Category Archives: Skin and Beauty

Hydration is Crucial, Even During the Winter

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Greg Asseff

During the summer, many individuals have little trouble staying hydrated as it feels natural to reach for a fresh glass of water every hour or two because you’re thirsty.

During the cooler months of the year, however, many individuals assume that they need less water since they’re not sweating as much and they feel comfortable, not parched, and hence, tend to ignore winter hydration.

Hydration during the winter months is a concern as your body continues to lose water through the various internal bodily functions that it routinely performs, urination, perspiration and breathing. The fact that the late fall and winter months coincide with flu season doesn’t help either, since you lose water at an even faster rate when you’re sick.

Hydration is important year-round, and the absence of thirst does not always indicate that your body is properly hydrated. In order to keep your body fueled with water, it’s good to know how much to drink and how to drink it.

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8 Foods for Beautiful Skin

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Greg Asseff

From a more global perspective, beautiful skin and hair is a result of living and healthy lifestyle. More specifically, consistently living a lifestyle that is fill with plenty of physical activity, regularly consuming a nutritionally rich whole foods diet, and receiving plenty of rest, relaxation, and sleep.

The overall intent of this article is to specifically discuss a variety of different food types that are well designed to promote and support healthy and vibrant skin and hair.

When many health-conscious consumers put together their overall dietary intake regimen, they usually select foods based on surface level criteria such as total calories per serving, fat content, carbohydrate percentage, cholesterol, sugar, sodium, and vitamin and mineral content.

Although this is unquestionably a diligent and sound approach, many individuals do not realize that the various foods that they consume have a direct impact on not only their internal health and well being, but their external health and appearance as well.

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Want to Keep Your Hair? Start with Your Diet

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Greg Asseff

Hair loss impinges upon the mental well-being of millions of individuals every year, lowering self-confidence in social situations and changing the physical appearance of those as young as teenagers. Contrary to popular belief, thinning hair isn’t just a problem for men – while 35 million American men are affected by hair loss, nearly 21 million American women are affected just the same. In fact, the American Hair Loss Association states that roughly 66% of the male population notice significant hair loss by age 35, while 85% experience the same by age 50.

Most people don’t even consider the health of their hair until they start losing it. However, new research shows that there are steps you can take – many of which are part of a hair loss diet – to help keep your hair and prevent thinning before it’s noticeable.

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5 Foods to Eat or Apply for Beautiful Skin

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Greg Asseff

The world of nature is an amazing place, producing fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds and beans that provide our bodies with the necessary and invaluable vitamins and minerals required to function optimally.

What many individuals don’t realize, however, is that many of the foods that we consume, to sustain our various biological functions, also provide untold benefits to our skin and beauty.

In addition, there’s more, as some of the foods listed below are readily available in a variety of lotions,serums, and creams that are specifically designed to be externally applied to the skin to reduce several of the more common skin conditions, including fine lines, texture, acne, pore size, dryness, and uneven skin tone, to name a few.

So, the next time you are in the grocery store, you might find yourself heading over to the produce section or the coffee aisle instead of the skincare section to purchase the produce products to assist in addressing and satisfying your skin and beauty needs.

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Sun Damage? Try These Tips to Reverse It

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Greg Asseff

According to New York City cosmetic dermatologist Neal Schultz, MD, sun damage that occurred several years ago could still be affecting your body since UV rays actually change the DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, present in your skin cells, This, in turn, can lead to future issues including skin discoloration, wrinkles, and even an increased risk of cancer.

However, it should be noted that while the sun gets a pretty bad rap, in terms of the damage that it causes, there are countless health and wellness benefits that being exposed to the sun promote.

To this end, as with virtually everything in life, including water and the human body is comprised of approximately two-thirds water, moderation is the preferred approach.

The good news for individuals that have suffered from sun damage in the past is that you can reverse the sun damage through the use of an appropriate skin care regimen. The following four-step skin care process is designed to assist in reducing the affects of sun damage that occurred in the past: