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Skin Care That Really Makes You Look Good Isn't as Easy as Buying a Product

12/21/2007

Many people buy skin care products because they are endorsed by famous actresses. We see them on TV, in the movies or in skin care ads and they’re beautiful. So, we buy the product. But it took a lot more to make them look that way than any of us are likely to have access to on a daily basis – you can be sure they didn’t just hop out of the shower that morning and go straight into the photo shoot. Seasoned professionals spent hours creating that natural, healthy look that you’re now going to try to recreate in your bathroom. Sorry, it’s not going to happen. Skin care you can do at home often takes a change in lifestyle – as well as a few good products.

How do you really create the great skin you’ve been looking for? It starts with a healthy diet.

Fresh, natural foods – not canned, not in a box, and, if possible, not from the freezer.

• Proteins: Seafood, especially salmon, is great for the skin. Many health-conscious dermatologists recommend eating salmon a few times a week. Chicken and turkey are better than beef, and mixing beans with rice is also a great source of protein.
• Vegetables: Raw vegetables are very good for you but, unfortunately, they’re not easy to digest. Unless you know your digestive system is working perfectly, you’re better off with steaming. To ensure hydration, include plenty of garlic and onions.
• Fruit: Raw and fresh, provides the alpha-hydroxy acids that keep your skin pH balanced. Apples, grapes, blackberries and citrus fruits are best. If you’re looking for something to help aging skin, go for cherries and blueberries. They’re high in the antioxidants you need to fight free radicals.
• Dairy: Truthfully, unless you can get raw dairy, you’re probably better off without it. Processing dairy foods removes the enzymes that nature provided to enable us to digest dairy. If you do have access to raw dairy, you’re in luck: The high essential fatty acid content encourages moisture production and helps remove excess dead skin cells.

Exercise: The value of exercise in skin care treatment can’t be overrated. If you don’t exercise, every process in your body slows down. Degeneration can start well before its time, just because you don’t exercise, and it shows up on your skin long before you start noticing other symptoms.

Skin Care Products: Your best bet is natural skin care treatment products. Most others, including cosmetics, are loaded with chemicals that dry the skin or coat it with slick oil products that make it feel good. The best skin care treatment you can buy is something that protects the surface of the skin from being damaged. The skin is designed to regenerate and heal itself, but if you destroy the surface layer with chemicals, you’ve got an uphill battle.

Thousands of doctors now recommend a shielding lotion. A good shielding lotion bonds with the outer layer of the skin to form a protective layer that locks in moisture and keeps out harsh, drying chemicals.

If you change your diet, start exercising and use a shielding lotion, your skin will look better within weeks. Try it, it may be all the skin care treatment you need. And you may wind up looking more like those beautiful actresses - even when you just get out of the shower. 

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