Get More Youthful Skin from Healthy Foods
September 28, 2009 by health-writing-team
Filed under Skin Care
Healthy foods are not always popular. Nonetheless, they can really taste great with little trouble. The information below should motivate you to eat fruit.
There are many healthy foods that also fight off wrinkles and other signs of aging. A great benefit to eating healthy is the fact that it will help you look younger and you will live longer. In other words, you should forego that peanut butter crunch bar and instead grab a handful of nuts. Nuts don’t sound as appetizing? They will by the time you are done with this article.
Here are just a few healthy foods that are proven age-fighters:
• Citrus and Oranges
Oranges and other citrus and extremely high in vitamin C. If you want to seal up those wrinkles and cracks in your skin you should use vitamin C. Vitamin C is used widely in topical anti-aging products. However, the ability to heal from within is also important and eating oranges will give you a major dose of this vitamin.
• Walnuts
Walnuts have some of the most antioxidants. This makes them great suppliers of certain cancer fighting compounds. They not only interfere with skin cancer development, but they also fight discoloration and other environmental weathering.
• Green tea
Green tea has long been known as a great source of antioxidants.
• Almonds
There is a lot of vitamin E in almonds. If you apply vitamin E topically then it will lighten scars and stretch marks. Age spots will disappear when using vitamin E topically. However, when taken internally vitamin E can help prevent the formation of these marks in the first place.
(Note: if you are going to have surgery soon, ask your doctor about the appropriate amounts of vitamin E for your diet. Sometimes people will bleed more when taking a lot of vitamin E, so you might want to stop taking it during this time)
There really are a lot of great reasons to eat healthy foods. Next time you are tempted to skip out on the healthy foods, reread this list for extra motivation!
Vitamin Cream Treatments That Really Work
September 15, 2009 by health-writing-team
Filed under Skin Care
There are often vitamin creams that are neglected when it comes to people’s beauty routines. These creams can make a major difference in the way that your skin looks. Different vitamins will help with different types of skin issues.
Each day you probably take a general vitamin. Applying vitamin cream is the same concept. Vitamin creams are topical. This means that they are absorbed through the skin rather than the stomach. This results in totally different results than oral vitamins.
There are four major players if you are considering topical vitamins. Your skin can derive benefit from nearly every vitamin. These four, though play key roles in skin care.
Vitamin creams are designed to be applied to problem areas. Depending on the skin problem you are treating, your cream should contain:
• Vitamin A to give tighter skin. Vitamin A helps skin keep in moisture. It also improves your youthful look. Vitamin A sometimes may be called retinol. It can cause sensitivity to the sun. Use it with a great deal of care.
• Vitamin E for results of diminished scarring. Vitamin E can be a great help in healing scars and tears. As a result it is a great deep wrinkle treatment. Many people use vitamin E oil to alleviate signs of scars and stretch marks.
• Vitamin K improves serious discolorations. Rosacea can be treated with vitamin K. It also helps with brown spots from the sun or age. However, some vitamin creams that contain high levels of K can cause breakouts if you do not have this type of skin issue. Watch your skin closely to get results that you want.
• If you need anti-aging action, choose vitamin C. Vitamin C is an internal and external healer. Vitamin C is a great wrinkle healer. However, in high concentrations it can blister sensitive skin. Use it sparingly and monitor results closely.
You can definitely accelerate skin care results with topically applied vitamins. Paired with oral vitamins, vitamin creams can dramatically improve skin.



