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Habits That Empower Your Inner and Outer Beauty
You can’t be beautiful without looking after yourself. Period. Beauty isn’t skin deep no matter what the advertisements claim. It really starts within your body and is reflected on your appearance. Here are some healthy habits to try out in the new year! Be a Natural Beauty Women go to many lengths – some extreme – to claim beauty. When it comes to makeup and skincare, this can include using harmful chemicals on your skin. Making the move to a more natural beauty is important because you’re preventing toxins from harming your health while making the choice to nourish your skin in a natural and positive way. It’s such an empowering,…
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Skin Care from the Inside-Out: How what we eat affects our skin health
Skin Care from the Inside-Out: How what we eat affects our skin health “Let food be our medicine, and medicine be our food” ~ Hippocrates One my all time favorite medical words ( peristalsis and uvula are other top ones) is angiogenesis. Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels; a vital process for growth and development in the body. However, these new blood vessels are also a vulnerable to tumor growth; where cancer cells may step in if they are given the chance. Although it’s very important to remember that the body does not want to be sick and will do its very best to make sure that…
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Ask the Doctor :: Are there any foods that will help with my complexion?
Image courtesy of Flickr Ask the Doctor: Question: I am noticing that my skin is dull and dry and was wondering what foods might help brighten it up some. Many people only think about their skin during the warm sunny months, but skin care is year round. The most important thing to remember is applying a good quality sunscreen everyday and second, indulging taste buds in a few nutrient-rich and skin healthy foods. Here they are my top 3 ones: 1) Lemons Begin each day with squeezing a half to full lemon in a full glass of water. It is refreshing, tasty, and packed with vitamin C that will not…
