Natural Anti-Aging Skin Care

Our skin is of vital importance to our health. Our skin is
responsible for providing protection from environment,
providing us with an emotional sense of boundary, creating
sensual awareness to communication with the "outside" world
e.g. feeling pleasure or pain signals that are vital to our
survival and well being.. How our skin feels physically
often determines the way we feel emotionally.

Our skin is one way that we communicate information about
ourselves to others. We blush, turn pale, signal "worry"
or "stress"with wrinkles in our forehead or around our
eyes and mouth. Our skin often is used by others to form
an impression of our age, how much we are indoors or
outdoors and our activity, through scars, wrinkles, colors,
and texture of our skin. Our skin is a signal to ourselves
and others about our overall health internally, externally,
physically and emotionally. "How do I look?" i.e. "What are
others seeing and, perhaps, thinking about me?", is a
question about the appearance of our skin. This information
comes from the tone, texture, firmness, and aroma of our
skin.

Our skin is one of the largest "organs" of our body
composing about 10% of our body weight. Our skin entirely
replaces it's surface about every 60 to 90 days. Our skin
eliminates waste, toxins, sends signals to our internal
bodies, and actually breathes. Disturbances in our skin,
e.g. eruptions, dryness, oil, rash, "age spots" wrinkles,
blotches, etc are often an indication of our internal
health..

Many of us have used synthetic prescription drugs, lotions,
or creams, to care for our skin. Often these synthetic
substances are accompanied by undesired and sometimes
harmful "side effects". Our bodies are designed by nature
to absorb and use substances that are natural. When an
"unnatural", i.e. synthetic substance, is introduced into
or on our body, it "interprets" that synthetic, unnatural
substance as "foreign"or as an "invader".Our body protects
itself either through the production of antibodies from our
immune system or does not absorb these synthetic substances.

In contrast, our body readily recognizes, absorbs and uses
natural substances as the appropriate material to use to
build, repair and sustain itself. Our skin operates in the
same way as the rest of our body in terms of what it will
or will not absorb and use. Natural substances are
recognized by our skin, internally and externally, as
"welcome" ingredients for use in building, repairing, and
sustaining itself.

There are many natural anti-aging skin care products we can
use topically on the outer surface of our skin. All natural
anti-aging skin care products contain vitamins, minerals,
antioxidants, amino acids, essential fatty acids, and
aromas from nature that our skin readily recognizes as
appropriate for use. All natural lotions and ointments,
help our skin to maintain it's healthy tone, texture,
elasticity, aroma and to repair injury, discard waste,
breathe properly, sense appropriately, release used skin
cells, build new skin cells, protect us, and improve our
appearance.. These all natural products contain amino
acids, vitamins, antioxidants, herbs, enzymes, aromatherapy
oils, and other natural substances that support our skin
health.

Remember that the most important factor in the health of
our skin is our internal physical health. An important
aspect of anti-aging skin care is healthy digestion and
elimination. Our intestinal system is responsible for
absorbing food, nutrients, and water and for eliminating
waste and toxins from our bodies. When our intestinal
digestive system is overwhelmed, it places an extra burden
on our skin to increase it's waste disposal function. When
our skin's waste disposal function becomes overwhelmed, we
develop skin disorders. This is particularly true when we
are tying to digest processed foods, dairy products, or
other foods lacking fiber. Food becomes putrefied and toxic
because it cannot be processed or eliminated properly. Our
skin then attempts to remove these toxins. Pores may
become clogged, inflamed, discolored, dry, or oily. If we
want healthy anti-aging skin, we need to keep our
intestinal digestive system functioning properly. We can
help our digestive system with all natural enzymes,
essential fatty acids, probiotics and fiber.

Digestive enzymes reduce large food particles so that the
body can absorb nutrients and the entire body, skin
included, benefits. Discolored skin, wrinkles, or
blemishes, can be signs of enzyme deficiency and the loss
of collagen that accompanies it. Digestive enzymes reduce
free radical damage, help us remove toxins and maintain a
healthy balance of beneficial intestinal microflora.
Probiotics provide and maintain a healthy balance of
intestinal flora, vital to our intestinal digestive health
and, in turn, the health of our skin. Beneficial flora
promotes the health bacteria we need and destroys harmful
bacteria that can lead to illness and infection.
Unfortunately, synthetic prescription antibiotics destroy
the good bacteria along with the harmful bacteria.
Probiotics help restore the healthy microflora and bacteria
after synthetic antibiotic use. Probiotics also help the
skin to have healthy bacteria it needs and eliminate the
growth of harmful bacteria.

All natural vitamins such as Vitamins A, C, and E are
essential for anti-aging skin care. Vitamin A is needed
for skin cell growth and renewal. Vitamin A is an
antioxidant that fights free radicals, provides nourishment
for the fat layer under the skin. Vitamin A deficiency
results in dry, rough skin, eruptions, wrinkles, poor
texture and tone. Vitamin C helps repair skin by building
collagen and fighting infection. Vitamin C deficiency is
connected to aging and ultra violet ray damage. Vitamin E
also protects our skin from UV damage, reduces free
radicals on our skin surface, and helps prevent the
peroxidation of fats which results in skin cell damage.

All natural herbs improve complexion, help remove heat,
toxins and swelling from our skin. Herbs can help lighten
skin and maintain natural skin moisture..Herbs help prevent
scar formation and facilitate new healthy skin growth.

Amino Acids fight harmful bacteria and viruses. Amino acids
help carry vital oxygen throughout the body helping our
skin breathe. Amino acids are part of facilitating enzyme
efficiency and hormonal balance which is a major aspect of
anti-aging skin care. Amino acids help stimulate collagen
production. Collagen is the tissue that determines skin
firmness. By increasing the production of collagen, amino
acids can help our skin retain it's firmness, therefore
reducing lines and wrinkles.

Essential fatty acids, EFAs, help our skin to become
softer, smoother, and retain proper moisture content.
Essential fatty acids have a very beneficial effect an the
synthesis of prostaglandin hormones in our skin cells.
Omega 3, an essential fatty acid, greatly benefits skin
texture and may also help prevent the development of skin
cancer and aging of our skin.

Our bodies produce Hyaluronic acid which is found to be
abundant in young skin. The affects of aging and
environment gradually reduces the amount of hyaluronic acid
our bodies produce and maintain. Hyaluronic acid is
important for our body's connective tissue, especially in
our skin. Hyaluronic acid also helps to cushion, lubricate
and provide needed flexibility for our skin.

Alpha Lipoic Acid is becoming well known for it's
anti-aging effects and is a potent antioxidant that combats
skin damage and helps repair past skin damage. Alpha lipoic
acid provides great free radical defense especially when
combined with other anti-aging antioxidants.Alpha lipoic
acid is soluble in both oil and water. Alpha lipoic acid
enhances the benefits of vitamins C and E and Coenzyme Q 10.

Coenzyme Q 10 helps decrease cellular oxidation in skin
that accompanies aging. CoQ10 enters the layers of the
epidermis and reduces the level of oxidation.. CoQ10 helps
protect against UV light. CoQ10 activates phosphotyrosine
kinases which prevents oxidation damage. CoQ10 is a very
important natural nutrient for anti-aging skin care.

Our natural skin requires natural anti-aging skin care.
Many all natural anti-aging skin care nutrients are
available for us. They include amino acids, essential
fatty acids, vitamins, anti-aging antioxidants and
anti-aging skin care formulas. We can help our skin
externally through the use of topical all natural lotions,
ointments, creams and solutions. We can keep our skin
healthy internally through the use of all natural
supplements, vitamins and formulas. Our skin keeps our
internal system in place and protects our internal
structure. Our skin provides valuable information about our
overall health. Our skin is important not only for our
appearance, but more vitally, for our complete well being.

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Jennifer Kays has over twenty years experience with all
natural health care products. Jennifer's mission is to
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