The Many Properties And Applications Of Glycerine

Author:  Jo Alelsto

Glycerine, also spelled glycerin, is a kind of organic compound known as sugar alcohol with a chemical formula C3H8O3. It occurs as a sweet-tasting, viscous liquid that is colorless and odorless. It is miscible in water and generally non-toxic. In nature it occurs in form of glycerides. The glycerides are esters of the compound and are fundamental components of lipids.

Various industries see glycerine in numerous applications. It is included in pharmaceutical preparations due to its lubricating and hygroscopic properties. Thus it is found in cough syrups, expectorants, and suppositories. In personal care products it is found in shaving creams, soaps, mouthwash, toothpastes, skin moisturizers and conditioners, and hair care products. The substance is an excellent solvent. It serves as a humectant (moisture-retaining agent) and a softener in candy and cakes, as well as a food preservative.

A molecule of glycerine or glycerol contains three chains of carbon. In each carbon atom a hydroxyl group is attached. The hydroxyl group is represented as OH. The compound owes its high solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature to the hydroxyl groups. A compound that is hygroscopic has the property of attracting water molecules from the air or from the surrounding. When hygroscopic substances are used for the purpose of retaining moisture, they are accurately referred to as humectants. Glycerol melts at 18�C and boils at 290�C under standard conditions.

Today, the production of the compound involves either of the following: saponification or transesterification. Saponification involves a reaction of an alkali, say sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, and a fat or oil. This process forms soap and glycerol. Transesterification is a process whereby a glyceride undergoes a reaction with an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is either an acid or base. In this reaction, two compounds are formed. One is the new ester. The other is glycerol. In biodiesel manufacture, the hygroscopic compound occurs as a 10 percent by-product and is a result of vegetable oils undergoing transesterification. This process contributes heavily to the amount of crude glycerol in the market. This unrefined liquid may be purified further to remove excess water and chemical residues as a result of transesterification.

The compound is considered a carbohydrate, but it is generally different from sugar in terms of structure and metabolic pathway in the body. Unlike sucrose (table sugar), glycerol does not raise blood sugar levels, thus it has a low glycemic index. The synthesis of triacylglycerols and phospholipids in the liver involves glycerol as a precursor. The source of glycerol is of course stored fats. The body breaks down fats into glycerol and fatty acids. The liver converts glycerol into glucose which powers cellular respiration and metabolism.

The compound has thousands of industrial applications. In medicine and pharmaceutical preparations, the compound is employed as a means to provide lubrication, improve smoothness, and act as a humectant. It is also used as a laxative when used in enema or a suppository. Cough syrups and expectorants also contain the substance. The compound is a good emulsifying agent, keeping insoluble tannins from precipitating in ethanol extracts of plants. This is especially useful in making of tinctures. The substance is a component of nitroglycerin, a known ingredient in explosives, but is also used to treat heart disease.

In personal care products, this viscous compound is used as an emollient, humectant, solvent and a lubricant. An emollient is a substance that soothes and softens the skin. Toothpastes, mouthwash, shaving creams and soaps contain glycerol. Home-made soaps contain larger amounts of this organic compound than the usual comercially produced soaps.

There was a controversy about the moisture-retaining capacity of the substance. Some believed that as much as it draws water from the air, it may also draw water from the skin, inducing more dryness. This, however, remains unproven.

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Afro Curly Hair and Choosing the Right Products & Accessories

Author:  Eva D.

For over ten years, I would flit like a butterfly to the vast array of products with the bright shiny labels promising drama free styling for my curly coif. Yet, each time I ripped open the lid and applied my creamy concoctions, planets ceased to collide, minds didn't meld and guess what? My hair didn't grow...not immediately anyway because aside from actually working, effective products and accessories should also support three necessary growth requirements for tight curls over time:

Moisture

Products that promote growth really moisturize your curls. Because curly hair is dry, it can break off and be unforgiving when it tangles. Yet when hair is moisturized, its more pliable and easy to manipulate, but without moisture, curls can become knots when being detangled and break. So products that are most beneficial shower curls with the most moisture possible.

Breakage Prevention

Not only do brittle curls cause breakage, but so do certain styling accessories. For years, I used to routinely wear a flat metal clip for a ponytail or bun style and I often wondered why in that exact place, where I snapped the clip closed, this area of my hair was shorter than the rest. At first I thought my hair just grew that way, but one day, I lost my clips (and was too cheap to buy more). So I needed to figure out another style for a while, and noticed my hair started to grow back in that area. Sometimes we can be using accessories that are hurting our hair and because we've always used them, we don't even think about it.

When I transitioned to being natural, there were a lot of styling practices that I carried over from my relaxed hair days. These practices were bad before and even worse now for my natural fro. For example, I didn't cover my hair at night. I thought I didn't have to, because I could sleep on it, and still comb through it the next day, but not so with natural hair. Now, if I don't moisturize, twist up and put a cap on my curly fro for the night, my hair will rub up against other hair and create a beehive of knots and tangles which will not be sorted out by the time I have to get to work the next day unless there is a scissor involved.

Curly Interactions

Effective natural hair products and accessories also reduce curl to curl friction. I know the phrase sounds bizarre, but researchers have found that when a hair's cuticle layers rub up against each other, there can be lifting of the cuticles causing damage. Remember we don't even want to see the cortex of your hair strand. That's not healthy hair.

And curls know this interaction really well, because they just naturally intertwine. When hair isn't set and covered during the night, hair will rub against other hair and your pillow causing knots, damage and the beginnings of fractured hair.

Picking the right products and accessories then using them appropriately is definitely important for afro curly hair growth. While styling products work differently for each curl, I will test some products by integrating them into my current routine and will see what happens. I know that I'd like to try some products like emu oil. My last relaxer involved a chemical burn near the area of my temples and hair doesn't live there anymore, but emu oil may be able to help that. So I think I'll try that one first and share the results

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See How Easily You Can Revitalize Your Hair

Author:  Jane Preeter

Revitalizing shampoos, hair-care products aside, great nutrition is by far the most effective way of getting great-looking hair! Like your body, your hair too needs a balanced, nutritious diet to stay healthy.  Water  One of the most important fluids you could ever have, water makes up one-fourth of the weight of a strand of hair. Moisture makes the hair supple; so ensure you get plenty of fluids. A key point is not to wait until you're thirsty. If you're thirsty, it means your body has already lost more water than it should have, and it's urging you to refill the tank! Water not only hydrates your body, but also helps keep your hair silky and shiny. Ideally, you should drink between eight and ten glasses of water a day.  Protein  Protein is the building block of hair, so a diet for healthy hair contains an awful lot of protein! Protein will give the shaft of your hair more strength, and will reduce the possibility of damage through snapping and splitting. You can get protein from foods like fish, meat, milk, cheese and cereals.  Minerals  In addition to water and proteins, minerals are equally important. Remember, your hair, like the rest of your body thrives on the natural resources.

• Iron helps to carry oxygen to the hair. Without enough iron, hair and its follicles get starved of oxygen. This means that the 'goodness' in the root of your hair is much less effective along the length of the strand. You can increase your iron intake by eating red meat and dark green vegetables, or by iron supplements.
  
• Zinc builds hair protein, which helps to prevent hair loss. Meat and seafood are the foods highest in zinc.
  
• Copper is involved in the pigmentation of hair. You can optimize your natural color with a diet with plenty of copper. Shellfish, liver, fresh vegetables, nuts, seeds and meat are all high in copper.

Vitamins

• Vitamin A will give you a healthy scalp, because it's great for the skin! You can get vitamin A from foods like vegetables-in particular, carrots.
  
• Vitamin B and C is important for good circulation, hair growth and hair color. If you ensure that you have enough vitamin B and C, you'll have strong, supple strands of hair that do not split. You can get these vitamins from eating foods like fruit, vegetables, cereals, eggs, milk and bread.

Just follow this good food guide to healthy and great looking hair. You could do without all the artificial chemicals.

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Skin Care

Author:  Dr Edward F. Group III, DC, Ph.D, ND, DACBN

Your skin is your armor, your shield from the elements. Yet when was the last time you really thought about what you need to do to take care of it? Throughout your life, genetic and environmental factors will cause a lot of wear and tear to your skin. But you are never too young or too old to start taking care of your skin. In fact, skin care and protection should be an essential part of your health, fitness, and beauty regime. If you take care of your skin, your skin will take care of you! If your stuck in a skin care rut, or if you are just looking to learn a bit more about the basics of skin care, read on to learn more about this important step in your daily activities.  The Essentials of Skin Care  The first step to taking care of your skin is preventing damage. Sun, wind, pollutants, and simply aging can degrade the condition of your skin. Common complaints include dry and itchy skin, wrinkles, sagging, color changes, and age spots. There are steps that you can take to keep you skin looking and feeling its best.  Exercise, rest, and good nutrition lay the foundation for beautiful, healthy skin, inside and out. A proper diet is not only good for your overall health, it also helps to ensure that your skin will receive all of the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that it needs to maintain and repair cells. Drinking purified water is another good way to keep your skin healthy. Water helps to hydrate the skin and move waste and nutrients through the system. It is very effective mixing a teaspoon or capful of Organic Apple Cider Vinegar in with your water. Do not drink Tap Water.  The most important way to care for your skin is to protect it from the damaging rays of the sun. Ultraviolet radiation damages the skin and can lead to wrinkles, premature aging, age spots, and cancer. Take extra precautions to make sure your skin is not exposed to the sun�s rays. Use a natural sunscreen, or a moisturizer that contains sunscreen (at least SPF 15) everyday. Your skin does need some sunlight 10-15 minutes of direct exposure daily.  Dry skin is very common, especially with age. Older skin has fewer sweat and oil glands than younger skin. Dry skin may be caused by frequent baths, certain cosmetics or medications. But whatever the cause, there are ways to alleviate the itchiness associated with it. Avoid using harsh soaps when bathing, and if possible, cut back on the number of baths or showers each week. A sponge bath with warm water may help to clean and revive skin without stripping the skin of its valuable moisturizers. When you do use soap, try using a natural very mild soap that does not contain any dyes, parabens or perfumes. Follow up the bath with a moisturizing lotion. A good all natural moisturizer is one of the foundations for a healthy skin care regimen. Continue moisturizing throughout the day to keep skin healthy. Your hands and face are particularly susceptible to daily damage, and may need to be moisturized several times. A Skin Care Routine  A skin care routine does not have to be elaborate in order to be effective. But you should develop some kind of skin care routine based on your skin type, daily activities, and nutritional needs so that you can be sure you are taking the very best care of your skin. Following a daily skin care regime will also allow you to more closely evaluate your skin for abnormalities. Here's a simple routine that you can adapt to fit your needs:

1. Cleanse: Wash your skin thoroughly on a daily basis to remove the dirt, debris, pollutants, and perspiration that accumulates on a daily basis. If you have dry or sensitive skin, use only warm water to wash your skin and use a mild natural cleanser every few days. If you have normal or oily skin, be sure to wash with a gentle cleanser on a daily basis. Be sure to brush your teeth before washing your face, as toothpaste residue can irritate sensitive facial skin.
   
2. Moisturize: Unless your skin is very oily, you will want to use a moisturizer everyday to keep your skin hydrated and healthy. Your skin needs moisturizer all year long as both the indoor winter heat, and summer sun can be equally damaging to your skin.  
   
3. Protect: Use a natural sunscreen when possible, regardless of whether or not you plan on spending much time in the sun. The sun's rays are very damaging and if you get in the habit of applying sunscreen everyday, you will never be left without protection. The suns most beneficial rays occur at sunrise and sunset.

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Honey as Moisturizer - The Secret to Soft, Healthy and Young-Looking Skin Revealed!

Author:  Marcia Kruger


Have you ever imagined using honey as moisturizer in your skincare? It is a little unusual, however, if your skin gets exposed to harsh environmental conditions you need to take a look at honey in a skincare moisturizer.

Environmental factors like chemicals, pollution and smoke, but the sun and wind are the two main reasons why your skin becomes dry and damaged. Because it feels rough and sore, you reach for the closest bottle of lotion and hope it helps.

Did you know that honey as an ingredient is good for you and your skin's health? It not only soothes your skin, it's also an effective skincare aid.

Honey as a moisturizer is nothing new. It has been around for centuries and used in natural skin care. Cleopatra used honey as moisturizer to keep her beauty undamaged.

That was then -- but, let's look at how honey is use as a natural moisturizer for your skin nowadays.

Because of those environmental factors, your skin has a hard time staying moisturized. Over exposure to the sun's damaging UV rays and strong winds diminish skin's natural oils leading to dry skin. Chemical ingredients in soaps also cause skin dryness.

Therefore, protecting your skin from environmental factors is important. Avoid too much direct sunlight, wear a hat and protective clothing and make sure you use mild, unscented soap.

So, using honey as moisturizer helps your skin dryness. But, not a regular honey...a natural substance called Active Manuka Honey which does more than just moisturize your skin.

This particular honey is obtained from the manuka bush thus the name manuka honey. Because of the presence of unique enzymes containing antibacterial properties, known as the Unique Manuka Factor (UMF), it's effective in healing skin sores and blemishes including acne and even more serious skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis.

This particular type of honey penetrates deeply into your skin to nourish, rejuvenate and to make it look younger and softer. And, because it's a strong antioxidant, it protects skin from damage caused by free radicals found in environmental pollutants.

Using this honey as moisturizer also supports the skin�s own cell renewal process. Because it promotes the production of collagen and elastin in your skin, the two proteins keep your skin firm, elastic and wrinkle-free.

So, go ahead and use honey as moisturizer on your skin. Not only will it moisturize your skin, it'll nourish, heal and keep your skin young-looking and radiant.

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Reducing Cellulite Appearance as a Vegetarian

Author:  Laura Ng

Honestly, you can't cure cellulite because cellulite forms part of your body fat structure beneath the skin. However, you can reduce your cellulite appearance dramatically and make it almost invisible to human eyes even in broad daylight.

Unfortunately, women tend to get the most headaches from this ugly dimpling appearance on their skins, even after they've become a vegetarian. Why women and not men? Have you seen men seeking cellulite treatment thus far?

Let me give you a quick rundown on the difference between men and women in terms of their cellulite structure so that you know how to treat your cellulite problem more effectively when we get down to the natural ways to reducing cellulite appearance.

For women, the connective tissue structure is arranged into large upright cubicles to hold the fat. When poor lymphatic circulation takes place, toxic wastes and fluid will accumulate within the fat tissues, which cause these cubicles to become swollen and start to push up against the skin, forming cellulite appearance.

In men, these fat cubicles are arranged in cross-linked structure that actually limits the quantity of fat stored, hold the fat in better and store them deeper under the skin. Also, men have thicker skin as better cover-ups and generally, their hormones behave less erratically than women.

That's why cellulite bothers women more than men. Now you roughly know how your cellulite comes about. Now, let's see what we can do to reduce the cellulite appearance and make it less noticeable.

How to Reduce Your Cellulite Appearance as a Vegetarian

As I just mentioned, your cellulite appears due to poor lymphatic circulation. So, first thing you must do as a vegetarian is improve your lymphatic circulation by ingesting quality vegetarian diet and cutting back on your processed vegetarian food intake.

Though processed vegetarian food may not be as toxic as meat, it does contain high amount of sugar, salt and bad saturated fat that can impede your blood flow and trigger a metabolic disorder. On the contrary, whole foods like fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes etc provide key nutrients for optimal lymphatic circulation, thus reducing your cellulite appearance dramatically.

Oh, factoring in exercises help to reduce cellulite appearance too by reducing the fat content within the fat structure. Remember, when you fat cells shrink, the push-up effect will be less intense, and the dimpling appearance will subside.

Strictly speaking, you can't remove cellulite completely because it is not an entity in your body that you can simply take it away. Hence, whether you like it or not, you just had to learn to live with cellulite. But good news is, you can reduce your cellulite appearance by applying the aforementioned natural ways.

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Dark Circles Under the Eyes

Author:  Dr. Grossman

Possible Causes:

Black or dark circles under or around the eyes can be caused by many different factors. Most people inherit the tendency for dark circles. The following are the most common causes of those unattractive dark circles.

1. Heredity: Like varicose veins, dark circles under the eyes are usually an inherited trait. If you have dark circles, there is a good chance that others in your family also have them. The skin under the eye is very thin. When blood passes through the large veins close to the surface of the skin it can produce a bluish tint. The more transparent your skin, also an inherited trait, the darker the circles appear.

2. Exposure to the Sun: Even in darker skinned people, exposure to sunlight, especially during the summer months, can cause a higher-than-normal level of skin pigmentation (melanin) under the eyes. People get suntans because exposure to the sun increases the natural pigmentation of the skin and draws that pigmentation to the surface. The same principle applies to the skin under the eyes.

3. Allergies, Asthma and Eczema: Any condition that you have that causes your eyes to itch can contribute to darker circles under the eyes because rubbing or scratching the skin can darken the skin. Hay fever sufferers particularly will notice under-eye "smudges" during the height of the allergy season. Some food allergies can also cause the area under the eyes to appear darker.

4. Medications: Any medications that you are taking that causes blood vessels to dilate, can cause circles under the eyes to darken. Because the skin under the eyes is very delicate, any increase blood flow shows through the skin.

5. Nutrition: The lack of nutrients in the diet, or the lack of a balance diet, can contribute to the discoloration of the area under the eyes.

6. Fatigue, lack of sleep: A lack of sleep or excessive tiredness can cause paleness of the skin, which again allows the blood underneath the skin to become more visible and appear more blue or darker.

7. Pregnancy and Menstruation: The skin can also become more pale during pregnancy and menstruation, which again allows the underlying veins under the eyes to become more visible.

8. Age: If you have a propensity to have dark circles under you eyes, as you grow older, they are likely to become more noticeable and permanent. Excess folds of skin under the eyes will also make dark circles more pronounced.

Natural Remedies

1. TEA BAG TREATMENT

Try applying a cold compress of rosemary tea to increase circulation, which helps reduce swelling around the eyes. Make tea by bringing a half-cup of fresh rosemary and a quart of water to a boil. Steep for 20 minutes, then strain and chill. Soak a washcloth in the tea, ring out extra liquid anal place over eyes for 15 to 20 minutes, once a day, as needed.

2. Acupressure: Another circulation-boosting treatment is acupressure. This is an easy exercise that you can also do every day. Close your eyes and gently press your ring finger underneath one eye, moving from the inside corner to the outside corner. Do this 10 to 15 times. Then repeat on the other eye.

3. Cold compress: Close your eyes and cover them with a cold washcloth for about five minutes, says Dr. Monica. Repeat several times throughout the day. That will help constrict your blood vessels, minimizing darkness, and it may help minimize tissue swelling and eliminate some of the darkness.

4. Moisturizer: To minimize the appearance of bags, plump up skin with moisturizer, one that contains vitamin C, an antioxidant that protects skin cells from damage and supports collagen production; licorice (or fennel) extract, an anti-inflammatory; and stabilized oxygen, a form of hydrogen peroxide that promotes circulation.

5. Freeze some parsley in ice cubes. Use the parsley cubes instead of eye creams to diminish dark circles and puffiness. Parsley is packed with chlorophyll which helps fade darkness, while the ice cubes reduce the swelling.

6. Eating a whole-foods, plant-based diet, drinking plenty of water (eight 8-ounce glasses daily), and avoiding alcohol, coffee, tea and caffeinated soft drinks also go a long way in preventing bags, circles and wrinkles.

7. Spread on the sunscreen. Use a sunscreen especially made for the face with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15, but preferably 20, "all day every day," to keep the sun's rays from darkening the skin under your eyes,

8. Eight hours of sleep is a must for all of us, especially for people having dark circles under their eyes.

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How Can You Cure Droopy Eyelids?

Author:  Zach Smith

Are you always being made fun of because of your droopy eyelids? This skin condition does have a way of making your eyes look funny. But levity aside, this condition can really put a damper to your self-esteem.

Droopy eyelids are usually caused by the loss of skin elasticity in this area. It can also be caused by the loss of the essential fats that support skin tissues. While there are surgical ways to treat droopy eyelids, the following tips can help improve the health of your skin and can eventually get rid of this problem:

1. Try eating more fresh water fishes or taking omega-3 fatty acids food supplements daily. Fresh water fishes such as Salmon and Tuna are great sources of omega-3 fatty acids. These fatty acids are essential in preventing cellular inflammation. Cellular inflammation is one of the primary culprits in the weakening of skin functions.

Studies have shown that taking omega-3 fatty acids daily can help prolong young looking skin. In fact, this can also bring back the elastic and resilient structure of the dermis.

2. Try using a reliable eye cream product that has been loaded with CynergyTK, Phytessence Wakame and Eyeliss.

CynergyTK is an ingredient that has been extracted from the wool of sheep. It supplies your skin with a functional protein called Keratin. Keratin is one of the vital components of the skin that helps in the regeneration of collagen and elastin. These dermis components can maintain strong and elastic dermis structure. Phytessence Wakame is a type of Japanese sea kelp capable of preventing the loss of hyaluronic acid. This acid is vital for effective collagen lubrication. Eyeliss is composed of natural peptides. Natural peptides help improve the production of collagen in the skin.

3. Try using papaya juice and safflower oil as a topical treatment. Papaya juice contains beta carotene. This is a derivative of Vitamin A. Vitamin A helps prevent the loss of dermis structure. It also helps correct damaged skin tissues. Safflower oil, on the other hand, maintains firm skin structure. It contains linoleic acid, a form of omega-6 fatty acid that bridges the gaps in skin tissues and cells.

Taking Vitamin A and omega-6 fatty acids in supplement form is also ideal. These nutrients help improve inner health.

Combine these treatments if you really want to get rid of droopy eyelids condition. These remedies do not only work for this skin problem. It also helps get rid of skin issues in the other parts of your body.

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How to Tighten the Skin on Your Arms - The Key is Replenishing Firmness and Elasticity

Author:  Laurel Levine

Have you been wondering how to tighten the skin on your arms effectively, or how to tighten up the skin in any region for that matter? The truly effective way to return firmness and elasticity to aging skin is a mystery to most people, and the cosmetic companies don't want to offer you a viable way to achieve your goals. If they gave you the answer to looking younger, you wouldn't spend so much money with them.

After all, if they presented you with a formula that provided all of the necessary antioxidants, a way to stimulate the creation of an abundance of fresh collagen and elastin, and a method of slowing down the decomposition of your tissues and polymer, then why would you need to buy so many products from them? Skin that has returned to its old form is easy to maintain, but achieving your old form costs money.

The cosmetic companies really don't want to give you the answer as to how to tighten the skin on your arms, because that success might make you content. They want you to be frantic over the lines, wrinkles, and sagging skin you are experiencing, because being frantic will draw you into buying everything in sight in order to firm and smooth your skin. The products they are selling to you are intended to have you fail.

This may not be the real reason behind why they sell you totally ineffective products, but it is one of the few reasons that I can think of. Why else would they offer products that contained livestock derived collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid, when it has been scientifically proven that these compounds cannot be absorbed by your skin? How about formulas that have the potential to permanently debilitate your facial muscles?

There is one company out there that is not afraid to let you in on how to tighten the skin on your arms, because your success is actually their goal. This corporation prides itself on the quality of the all natural ingredients it uses, like active Manuka honey, Maracuja passion fruit extract, Babassu wax, and grape seed oil. These compounds supply you with all of the antioxidants you need for younger looking, healthy skin.

Grape seed oil is one of the more interesting ingredients they use, because it can control the behavior of the collagenase, elastase, and hyaluronidase enzymes responsible for tissue and polymer loss. This company teams grape seed oil with another ingredient know to control these enzymes behavior, which is Phytessence Wakame kelp extract. Together these compounds will help you preserve the most tissue possible.

Make no mistake about it. With Phytessence Wakame and grape seed oil standing guard, Cynergy TK and Nano-lipobelle H EQ10 can do their job. The proteins and enzymes in Cynergy TK, and the nano- emulsified coenzyme Q10 dramatically increase the production of new collagen and elastin. The creation and preservation of these tissues is how to tighten the skin on your arms effectively, and it's a good thing to know that at least one company will provide you with what you need.

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How to Eat Coconut Oil for Health Benefits

Author:  Laura Ng


If I ask you to recommend a recipe using coconut cream, you probably thought of curry. What if I change it to coconut oil, what recipe comes to your mind then? Indeed, both provide similar nutritional and health benefits but coconut oil provides stronger health benefits due to its concentrated healthful components.

This nourishing fat protects you against heart disease (yes, contrary to what we're led to believe), diabetes, cancers, liver and kidney diseases, osteoporosis, dental decay and skin infections, viruses, yeast and fungi. It does wonders to your skin and hair too. And an excellent tool to help you lose that excess body fat.

Let's take a look at how you can eat coconut oil to reap its full health benefits. You'll be amazed at how you can apply it to your daily health needs.

Raw Coconut Oil Diets for Natural Health Benefits

Salad Dressing - Dribble virgin coconut oil over your favorite salads to enhance the aroma and texture. But when you serve chilled salads, it's best to mix coconut oil with olive oil to help lower coconut oil's melting point so it won't solidify easily when in contact with chilled salads.

Spread - I love to spread 2 to 3 tablespoons of the flavorful coconut oil on two slices of wholemeal bread with a generous sprinkle of ground flaxseeds. It's a simple yet appetizing spread with high nutritional values.

Cooking with Coconut Oil to Reap Health Benefits

Sauteing, Stir-frying and Deep-frying - Coconut oil can withstand cooking temperature of up to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) without breaking down into toxic substances or releasing free radicals due to its very stable saturated fat structure. Basically, you can cook anything and in any way you want with this healthful oil as long as you don't overheat it.

No matter what kind of oil, once overheated (beyond its smoke point), will produce toxic by-products that can cause cancers. How do you know if you've overheated the oil? Look out for this telltale sign - it starts to smoke.

Also, foods deep-fried in it don't absorb as much oil as in other vegetable oils. So, you don't have to worry about ingesting excessive coconut oil that may turn into your fat deposits and leave an oily aftertaste when reaping its health benefits.

Baking - Substitute butter, vegetable oil and shortening with coconut oil in baking as it adds sweet-smelling coconut fragrance to baked goods. As a guide, use 3/4 cup of coconut oil to replace 1 cup of shortening. Don't worry about setting the oven temperature at slightly above its smoke point. The moisture in the food will keep the inside temperature well below 212 degrees F (100 degrees C).

Adding Coconut Oil to Beverages

You can simply mix it in your hot beverages, be it tea, coffee, hot chocolate or hot soup. Though it doesn't mix well and floats on surface, it won't taste oily or leave an oily aftertaste in your mouth. In fact, I enjoy the rich coconut flavor in my drink very much.

Eating Coconut on Its Own for Health Benefits

I recommend a daily dosage of 3 - 4 tablespoons of coconut oil for greater health benefits for adults when you prefer to eat the oil on its own. But it'll be fine if you keep to just 1 or 2 tablespoons daily.

I'm merely giving you some ideas over here to help you maximize the health benefits of coconut oil. You can in fact, generate more ideas when you explore coconut oil cookbooks and recipes, create your own recipes, and learn from your friends.

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Antioxidant Skin Care - The Way to Effectively Treat Your Skin and Reduce Wrinkles

Author:  Laurel Levine

What you need for effectively treating your skin and reducing wrinkles is a potent antioxidant skin care formula. What this means is that the formula you choose for revitalizing your skin must be made from nothing short of 100% all natural ingredients. The average skin care formula on the market simply does not have what it takes to provide you with all of the healing nutrients that your skin needs.

This is because despite how effective all natural proteins, enzymes, and plant based extracts, oils, and waxes are in healing the skin and reducing wrinkles, most of the cosmetics companies refuse to use them. This is not because these companies don't know how effective all natural compounds can be, or that the companies have something better. They simply don't want to spend the money that it takes to use them.

The all natural compounds required for truly effective antioxidant skin care require a certain degree of extra processing in order for them to go into a formula with all of there properties intact. This of course adds to the manufacturing cost of the product, and most companies refuse to pay. It is easier and more cost effective for them to simply mix up some chemicals to make synthetic versions of the ingredients that you need.

It is a shame that money is more important to many in the cosmetics industry than producing quality products for their customers, but that is the reality of things. The synthetic compounds that most corporations use to develop their products are severely lacking in the antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids your skin requires for good health. Natural compounds offer an ample supply of all of these substances.

Another thing that you the cosmetics companies tend to use in their products that you won't find in all natural antioxidant skin care formulas is chemical agents that could have a severe impact on your health. if you aren't already aware of it, then you will be simply amazed, or horrified, when I tell you about some of the ingredients widely used in cosmetics formulas.

Acrylamide, diethanolamine (DEA), monoethanolamine (MEA), triethanolamine (TEA), dioxane, padimate-o, polyethylene glycol, and methyl, butyl, ethyl, and propyl parabens are all carcinogens, and they can be found in about 90% of the cosmetics products on the market. Other compounds like triclosan, toluene, and phenol carbolic acid can cause problems ranging from the creation of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria to respiratory system failure.

The immense danger with little hope of reward that the cosmetics companies offer you is more than enough reason to make you want to use all natural antioxidant skin care formulas exclusively. These products deeply moisturize your skin, regulate sebum production, and repair all of the oxidative cell damage that causes many of your wrinkles to develop. Some even contain ingredients that will significantly increase your collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid.

You just can't beat an all natural antioxidant skin care formula for safety and effectiveness. Do yourself a favor, and see what one of these formulas can do for your skin.

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When You Have Facial and Forehead Dry Skin, Do This!

Author:  Laurel Levine

Let's face it, many people have a lot of trouble with facial and forehead dry skin, and this mostly has to do with the fact that these areas are almost always exposed to the burning rays of the sun, wind, and a score of toxins and pollutants. These things all take a toll on the condition of our skin, and whether in summer or winter the UV rays of the sun are doing terrible damage to your skin.

Not only do the sun's rays cause your skin to lose moisture and become dry, but the free radicals that UV radiation produces breaks the skin down at a cellular level. The oxidative damage that free radicals cause your skin cells have much to do with the development of fine lines and wrinkles in your skin. Of course, the bulk of your wrinkles come from the declining production of collagen and elastin, and the degradation of your hyaluronic acid.

It is extremely difficult to find an effective formula for treating facial and forehead dry skin, because very few products contain the ingredients that your skin needs. The most effective components for softening and hydrating the skin are plant based oils and waxes. These components moisturize your skin completely, and they provide your skin with vital nutrients for maintaining optimum health.

Plant derived compounds also offer the skin a powerful healing influx of antioxidants, which are necessary for eliminating the free radicals in the skin and repairing the damage to your cells. The majority of the skin care formulas on the market don't contain plant derived compounds for moisturizing the skin. The petroleum based ingredients commonly used in these formulas will only make your skin worse.

Mineral oil, petrolatum, and paraffin wax will not work effectively to hydrate facial and forehead dry skin, because they are too dense to allow penetration. They form a film in the outermost layers of your skin, where they clog your pores and interfere with the normal exfoliation process. They make your skin drier by sending a message to the sebaceous glands that sebum production needs to be cut back.

Plant derived oils and waxes don't interfere with the production of your own natural oil at all. The only thing that some of these nourishing ingredients will do that affects sebum production is regulate it so that your skin does not look and feel oily. Because these components fully hydrate the skin this regulation is not something that you have to be concerned about.

By routinely using a skin care formula that features these effective natural compounds facial and forehead dry skin will no longer be an issue. If you want to get the most out of an all natural product, look for the ones that feature Cynergy TK and Phytessence Wakame as ingredients. These compounds will increase your collagen and elastin production, and elevate your hyaluronic acid levels by preventing the breakdown of this polymer.

Make no mistake about it. For effectively treating facial and forehead dry skin all natural products simply cannot be beat.

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Natural Skincare - Extraordinary Natural Ingredients Help You Attain Vibrant, Young-Looking Skin

Author:  Marcia Kruger


Have you ever wondered about the ingredients in a natural skincare product? Do you question their effectiveness or wonder whether they're safe for your skin? Find out the substances that work and are safe to use regardless of what age you are.

Natural skincare products are creams, lotions or masks which contain natural ingredients that are 100% pure. They may also be referred to as organic skin care products because of their organic compounds they contain.

We all worry about our facial skin's appearance. Problems like acne, fine lines and other signs of premature aging can be a cause for concern. But, it's time to stop worrying and start paying attention to your skin care.

By becoming aware of your skin's needs, you'll be able to stop many bad factors. For instance, the most common factor that contributes to premature aging is free radical damage. Free radicals are highly reactive, unstable molecules. They cause damage to healthy skin cells which leads to visible signs of aging.

The aging process starts because cells accumulate free radical damage. It happens to everyone since this is how we naturally age. But, even if you're not the age of your great aunt, sometimes you'll start noticing a few aging signs on your face.

Now you're looking for help to prevent these aging signs. This is when you should turn to regularly using natural products and other natural treatments. Incorporate the natural skincare into your regular routine.

The nice thing about these products is that they are meant for all ages, they don't irritate the skin and don't have any side effects.

A number of natural skincare products are available on the market. Some are very effective, but before you purchase natural skincare you'll need to make sure the ingredients are, in fact, 100% pure and natural.

Quality anti-aging natural skincare products contain ingredients like Cynergy TK, Phytessence Wakame and Nano-Lipobelle H EQ10 (a special nano-emulsion form of Coenzyme Q10).

All these ingredients are good for skin health and derived from natural sources. For example, Phytessence Wakame is obtained from a variety of kelp from the Japanese Sea. It has the ability to get rid of premature wrinkles by blocking a harmful enzyme in your body called hyaluronidase. And, other natural ingredients are also very effective in restoring your skin's elasticity and smoothness.

However, you must remember that natural skincare products don't contain additives or synthetic chemicals. They're free from minerals oils, alcohols and parabens (preservatives). Since all these ingredients are harmful for your skin, they should to be avoided at all costs.

The above mentioned products do have benefits. So, keep them in mind when you're needing a product to cure various skin problems. These skin care products are useful and they'll bring positive results in a matter of weeks.

So there you have it. No worries, your premature wrinkles, fine lines, dryness and other signs of aging can be dealt with using safe, effective natural skincare products.

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Organic Skin Care Products - Be Careful about What You Put on Your Skin

Author:  Laurel Levine


Let's face it. There is a lot of interest lately in organic skin care products; because people are coming to realize that they have to be careful about what they are putting on their skin. After decades of enjoying tremendous success the cosmetics industry is under fire over the quality of, and possible safety issues surrounding the ingredients they put into their products. Don't expect the industry to clean up its act though.

The cosmetics industry has been pretty much self regulated, which has allowed them to try and do things that an entity more strictly regulated may not attempt to do. Governing bodies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have tried to level regulation on the cosmetics industry due to evidence that many of the chemical agents regularly used in cosmetics formulas are toxic to humans, or linked to cancer.

The majority of the regulation proposed by the FDA has been overturned in court, and the cosmetics companies are currently free to include whatever they want to in their products. This is one reason that you have to be careful to read the ingredients labels on organic skin care products. Most of the ingredients may be legitimately organic, but the formula could still contain chemical additives and preservatives.

Aside from the danger posed by chemical compounds regularly used in cosmetics formulas, you have to be concerned that the natural ingredients appearing in these products are the right ones for correcting your skin issues. Very often, you will find compounds that while fragrant, and full of beneficial antioxidants, don't really do a whole lot for your skin overall.

The antioxidants delivered by the ingredients found in organic skin care products are about the only beneficial elements you are getting from these formulas. These antioxidants will provide your skin with the defensive power that it needs in order to eliminate the wrinkle producing free radicals in your skin, and repair the oxidative cell damage these free radicals have caused.

What compounds like orange blossom water, white peat moss, geranium, and blueberry won't do for you is help you to reverse the loss of your collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid. It takes a pair of very specific ingredients in order to stimulate the growth of new connective tissue, and to effectively fend off the attacking enzymes that break down your hyaluronic acid polymer.

The ingredients that your organic skin care products would need in order to combat the loss of firming tissue in your skin are the keratin protein and enzyme fusion Cynergy TK, and Phytessence Wakame kelp extract. These two ingredients have been found to be the most effective compounds available for increasing the production of your collagen and elastin, as well as shielding your hyaluronic acid from harm.

Now that you know all this, you should give the 100% all natural organic skin care products featuring Cynergy TK and Phytessence Wakame a try. These formulas are safer then many of the "natural" formulas out there, and have proven to be the only ones truly effective in firming and smoothing the skin. these products could be of great benefit to you.

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How To Get Clear Skin - Discover The Secret That's Been Causing Your Acne

Author:  Felix Schmieder

How often have you seen another pretty actress on television trying to sell another method for how to get clear skin and you got sick of it? For over a decade, I dealt with breakouts and was always keeping an eye out for ways how to get clear skin. Often products would work superbly for a short amount of time. They also had a tendency to make my skin look even worse than before and I would beg with my dermatologist to switch but he would tell me to wait a little longer. A few weeks later he would shrug and say "Ok we'll try something else" when it finally became obvious even to him that it wasn't working.

"Thanks! How long did you go to school for that fantastic advice!?"

Now I'm past those terrible times and I want to let you know that I have discovered a phenomenal way for how to get clear skin and I know how to keep it that way forever. Not only do I not have to worry about dangerous side effects or paying for visits to the dermatologist, I also don't have to keep applying products to my face. This is so simple and it works so well that you'll hardly believe it's works. Experts won't give you this information because they cling to old, unvalidated rumors and myths that simply aren't true and they'd much rather sell expensive products that increase their commission checks.

Were you informed that we have more than 300 chemicals floating around in us that didn't exist half a century ago? As food companies try to increase their profits more and more, they invent new ways to make food tastier as it becomes less and less nutritional and fulfilling.

Second, as often as the so called experts try to deny it, there have been many conclusive studies that breakouts do in fact start inside of our bodies and can be directly attributed to hormones. I can't comprehend the logic that experts use when they claim that hormone production during teenaged years is what instigates breakouts and then they say the only way how to get clear skin is to use chemicals that further upset our balance. Frankly, it makes no sense to me.

We have been building toxins in our bodies every single day by ingesting these toxins and chemicals and then the experts try to inform us that we need EVEN MORE chemicals to treat our problems. To top things off, we only learn how to treat the acne symptoms which always come back, so we're forced to keep purchasing if we ever want to be clear. Truly, I think they just want to keep us in the dark about how to get clear skin so they can just keep making us buy stuff.

The only way how to get clear skin, if you don't know it at this point, is to get rid of these excess hormones! Anyone can achieve this and everyone can totally eliminate their acne forever.

You must steer clear of the list of typical acne aggravator foods.  These foods affect our organs and it's these foods that make the hormones to be produced in the first place. Foods like dairy, red meat, white carbs, refined sugar, hydrogenated oils, and anything overly processed. Our bodies simply aren't made to break these down properly and they throw our bodies out of whack. The only treatment for how to get clear skin is to eliminate the toxins that these foods have brought into our bodies over time.

Acne sufferers are invariably given the same awful advice like clean daily or that to much oil clogs pores and creates breakouts. Despite never once getting anyone clear, the experts still spout this stuff off. Begin treating the real problems that begin inside of you and you'll finally discover that that's the only way how to get clear skin.

The only way how to get clear skin is to address the legitimate issues inside of your body. The events that combine to cause acne breakouts are first caused because of excessive hormones. Once you get rid of the hormones, everything else will stop and you won't have any more breakouts.

As soon as the lies and myths are debunked and dispelled, you can easily see that approaching acne with a more holistic mindset is the only way how to get clear skin. Take this approach to finally get that clear skin that you deserve.

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