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Extra virgin olive oil is a tasty ingredient in salad dressings and Mediterranean dishes, and studies have found that olive oil can decrease the risk of heart disease and certain cancers, contributing to a  prolonged life, when included in a diet. According toNational Geographic News, “Olive oil may actually prevent cancer” and “oleic acid, the main monounsaturated fatty acid in olive oil, can cripple a cancer gene responsible for 25 to 30 percent of all breast cancers.”
How can something so [...]

By Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
A good face cream can work wonders, but it’s equally important to nourish your skin from the inside out. Below, I present four delicious foods packed with essential nutrients to keep your skin looking radiant and fresh!

Although hair is not essential to life, it is of sufficient cosmetic concern to provoke anxiety in anyone when it starts thinning, falling, or disappearing. To a woman, the sight of a comb or brush covered with lost hair can cause intense mental strain. Hair is formed in minute pockets in the skill called follicles.

The amount of recent information about anti-aging supplements is staggering. Suddenly, everywhere you look there is a new way to turn back the clock and preserve your young skin. Previous products being offered usually came from a lab and included ingredients that you could hardly pronounce let alone relate to. Now, not only are there topical solutions to aging being offered, but there is also relief in the form of vitamin and mineral supplement. It is being strongly suggested that you drink, eat, and topically treat yourself to a more youthful appearance.

Age spots, also known as browns spots are caused from excessive exposure to the sun. These dark spots are usually found on the face, neck, and hands as these are the areas that receive the most sun exposure. Although brown spots are not necessarily caused from ageing, they are caused by overexposure to the sun and as we age our skin’s ability to fight back is lessened thus producing age spots on the face, neck and hands.
The skin produces melanin [...]

From AOLHealth
Most new skin care products look like the result of a mesh between the cosmetics counter and the grocery store. Food ingredients such as avocados, milk, fish and even coffee are making their way into lotions and potions promising smoother, younger skin. But do they really work?
We turned to Diane Berson, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City to let us know whether you’re better off eating this stuff … [...]

Provided by Prevention
If the promise of a slimmer waistline hasn’t curbed your sweet tooth, maybe the desire for smooth skin will. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but experts now believe that a lifetime of overeating sugar can make skin dull and wrinkled.
At blame is a natural process that’s known as glycation, in which the sugar in your bloodstream attaches to proteins to form harmful new molecules called advanced glycation end products (or, appropriately, AGEs for short). The more sugaryou [...]

My Top 10 Beauty Foods are packed with the powerful nutrients and micronutrients your body needs to keep your cells refreshed and in good repair. This chapter is all about giving your body the materials it needs helps keep you healthy, radiant, vibrant, and young. To have delicate, soft skin, thick, shiny hair, long, smooth fingernails, clear, bright eyes, and a brilliant, gleaming smile, you need to nourish your body from within. The more nutrient-rich foods you eat, the greater you feel and the better you look!

By Charles Schuler (TotalBeauty.com)

What? No more late-night runs to the drugstore? Where do we sign up? That’s what we said after talking with Janice Cox, author of “Natural Beauty at Home,” who explained why many people would rather make their own beauty products: “Cost savings, convenience and control,” she said. “You can make for pennies what you’re spending dollars on at the store … late at night or early in the morning, and you know exactly what’s in it.”
With that [...]

Warmer weather is around the corner and summer fashions have filled the shops…and some of us (okay, me) are doing anything to avoid stepping on the scale and assessing this winter’s damage. I would prefer sticking with my eyeball estimate of 10lbs gained, but something tells me the scale may not be so generous.
However, I’ve decided to muster up what little will power I have and ignore the remaining Lindt chocolate truffles hidden in my closet and lose the extra [...]