THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2012

Category: Skin Care Tips

What Are the Best Resveratrol Products?

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“Seed Producing” plants make resveratrol, a phyto estrogen, when they are under attack by disease or fungus. It’s like an antibiotic for plants. But not all plants make it.

Grapes (and the red wine made from them), Japanese Knotweed and Peanuts seem to be the most common, usable resveratrol products. Are they the best resveratrol products though?

From an absorption point of view, red wine is the best resveratrol product. Resveratrol is best absorbed in the mouth, known as buccal absorption, and the method of swishing red wine in your mouth before swallowing is nature’s perfect gift. If you’re looking for wines with the highest resveratrol content, you’re going to have to do some research.

The absolute highest are the wines whose vintners left the skins in the fermentation process longer than 10 days – but that’s not easy information to find. The second best indicator is a wine grown in the mountains or in the north where fungus is more likely and thus more resveratrol was produced. But, you’re really better off if you just stick with the red wine you enjoy drinking.

Then comes peanuts. Peanuts happen to be high in resveratrol. And did you know that people who consumed nuts regularly, had lower body mass indexes? So, don’t worry about the fat content.

Finally, there really are only supplements left. Pills, powders and drinks. Resveratrol is absorbed best in the mouth, so toss out pills immediately. Since they’re only 20% absorbable as it is, they’re even less effective for resveratrol. Powders and drinks are somewhat the same since you mix powders with water. But there are a lot of drinks out there too.

If you find a drink you like, make sure it doesn’t have too much sugar. 100% grape juice would be ideal. And ideally, you’ll want to find one that’s individually packaged. Once you open the jar, the oxygen will neutralize the resveratrol antioxidants and glasses 3, 4 and 4 will be worthless. That goes with powders, too. Find one where the powders are individually packaged – and you’ll find gold.

Author:  Dan Morris – Antioxidant Researcher

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Do Natural Acne Remedies Really Work?

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Using natural acne remedies is one of the many options that you have to help combat against acne and acne breakouts. This is a skin condition that affects millions of people around the world and can really be painful both physically and emotionally. No one wants to go to work or school with pimples all over their face especially when people start noticing. This can be embarrassing. Well it doesn’t have to be this way any longer.

There are plenty of natural acne remedies that are proven to work and a lot of them have to do with eliminating a couple of bad habits and replace them with good ones. These natural acne remedies are simple to implement, are safer, and cheaper than if you were to take an acne medication.

There are quite a few problems if you decide to go the route of taking any type of acne medication whether it’s a pill or cream. The first one is that you need to be aware of unpleasant side effects which can range from being only mild to more severe. Some of the mild ones that you may experience are itchiness, dryness, flaking, etc. Some of the more severe ones can be depression, headaches, and possibly cause worse acne conditions.

Another problem is trying to find an acne treatment product that works and best fits your type of acne problem. This can be difficult seeing how there are so many products being advertised. Using natural acne remedies work for all people because it treats acne at the source and the surface not just the surface like many acne products. Even if you did find an acne treatment that works, most times it will only work temporarily because it only treats acne only at the source.

Here are some natural acne cures that you can use to start your journey in fighting acne:

Drink Water – Drinking more water will help to get rid of harmful toxins in your body that can contribute to you having acne. So get rid of the sodas and juices and drink plenty of water daily.

Eat Healthier – In order to function properly, your body along with your skin needs its daily vitamins and minerals. Avoid oily and fatty food intake and consume for foods that are rich in vitamin, minerals, and anti-oxidants.

Daily Exercise – This helps to get the blood pumping to deliver the goods (vitamins and minerals) to the skin as well as help to get rid of toxins through sweat.

These three ways can be considered natural acne cures because they will help to cleanse the body from the inside. Other natural acne cures that work on the surface on where the acne is, are cleaning the face with a gently soap, avoid makeup, lotions and anything that can clog the pores. You can also clean your towels and pillows more often to get rid of the oils and dirt that accumulate on them overtime.

These are only a few of the natural acne cures that you can implement. They really are simple and making them a habit will only be beneficial not only to curing your acne, but your overall lifestyle. There is no reason to risk taking acne drugs, pill, or creams when you know that there are natural acne cures that can be used to combat against this common skin condition.

By Matt Suttin
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