What we eat is good to put on our skin?

All Natural, Organic and Food in Products

For most cosmetics companies All Natural means mainly just plant extracts in their formulations. The ingredient list may include a range of extracts with a long list of plant names following. Even if an all-organic or all-natural product did exist, you wouldn't want to use it on your skin.

So-called, all natural ingredients can themselves cause allergies, irritation, and skin sensitivities. Just think of how many people suffer hay fever, hives, and you begin to realize just how unfriendly certain natural ingredients may sometimes be.

The notion that all natural equals good skin care or better makeup will waste your money and probably harm your skin. The majority of women who buy these skin care products or cosmetics are probably never going to be able to believe this. The pressure to believe the untruth about all natural products being better for the skin is hard to resist. Women really want to believe the hype because they feel they are better, safe and going green is the new trend.

What makes this natural craze so annoying and undesirable is that it perpetuates myths that can hurt a woman's skin. The label might say organic and natural but you could be buying a purely irritating product that might cause an allergic reaction. All natural ingredients are one of the most bogus, misleading components of the cosmetics industry. They focus attention on the wrong information.

I am not saying there aren't some natural-sounding ingredients that are good for the skin, because there are. Natural or nature identical ingredients that are vitamins or antioxidants are safe, but would not have any fragrance that would harm skin. Completely different from what is promoted/used in many all natural and organic lines.

Note:
1. Food-type ingredients in products increase the need for additional preservatives to decrease mold and bacterial contamination. Many natural lines do not have preserving ingredients strong enough to cope with the amount of bacteria of food or contamination from consumers. Some natural ingredients used for preserving have some preserving ability but can be highly fragrant and irritating.
2. Food can also feed the bacteria present in skin, increasing the risk of getting breakouts. Mashing up raw foods to spread on your skin is not the way you get antioxidants into the skin or give you great looking skin. What you can get though, is contamination problems.
3. Plant oil extracts are no longer pure plants once processed.
4. Yeast or bacteria cultures in cosmetics can exacerbate conditions like Rosacea and psoriasis.

Sensé products are not what are considered as "all-natural" or "organic". Sensé is the balance of revolutionary science and nature through cellular nutrition for skin. All the Sensé products have been extensively tested under dermatologist and ophthalmologist supervised conditions. Also, all products and ingredients are reviewed and analyzed by board certified toxicologists for cytology and toxicology. Sensé ingredients all comply with safety standards set by governmental regulations. USANA is confident with their advanced Self-preserving-(chemical free) technology and ingredients, Sensé products are of the highest degree for customer satisfaction. Without compromising safety, performance or quality of the products.
Bea Kinnear
Your Skin & You, 5th Edition
www.yourskinandyou.net

No benefits from taking multivitamins? | antiagingboomer.com

Recently two studies were conducted comparing people taking multivitamins with placebos.

The studies concluded that there were no benefits to people taking supplements.

So what type of nutritional supplements were being used in the studies?

Dr Ray Strand advocates cellular nutrition in his medical practice using advanced quality nutritional supplements at optimal levels (as opposed to RDA levels).

Read Dr Strand’s latest newsletter to find out why he was not surprised by the conclusions of the researchers from these studies.

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Multiple Sclerosis, Vitamin D, and Viral Issues...a MUST SEE!

Dr. Krupka gives a detailed account of how Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is affected by vitamin D levels and viral history.

This is some serious content and worth watching more than once.

If you have an autoimmune disease or know someone who does, grab your pen and paper to take notes and change your life!!

Pass it on to your friends.

Here is the video to watch: http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=E637157E21F61027D230CFCA8E319AAF

Healthy relationships support longevity | Healthy Aging Resources

Discover the Freedom in Healthy Relationships

by Vyara Bridgeman http://www.bodytalk4life.com

 

 

Christmas is about family. Getting together with family can be good news for some and not such a good thing for others. Your own family can sometimes be a pain, and in-laws can be even more painful. You may not like your son's fiancé or your daughter's boyfriend, and now you have to sit through Christmas and endure them. Or you may be thrilled about these very people but they are deserting you on Christmas and spending time with others instead. Or you may be looking forward to your favourite people coming over, yet you fear the inevitable arguments that come after a few days of being in each other's space. Whatever the case, Christmas puts a lot of our relationships on trial, that's for sure.

 

Don't despair though! There is always a way out, no matter how tragic the circumstances look. Here is a recipe for healing any relationship you want, any time:

 

www.reclaim-your-life.com/building-healthy-relationships.html

 

The link above will take you to a short video which will then lead you to three other short videos. When I watched them, I had so many a-ha moments that I immediately felt the urge to share this wisdom with everybody I knew!

 

If you have any challenging relationship in your life and you are not quite sure what to do about it, these videos will give you an innovative perspective that may be just the solution you are looking for. You will learn about the difference between treating the symptom of a challenged relationship versus eradicating the root cause for it. This approach applies to ANY relationship in your life and you can of course apply it any time, not only around Christmas.  

 

The videos are very engaging and extremely insightful. Be sure to watch the power point presentation that goes with one of the videos - it is short and fun to watch, and if you get nothing else but the conclusions at the end of this presentation, you will still feel like you hit the jackpot!

 

Enjoy the videos and have fun during the Holidays!

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Vitamin D - what you need to know

You may have heard a little about the importance of  Vitamin D and yet, don’t know anything about it.

In this article Dr. John Cuomo, executive director of research and development at USANA Health Sciences, answers some of the most oft-asked questions about the often misunderstood vitamin:

Why vitamin D gets an A+

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What is the single best thing we can do for our health?

Watch a fun short video within the post below to find out.

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Poor Vitamin D Status Is Associated With Chronic Pain In The Elderly

In a recent population based study of men and women over 65 years of age, those experiencing chronic moderate to extreme pain were twice as likely to be vitamin D deficient than those not reporting pain. 

Inadequate vitamin D levels are common in older adults and may result in osteoporosis, osteoma-lacia and a wide range of other non-communicable diseases that have potential effects on health outcomes. Moderate to extreme pain is also more likely to present in older adults. 

A recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition has shown that older men and women experiencing moderate to extreme chronic pain are more likely than others to have poor vitamin D status. 

Researchers sought to examine the connection between chronic pain and serum vitamin D levels among a population of men and women aged 65 years or older. The study included 2,070 adults who took part in the 2005 annual Health Survey for England, which assessed health and health-related behaviors in children and adults. 

The results of this study show that symptoms of chronic pain were associated with poor vitamin D status, independent of other variables. Of the 53% of participants that reported experiencing moderate or extreme pain or discomfort, 80% had chronic illnesses and 60% had been diagnosed with musculoskeletal conditions. 

The odds of experiencing moderate to severe pain increased with decreasing levels of serum vitamin D.  In those reporting pain, the odds of being deficient in vitamin D (less than 25 nmol/l, or 10 ng/ml) were double that of subjects who did not report pain.
 
These results support previous research showing an association between increased pain and poor vitamin D status. The researchers suggest that the active form of the vitamin may be associated with a reduction in inflammation. The results of this study also support the supposition that it is important to screen older patients reporting pain for vitamin D status so that appropriate interventions can be provided. 

Source:
Hirani V. British Journal of Nutrition; pp 1-5 Published online: 28 September 2011.

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