The Number One Killer Of Youthful Skin…

Recently I have been wondering to myself, that out of all the killers of youthful skin, what is probably the number one wrinkle creator?

Because let’s face it, although there are “secrets” of youthful skin which I will cover in future articles here, there are also killers of youthful skin…

And these youthful skin killers have an adverse affect to the point that the secrets cannot nuetralise and regain the balance of overall youthful skin.

And that’s fact.

No matter what you do that will help your skin, if you continue to follow these bad habits, your skin is going to age too quickly and wrinkle up like a dried prune before it should.

Sure if you look around at older generations who have wrinkles you simply expect to have them yourself or you already have them and expect to have more by a certain age, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

You can both reduce and prevent aging skin just by following some potentially tough and self disciplined habits but at the same time the rewards are that not only do you have much more radiant and youthful skin, but you will feel better, with more energy and more clarity of mind than perhaps you had before.

There may also be a period where you crave and this is just part of the addiction, but if you can follow at least this one bit of advice, it will really help your skin to stop aging and improve overall.

So what is it?

It’s the one thing you may depend on right now, but you simply have to cut it out.

Coffee.

Caffeine literally DESTROYS your beauty. It overflows your liver with toxicity and when the liver becomes overloaded with waste and toxins, the toxins have to be pushed out through the skin. This creates those ugly wrinkles, pimples and blotchy patches. Your complexion is also affected and looks more grayish and your hair will thin out and fall our more easily. So when you next crave coffee, think that you are actually drinking wrinkles, pimples and ugly blemishes!

Coffee also creates a dire need for hydration for the liver and kidneys, so that for every cup of coffee, you need at least 4 cups of water to help flush out those toxins which will still overwork your adrenal system, also known as “adrenal exhaustion.”

Since coffee contains an acid-based oil it irritates the lining of the stomach and promotes gastric acidity. This encourages our body to secrete adrenaline, which then stimulates insulin secretion, and this in turn can fuel hypoglycemia. What does that mean?? The bottom line for us can be craving for sweets a few hours later, having crazy dips in energy, and moodiness!

I started drinking coffee when I was 13 and stopped just a few years later as I quickly became aware that it was giving me unnatural shakes.

If I have a hot drink now, I drink green tea or caffeine free chai tea.

If you have to have some caffeine to help bring down the levels initially, go for a cup of tea instead!

OR, you can have dandelion coffee instead, which is basically fake coffee, but tastes almost exactly the same! And you don’t get the adverse side effects.

If your going to really cut it out, give it a try for at least 21 days and commit, before deciding whether to go back to it or not or deciding whether you can live without it.

You will also find that your sleep quality improves as well since coffee is a cause of broken and bad sleep, ESPECIALLY if you drink it 6 hours before going to sleep. You may find yourself waking up to urinate because the body is trying to detoxify, and you will not enter full REM sleep (level 3) because you have pumped your blood circulation with this awake pill which can’t shake it off.

Give your body a rest, and find more natural ways to get energised, like exercising, meditating or making loud, powerful affirmations in the morning when you wake up. I do all three!

If you feel like it would be impossible right now to remove it from your regime, if you currently drink several cups per day, halve it for 21 days, then halve it again for another 21 days, until you are on one cup per morning. Then slowly reduce the amount of coffee you add in, and eventually, switch to tea instead.

Your skin will thank you for it!

Celebrity Skin Secrets NOT To Follow!

Recently, I read the most horrifying article recently about the 8 celebrity secrets of younger skin.

In a nutshell, they were…

1, Injectable fillers

2, Botox

3, Laser Therapy

4, Chemical peels

5, Makup artists

6, Stay out of the sun

7, Retinol anti-wrinkle creams

8, Digital air-brushing

Can you believe that people actually spend fortunes upon fortunes for the above (except for 6 and 8), just to temporarily keep their skin looking younger (if indeed this is what they actually achieve)?

This is how injectable fillers are described on Wikipedia –

“Injectable filler (injectable cosmetic filler, injectable facial filler) is a soft tissue filler injected into the skin to help fill in facial wrinkles, restoring a smoother appearance. Most of these wrinkle fillers are temporary because they are eventually absorbed by the body.”

Well, that’s useful then!

I don’t even want to get into laser therapy, chemical peels and retinol. And as for make up artists – does this make you look younger or just more attractive?

And don’t get me started on staying out of the sun. There’s this thing called Vitamin D which the body needs otherwise your body can’t absorb calcium effeciently. And you can’t produce Vitamin D if you don’t get any sun!

And as for botox… Well, I don’t know about you but I can spot this easily and to me it neither makes anyone look younger or more attractive… Fake is the word that comes to mind.

This image shows celebrities that regret having botox

And what kind of example does this kind of article set for the rest of us, especially since celebrities are trend setters and should follow nature’s path to better skin, not superficial ones.

I also read a similar, more down to earth article about what 10 of the young looking older celebrities do to keep their skin looking young, and not one of them mentioned diet, even though some of those celebrities are vegetarian, or undergo regular “natural” detox’s (as if cutting out meat and dairy is a special temporary diet…).

Diet and lifestyle I say counts for at least 75% of factors contributing to maintaining or acquiring (more) youthful skin, while the rest comes down to the environment you live in (whether polluted city or country living) and of course, the skincare and makeup products you use… (most skincare products will do your skin and body more damage than good of course!).

I would say diet and water intake (getting enough to allow your organs to function effectively) counts for most of the 75%, since your skin, an organ itself, is hugely influenced by the other systems of the body including circulatory and digestive. If you have healthy blood cells, a good immune system and low BMI (body mass index), you will find that your skin has far less toxicity and “problems” than someone who doesn’t have these things.

And a close second on the scale of importance, exercise… Because it is through exercise that we can better digest our food and burn fuel while helping blood flow and cell rejuvenation.

Yet this horrifying article detailing how celebrities look younger (or set themselves on a path to regret and self decay) doesn’t mention diet or exercise even once. It focuses purely on the external methods celebrities spend their money on, not on the simple lifestyle choices that people like Halle Berry, Demi Moore and Anne Hathaway follow, such as diet.

If the real truth were to become publicised, whether that is to become vegetarian, vegan or a raw foodist, the popularity of the article would likely plummet as changing diet involves lifestyle changes most are unwilling to make.

“Just tell me about the magic silver bullet that only celebrities have access to!”

At least that’s what the mainstream media thinks we want to hear about…

But 1, Nature is the best youth enhancer and anti-aging magic potion and 2, Youthful skin is accessible to everyone, not just celebrities!

Find out more about those in my next article.