Anti-Aging & Preventive Medicine – Yoga – Aging In L.A. – Part 2

January 22nd, 2010

Bruce Schonfeld, Certified Advanced Rolfer, and Gail Wetzler PT are interviewed about the benefits of Integrated Manual Therapy by Paul Peterson on Aging In LA Rolfing demonstration in a clinical setting, the value of listening to the body and practical/preventive anti-aging strategies are discussed.

A Guide to Anti Aging Skin Care

December 3rd, 2009

Following is a short anti-aging skin care guide.  Hopefully, it will help you to understand the benefits and flaws of anti-aging skin care treatment. 

There are tons of products on the market.  Each claims to be the best.  Each claims to make you look younger.  How do you know what works and what doesn’t?  The following information will, hopefully provide some answers. 

The sun is responsible for ninety percent of the changes that we attribute to getting older.  Wrinkles, fine lines, changes in tone and texture are all due to UV radiation.  Drooping and bags are a result of a loss of elastin.  That’s the other ten percent. 

Lots of the damage is done before we reached the age of twenty.  So why does virtually each anti-aging skin care guide harp on the significance of using sunscreen?  Why do some anti age skin care treatment firms include suntan lotion as an ingredient? 

Until recently, we believed that there were no drawbacks to the utilization of screening lotions.  Now, we know that it may decrease the chance of squamous and fundamental cell cancer, but it increases the risk of cancer, the most lethal form of carcinoma of the epidermis. 

It is still misleading whether the increased likelihood of melanoma is caused by the chemicals being soaked up thru the pores of the skin or only over-reliance on the products.  But the analysis is clear ; anti aging skin care treatment which is designed to be used daily, shouldn’t contain suntan lotion. 

Now, simply because the damage was done when you were young, doesn’t mean that you cannot correct some of that damage.  If you can inspire your body to make new collagen, new elastin and new skin-cells, while accelerating levels of proteins that are critical for all of these processes, you will look younger. 

The average anti aging skin care guide does not cover any of these issues, just as the average anti age skin care treatment doesn’t work in any of these areas.  You need to conscientiously search to find products, which will effectively address these issues. 

Ingredients that have been revealed to be really effective include functional keratin, wakame and nano-lipobelle.  There is clinical research supporting the efficacy of anti age skin care treatment containing these ingredients. 

Functional keratin is derived from the wool of New Zealand sheep.  Functional keratin is a protein that is wanted to create and repair the skin’s layers and cells.  This particular type of protein can be easily absorbed and utilized by the human body for that purpose. 

No anti-aging skin care guide would be complete without mentioning the effects that free radicals have.  You probably already know they may cause cancer, but did you know, they also cause changes in collagen and elastin fibers that at last become wrinkles. 

Just as we may take antioxidants orally to break free radicals within our bodies, we need antioxidants for our exterior, or our skin, as well .  Nano-lipobelle and wakame have tough antioxidant capacities.  Wakame extract springs from a particular kind of sea kelp. 

While, Nano-lipobelle is a specifically made formula containing vitamin E and co-enzyme Q-10.  It is intended to penetrate through all the skin’s layers, destroying free radicals as it is going.  Only the best anti age skin care treatment contains all of the nutritive ingredients discussed here. 

That completes our tiny anti aging skin care guide.  Though there is way more to learn, hopefully this info gives you a starting point.  Visit us for more info about anti aging skincare. 

Kylie Reed can’t accept the tremendous number of chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis are interacting harmoniously in our bodies – there just must be fallout of some kind.  Maybe it’s the increase in allergies, increased event of Alzheimer’s, who knows…? 

We owe it to our kids to enhance the quality of our health through natural resources and processes, and by doing this, provide them with a basis to live a much more healthy life.

Three Ways to Use Vitamin C Creams

October 1st, 2009

Here is your warning about vitamin c creams. These creams can be incredibly powerful. Vitamin C creams are definitely the best at removing wrinkles. Many cannot even be obtained without a prescription because they contain some hard-hitting vitamin technology that should be supervised by a doctor.

So this type of hard-hitting treatment seems very attractive. Having a choice between using the same beauty products that may take up to two weeks to work and see results or using a vitamin C cream that will work much quicker, I would take the fast track. Vitamin C creams are not to be taken lightly. You must follow the directions to get the best effects possible from vitamin C creams.

Vitamin C cream is highly successful. However, it is so powerful, you need to know what you are doing. Here are some ways to use your vitamin C cream treatments effectively:

Drink water
Take in a lot of water. You must also make sure that your skin is staying hydrated. You have to use these vitamin C creams carefully because they can make your skin peel or get slightly red. While using vitamin C cream, make sure to have super moisturizer on hand so you can apply to your face as much as possible.

Keep track of your results
Vitamin C creams may have a different effect on you than others. You could feel your skin actually tightening up. Some others may experience inflammation and redness of the skin. Watch your face carefully after the application. Contact the maker of the product immediately if you run into serious problems.

You must always follow directions
Don’t be tempted to use more of the vitamin C cream than is directed. This can result in major skin inflammation. Always follow the directions.

Vitamin C creams are designed by serious researchers. In her spare time in the lab, a professor of chemistry created one of the most effective vitamin C creams on the market today. I wouldn’t dispute this with her. If you want the best results possible, just follow the directions.

Vitamin C is the answer if you have skin damage. Keep in mind the warnings about vitamin C creams and follow the directions and your skin will look great in no time.

Makeup Minerals: The Natural “Goodies” and “Baddies” in Your Everyday Cosmetics

September 24th, 2009

Makeup minerals can be confusing. In the past year those has been so much media hype about mineral makeup that everyone is looking for natural mineral remedies. Just because they are makeup minerals does not mean they are any good. Some of the most well known are ineffective. If you choose to use these mineral makeups, they may cause some difficulties.

We all want to get the most out of our mineral makeup. But, they probably shouldn’t switch all their makeup over to mineral makeup. Some people just want to buy earth minerals. Maybe they just want the anti-aging benefits. They may just want to keep away from makeup minerals that may cause problems.

Knowing the ramifications of the mineral content in your makeup is a must. We have put together a short list of makeup minerals. Your makeup’s ingredients will become more understandable to you.

Zinc and zinc oxide
These are common in pure mineral products. These minerals are natural sunscreens. They can also be a great help in hiding wrinkles and smoothing your skin out. When you have these minerals in their purest form, they will not aggravate your skin.

Titanium dioxide
In most mineral makeups this is a common ingredient. It will smooth out flaws in your complexion. This is recommended for those with acne or rosacea problems as it can help relieve. When its mixed with synthetic ingredients it makes the end result far less hypoallergenic.

Mica
The anti-aging element in mineral makeup is Mica. It reflects light out of wrinkles. It averts the eyes away from your skin irregularities. The mica that is in this makeup is crushed so tiny so that you don’t look like you are wearing glitter. You can also find it in many non-mineral makeup anti-aging and camouflaging products.

Bismuth
Bismuth is controversial. This mineral is also unrefined. To be put in mineral makeup, Bismuth must first be processed. You cannot simply grind it into powder. Some even claim that it should not even count as a pure mineral. Many use it because it creates a fresh glow on skin. It also can cause itching if you tend to sweat or have sensitive skin.

Talc
One of the most often used minerals is talc. It has played a major role in cosmetics since before written history. However, many people are allergic to talc. Its main function is to be used as a filler. You are using talc if you use any type of conventional makeup. More often than not, mineral makeups exclude talc even though it is a makeup mineral because it is known as a common allergen.

What Makes Skin Repair Creams Fail or Succeed

September 22nd, 2009

You have a lot of options when it comes to skin repair creams. Many people think of skin repair in different terms. Some think of it the same way that they think of wrinkle repair. Others find it to be more about lightening or erasing scars. Others still want the tight, full skin that they had in their youth.

Obviously there are a lot of issues for skin repair cream manufacturers to deal with. That is a lot of requirements for just one product. However, there are some companies that will take advantage of this confusion. They use people’s lack of knowledge about what a skin repair cream should do against them. They use the lack of information to enable themselves to sell skin repair products that accomplish little or nothing.

Carefully make sure that you know what you are buying when you purchase a skin repair cream. After all, you will find that good skin repair creams are often more expensive than lotions. You want to know that you are getting your money’s worth. Your skin should actually be physically mended!

Here are some things that may help you spot a scam:

• Good skin repair creams are mega moisturizers. This means water, aloe and glycerin are not enough. You need serious moisturizing elements. This can include glycolic acids and of course herbal components. Plant and fruit extracts are good as well.

• Good skin repair creams do not just mask problems. Often skin repair creams will contain reflective elements. They give an illusion of instantaneous improvement by reflecting light away from irregularities. This is good, but repair creams should have real mending elements. Real menders include vitamins A, C and E.

• Any old collagen is not enough. Lots of skin repair creams tout their collagen loudly and aggressively. But most forms of collagen will not be absorbed into the skin. This basically means that you are just rubbing fatty oil onto your face. Peptides are critical to effective absorption of collagen and elastin in skin repair creams.

There are a lot of good skin repair creams out there for sure. They can be found at most price points. To succeed with skin repair cream you need to know what ingredients to look for and what they will do for you.

Seven Foundations of Life and Health

September 22nd, 2009

The Secrets of Longevity have been a quest by many people for aeons of time.There world longevity centers of the population such as Korea, Japan and China and specific pockets of people such as the Vilcambas (Andes), Hunzas (Pakistani Himalayas), Georgians and Abkhasians. Researchers tracking cultures living the longest have found that its not unusual for these peoples to live a life of quality. Work and play beyond 80 years and beyond is typical. A majority, attain 100 years remaining active and honored by all they live with. Here are the longevity habits of these people. 

 

THE 7 PILLARS TO A LONGER, HEALTHIER LIFE

  1. SLEEP

Sleep more, age less…Sleep is not an optional activity. When one cannot sleep, then and only then does a person realize it is as valuable water and food.

Any book dedicated to the topic of aging will cite the necessity for enough sleep, which is 7-9 hours.

There is a strong relationship between deep sleep and the release of Growth Hormone. During restful sleep, adults receive the greatest amount of HGH secretion.

Sleep disturbances usually stem from 1) deficient adrenals and kidneys (need energy to sleep), 2) high blood pressure spike at 3AM, 3) damp-obstruction in the throat (blocks airways) snoring, semi-wakefulness , 4) excess heat rising from the liver which causes alert status, head heat and headache and 5) excess urination which wakes the person thus not allowing deep REM sleep

2. STRESS REDUCTION

You cannot deny the health benefits of stress reduction.

Alleviation of stress eliminates and slows aging and resists disease.

Dr. Paul E. Lemanski (Albany Medical College( writes, ‘Stress causes the release of ‘fight or flight’ hormones which increase blood flow to our large muscles, increase our heart rate, respirations and blood pressure, and decreases blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract including the saliva glands.

Sleep disturbances usually stem from 1) high blood pressure spiking at 3AM,  2) Deficient adrenals and kidneys (need energy to sleep), 3)  

3. EXERCISE

In ’Successful Aging’ (1998) a study on aging in America, which had begin in 1987, showed that almost all healthy seniors had been physically active throughout their life.

Dr. Andrew Weil, a well-known proponent of alternative or complementary medicine and the author of, ‘Healthy Aging’, supports the idea that up until modern times, humans have almost always been physically active, simply by surviving off the land. Today we work off computers. Bottom line is that we need some form of daily exercise. Yes, walking counts, if done briskly.

4. NUTRITION

We all know the importance of good nutrition and a balanced diet. But which diet? The best history of longevity is held by the Hunzakuts of the Pakastani Himalayas. The majority of the people live over 100. They practice these health pillars, exceptionally, and more. They eat 3/5 the calories as those in industrialized society, drink 40 cups of water with chunks of Himalyan mineral salt daily, work 12 hours a day then play,take long 20 mile treks or hike up the mountin side, meditate many times in the day, etc.  Their diet consists of fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and a little goat or Yak meat every couple of weeks, drink home made “Pani” wine (weak) and goat milk. The secret to their health is that they are not wasteful. They put all animal and human elimination and garbage back into the soil as compared to industrial society where all all elimination goes down the drain to public works depts. and dumped in sanitation pits. The problem here is that our soil is depleted and their soil and crop can defend itself without the use of pesticide and nutrients. 

5. WATER

Like that of nutrition, lots can be said and studies can be cited all day long as to which type of water is best for us. One thing is for sure however. Drinking enough water on a daily basis is essential for proper elimination and detoxification. I have found that water in plastic containers is very acidic which results in an inflammatory state. Water from the city (Houston) is in healthy ranges but you can smell the excess chlorine. I suggest putting a filter on the tap and shower head. Reduced acidity and chlorine.

6. SUPPLEMENTATION

With all the nutritional research, it is difficult to win an argument negating the benefits of supplementation given the deficiencies of our farming soil. However, if one were to source natural crop supplementation, they would be better off. This is hard to come by because it takes extra knowledge to provide for yourself and you need to take the time to grow your crop. But, if you are are desiring longevity then I would begin the search for an urban community garden or acquire land to produce yourself.

Many well-respected scientists, researchers, and medical professionals have discovered the relationship between mineral deficiencies and a wide variety of health conditions, which afflict the human body.

Since our soil is mineral deficient, effective supplementation based on plant nutrients is crucial. Longevity herbal is a beneficial natural source of highly mineralized, vitaminized food. Besides the health engendering alkalods contained there are dense nutrients which provides the human body the potential for correction. The key is the knowledge of the practitioner and chooser of the herbs essential for balance to be achieved. 

7. POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE

In the work called “The Secret” and many studies before, a positive belief in oneself, one’s vision, having supportive people to hold you to the task and believing in you, recognizing when you are off-course and positively course correcting will greatly minimize stress, affect others to be positive and reflect back positivity.   

There are, of course, other pillars to support a long and healthy life, but these are what we consider the most fundamental. More in-depth information can be found at “Secrets of Longevity“ 

Makeup Minerals and Mineral Makeup : Not the Same Thing

September 22nd, 2009

Makeup minerals can be confusing. Everybody has been looking for good natural mineral makeup due to all the coverage its been getting. Being natural makeup minerals does not mean that they will work very good. Some of the most well known are ineffective. If you choose to use these mineral makeups, they may cause some difficulties.

Most consumers want to get the most out of the minerals in their natural makeup. However, this type of makeup isn’t good for everybody and you may not want to switch over entirely. Earth minerals may be what they are looking for. Or maybe its just for the anti-aging benefits. Or maybe they just want to avoid makeup minerals that can cause problems.

Your really need to understand the minerals in your makeup. See below for a short list of makeup minerals. The list will help you to fully understand your makeup’s ingredients.

Zinc and zinc oxide
These are common in pure mineral makeup products. They are natural sunscreens. They also can smooth out your features and hide wrinkles. In there pure form, they will not hurt your skin.

Titanium dioxide
In most mineral makeups this is a common ingredient. It will smooth out flaws in your complexion. If it is in pure mineral makeup, then it also can alleviate acne and rosacea. Watch out for imitation ingredients as they will result in the makeup being less hypoallergenic.

Mica
The anti-aging element in mineral makeup is Mica. Look for this mineral when buying your pure mineral makeup. This mineral distracts the attention away from skin problems. The mica contained in pure mineral makeup is ground really fine so you won’t appear to be wearing glitter. You can also find it in many non-mineral makeup anti-aging and camouflaging products.

Bismuth
Bismuth is a very contentious mineral. This mineral is also unrefined. To be put in mineral makeup, Bismuth must first be processed. Its not able to be ground into a fine powder. There are a few people that claim it shouldn’t even be considered a pure earth mineral. Many people like it because of the fresh “glow” you get. If you sweat or have very sensitive skin this mineral will cause you to itch.

Talc
Talc is a classic makeup mineral. It has played a very large role in makeup since makeup was first used. However, people are actually allergic to this pure mineral. Its main function is to be used as a filler. If you use conventional makeup, then you likely use some talc. Pure mineral makeup products usually leave out talc because it is a common allergen.