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Putting Together An Effective Anti Aging Skin Care System – An Industry Insider Tells You How
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Putting Together An Anti Aging Skin Care System !
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Are you currently using (or considering how to piece together) some form of effective anti aging skin care system to slow down the effects of aging and keep you looking your best?
Regardless of whether you’re young, middle aged or in your senior years people naturally want to look their best. And more importantly, we absolutely DON’T WANT TO LOOK OLD BEFORE OUR TIME! Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happening in western society and it’s a direct consequence of living in the ultra modern, twenty first century.
Civilized western lifestyles, compounded by the continually increasing effects of inescapable daily exposure to harsh and dangerous environmental and dietary toxins and stressors have resulted in a ‘speeding up’ of the rate at which we naturally age!
The clinically established outcome of this precipitous health disaster, (which is still in the making), is the EARLIER AND EARLIER ONSET OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASE! This is clearly visible in the ever rising statistics for the incidence of all major degenerative diseases at younger and younger ages. Health conscious consumers have evidently woken up to this as exemplified by the skyrocketing profitability of the anti aging products and nutritional supplements industries in recent years.
But, living in a civilized society isn’t all gloom and doom for our health and beauty! The exciting truth of the matter is that with the technology and knowledge now available it’s not difficult to defy nature and look way younger than your chronological age. No doubt you’ve seen many examples of people in their 40′s looking like they’re in their late 20′s (and others in their 40′s looking closer to 60 years old!)
For along time these age differences have been put down to the “it’s in the genes” theory but this is now largely discredited by mainstream science. Most scientists now generally agree that genetics probably doesn’t play more than around a 10% role in the general manner and appearance of our health as we age (and a persons inner health naturally reflects on their physical appearance!).
So, let’s go straight to what you need to know! To put together an anti aging skin care system in the most effective manner, capable of significant tangible results, and without extreme measures like plastic surgery, you must establish a system based on three crucial and interrelated parts:-
** Lifestyle
** Nutrition
** Cell Rejuvenation Topical Skin Care
If you expect real success with an anti aging skin care system you absolutely need to do more than just buy expensive ‘elite’ skin care products. Let’s look at the three parts involved in a sensible, science based anti aging system. (in no set order!)
Your Anti Aging Skin Care System:- Lifestyle
The various components of your regular lifestyle and any new lifestyle choices you make will have a fundamental and significant impact on how you look as you age. This of course is obvious to most people but the fact remains that lifestyle is an integral part of any anti aging skin care system and can’t be ignored.
Obviously there are way too many ‘age increasing’ lifestyle examples to discuss here so let’s just look at three of the worst, well known examples. It’s (extensively) scientifically established that you’re going to age before your time if you are a heavy smoker. Even low level smoking increases your aging processes, bringing you closer to degenerative disease. If you drink alcohol heavily in addition to smoking then you’re simply going to get there waaaaaay faster.
Stress is definitively linked to accelerated aging. One obvious cause of stress, for a large majority of people, is an incessant desire for increased financial gain – a factor which is inextricably woven into modern day lifestyle decisions. So, reducing stress becomes a critical factor in your anti aging efforts. That’s where exercise can be helpful because it has the capacity to reduce stress for most people!
Exercise is an inherent component of the lifestyle section of a successful anti aging skincare treatment system but the key is MODERATE EXERCISE! Heavy exercise results in substantially increased oxygen intake which in turn significantly increases FREE RADICAL PRODUCTION – ONE OF THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL CAUSES OF HUMAN AGING! If you do love engaging in heavy exercise then you must seriously increase your daily intake of antioxidants to counter increased free radical production.
Your Anti Aging Skin Care System :- Nutritional Intake
“You are what you eat”! We’ve all heard this saying and pretty much most people these days understand that it couldn’t be more true (despite the way they continue to eat!).
If your regular diet is significantly full of processed foods then don’t expect your skin to look good as you age (and don’t expect to enjoy good health either!). It’s a diasterous fact that processed food accounts for around 90 % of the US food supply! Processed food is low in, and in many cases near devoid of, key nutrients in comparison with fresh raw food. This includes essential vitamins and minerals in addition to other extremely important nutrients that keep your body and health functioning as nature intended.
Your body is designed to function optimally based on a regular intake of a wide range of essential nutrients in certain ‘optimal’ amounts. Without these, the conditions for the onset of degenerative disease are established. If your diet is primarily based on processed foods then its a given that you’re not taking in all the nutrients your body requires. All those life shortening diseases and debilitating health conditions you fear and don’t want to happen are probably going to, simply because you’re setting the conditions which allow them to take root and overwhelm your body’s defenses.
Now, let’s relate this specifically to your skin! If you’re not receiving the ‘correct’ amounts of essential nutrients on a DAILY BASIS your skin will LOSE ELASTIN AND COLLAGEN on a progressively FASTER basis. An insufficient supply of anti-oxidants from all that processed food will also have a profoundly destructive effect on your skin. The sagging, blemishes, wrinkles and so on which you so desperately want to avoid or offset, will arrive before time and to a far greater extent than is necessary (and controllable). There’s no ‘fountain of youth product or pill’ out there which can significantly overcome this increased deterioration of your skin while requiring no change to a nutrient deficient diet.
The bottom line is that you MUST take action to protect your skin from the INSIDE OUT! (and of course you’re improving your health at the same time!) That’s where certain professional grade nutritional health supplements can play a critical supporting role. If you’re serious in generating the most effectiveness from your anti aging skin care system then you must eat a lot of fresh and preferably raw foods (replacing processed foods). Cooking, of any kind, destroys a number of key enzymes so, the more raw foods you can handle the better. (My own diet is around 75% raw!)
While this ‘diet’ section of your anti aging skin care system may be obvious to many, the reality is that the ‘average’ health conscious person is simply not going to do a complete 360 and take up a near perfect diet. So, the market leading nutritional health supplements can supply you with missing or insufficient nutrients. The more comprehensive the formula the better.
The most effective supplement formulas have ingredients from ALL THESE CATEGORIES:
Vitamins
Minerals
Trace Elements
Enzymes
Antioxidants
Amino Acids
Anti-Glycation Agents
Neuronutrients
Flavanoids
Carotenoids
Methylation Agents
Adaptogens
Calorie Restriction Mimetics
Standardized Herbal Extracts
Common and Specialized Co-factors
I’m not referring to simple multi vitamin /minerals formulas here – but rather multi ‘nutrient’ science-based formulas. The leading brands currently cost around $40 to $50 a bottle. If you can afford it then this is without doubt the most sensible and beneficial anti aging preventative health-care action you can take (in addition to substantially improving your regular dietary intake from food).
BUT…………you must know what questions to ask and exactly what you’re looking for in the most effective nutritional health supplement formulas.
Many of the (so-called) ‘elite’, popular and well known health/vitamin supplements are actually quite weak – filled up with ridiculously over the top amounts of the cheapest ingredients like vitamin C, calcium and magnesium. In reality they offer extremely poor value for money in comparison to the best formulas available.
I review hundreds of supplements each year (and I used to work in the supplement industry for a specialty supplement manufacturer) so I know what I’m talking about when it comes to the science underlying effective supplements. (The health supplement my family and I use has 97 ingredients covering every single one of the ingredients forms from above, including a number of specialized anti aging ingredients rarely used in the supplements industry due to their complexity and price. The retail price per bottle is around $50. Use this link if you’d like to research this cutting edge nutritional health supplement
Your Anti Aging Skin Care System :- Topical Skin Care Formulas
This is where most people go wrong with their anti aging skin care systems because they base them only on using topical anti aging skin care products. These products are of course the easiest for taking action to avoid the visible or superficial effects of aging, but without applying the diet and lifestyle parts diligently, topical skin care can only work like a band aid (although an important band aid!).
People also get it wrong here because they spend a small fortune on ‘famous’ anti aging skin care products which absolutely cannot meet their anti aging marketing claims. Elite skin care product companies are extremely skilled at putting together highly effective marketing presentations which manipulate people’s thinking and seduce them into buying excessively over priced products, through persuasive adverts highlighting the ultra desirable lifestyle that ‘supposedly’ comes from having great looking skin via their skin care products.
The crux of the problem here is that these clever marketing efforts have (over time) ‘educated’ society into believing that the more we pay, the more effective the product must be!
Is this correct? NO, it’s generally NOT TRUE!
If you ‘break apart’ and carefully examine the formulas of skin care products, what you will usually discover is that the more popular and expensive a brand is, the less of the highly effective ingredients which are present. With all their marketing sots, shareholder pressures and expense heavy distribution structures, the elite companies simply can’t afford to include the best, clinically effective ingredients (and in effective dose amounts).
Preconceptions are set in peoples mind through the power of advertising and marketing spin, all of which tends to stop people from questioning and evaluating the true anti aging capabilities of the upmarket and famous brands.
So, what should a skin care formula, based on the best of the nutritional sciences, be able to do?
There are two things which are critical!
1:- NATURALLY IT MUST BE EFFECTIVE ! Able to produce REAL and TANGIBLE anti aging results which can ONLY be achieved by addressing the THREE FUNDAMENTAL CAUSES OF SKIN AGING:
** Loss of collagen and elastin
** Lower levels of hyaluronic acid
** Oxidation through the action of free radicals
The simplest way these days to determine how effective an ingredient is, is to research it online. Just google it and read away! Look for clinically established evidence to support the effectiveness of each of the anti aging ingredients in any skin care product you are examining. For the most reliable results do a ‘scholar’ search and stick to trusted sites (particularly those with ‘.gov’ url’s) This step is extremely important and the success of your anti aging skin care system depends heavily on it!
2:- USES ONLY SAFE INGREDIENTS !
Just because a company charges an arm and a leg for their latest skin care formula doesn’t mean it’s not going to hurt you (now or especially years down the track). Here’s a perfect example for you. Did you know that one of the world’s most well known, popular and elite international brands (their name begins with ( C ) actually contains a PESTICIDE!
Fragrances are ingredients you must be on the ‘lookout’ for. Please consider the word ‘fragrance’ as you would a real live minefield. Extreme Caution Required!
The term ‘Fragrance’ can refer to up to 4000 separate ingredients – many of which are toxic and/or carcinogenic!
The long term impact of them ‘seeping’ into your blood stream is still unknown. Do you really want to take this risk just because a product smells lovely? Many common fragrances can affect your central nervous system, causing depression, hyperactivity, and irritability. ‘Fragrance Free’ is what you want to see in big bold letters on the front of any skin care products you use or are considering buying.
Have you heard of parabens? (methyl, propyl, butyl, and ethyl paraben)
Parabens are chemicals used as powerful preservatives in both the skincare and pharmaceutical industries! studies suggest they may cause cancer and interfere with your body’s endocrine system, in addition to causing allergic reactions and skin rashes. The elite brands have to use them because there is a lengthy lead time from product manufacture to when you purchase the product. Oh and parabens are very cheap for manufacturers to use! Sadly, your health comes in a distant second to manufacturers bottom line profits. That’s why they continue to use toxic parabens!
From now on this is what you should be looking for you are looking for on your skin care bottles and tubes:
** Paraben Free
** Fragrance Free
Another key criteria is to check whether a skincare manufacturer is a signatory of the Compact for Safe Cosmetics.
Now you know the key criteria to look for when it comes to the ‘topical skin care’ section of your anti aging skin care system. While MANY skin care products fail miserably in meeting all (or any) of these criteria they are some products in the market which DO meet them all and come with affordable price tags. They always come from smaller or medium sized companies (particularly family owned and/or don’t have shareholders or venture capitalists). These effective and high value for money products are not coming out of the huge multi national skin care companies (for the reasons I referred to earlier).
The skincare products I use come from the Xtend-Life Company all the way down in New Zealand where the regulatory structure of the supplement industry is tough – significantly tougher than the United States!
All their flagship products contain the BIG THREE CLINICALLY PROVEN ANTI AGING INGREDIENTS (which the industry’s elite skincare companies are currently gearing up to start using):
** XTEND – TK
** Nanobelle CoenzymeQ10
** Phytessence Wakame
Since these have become known as the most powerful anti aging ingredients known to science I’ve been getting a flood of emails asking about them. In a nutshell:-
XTEND – TK is a very new breakthrough in skin care, not yet available in the big brand-name products. It is proven in clinical trials to stimulate the regrowth of collagen, elastin and new skin cells.
Phytessence Wakame has certainly been in the news. It’s an extract from a specific type of Japanese sea kelp which inhibits a harmful enzyme (hyaluronidase) responsible for breaking down hyaluronic acid in your skin. Phytessence Wakame gradually increases your levels of hyaluronic acid to the amounts normally found in a much younger person! (This is also clinically proven!)
Nano-Lipobelle H EQ10 is one of the most potent anti-oxidants discovered. This is CoEnzyme Q10 in a special ‘nano-emulsion’ form, which can penetrate down through seven layers of skin. It is extremely effective at ‘gobbling up’ free radicals in your skin, which results in quite a dramatic anti-wrinkle effect.
If you’d like to read about or research these cutting edge formulas use this link to jump over to their respective pages on the Xtend-Life website. Xtend-Life cell rejuvenation skin care products
Finally, I’d like to explain why I didn’t talk about sunlight and sun exposure in this article. It’s because the damaging effects of sunlight are grossly exaggerated, usually by those professionals and companies with a vested financial interest! Although sunlight is a major source of Vitamin D the reality nowadays is that many people are not getting enough sun because of the resultant fear and hype. This has led to common Vitamin D deficiency in most western country’s. These Vitamin D deficiencies are in turn creating numerous negative health implications.
Skin care products should not contain an SPF ! Why? Because they are chemicals with potential long term negative results! (the jury is still out as these SPF formulas have only in recent years started appearing in skin care products.) The most sensible approach is to use a high SPF factor sunscreen when directly exposed to excessive sunlight rather than as an every day habit (which has become the norm for many) .
Your Anti Aging Skin Care System :- Look Great! Feel Great!
They go together, feeding off one another – LOOK GREAT and you’re going to FEEL GREAT. Isn’t that what just about everybody would give an arm or leg to achieve?
With the technology available in these modern times we live in, along with the ease of accessibility to information on the internet, it’s never been easier to research and evaluate before you buy. Of course being able to sift through all the marketing spin and deliberate mis-leading mis-information while doing your research and product comparisons is not at all easy. So much of it is so convincing and ‘appears’ backed by clinical evidence. This is where industry insiders can be of so much help. We can assist you to move quickly through the jungle of lies and get you a transparent and fair starting point from which your research can effectively begin.
Real anti aging must be based on a system as you’ve now learned. It cannot exist on the action of just one measure. If you diligently follow what I’ve set out in this article your anti aging skin care system will definitely work and you can feel great in knowing that you’re getting the most effective anti aging results possible according to the technology and anti aging knowledge currently available. Not only will your skin continue to maintain it’s youthful properties for far longer but your internal health will be boosted so that degenerative disease cannot get a foothold.
You can read more anti aging articles over at my main website: nutritional-supplement-truths
Here’s to your anti aging skin care system.
Great Health – Great Skin – Always
Brett
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Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for information on this topic. Your post looks very interesting to me.
Wow – what a read! Finally finished and I must say Im very impressed with the information you’re providing. Youve given a great overview of the most important aspects in the aging process and how they can be overcome to some extent. Thanks for the info
Great information, a price tag is not much of a consideration when you are investing in your health what however is important is how effective the products are and that there are no side effects..
A nice and complete article. I think the lifestyle, nutrition and certain sun care, are the first step in skin care and premature aging. The skin is so sensitive that we must take every care, especially with young people.
I enjoyed the read. Well, you pretty much covered it all. If I can add one thing it would be me vouching for the benefits of yoga. It’s moderate exercise AND it helps reduce stress. I attend Bikram Yoga, so it’s a little more intense as they put you in a hot stuffy room. But it does make you sweat, and it gets rid of all those toxins from your body. Plus, you have to really concentrate on “letting go” in order to keep sane for that one hour session.
Very informative piece on anti aging skin care.
Lots to take in but some interesting points raised.
Very interesting post, I really enjoyed reading it – thank you for the information.
THere are some very useful tips here for anti ageing !!!
Very informative article which explains the basics of anti aging skin care. I’d like to point out the fact that natural process of skin cells rejuvenation and exfoliation slows down with aging, that’s why cell rejuvenating topical topical skin care is important. But it becomes less effective if dead skin cells are not removed form skin surface. That’s why it’s necessary to stimulate skin exfoliation before using any produts with anti aging ingredients.
Hello, just wanted to mention, I loved this article. It was practical. Keep on posting!