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What’s a good firming and wrinkle treatment for skin? There are actually lots of them. Here’s a quick look at 7 of the good ones. No trip to the cosmetic surgeon required.
1. Use a Cream Containing Coenzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q10 is an antioxidant that you might be familiar with. It is ... Views: 1651
With all of the skin firming and anti-aging solutions on the market, you would think that no one would be walking around with wrinkles or age spots. There are probably some people that just don’t care, others that have tried ineffective products until they are sure that nothing really works and ... Views: 1548
Breath is what is called a primary pattern, meaning it's one of the first things a child does when he or she is born. Your whole body responds to the air that you bring in through your lungs, not just your chest, and oxygen is the most vital nutrient your body requires.
While you can live ... Views: 1924
So often, pain plagues us for years, rearing its ugly head at the most inopportune times, like right before a sporting event, while we're on vacation, or when the weather finally turns to sun and it's time to get outside and play. Even worse, it can be a persistent thorn in your side for years; ... Views: 2762
Every second of every minute is precious. Every hour of every day will only happen once. Time is ticking, and whether we like it or not, aging is inevitable. So if this is true, why are so many of us treating our bodies poorly? Why do we take better care of our cars than ourselves? When was ... Views: 1015
The great comedian Lenny Bruce used to have a bit in which he said, "I was going on vacation, so my doctor gave me an important list of things to do for swimmers in shark infested waters". He´d slyly ask the audience, "Are you ready for the first ´do´?"
"Get out of the water as soon as ... Views: 1040
Recently I went to see an iridologist where she discovered just by looking into my eyes that I had a very strong constitution and a predisposition in my DNA to live a very long life and it got me thinking about the idea of a long life and how our DNA could be predisposed to living a long life ... Views: 1539
Cholesterol and Heart Disease: Wrong All Along?
By Suzanne W. Dixon, MPH, MS, RD
Cholesterol Conundrum
At first glance, the connection between high cholesterol and increased heart disease risk seems solid. Below the surface, the details look murkier. For starters, many people who have heart ... Views: 2799
Do you know what it is that you really need in order to take care of aging skin? Most people think that they understand what ingredients are necessary in an effective skin care product, but few of them really know any more than what the cosmetics companies tell them. This is why the sales of ... Views: 1071
Before you buy a body skin tightening cream, take a moment to read this article. Most of the lotions on the market are primarily composed of mineral oil, which won’t help you tighten up saggy skin.
Some women love mineral oil, which is what we sometimes refer to as baby oil. They credit ... Views: 8860
Some people live a lifetime of making excuses to justify their virtual inertia. Others, such as Rick Ball, a subway mechanic from Ontario, Canada, forego the excuse making to make World Records -- THREE in 2009, to be exact. And it's not that Rick couldn't have come up with his own list of ... Views: 1200
For centuries, people have been asking the question "Why do we get sick?" And for many centuries, wise people have been providing the simple answer "You are what you eat."
All right, maybe the answer is not so simple. However, what we put in our body often yields a number of unfortunate ... Views: 1003
It can be difficult to decide what you should eat to achieve a long, healthy lifetime. As you get older, the different diets and nutritional approaches you constantly hear about make it hard to stay on any onediet or approach. Identifying the foods that are good for you and what you should eat ... Views: 3148
While we are all getting the same basic information on how to age well, individually we are getting drastically different results. Back in the Fall of 2009, this humble correspondent wrote about Montana's Bob Hayes. Bob had recently run the LeGrizz 50 Miler in 10 hours 47 minutes -- at AGE 83! ... Views: 1197
I want to dispel the kind of conventional thinking that leads to the creation of aging myths. Since I am a vibrant and healthy person who is about one year from hitting his 70th year mark, there is undoubtedly something valuable I can say about aging, especially compared to someone who is 50 or ... Views: 2019
You have heard people say “It’s in my genes” or “It’s in my DNA” which basically means that it’s just the way it is so I can’t change it. “My parents, grandparents, great grandparents were all diabetic, or overweight or died of cancer. There is nothing I can do about it.”
Sorry to take that ... Views: 1616
Omega 3 oils, especially DHA, are routinely in the headlines for their extensive science demonstrating the ability to reduce heart disease, lower triglycerides, improve brain function, help weight management, and reduce the chronic low-grade inflammation associated with virtually any disease of ... Views: 1850
According to the Arthritis Foundation, Rheumatoid Arthritis affects 1.3 million Americans. Although there are several theories, so far, the cause of RA is still unknown. In addition, there is no cure to date, but it is getting easier to control RA through the use of remedies, exercise, and joint ... Views: 1368
Back in the early 1950s, through the magic of television, Jack LaLanne was regularly leading tens of thousands of housewives and at least one small boy -- me -- through a series of exercises. By virtue of his long-running (1951-1985) The Jack LaLanne Show, he inspired a whole nation to eat ... Views: 1526
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the body’s adaptive response to mechanical imbalance. Poor alignment of the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton (spine and extremities respectively) place uneven mechanical forces on the bones and joints. When a car’s tyres are out of alignment the rubber becomes worn both ... Views: 1679
Movement is absolutely essential to health. It stimulates your central nervous system, increases oxygen flow to the brain, improves circulation, and flushes fluids into and out of cells, among other benefits. In fact, the flexibility of your body is directly correlated to the flexibility of ... Views: 1823
We have all at some point or another, experienced minor symptoms like brittle nails, stuffy noses, etc... and have brushed these symptoms off like they were no big deal. What the majority of people don't realize is that when these simple symptoms are persistent it could really mean something ... Views: 1149
While in her forties, constantly driving her kids to and from water polo and swim team practices, little did Daniela Barnea know that she had found her niche. No, not a career as a chauffeur, but competitive swimming.
As a teen Daniela had enjoyed swimming at the local YWCA, but was not ... Views: 1542
There are yoga centers and studios from across America offering introductory classes about the style of yoga that they teach. Some of the styles are Bikram Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Vinyasa, Kripalu Yoga, Hatha Yoga and many more. Free classes are offered sometimes, gift certificates ... Views: 2647
Two recent news articles announced discovery of 13 gene variants that make us susceptible to developing type-2 diabetes later in life. The point of this article is that you don’t have to be a victim of genetic variants; you may be more susceptible to some disease of aging, but you don’t have to ... Views: 1971
From time to time we all find ourselves in difficult or tough circumstances not of our own choosing. Then there are those who actually opt to put themselves in extremely perilous situations as a way of testing their mettle -- for the challenge of it. Pennsylvania"s Tim Hewitt is such a person. ... Views: 1855
One of the most powerful ways to turn back the biological clock, improve your health and become more radiant is to greatly reduce the amount of food you eat.
In fact the resulting gene expression initiated by caloric restriction is the only proven “anti-aging” method known.
The simple ... Views: 6980
The way we look is a direct result of what we put into our bodies. The food we eat and the beauty products we use greatly affect our outward appearance. Unfortunately, it is a fact that like our food supply most of our beauty products are full of toxins, preservatives, and even poisons. These ... Views: 1338
Would You Invest Six-Minutes Daily For Health & Longevity?
Have you ever noticed that you and I require Immediate Gratification in order
to continue doing daily rituals and practices - for our own best interest?
How long can you stick to a diet before falling off the wagon? How about ... Views: 1348
White Tea Better Than Green Tea: At least for skin!
Next time you reach for a glass of coffee, you may want to grab a pot of white tea instead. New research from Kingston University in Britain shows white tea aids prevent wrinkles on aging skin. The scientists assayed the beneficial properties ... Views: 3138
Eye bags make a person look older. How do we diminish those annoying bags under the eyes and get them to look lighter as part of an anti-aging skin care program?
Eye bags are caused by the liver’s cleansing process of the body’s digestive impurities. As you get older (especially in men and ... Views: 3050
Anti-aging skin care is a process, a lifestyle decision. So, how important is sleep for your daily anti-aging regimen?
Sleep is beneficial to the body and for the skin in many respects. Your body produces melatonin while you sleep which is claimed to be an anti-aging hormone. It’s great for ... Views: 1743
“The best investment anyone can ever make is an investment in oneself!” - Patrick Driessen
Did you know that each hour in each civilised country, at least five to fifty men die from conditions that are potentially preventable (that's 120 to 1200 lost men per country per day)? Or that men live ... Views: 1336
Anti-aging skin care should be a process, and not a reaction to years of sun damage or neglect.
Anti-aging should be practiced in a preventative and proactive manner as opposed to reactively, albeit that it's never too late to begin an anti-aging skin care program.
If you consistently ... Views: 1435
Recently I helped a family find a private care home for their mother who was in her mid 80’s, living in a large assisted living facility and suffering from dementia, depression and loneliness. Her depression and loneliness had come on suddenly and she was talking about not wanting to live any ... Views: 3946
With the American popular media focus on youth and beauty, growing older is something nobody wants to face. It may beat the alternative, but who looks forward to achy joints, age spots, and wrinkles?
We’re all susceptible to the message that getting older means being washed up and less ... Views: 1128
Brain Enhancement can be attained with natural and technical methods both rather quickly and in longer term more permanent results. You will be glad you spent the extra effort in optimizing your brain power and maintaining brain health for your entire life. Being smarter and optimizing your IQ, ... Views: 4279
Wrinkles form when the skin loses its elasticity. As long as the skin is supple, any creasing of the skin disappears as soon as you stop making the expression that caused it. Over time these lines deepen into wrinkles. Some wrinkling is inevitable, as a result of aging. The first line of ... Views: 2859
Rhinoplasty (commonly known as nose job) is the name of the opera¬tion designed to improve deformities of the nose with plastic and reconstructive surgical techniques … and to improve breathing and sinus function.
The operation consists of carefully removing any “excess” bone and/or carti¬lage ... Views: 1111
Variety is the spice of life! I am sure that most of you have heard this idiom before. Did you know that it can lower blood pressure, enhance memory retention and add years to a person's life?
The word variety is a noun. It means, "the state of being diversified or varied."
We are the state ... Views: 1648
Last summer at the Beijing Olympics a 41-year-old swimmer, Dara Torres, stunned the world by winning three Silver Medals in a sport where 25 is considered old. Most would think that at her age, we'd seen the last of her as an elite competitive swimmer, but guess what! She's BACK!
Friday, May ... Views: 1341
The speed at which one ages varies greatly. Repeatedly reading about and listening to men and women, just like you, who in their 40s, 60s, 80s … are proven to be in better shape, biologically younger, than the great majority of young adults challenges any self-destructive, self-limiting beliefs ... Views: 5878
What exactly does this mean: aging gracefully? Max Erhmann writes in his famous poem, Desiderata: Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
The definition of counsel in this quote means: “private, guarded thoughts or opinions.”
And take kindly, I ... Views: 2273
Is there really a holistic anti wrinkle beauty solution that can “undo” the effects of sun, fun, makeup and the environment on your skin? Let’s find out.
Hate the way your skin looks?
You’re not alone. Plenty of people wake up and look in the mirror only to see age wrinkles, lines, crow’s ... Views: 988
I always say, “You get old when you stop going for it no matter what your age.” I have sometimes seen 25 year olds have less energy and drive than some 80 year olds. In fact, just recently I saw a popular video of an 87 year old woman who did a mean SALSA. Don’t you want that kind of energy, ... Views: 1410
Each year we repeat the same cycle. Each year we end the summer tanned, more fit and feeling great. Then the holiday season begins- first with orange tooth candy at Halloween (O.K. that's not even tasty), then the big turkey or tofurkey feast on Thanksgiving. By this time, our bodies and our ... Views: 1476
When it comes to keeping your brain fit and healthy you need to become a big baby. Now I don’t mean you become a sook… what I mean is that you can rewire your brain using the some of the techniques that babies use to build their brain.
I don’t want to get into a ‘chicken or the egg’ type ... Views: 1395
I have lived more years then I care to think about but thankfully they have all been healthy years. Now this didn’t happen because I have ‘good genes’ (I don’t) or because I got lucky and beat the odds (no such luck), no this happened because I wanted to be healthy so I worked toward that ... Views: 1099
If you’re looking for the top natural skin care products, you’ll see lots of different reviews on the internet. What you’ll find here is a little bit different. Instead of learning about specific brands, you’ll learn about the best ingredients, in terms of safety and effectiveness.
For ... Views: 1127
Giving Up the keys - Who Should Do the Talking?
(Part 2 of a 5 part series discussing the delicate issue of asking an elderly parent to retire from their driving career)
In our previous article “Talking Sex and Talking Driving” we discussed six possible reasons why emotions and ... Views: 1329