Easy Tips for Creating a Healthy Skin Diet
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Easy Tips for Creating a Healthy Skin Diet

Achieving the healthy, glowing skin of your dreams isn’t only about what you are putting on your face; it’s just as important to be selective about what you are putting in your body. That’s where a healthy skin diet comes in! Properly balanced nutrition goes a long way in supporting and maintaining the health of…

The Horrifying Truth About Skin, Stress, and Anxiety
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The Horrifying Truth About Skin, Stress, and Anxiety

Stress is part of life. You can’t avoid it completely, but you can manage it’s effects. Believe it or not, stress is actually a healthy human response. It’s part of an important physiological feedback loop that helps us make decisions. It’s not that stress is bad for our bodies. Having stress in our lives is…

Guide to Non-Comedogenic Oils for Skin Care
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Guide to Non-Comedogenic Oils for Skin Care

Natural oils can be a source of some extremely effective skin care solutions, and are commonly used as ingredients in many skin care products. Of course, some ingredients are superior to others- and when it comes to skin care, a major factor deciding whether a natural oil will benefit your skin is whether it is…

Avoiding a Holiday Breakout: Diet and Acne Tips
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Avoiding a Holiday Breakout: Diet and Acne Tips

Leave the redness to Rudolph: avoid these foods that cause acne What would the holidays be without friends, family, presents, and an excessive amount of egg nog? There’s no shame in indulging in holiday sweets. But, for the sake of healthy skin, it’s important to remember moderation! Diet and acne are closely related- all that sugar and…

Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)—It’s aging you quicker!
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Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)—It’s aging you quicker!

Glycation: how sugar affects your skin …and aging While it’s a somewhat complicated process, glycation’s pretty simple to explain. It’s a sugar molecule bonding with a protein molecule, impairing the latter’s function and structure. Glycation can happen inside or outside the body (called endogenous and exogenous, respectively) but you end up with similar effects either…

Going Against the Grain: Gluten Free Skin Care
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Going Against the Grain: Gluten Free Skin Care

Alright, what is gluten? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and many other derivatives of these grains. There are a few possible explanations for why this naturally occurring dietary protein has become toxic for so many people. One leading example is the selection of wheat varieties with higher gluten content has been a…