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Natural Anti Aging and Longevity

By Ben Mester

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Published: 04Oct2010
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In the realm of natural anti aging and longevity, I've come to heartily accept the principle that "less is more." Over the last year, I've been conducting heavy research in the fields of natural healthy, holistic healing, naturopathy, homeopathy, and the like, and have come to some very interesting conclusions. What does "less is more" mean, in regards to natural anti aging? Most people want to add something into their diet, a miracle drug, or apply something to their skin, a miracle lotion. But what they don't often consider is that an overabundance of everything in our environment is one of the causes for premature aging and disease. It shouldn't be surprising that many studies have shown that people who eat less live longer. With so many toxins in our diets, preservatives and pesticides, making your body process less food will make it last longer. This is especially true with the skin. The skin is one of the biggest collectors of toxins in the human body. When the body has chemical toxins floating around the system, it often exports them to the skin to be gotten rid of through sweat. You can guess the effect that toxins stored in the skin have on the skin. Premature anti aging is only one of the byproducts.

The skin is incredibly sensitive to its environment. Things like sunlight, stress, nutrition, sleep, and toxins can all effect the condition and beauty of the skin. With the skin, the concept of "less is more," is especially true. The very best thing you can do for your skin is to detox your body. Instead of adding things to your skin, like lotions and masks, first take things away, namely toxins. Did you know that age spots can be caused simply from an overabundance of toxins in the system? As the body ages and becomes less efficient, it can no longer handle the load of toxins it is introduced to, and ships them off to the skin to hopefully be expelled through sweat. Just think about that for a moment. Pretty horrifying isn't it, that your skin is like a sponge for toxins? Before you start adding things into your diet and skin care routine, first take away the bad. Even sipping lemon juice with water everyday instead of soda will drastically help you.

I mentioned earlier that there have been many studies conducted that show that people who eat less food generally live longer. Again the principle of "less is more" reigns true. Does that mean that we should all starve ourselves? Not at all. What it does mean however, is that we ought to eat more nutritious foods, and build up our digestive system to utilize and absorb as much of the food that we do eat. The bottom line is that if you live in America and eat the Standard American Diet (SAD) you're very heavily exposed to under-nutritious foods, and lots of toxins. In today's modern society of corporate farming methods, it's very difficult to get the right nutrition, minerals, and vitamins. Corporate farms replenish only the bare minimum of vitamins and minerals in their fertilizers. They want to cut costs as much as possible and as long as their crops grow again the next year, that's what's most important. Studies have shown that many of the vegetables we eat have only half the nutritional value they once had. What that means is that you have to eat more to get the same value.

I hope you got a few good natural anti aging tips. For more on anti aging methods, check out another of my articles on LED anti aging light therapy.

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