How to Get Healthier
Skin: the Absolute Most Effective Steps to Vibrant, Younger Looking Skin
After the ravages of winter, your skin may be dull, dry and more prone to
wrinkles and blemishes.
But do you want healthy, glowing skin? Then it's time for a skin "spring
cleaning," and probiotics can help!
Probiotics are beneficial bacteria and yeast that live in your intestines
and keep you healthy and strong. Research supports their topical use for conditions
like acne.1 But the latest buzz in the beauty
world is that applying probiotics topically to your skin may reduce the effects
of sun damage and slow the aging process.2
Advanced skin care with probiotics surely can't do any harm when used ON
your skin, but probiotics are far more effective when you put them IN your
body.
If you want healthier skin, then try probiotics. Beauty creams tout
their topical effectiveness, but Body Ecology shows you how to get better
skin with probiotics, from the inside out!
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Your Looks and Your Inner Ecosystem
When your body is healthy inside, you look vibrant on the outside, but
when your body is out of balance your skin is one of the first places to show
it. A key to a healthy inside is a thriving inner ecosystem.
Is your inner ecosystem thriving? A healthy inner ecosystem is full
of microflora, the good bacteria and yeast (probiotics) that reside in your
intestines.
These probiotics help you digest and assimilate important nutrients, boost
your immune system and help you stay healthy, strong, and youthful. If
you notice that your skin is not always clear and bright, you might have an
imbalanced inner ecosystem that has been weakened by environmental toxins,
processed foods, drugs and a stressful lifestyle.
How can you populate your inner ecosystem with the probiotics that keep
you healthy and looking great?
Body Ecology's Probiotic Protocol
We believe that taking in probiotics from your foods and beverages (as opposed
to topically or in supplements) is the best way to populate your gut with
good bacteria that can help you turn back the clock.
Since most Americans have an imbalanced inner ecosystem from poor diet and
lifestyle habits, the best way to vibrant health - and vibrant skin - is to
repopulate your gut with healthy microflora.
The most effective way to get microflora into your gut is by consuming fermented
foods and drinks. Most other probiotics on the market, whether in supplements
or creams, are not nearly as potent or effective. Since microflora live in
your intestines, fermented foods and drinks help escort them in quickly and
efficiently. In food form, you can be much more certain they will colonize
inside your intestines where they will then begin to start practicing their
magic. In fact, we often call them "alchemists."
Here are some easy and delicious ways to incorporate probiotics into your
diet:
- Raw, cultured vegetables.
These fermented vegetables are a delicious fast food that you can enjoy
alone or as a probiotic-rich accompaniment to any meal.
- Young Coconut Kefir
is a refreshing fermented drink. We have had many reports that it can improve
your complexion and even cause age spots to fade and skin tags to disappear!
Make our Young Coconut Kefir at home with Kefir
Starter.
- Dong
Quai probiotic liquid is a delicious fermented beverage that can
help regulate female hormones that are related to your skin's appearance.
For more on how probiotics can enhance your appearance and your health, read:
Want
to Look Younger and Better? 8 Reasons Why Probiotics are an Essential Tool.
Body Ecology and Aromatherapy Skin Care
While probiotics are best inside your body, there are great options for revitalizing
your skin from the outside in: essential oils.
Essential oils have been used since ancient times and are 70 times more potent
than the plants they are derived from. For skincare, Rosemary
essential oil is great for restoring your skin's vitality and youth.
Rosemary essential oil can:
- Reduce puffiness and swelling
- Soften and degrease your skin
- Help heal acne
- Ward off skin parasites like ringworm and scabies
- Be used on your hair to control dandruff
Also try versatile Lavender essential oil for its soothing properties. To
learn more about the amazing properties of this essential oil, read: Lavender
Oil: If You Want to Eliminate Stress, Improve Your Skin & Immune System,
Think Lavender.
Forever Young
Essential Oils are third-party certified 100% pure, unlike many essential
oils on the market (even those sold in health food stores) that have potentially
toxic extenders. Labeling laws allow manufacturers to use up to 50% chemical
extenders and still say they are 100% pure.
As you heal your body, use essential oils to treat your skin and keep it
youthful. More importantly, make probiotics your first step to healthier,
clearer, younger looking skin.
You now have an inside out and outside in approach to beautiful, glowing
skin! Shake off those winter blues by nourishing your inner ecosystem and
giving your body a reason to radiate health.
One thing's for sure: as you take care of your inside, your outside will
take care of itself.
Sources:
Siver, R. (1964). "Lactobacillus for the control of acne." The
Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey, 58 (2): 52-53. http://www.natren.com/pages/skincare.html
2 Blitzer, Ilana, "Probiotics: can bacteria benefit skin?" Self,
Dec 2006.
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