Research suggests that appetite-regulating hormones are affected by sleep and that sleep deprivation could lead to weight gain. Two factors influence this.
First, during deep sleep, your brain secretes a large amount of a growth hormone, which tells your body how to break down food for fuel. Second, you probably eat more when you are tired. Therefore, without adequate sleep, you eat more and your body is incapable of breaking down the fat, thus weight gain happens. What can you do? You can start by going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day. Watch your caffeine and alcohol habits – no caffeine after 2:30 pm and no alcohol three hours before bed. Also start a bedtime routine. Create a pre-sleep ritual such as light reading, a hot bath, or stretching-beginning about 45 minutes before lights out. Remember to experiment with exactly how much sleep you really need. Increasing your sleep to what your body really needs not only gives you a thinner waistline, but also more energy!
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Today, from food consumption to face and body creams, we are bombarded with claims that antioxidants fight free radical damage. You may wonder what exactly you’re fighting and how…if so, you aren’t alone. Simply put, free radicals are loose electrons. Think back to chemistry, recall that molecules are made up of atoms, which contain protons, neutrons, and electrons. Damage to cells from environmental factors such as UV radiation or lifestyle choices like smoking disrupt the molecular configuration. Antioxidants are substances that help to protect cells from free radical damage. The protection comes from their interaction with the unstable molecules which basically neutralizes them and thus preventing cell damage. Vitamins A, C and E; green tea; lycopene; lutien; promegranate; and selenium, are all found in a variety of food sources and now available in over-the-counter skin care products. Also, recently coffee berry extra, the bright red fruit of the coffee bush is much richer and has the power to naturally prevent and repair skin damage caused by free radical exposure. Spin trap is the most powerful antioxidant known, milligram per milligram. It does not destroy the free radical (rogue oxygen), rather it traps it and escorts it back to the respiratory cycle where it is utilized in tissue respiration. Please note that the best way to prevent signs of aging is to protect yourself from sun damage.
Research suggests that appetite-regulating hormones are affected by sleep and that sleep deprivation could lead to weight gain. Two factors influence this.
First, during deep sleep, your brain secretes a large amount of a growth hormone, which tells your body how to break down food for fuel. Second, you probably eat more when you are tired. Therefore, without adequate sleep, you eat more and your body is incapable of breaking down the fat, thus weight gain happens. What can you do? You can start by going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day. Watch your caffeine and alcohol habits - no caffeine after 2:30 pm and no alcohol three hours before bed. Also start a bedtime routine. Create a pre-sleep ritual such as light reading, a hot bath, or stretching-beginning about 45 minutes before lights out. Remember to experiment with exactly how much sleep you really need. Increasing your sleep to what your body really needs not only gives you a thinner waistline, but also more energy! Vitamin A or retinol is one of the most effective and versatile treatments for your skin. It is used as a powerful skin treatment for aging, photo damage, acne, pigmentation or skin discoloration, and rosacea.
Vitamin A is an important factor in aging and plays a critical role in maintaining healthy skin. Unfortunately, Vitamin A is rapidly depleted by UV light, both UVA and UVB. Most of you who are exposed to UV light (even indoors, such as fluorescent lighting) will have quite a lot of vitamin A in their skin destroyed daily. This is why it is important to add this ingredient back into your skin through topical products. Another factor affecting our skin as we age is the slowing down of the cell renewal process. Adding Vitamin A to your skincare protocol helps to maintain a healthy pace of cell renewal, which gives your skin a beautiful glow. Acne patients benefit from Vitamin A by an increase in the cell renewal process. It also increases the sloughing process of the dead cells leaving the skin's surface. Keeping the skin's pores open and clear is essential for acne. Common forms of hyperpigmentation include melasma, freckles and post inflammatory skin discoloration. Vitamin A is one of the most effective treatments for these conditions. Similar to acne, it works by increasing the cell renewal process and sloughing off the skin to eventually diminish the discoloration. It is important to note that many pigmented lesions are produced throughout a long period of time and will not go away quickly. Vitamin A comes in several different ingredient formulations. The most readily available forms of Vitamin A include retinol, retinyl palmitate, retinyl acetate and retinoic acid. Retinol is the most common form of Vitamin A. |
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