By Nick Mutt
Everyone wants to look younger and attractive. But due to poor lifestyle, many of us look older than our actual age. This article will discuss some important aspects on how proper diet can slow your aging process and makes you look younger and beautiful.
If a person loses weight, do exercise and stops smoking, he can slow the aging process and make dramatic changes in his looks in a relatively short period of time. Good nutrition, inclusion of raw fruits and vegetables in diet, plenty of rest, exercise everyday, a positive attitude (quit worrying) all these lead to improved quality of life, good looks and a check on the aging process. Let us discuss some aspects here:
1. When a person’s weight fluctuates, the skin stretches with the weight gain cycle, but it may not completely shrink back to its original size in the weight loss cycle. As a result the skin may sag. A well balanced diet with ample supplies of nutrients is though by many experts to produce a glowing, younger look. Zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C are all important for skin. The diet should include greens, seafood, fruits and juices, tomatoes, red and green peppers, broccoli, 6-8 glasses of water for adequate hydrating.
2. Healthy, shining hair is second only to vibrant skin for making one look younger. Unbalanced diet affects hair. Some people in their obsession to lose weight quickly go on a fad diet, high in fiber and bulk, but low in protein. Over a few a few months, they lose a lot of weight but along with this a good ideal of hair is also lost! When diets don’t contain enough amino acids (the building blocks of protein) there is a dramatic increase in hair loss as the body breaks down its own protein.
How a Balanced Diet Slow Down the Aging Process?
Skin cells and hair are constantly reproducing and are very sensitive to nutritional deficiencies. Grains, legumes, meat, eggs and milk are foods rich in amino acids and must be taken in appropriate quantities.
Vitamins C, E, beta carotenes known as antioxidants are important for slowing down/preventing ailments associated with aging and to boost the immune system. The average diet contains too many fats and sweets and not enough fruits and vegetables. This should be rectified. The effects of ageing can be showed by paying closer attention to nutrition. With proper planning and execution of diet and exercise one can stay healthier and youthful.
Disclaimer: This article is not meant to provide health advice and is for general information only. Always seek the insights of a qualified health professional before embarking on any health program.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Double Chins Remedied Using Facial Exercise
By Cynthia Rowland
When you closely examine your face what is the biggest detraction or the neon light that calls attention to your facial imperfections? Is that looming chin –the dreaded wattle – tops on your list?
Double chins can occur even when you haven't gained an ounce but wearing an extra roll of flesh can make you look pounds heavier.
Covering your body when your waist, tummy, arms or hips are expanding is a type of camouflage most girls learn at an early age. We can wear slimming clothes that detract from the actual challenges of gaining a few pounds; now with spandex undergarments, we can easily hide and disguise bulging waistlines or less than thin thighs.
Just as you see aging in other areas of your face such as hooded eyes, sagging cheeks and folds along your mouth, these are all indications that the once tight muscles hidden beneath your skin are now losing their firmness which results in a look reminiscent of your elder relatives.
It is not that you do not love and cherish Great Aunt Hilda or Grandpa Joe, you just do not want to look like them now.
Facial flaws are a distraction. They can make us appear older than our years and this saps our confidence whether we are in the dating scene, updating our resume or interacting with others.
Wearing a double chin cannot be disguised with turtlenecks or scarves. A double chin cannot be concealed with makeup or other cosmetic preparations. Double chins are a result of muscle atrophy. That's right – muscle atrophy as in no activity.
If the wearer is not overweight what is the remedy?
Liposuction for a double chin is one choice but spending thousands of dollars for an iffy procedure fraught with risks, bruising, swelling, lumps and bumps and temporary benefits may not seem likely for the discerning person. In addition you would want to consider that numbness and nerve damage, puckering at the incision site and scar tissue are lingering aspects associated with this procedure.
Liposuction after all goes after the fat but what if you have very little fat but a lot of sagging or bulging?
Sculpting a wayward chin with isometric exercise is a safe alternative and the results become noticeable quickly. Why? The underside of your chin and into the neck is comprised of a broad, flat muscle called the platysma. This large muscle acts like any other muscle that is not sufficiently exercised – it droops and sags as it slowly pools into other muscles and easily collects deposits of fat.
If the area under your chin feels soft, not toned or taut or you see an enlarged mass when you look at your profile, without a doubt, this is the start of a less than youthful look.
Sadly, over time, the entire face begins to soften and elongate.
You can prove this to yourself by placing a mirror flat on the table while bending over from the waist looking down into the mirror. Gaze at yourself for ten seconds to see just how dramatically soft your facial muscles are. I warn you, it is a scary look that alerts you that your facial features are losing their contour because the muscles that support the skin are no longer in great shape. This atrophy causes the look of old.
Fortunately, atrophy can be reversed and those tiny facial muscles can indeed grow stronger while your skin receives added nutrition from oxygenated blood that is created when you exercise your face.
Facial exercises that shorten, tighten, lift and contour your muscles are not contortions, twists or puckers; rather facial exercise that can help you look five, ten even fifteen years younger are a result of isometric with resistance type contractions.
Thumbs and fingers and cotton exercise gloves are all that is required for you to take charge of your aging face. Step-by-step you can begin to expertly manipulate your facial muscles so they respond easily to the movements and in just minutes a day you will feel and see the lifting and contouring.
Your sagging cheeks, droopy eye lids and double chin will show great improvement as the results last longer and longer. Your face will look and feel toned and tightened, your confidence will soar and before long you will challenge your friends to look in the mirror lying flat on the table.
When you closely examine your face what is the biggest detraction or the neon light that calls attention to your facial imperfections? Is that looming chin –the dreaded wattle – tops on your list?
Double chins can occur even when you haven't gained an ounce but wearing an extra roll of flesh can make you look pounds heavier.
Covering your body when your waist, tummy, arms or hips are expanding is a type of camouflage most girls learn at an early age. We can wear slimming clothes that detract from the actual challenges of gaining a few pounds; now with spandex undergarments, we can easily hide and disguise bulging waistlines or less than thin thighs.
Just as you see aging in other areas of your face such as hooded eyes, sagging cheeks and folds along your mouth, these are all indications that the once tight muscles hidden beneath your skin are now losing their firmness which results in a look reminiscent of your elder relatives.
It is not that you do not love and cherish Great Aunt Hilda or Grandpa Joe, you just do not want to look like them now.
Facial flaws are a distraction. They can make us appear older than our years and this saps our confidence whether we are in the dating scene, updating our resume or interacting with others.
Wearing a double chin cannot be disguised with turtlenecks or scarves. A double chin cannot be concealed with makeup or other cosmetic preparations. Double chins are a result of muscle atrophy. That's right – muscle atrophy as in no activity.
If the wearer is not overweight what is the remedy?
Liposuction for a double chin is one choice but spending thousands of dollars for an iffy procedure fraught with risks, bruising, swelling, lumps and bumps and temporary benefits may not seem likely for the discerning person. In addition you would want to consider that numbness and nerve damage, puckering at the incision site and scar tissue are lingering aspects associated with this procedure.
Liposuction after all goes after the fat but what if you have very little fat but a lot of sagging or bulging?
Sculpting a wayward chin with isometric exercise is a safe alternative and the results become noticeable quickly. Why? The underside of your chin and into the neck is comprised of a broad, flat muscle called the platysma. This large muscle acts like any other muscle that is not sufficiently exercised – it droops and sags as it slowly pools into other muscles and easily collects deposits of fat.
If the area under your chin feels soft, not toned or taut or you see an enlarged mass when you look at your profile, without a doubt, this is the start of a less than youthful look.
Sadly, over time, the entire face begins to soften and elongate.
You can prove this to yourself by placing a mirror flat on the table while bending over from the waist looking down into the mirror. Gaze at yourself for ten seconds to see just how dramatically soft your facial muscles are. I warn you, it is a scary look that alerts you that your facial features are losing their contour because the muscles that support the skin are no longer in great shape. This atrophy causes the look of old.
Fortunately, atrophy can be reversed and those tiny facial muscles can indeed grow stronger while your skin receives added nutrition from oxygenated blood that is created when you exercise your face.
Facial exercises that shorten, tighten, lift and contour your muscles are not contortions, twists or puckers; rather facial exercise that can help you look five, ten even fifteen years younger are a result of isometric with resistance type contractions.
Thumbs and fingers and cotton exercise gloves are all that is required for you to take charge of your aging face. Step-by-step you can begin to expertly manipulate your facial muscles so they respond easily to the movements and in just minutes a day you will feel and see the lifting and contouring.
Your sagging cheeks, droopy eye lids and double chin will show great improvement as the results last longer and longer. Your face will look and feel toned and tightened, your confidence will soar and before long you will challenge your friends to look in the mirror lying flat on the table.
Anti aging Treatments-Extending beauty and life
By Sunil Punjabi
An average human lifespan is around sixty-eighty years and a normal human shows signs of aging by middle age or around forty to forty-five years of age. Aging signs like sagging skin, wrinkles, sallow skin, and bags under the eyes are common occurrences. Nobody, especially women, want to look old and aged, and will do everything possible to either slow down the aging process, or look younger than their age, with Anti aging Products and Anti aging Treatments. Anti aging methods try to prevent, slowdown, or reverse natural effect of aging and helps people to live longer, happier, and healthier lives. These methods include scientific research and applications in tissue engineering and genetic engineering, and other numerous medical advances to find treatments/cures for diseases like Alzheimer's. It also includes using anti aging psychology, like skills to cope with stress of aging, changes in the body, and aging.
The pursuit of an Anti aging formula is as old as civilization and the earliest reference we can find are in Egyptian books and hieroglyphs, and in books from ancient Grecian and Asian civilizations. While the Egyptian religion and the great Pyramids focused on an afterlife, attention was also to finding herbs and spices like olive leaves and olive oil, which were used to enhance beauty and longevity. Asians and Grecians used milk, turmeric, honey, and numerous other herbs and spices for enhancing beauty and used many medicines, herbs, and spices to extend life and slowdown the aging process. Most of these spices and herbs are still used today as Anti Aging Products and Anti aging Treatment.
People have been trying to find a perfect cure or treatment for aging for many millennia. This gave birth to many legends of magical places that gave youth, beauty, and life. Some of these legends like the one of Ponce de Leon's search for a mythical 'Fountain of youth' is famous. In the 1930s, a British writer immortalized Shangri-la in his book. The book written by James Hilton described the mystical land of Shangri-la as an ageless magical paradise, located in the Himalayas, somewhere near the Chine-Tibet border. Over the millennia, the search for Anti aging Products and Anti aging Treatments has continued, and in fact with the help of modern science and research, is continuing at a faster pace.
An average human lifespan is around sixty-eighty years and a normal human shows signs of aging by middle age or around forty to forty-five years of age. Aging signs like sagging skin, wrinkles, sallow skin, and bags under the eyes are common occurrences. Nobody, especially women, want to look old and aged, and will do everything possible to either slow down the aging process, or look younger than their age, with Anti aging Products and Anti aging Treatments. Anti aging methods try to prevent, slowdown, or reverse natural effect of aging and helps people to live longer, happier, and healthier lives. These methods include scientific research and applications in tissue engineering and genetic engineering, and other numerous medical advances to find treatments/cures for diseases like Alzheimer's. It also includes using anti aging psychology, like skills to cope with stress of aging, changes in the body, and aging.
The pursuit of an Anti aging formula is as old as civilization and the earliest reference we can find are in Egyptian books and hieroglyphs, and in books from ancient Grecian and Asian civilizations. While the Egyptian religion and the great Pyramids focused on an afterlife, attention was also to finding herbs and spices like olive leaves and olive oil, which were used to enhance beauty and longevity. Asians and Grecians used milk, turmeric, honey, and numerous other herbs and spices for enhancing beauty and used many medicines, herbs, and spices to extend life and slowdown the aging process. Most of these spices and herbs are still used today as Anti Aging Products and Anti aging Treatment.
People have been trying to find a perfect cure or treatment for aging for many millennia. This gave birth to many legends of magical places that gave youth, beauty, and life. Some of these legends like the one of Ponce de Leon's search for a mythical 'Fountain of youth' is famous. In the 1930s, a British writer immortalized Shangri-la in his book. The book written by James Hilton described the mystical land of Shangri-la as an ageless magical paradise, located in the Himalayas, somewhere near the Chine-Tibet border. Over the millennia, the search for Anti aging Products and Anti aging Treatments has continued, and in fact with the help of modern science and research, is continuing at a faster pace.
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