By Nicholas Hurd
Aging is a process that is natural for everyone; however, if people take care of their skin before they get wrinkles, they can help to avoid dealing with some of these visible signs of aging. You should definitely add anti aging skin care to your routine on a daily basis. Skin that is healthy can also help you make sure that your entire health is much better as well.
You should learn about the different types of aging, and how they can affect you and your skin to get started with anti aging skin care. Internal aging actually begins when you are in your mid twenties. This aging, known as intrinsic aging actually refers to the slowing down of all the bodily functions that just occurs naturally. Of course how this process occurs and when the signs of aging actually show up is usually related to your genetics. However, you can't really do much about this type of aging.
Another type of aging is called extrinsic aging, and it refers to the type of aging that is a result of external factors, which often we can control and eliminate. One of the main external factors that can contribute to the aging of the skin is excessive exposure to the ultraviolet rays that come from the sun or even a tanning bed. You can limit that time that you are out in the sun and make sure to wear sunscreen at all times, which will help you avoid dealing with this type of skin damage that leads to premature aging.
Of course eating right can also help you out with skin care for anti aging as well. There are a variety of foods that have essential nutrients that help keep your skin healthy. Tomatoes are great, since they contain lycopene, which helps to prevent wrinkles and also helps to prevent various types of cancer as well. Many dark orange and red vegetables have great vitamins and antioxidants in them as well, such as carrots, and even beets. Even red peppers are great for you, since they have Vitamin E, Vitamin A, and bioflavonoids, which help with natural moisturizing and the healing of your skin.
Water is very important as well if you want to keep your skin healthy and looking great. You should make sure to get your eight glasses of water each day to keep your body healthy and your skin well moisturized.
People who smoke should stop smoking right away. Those who start smoking in their twenties can already start to show signs of aging. This occurs because the nicotine can cause there to be inadequate amounts of oxygen in the blood, which means that your skin will not need the oxygen that it needs. After not smoking for about ten minutes, the oxygen in the blood goes back to normal, so you should definitely quite a soon as you can.
These are a few great tips that will help you to keep your skin looking great. Use them for your own anti aging skin care and you'll find that you are better equipped to prevent those wrinkles.
Nick Hurd writes about aging and baby boomer generation and how to not only cope with the changes, but live a very healthy and active life. http://www.youreover50.com information for baby boomers and beyond. More information about skin care and wrinkles is available at Taking care of your skin in the sun.
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copyright 2008 Nicholas Hurd all rights reserved
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Skin Care For Anti Aging - What You Can Do
Anti-Aging: Weight Loss Is a Life-or-Death Decision for an Obese, Aging Nation
By Rod Mac Taggart
Did you know that half of all Americans are considered overweight, and fully a third -- men, women and children -- are clinically obese? This means that there’s a high likelihood that you have a weight problem, and you're at or beyond middle age, you really need to get serious about a weight loss program.
The reason older people need to get a handle on their weight and get rid of those love-handles is the connection between advancing age, excess poundage and degenerative diseases. With each soda, smoothie or coffee concoction you gulp down, the likelihood of developing diabetes or something even worse goes up.
Obesity is at the top of the list of health problems facing America today, contributing to more than 300,000 deaths a year, and nearly $150 billion a year in medical expenses and lost productivity due to cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis and a dozen other conditions either caused by or made worse by insatiable appetites for sweet and fattening foods. We have super-sized almost the entire nation.
The problem gets worse as you get older, because the damage to your body from sugar and high caloric intake increases exponentially with each decade. If you are overweight -- even a little -- avoiding sugary and fatty foods in any amount is the mandatory first step in a weight loss program. But even if you're not overweight, avoiding sweet and fattening food should be part of every anti-aging diet. Sugars and cooked fats also help bring about all those disease conditions when you're at your normal weight too, and they also contribute to the skin problems that make you look older than you ought to.
For example, did you know that just one regular 12-oz soda contains nine (that’s 9) of those little sugar packets they give you in coffee shops? That’s at least 150 calories. And speaking of coffee shops, those delicious blended coffee drinks -- not counting the whipped cream -- can run anywhere from 250 to 500 calories. We should be running on maybe 1200 to 2000 calories a day max, and just one of those coffee drinks supplants a quarter of it. After that, there’s not much caloric space left for the salad, veggies, skinless chicken breast and fruit dessert that you actually need in a healthy weight loss program. Here are a few ideas for a weight loss program that works:
• Don’t shop on impulse. Make a list and stick to it.
• Get rid of the sodas and stop dropping in to your local coffee house. Invest in a good juicer and make your own veggie, and occasional, fruit drinks. Raw veggie juice is not fattening, and is incredibly good for you, especially the green veggies. Carrots are hi-carb, and so is fruit, so go easy on them.
• Knock off the sweet or fatty snacks, and top up instead with hi-fiber snacks such as fruit, veggies or a low-cal, hi-fiber snack bar. Eat as much raw veggies as you can whenever you want.
• Never use salad dressing unless you dilute it by 50% with vinegar or lemon juice. It tastes just as good and has half the oil. If you’re out, ask for your dressing on the side with lots of lemon slices.
• Alcohol is fattening. Just avoid it, period. It lowers blood sugar and makes you hungry. Alcohol has no useful place in a weight-loss program.
• A full meal should be half raw or steamed veggies, a quarter protein and a quarter starch, and everything low-fat. If you must have a dessert, have a small portion of fruit.
• Add some natural weight-loss supplements to your diet, such as tonalin CLA and chromium picolinate. Weight loss supplements help curb your appetite and block absorption or formation of fat.
• Exercise, exercise, exercise. It doesn’t matter how much or how little, just do it -- as much as you comfortably can. Walks are the best if you have a choice -- just a mile burns 100 calories. And if you can get out, exercise in a park or in the country. [Editor's Note: see Exercise Outdoors to Beat Stress and Depression]
• If you’ve got the bucks, for goodness sakes, hire an experienced personal trainer and do exactly what he says. One with successful experience working with people in your age group is the best.
• Tell your physician, trainer, physiotherapist or any pro in the field that you’re going on a weight loss and exercise program, and you want some help setting realistic goals. How much weight can you lose, and in what period of time? Make these your goals, and try to attain them.
A good anti-aging weight loss program will extend both your life and the quality of that life.
Author, Rod MacTaggart, contributes articles on anti-aging and health for Feel Good For Life. More information on these and other topics can be found at http://www.feelgoodforlife.com.
Article Source: http://www.ArticleBiz.com
Did you know that half of all Americans are considered overweight, and fully a third -- men, women and children -- are clinically obese? This means that there’s a high likelihood that you have a weight problem, and you're at or beyond middle age, you really need to get serious about a weight loss program.
The reason older people need to get a handle on their weight and get rid of those love-handles is the connection between advancing age, excess poundage and degenerative diseases. With each soda, smoothie or coffee concoction you gulp down, the likelihood of developing diabetes or something even worse goes up.
Obesity is at the top of the list of health problems facing America today, contributing to more than 300,000 deaths a year, and nearly $150 billion a year in medical expenses and lost productivity due to cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis and a dozen other conditions either caused by or made worse by insatiable appetites for sweet and fattening foods. We have super-sized almost the entire nation.
The problem gets worse as you get older, because the damage to your body from sugar and high caloric intake increases exponentially with each decade. If you are overweight -- even a little -- avoiding sugary and fatty foods in any amount is the mandatory first step in a weight loss program. But even if you're not overweight, avoiding sweet and fattening food should be part of every anti-aging diet. Sugars and cooked fats also help bring about all those disease conditions when you're at your normal weight too, and they also contribute to the skin problems that make you look older than you ought to.
For example, did you know that just one regular 12-oz soda contains nine (that’s 9) of those little sugar packets they give you in coffee shops? That’s at least 150 calories. And speaking of coffee shops, those delicious blended coffee drinks -- not counting the whipped cream -- can run anywhere from 250 to 500 calories. We should be running on maybe 1200 to 2000 calories a day max, and just one of those coffee drinks supplants a quarter of it. After that, there’s not much caloric space left for the salad, veggies, skinless chicken breast and fruit dessert that you actually need in a healthy weight loss program. Here are a few ideas for a weight loss program that works:
• Don’t shop on impulse. Make a list and stick to it.
• Get rid of the sodas and stop dropping in to your local coffee house. Invest in a good juicer and make your own veggie, and occasional, fruit drinks. Raw veggie juice is not fattening, and is incredibly good for you, especially the green veggies. Carrots are hi-carb, and so is fruit, so go easy on them.
• Knock off the sweet or fatty snacks, and top up instead with hi-fiber snacks such as fruit, veggies or a low-cal, hi-fiber snack bar. Eat as much raw veggies as you can whenever you want.
• Never use salad dressing unless you dilute it by 50% with vinegar or lemon juice. It tastes just as good and has half the oil. If you’re out, ask for your dressing on the side with lots of lemon slices.
• Alcohol is fattening. Just avoid it, period. It lowers blood sugar and makes you hungry. Alcohol has no useful place in a weight-loss program.
• A full meal should be half raw or steamed veggies, a quarter protein and a quarter starch, and everything low-fat. If you must have a dessert, have a small portion of fruit.
• Add some natural weight-loss supplements to your diet, such as tonalin CLA and chromium picolinate. Weight loss supplements help curb your appetite and block absorption or formation of fat.
• Exercise, exercise, exercise. It doesn’t matter how much or how little, just do it -- as much as you comfortably can. Walks are the best if you have a choice -- just a mile burns 100 calories. And if you can get out, exercise in a park or in the country. [Editor's Note: see Exercise Outdoors to Beat Stress and Depression]
• If you’ve got the bucks, for goodness sakes, hire an experienced personal trainer and do exactly what he says. One with successful experience working with people in your age group is the best.
• Tell your physician, trainer, physiotherapist or any pro in the field that you’re going on a weight loss and exercise program, and you want some help setting realistic goals. How much weight can you lose, and in what period of time? Make these your goals, and try to attain them.
A good anti-aging weight loss program will extend both your life and the quality of that life.
Author, Rod MacTaggart, contributes articles on anti-aging and health for Feel Good For Life. More information on these and other topics can be found at http://www.feelgoodforlife.com.
Article Source: http://www.ArticleBiz.com
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