Keeping your skin healthy in the winter is not too much different than keeping it healthy other times, it just requires more of certain things in order to help adapt to the changing weather conditions. Winter tends to bring with it low humidity which has the action of drying out your skin. During these conditions you will want to have a more aggressive moisturizing regimen. Take a hot bath to open up your pores, dry off by patting your skin and before you are totally dry, apply your moisturizer of choice, this will help lock in moisture.

While taking your shower or bath, make sure that you exfoliate your skin, if you don’t remove dead or dried out skin cells then the living ones beneath can gain no benefit from your moisturizing program. You should exfoliate at least two times per week. Skin tends to reduce its oil production in the winter which makes your job of moisturizing much more crucial. (more...)

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It is a proven fact that eating smaller meals many more times a day is all around a healthier way to eat. In eating smaller meals more often, your metabolism stays up and you burn more fat. If you go longer periods between eating, your body goes into a starvation mode where it begins to store calories as fat, turning to burning lean muscle instead. Our bodies are naturally tuned to eating small meals many times per day; they function best under these conditions. You will stay more awake and alert, not feel weak and run down. You will not tire so easily nor stress so badly. You will not feel the hunger pangs, nor fall victim to the desire to fill yourself to the bursting point. You will be able to think clearer and have more stamina in your every day life if you change your eating habits to match your body chemistry.

The best time to eat is between two and a half to three hours anything over three and a half to four hours will kick in that starvation mode and you don’t want that. When you do eat, you need to eat a balanced diet, including carbohydrates, proteins and fats in portions that work for your body chemistry. Also, drink water, lots of it. Most people don’t drink near enough water and when their bodies try to tell them about being dehydrated, it is misunderstood as a hunger pang and the body gets more food rather than what it really needs. (more...)

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The first and most important diet tip, drink water. People don’t drink enough water. The body has a way of telling you it’s dehydrating, but it is very often misunderstood as a hunger pang. Eating will quell the pang, but that’s only because food has moisture in it. The pang will come back again, mis-prompting the person to eat yet again. If you get a pang, drink some water, more than likely this is what your body is needing, not more food.

Tip two; Eat more fiber and more vegetables. Bulky foods will make you feel fuller, thus keep you from constantly eating more. The other plus side to this is that if you eat more brightly colored vegetables, you will be adding more anti-oxidants to your system which will have an affect of improving your body health in another important facet. (more...)

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