an Aloe Vera base. Alcohol dries out your skin, but you’ll find it in most leading lotions and moisturizers. If you want to know how amazing Aloe Vera is check out the fact sheet from our supplier of aloe Terry Labs. Immune Perféct is over 75% Aloe Vera.

Step #4: Get more Omega 3 rich oils. Omega 3 oils keep the skin cell health and strong low levels of Omega 3 in the diet make the skin age and wrinkle prematurely.

Step #5 Whole Form Vitamin E. Not just any vitamin E but whole form used topically will promote healing and regeneration of the lipid (fat layer) of the skin. Immune Shield is a good source.

Wrinkle treatments alone help but in combination with good daily habits especially at seasonal changes extra care and high quality wrinkle treatment product give you the most beautiful skin.

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are about 500,000 centenarians in the world, and almost 100,000 in the United States. And the population is rapidly growing.

You and I will join them some day if we take care of ourselves and plan to keep our health. If you are not planning to keep your health then the opposite is inevitable for you. This prompts the question: How can you live healthfully into your 100s?
Experts say having good genes are a part of the battle, but it has been proven that if must turn on or off the bad genes and lifestyle clearly contributes to over 75% or our health.

ForbesWoman asked current 100-year-olds to share their secrets for healthy living. Medical professionals insist that beginning these practices early can easily add decades to your lifetime–and it’s never too late to start.

You Are What You Eat

Daisy McFadden, a longtime resident of the N.Y., will celebrate her 100th birthday this November. Still active, she believes her eating habits have greatly contributed to her longevity, as do most centurions. For years she’s eaten a breakfast of oatmeal, cranberry juice and a banana. For lunch she usually has a salad with beets, cucumbers, tomatoes and either chicken or fish. Dinner is a plate of steamed vegetables and lean meat. Fresh fruit often follows for dessert.

Her diet resembles that of the people of Okinawa, Japan, a community with the world’s largest concentration of healthy centenarians. The diet of Okinawa is high in grains (rice, quinoa, millet), vegetables (especially green leafy) and fish. It does not include eggs, dairy and meat. The drink of choice is a lot of water.

It’s important not to feel deprived, have a treat once or maybe twice a week, but maintain portion control. The simplest rule is to split what you like with a friend.

Simple Exercise Makes a Difference

If you want to live to be 101, you have to live an active life both mentally and physically, and you do not want to be overweight. Another centurion who lives in Alabama, says she gets fully dressed every morning. She doesn’t take any prescription drugs, still cooks for herself–three squares a day–and keeps her house immaculate. She busies herself with chores like raking leaves, vacuuming and scrubbing dishes, and every two weeks gets a manicure and a haircut. For most of her life, and well into her 90s, she walked to and from church every week. Now she does daily stretching exercises to keep her muscles strong and flexible.

Ms. McFadden also enjoys regular exercise. As a New Yorker, she spent most of her life walking to work. Today she goes to her local senior center at least three times a week to walk on the treadmill, bicycle or use a rowing machine.

Enjoy Yourself!

We live in a stress full world, taking time for what you enjoy is another must.
For most of the pre-retirement population, that means reducing job stress and finding meaningful work and ways to contribute.

Take time to create health and beauty will follow.

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Some wrinkles aren’t just about getting older. Wrinkles can be a sign of more serious inner issues, like dehydration, or even a vitamin or mineral deficiency.

When your body isn’t getting the nutrients it needs, your skin will suffer first. In many cases, skin begins to wrinkle before its time because it’s starved for nutrition!

By focusing on your inner health, you can improve your appearance. Using the perfect anti-aging wrinkle cream or product can transform your skin only so much, but, eating fresh, nutritious, and delicious foods will improve your inner health and the quality of your skin at the same time. Then your skin care product can do the job of protecting the skin topically. The benefit of the anti wrinkle products that are high in antioxidants cannot do it alone if your skin is starved from the inside.

Deep wrinkles in the muscles will soften somewhat with the help of nutrition, but when they are caused by expressions, the muscles need to be trained to lay flat again. That is where Frownies Facial Patches will help. You wear the patch at night while you sleep, and the muscles are trained to relax and reverse wrinkles.

Good nutrition and the right skin care will reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and keep the skin looking its best.

Here are five good-for-you foods that can improve the look and feel of your skin:

1. Papaya: Sweet, juicy papaya is an excellent source of magnesium, which creates SOD – also known as superoxide dismutase. SOD is a natural enzyme that helps the body protect against free-radical damage by neutralizing excessive super-oxidants.

SOD is a valuable antioxidant that will keep the cells in your body healthy and resistant to damage. This will benefit not only the quality of your skin to keep it youthful, soft and wrinkle free but it will also protect you from disease.

2. Oysters: Oysters are an excellent source of zinc to support wound healing. Zinc also helps trigger collagen production in the skin. Collagen is the substance in our skin that keeps it firm, springy, and soft – just like the skin of a teenager.

Although quite a few anti-aging products advertise to contain collagen, applying collagen to your skin isn’t going to do as much good if you skin is starved to begin with. It’s much more effective to eat foods rich in zinc that will boost collagen from the inside out to smooth fine lines.

3. Swiss Chard: This delicious green will help beautify your skin since it’s chock-full of biotin. Biotin helps keep skin moist and soft to prevent dryness and rashes, and it also supports thick, lustrous hair growth.

4. Brazil Nuts: Brazil nuts are an excellent source of the trace mineral selenium, which is essential for beautiful skin. The majority of us don’t get nearly enough selenium in our diets. But a single Brazil nut will pack a powerful punch with a hefty dose of selenium to neutralize outside free-radical damage that can cause fine lines and wrinkles. Make it your beauty goal to eat one Brazil nut a day for youthful skin.

5. Olive Oil: Olive oil is a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids at roughly 0.2 g per ounce.1 The omega-3 fatty acids in olive oil will calm inflammation in the skin to reduce redness and dryness. This will keep your skin moist and hydrated to prevent wrinkles. Drizzle olive oil on salads, veggies, or grilled fish, but don’t fry with it! Frying with olive oil will damage its omega-3 content and negate any beauty benefits it could offer.

For a delicious, beautifying breakfast or afternoon snack, try a green tea, blueberry, and banana smoothie. Green tea is an antioxidant-rich beverage that prevents heart disease and boosts metabolism. On top of that, the antioxidants in green tea will help neutralize free radicals from sun damage that could cause skin cancer.

Blueberries contain more antioxidants than almost any other food! Bananas are an excellent source of vitamin B6 to promote a healthy immune system and greens are a great source of magnesium to help support and protect your skin from disease and outside damage.

Green Smoothie
Ingredients:
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 green teabag
• 1 ½ cup blueberries
• 1/2 medium banana
• 3/4 cup coconut milk
• ¼ cup of greens (kale, leaf or romaine lettuce)

Steep the green tea in 3 tablespoons of hot water and brew for 3 minutes. Remove the tea bag, blend blueberries, banana, milk, and tea in a blender until smooth. Serve immediately, and enjoy!

Combining these diet tips with Frownies Skin Care treatments to remove wrinkles will give you an edge that can’t be beat. We want support you with tips on how to remove wrinkles and live a healthier life.

Kathy Wright ND is the CEO of Frownies Anti-aging Skin Care Company and Avenues to Wellness Culinary Institute. Kathy is a Product Formulator, Naturopathic Doctor, and holds numerous alternative health certifications. Kathy has over 30 years teaching and coaching alternative health as a seminar speaker, and is the author of Your Health in Your Hands, available at Amazon.com or Frownies.com.

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