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Whether it is summer and the temperature is hot and the air is humid, or winter and it’s cold and dry, you skin needs certain minerals and vitamins in order to look (and feel) it’s best. Your skin is the largest organ you have, so treating it with the respect it deserve is important! Getting into a daily skin care routine that pays off in more ways than one, leaving you with healthy, radiant, youthful looking skin.
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Throughout the day, your skin is collecting dirt, oil, and other unwanted debris and is covered by bacteria, pollutants and old (and dead) skin cells. Washing your face daily will help to remove those impurities. Leaving your face unwashed could cause clogged pores, dirty skin and a breakout you really don’t need.
You’ll want to find an all-natural facial cleanser that cleanses deep benefit your skin’s surface and provides long-lasting hydration to get you through the day. Stay away from products that contain parabens, petrolum, colorants, fragrances, sulfates, benzoic acid and other harsh and dangerous ingredients. Be sure your facial cleanser contains antioxidant ingredients (like Green tea, Grape Seed extract, and Vitamin C) to help slough off rough, dead skin cells, tone pores and clean the skin.
If you’ve been skipping a facial toner, you don’t know what you’ve been missing, especially if you have acne-prone skin! Facial toners help to prep the skin for moisturizer and can get rid of the excess oils, stubborn dirt and makeup that could be left over after using your facial cleanser. A facial toner will also help to keep your pores tight. You’ll want to use a facial toner that contains ingredients that are light enough to not leave your skin feeling tight, but powerful enough to show benefit. These ingredients include Green Tea, Witch Hazel, Marine collagen, Aloe Vera and Cucumber oils.
If you’re skin care routine is easiest for you after you shower, that’s great! But did you know that a hot shower or bath can strip your skin of moisture and oils it needs to stay hydrated? No worries – here is where a good facial moisturizer comes in! Using a facial moisturizer replenishes the hydration that your skin needs in order to give you that dewy, glowing skin you’ve been looking for, without making it feel oily to the touch. The best moisturizer includes antioxidants like Grape Seed, Bilberry Fruit, Vitamin C and E and Alpha-Lipoic Acid (ALA), that offers enriching protection for healthy, smooth, and even-toned skin.
If you’re concerned about your skin’s brightness or discoloration (especially in the summer due to the sun), you may want to invest in a toning serum. It’s job is to help fight free-radical and chemical damage on your face and neck and brighten your skin tone. Uneven pigmentation can be a serious issue for many women (and men!). An overnight toning serum, especially one with Vitamin C, can help be both protective and beneficial.
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The ketogenic diet, or keto diet for short, is a diet that seems to have taken over the millennial generation. But is it safe or effective? We help you break it down.
The basis of the diet is to eat more fat and less carbs. The thought behind it is, if you eat fewer carbs, your body will burn through them faster and will have to start breaking down fat in your body for energy, since your body’s preferred fuel source are carbs. When this happens, your body goes into ketosis.
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When you deprive your body of carbohydrates (carbs), you’re limiting your body’s glycogen. When this happens, your body will need to find another fuel source. This transition is a metabolic state called ketosis, where it converts fat into ketones as its new fuel source. Ketones are byproducts of the body breaking down fat for energy.
For many, the keto diet can be very restrictive. Most dieters eat mostly meat, healthy fats and non-starchy vegetables. This can include fats like olive oil, coconut oil, and avocados, proteins like poultry, eggs and fish, and non-starchy vegetables like leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower).
On the keto diet, many eat these foods very sparingly – full-fat dairy (milk, cheese, yogut), medium-starchy vegetables (carrots, beets, potatoes), legumes (beans, lentils), nuts and seeds, and fruits (berries, bananas and melons).
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And almost all keto dieters avoid these foods completely – sugar (honey, agave, maple syrup), grains (wheat, oats, rice, corn), foods made with flour (breads, pastas), and processed foods.
In a small study, published in February 2018 in the journal Nutrition and Metabolism, 12 obese people followed an adjusted version of the popular ketogenic diet that was very low in calories for about two to three months, and lost about 45 pounds each – and kept the weight off after increasing their calorie intake one to two months later.
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Additionally, according to Marcelo Campos, MD, contributor for Harvard Medical School’s online blog, “Previous research shows good evidence of faster weight loss when patients go on a ketogenic or very low carbohydrate diet compared to participants on a more traditional low-fat diet, or even a Mediterranean diet. However, that difference in weight loss seems to disappear over time. A ketogenic diet can has also been shown to improve blood sugar control for patients with type 2 diabetes, at least in the short term. There is even more controversy when we consider the effect on cholesterol levels. A few studies show some patients have increase in cholesterol levels in the beginning, only to see cholesterol fall a few months later. However, there is no long-term research analyzing its effects over time on diabetes and high cholesterol.”
Speak with your doctor or a certified nutritionist before making any major dietary changes. Get a free consultation with InVite® Health’s certified nutritionists today!