There is a saying that "beauty is only skin deep." Not so! What you put inside your body reveals your health on the outside through your skin. The skin is the largest organ in the body and has many duties in keeping you healthy.
Your skin eliminates wastes by perspiring. It serves as a protection from the weather and pollutants, is the first layer of the defense system and plays an important role in your health. Even though your skin is aging, it is possible to control the health of your skin.
Here are 3 valuable tips to keep your skin healthy:
1. Stay Away from the 3 Skin Sins: Smoking, Tanning Salons, and Sunbathing. All three of these will age your skin prematurely. Cigarette smoking causes the blood vessels at the top layers of the skin to constrict, which reduces oxygen levels. As the blood thickens, levels of collagen in the skin decrease. Collagen is vital for skin to stay healthy. Some people refer to collagen as the glue that holds the body together. Without it, the body would, quite literally, fall apart.
2. Drink Soy Isoflavones. Soy consumption may support skin health by supplying high-quality protein needed for building and maintaining collagen, the material essential to connective tissues. Soy isoflavones may also act as antioxidants that protect collagen from damage caused by free radicals, highly reactive molecules that can weaken or destroy cell membranes. Free radicals can also damage DNA, create age spots and wrinkles, and depress the immune system, increasing the risk of skin cancer. This is why, when a person first starts using our Nuplus or Vitashake whole food concentrates, we see fresh glow and color appearing in their face within a week. The skin is a major indicator of health and these two basic Sunrider products show it right away.
3. Check the Dryness of Your Skin: You can do this by scratching a small area on your arm or leg with your fingernail. If it leaves a white mark, then your skin is dry and needs moisture and you need to exfoliate the dry, dead cells. A loofa or natural bristle skin brush is good for exfoliation.
Super-concentrated with herbal extracts and jojoba beads, the Oi-Lin Warm Facial Scrub expedites the skin's natural process of exfoliation. The massaging action tones and soothes. This advanced formula is designed to diminish the appearance of wrinkles. By toning, firming, and helping to speed the body's natural process of exfoliation, skin takes on a smoother, more even texture.
Follow these skin care tips for fun in the sun this summer. What other skin care tips do you have to share. Please leave a comment. See all of our sunscreens and natural skin care products by Sunrider.
