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Supplements and Skin Care For That Radiant Glow
Supplements and Skin Care
In addition to the complete spectrum of vitamins and minerals recommended by nutrition experts world-wide, (B-complex, Vitamin E, calcium-magnesium, etc.) Here are some recommended supplements. I recommend other nutrients to banish dull skin.
Fish for Compliments
Fish is the only natural and significant food source of the healthy Omega 3 fat, EPA and DHA. In addition to eating fish such as salmon and halibut, take plenty of high quality omega 3 fish oil. Luminous, radiant, wrinkle-free skin, improved mental faculties, weight loss, preservation of muscle mass, enhanced absorption of nutrients from foods, and a happy, positive mood are just a few of the benefits accrued by incorporating the omega 3’s into our daily diets.
Back in Circulation
Take alpha lipoic acid supplements because it has the capacity to regulate the production of nitric oxide, which controls blood flow to the skin. When alpha lipoic acid is applied topically, it helps to transform the complexion from dull, pasty, and pale to vibrant and glowing. It will shrink pores, even out skin tone, decrease lines and wrinkles and eliminate puffiness.
Light and Bright
Pycnogenol® also has superior anti-inflammatory properties, making it ideal in promoting youthful, beautiful skin and healthy aging of all organ systems. When taken as a supplement and applied topically, Pycnogenol will significantly brighten skin.
Anti-inflammatory Diet = Glowing Skin
This holiday season, don’t let the only glow in the room be from the candles on your mantle. Glowing, radiant skin is a hallmark of both health and youth. However, as we age, what was once a birth rite now begins to be just a fond memory. With each passing year, our skin becomes dull, losing the suppleness and luster we once took for granted.
Eating foods that are high in antioxidants is the first critical step in restoring radiance to skin. If we start now, by the time the holiday season is in full swing, we will enjoy a radical and radiant transformation.
The holidays are a special time for us. We see family and friends that we may not have seen since last year’s holiday season. Naturally, we want to look and feel our very best. Over the next few posts, I will provide helpful suggestions guaranteed to help you achieve this worthwhile goal.
Looking and feeling great start with good nutrition. Now is the time to cut back on comfort foods such as breads and pasta, cookies and cakes, that taste good but wreak havoc on your skin and your weight—let alone your moods.
Following an anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle is critical when combating dull skin that lacks in radiance. Include lots of high-quality protein for cellular repair, like that found in fish, shellfish, poultry and tofu; low-glycemic carbohydrates including colorful fresh fruits and vegetables, beans, lentils and whole grains such as old-fashioned oatmeal.
And, perhaps most importantly if you want radiant supple skin don’t go low fat or fat free. Instead choose healthy fats, such as those found in cold water fish (especially wild Alaskan salmon, halibut, sardines, herring, anchovies, etc.), nuts, seeds, and olive oil. Avoid the saturated fats found in meats as well as the ubiquitous trans fats (margarine, shortening, etc.) as these can be pro-inflammatory and have the opposite of the desired effect. Learn to read labels as these trans fats are in everything including the peanut butter found on most supermarket shelves.
This will ensure beautiful glowing skin from the inside out. More tips on supplements and skin care tomorrow.
Take Your Supplements
Supplements are essential because it is too hard to get many beneficial antioxidants consistently in the right quantities from diet alone. Supplements can not however replace a good diet, even the Perricone Diet. For optimum health, take supplements in addition to eating the right kinds of food.
Perricone MD Pigment Corrective System™
Perricone MD Pigment Corrective System combines the power of the Pigment Corrective Dietary Supplements along with the Pigment Corrective topical cream to help diminish the appearance of hyper-pigmentation and brown spots, while lightening and brightening skin’s appearance from the inside out and the outside in.
Alpha Lipoic Acid Essentials – The Universal Antioxidant
Recent studies have shown ALA is an even more powerful antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory agent than previously thought; however, therapeutic amounts can only be obtained from supplements, because it is almost non-existent in foods.
Alpha lipoic acid is unique among antioxidants because it is soluble in both fat and water. This gives it the ability to penetrate the lipid or fat soluble portions of the cell, such as the cell’s first line of defense, the cell plasma membrane. In addition, it can also penetrate the watery portions of the cell, known as the cytosol. Because ALA can protect both the fat- and water-soluble parts of the cell, scientists have named it the “universal antioxidant.” ALA is found as part of an enzyme complex in the mitochondria that converts food to energy, it is also known as the “metabolic antioxidant.” Diseases of aging are caused by the damage and inflammation that result from free radical damage to the cells. Since ALA can protect all portions of the cell, it is ideally suited to help prevent the diseases of aging and the signs of aging in the skin…
All About Supplements
Nutritional supplements have come a long way from the minimal, “one-a-day” multivitamins of past generations. Now we have highly targeted antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals that can do everything from sharpening our brain power, repairing our bodies on a cellular level, increase the burning of body fat, regulate blood sugar and insulin, increase muscle [...]
Tier Two: Nutritional Supplements
Antioxidants = anti-inflammatories Dr. Perricone recommends a variety of unique nutritional supplements in addition to the complete spectrum of vitamins and minerals recommended by nutritional experts worldwide (B-complex, Vitamin E, Vitamin C Ester, Calcium, Magnesium, etc.). His research has shown that nutrients that possess anti-oxidant properties act as natural anti-inflammatories. These nutrients offer anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, [...]
The Wrinkle Cure
Barbecue right for better skin One of the joys of summertime is a barbecue. Nothing tastes better than food cooked outdoors over an open fire. But, we now know that when you cook the muscle meats from beef, pork, fowl and fish, carcinogenic chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are formed. In addition Advanced Glycation End [...]
