White Tea Extract is on everyone's list of super-ingredients in beauty products, due to their anti-aging and immune-boosting powers! Researchers believe that the antioxidants in white tea extract reduce immune cell damage and oxidative stress to the skin, a type of stress thought to promote uneven pigmentation, wrinkles, and even skin cancer. As an anti-aging ingredient, white tea extract helps the proteins collagen and elastin do their assigned tasks for the skin. All skin contains the … [Read more...]
Why You Need To Apply Sunscreen To Your Ears
Can you believe it? YOU CAN GET SKIN CANCER ON YOUR EARS! "I find a lot of pre-cancer on the ears," says Howard Murad, M.D., a dermatologist in Los Angeles. "Generally a little more on the left side of the face than the right, because of sun exposure there when we're driving." When I heard this, it BLEW MY MIND. More specifically, as a redheaded, sunscreen-coated former high school runner living in Southern California, it just never occurred to me to apply sunscreen to my ears! I mean, has … [Read more...]
Doing This Helped Me Get My High School Track Legs Back in a Jiffy
I love including segments of backward running in my workouts: about 100 feet forward running, and then 100 feet backwards, and I do this for as long as me and my dog can stand it! According to RunAddicts.net, running 100 steps backward is the same as running 1,000 steps forward, and that going backward burns a fifth more calories than running forward! Other benefits to running backward: You can still run while you are injured: backward running can be done whether you have a groin, … [Read more...]
Celebrity Trainer eBook Bikinis & Boardshorts: Lean-Out Program For Men & Women
We have recently discovered fitness guru Rachel Elizabeth's super-effective Bikinis & Boardshorts programs! Just in time for summer! We're all trying it, and so far we are definitely a little less afraid to be seen in our swimsuits this summer.... Now when you apply your Kona Tanning products, you won't have to "tan it to tone it!" You're Welcome!! (you'll be thanking us later!) Bikinis & Boardshorts™: 8 Week Lean-Out Program [jwplayer mediaid="2408"] Get a beach ready, … [Read more...]
Et Tu, Multi-Grain Bread? 10 Foods We Will Never Eat Again.
Summer is peeking its head around the corner, and we're madly searching for healthy eating ideas, workout tips, ANYTHING to get us bikini-ready...stat! Most of the foods listed in this post by one of our favorite blogs, 10 Foods You Should Never, Ever Eat. Not Ever., were long ago given the boot from our snacking and recipe rotations as we're trying to eat cleaner: hot dogs, margarine, sodas, French Fries (now, FRIES were a hard one to get over). However, as we proudly patted ourselves on the … [Read more...]
The Two Parts to Combatting Cellulite
For years we've been learning that cellulite is stored fat, and that it's mostly found in women because the structure of their skin and fat layers is different than in men. Also, women tend to carry more fat because as mothers, their bodies must prepare to take care of another person. Cellulite has a different appearance than other areas of fat because too much fat in one place pushes on connective tissue, and bulges through the connective tissue in lumpy areas. We all know what the result … [Read more...]
Yoga Brings Surprising Health Benefits to Breast Cancer Survivors
We've only begun to fully understand the health benefits of yoga. A new study from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center found that just three months of practicing yoga reduced fatigue and inflammation in breast cancer survivors. In their research, 200 female breast cancer survivors practiced yoga twice weekly for a total of 12 weeks. Three months after the assignment had ended, fatigue was measured to be up to 57% lower, and measures of inflammation were up to 20% … [Read more...]
Another Reason To Reach For Your Sunscreen Today
Makeup and moisturizers with sunscreen aren't always enough. We didn't realize this, either. But, according to the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), unless your makeup/moisturizer provides broad spectrum sunscreen and is reapplied throughout the day, it isn’t enough protection for all day sun exposure. ASDS continues that it's fine if “you are only walking to your car from work or going into the store…But if you are going to spend a few hours outdoors, then you need to wear a … [Read more...]
Still Using Tanning Beds?
There are so many other options available these days! Tanning beds are no longer everyone's favorite zen time escape; spray tanning has come such a long way, with many top products offering no orange tint, no odor, and results lasting a week. Plus, there's no "building a tan" with a spray tan. You can go as dark as you'd like, the very first time! At this point, why risk using a tanning bed? You might also like: Tanning Beds Pose Huge Cancer Risk, Report Says Yikes! Experts Deem … [Read more...]
Beautiful Eats – Delicious Beauty Bites To Bring Summer Glow Back To Your Winter Skin
Wonderful post from Easy Living Magazine in the UK: Beauty products make such a huge difference in your appearance, but are you doing all you can for your skin? Eat beautifully! Our diet affects how we look, and the right foods can make all the difference. Check out this great article on beautiful eats by East Living Magazine, and let us know which foods were missed in the comment section below! For additional healthy recipes that will make you look your best (even includes recipes … [Read more...]
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