Skin: The Super Organ
Published on Feb 22, 2016
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Skin: The Super Organ
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Our skin is blessed with the ability to renew itself. The entire skin is renewed in 28 days.
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In order to renew itself, the skin needs to shed dead cells. It does so at the rate of 30,000 to 40,000 dead cells per minute.
Changes in skin conditions can sometimes mean changes in health conditions as a whole and hence, any skin condition should be taken seriously
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Scrubbing with most drug-store brand cleansing scrubs is much too harsh for most skin types (more frequent and harder face-washing can actually exacerbate acne Instead of using toxin- and chemical-packed scrubs , exfoliate naturally using fruit. As long as you are not allergic (obviously), rubbing the inside skin of a fresh mango, mashed strawberries, or fresh pineapple chunks directly on your face, leaving the natural, fruit acid AHAs on there for a few minutes, then rinsing off, is the best exfoliator you can get
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If you are magnesium deficient, the best way to increase your levels is topically. Transdermal application works better than ingesting magnesium foods or supplements to increase your uptake because it bypasses all digestive organs and enters the bloodstream directly. Studies have found that we can absorb up to 64% of what is applied on our skin or more
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A healthy diet with lots of fresh fruits and veggies, lots of water, and maybe a skin-benefiting tea, minimal alcohol and plenty of sweat-drenching exercise will make skin glow more than any expensive cleanser or moisturizer
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When you squeeze a pimple, and instead of blood, you get that clear, white, fluid that then forms a scab? That’s lymph fluid.
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Our Body Creates 8 Pounds Of Skin Every Year
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A sunburn is the skin’s response to extreme ultraviolet (UV) exposure and indicates severe damage. In as little as 10 minutes of intense UV exposure,
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Peeling after a sunburn is your body’s way of getting rid of the damaged cells that are at risk of "losing control" and becoming cancerous. Due to this danger, all damaged cells are instructed to sacrifice themselves by repair mechanisms within these cells.
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