Natural Anti Aging is an extremely easy process which doesn’t require too many sacrifices. Some of the tips given below can be done immediately, while others require a long-term lifestyle change. The key is to reduce your stress, increase your fitness and luckily some of the most effective ingredients for maintaining a healthy lifestyle are … natural!
Mental
How old do you feel? Are you 80 and feel young and gorgeous, or are you 40 and feel like a worn out, used up and tired old person? The first step is to change your attitude and have a mental picture of who you want to be.
Diet: Eating and Drinking
Try to eat meals with lots fruit and vegetables. Meals should be freshly prepared and cooked and balanced with a good balance on the plate. Choose foods which are high in anti-oxidants and have essential fatty acids. Meals which are high in fat may increase the chance you will get wrinkles. Our bodies are made up of 70% water so it is extremely important that you drink plenty of good quality water.
Skincare Products
One of the best things for skin care anti aging is to stay out of the sun. Sun exposure can cause wrinkles and sun spots. Using sunscreen is extremely important. Make sure the sunscreen protects against both the UVA and UVB rays and is free of toxic chemicals. Don’t just rely on sunscreen either. In addition to sunscreen here are some more sun smart ideas:
- Limit your time in the sun by avoiding sun exposure in the middle part of the day when the sun’s rays are the most intense
- Wear protective clothing: long sleeved shirt, hat and sunglasses
- Try and stay in the shade if you are outside
If you want to use a Natural Anti Aging cream on your skin the good news is that the most effective ingredients in creams for skin care are already natural. Choose creams that contain vitamins, minerals and botanical ingredients instead of the synthetic ones. Anti-oxidants such as coenzyme Q10, green tea and vitamins C, E, and A are fantastic as they repair the damage caused by the sun and pollution.
Elastin and Collagen are also common ingredients in an anti aging cream and can help with those wrinkles around the eyes and other parts of our bodies which develop as our body’s age. Exfoliate your skin regularly so that you remove the top, dead layer of skin to reveal the fresh and younger skin and to stimulate skin cell growth.
Fitness
An enjoyable and maintainable exercise program is very important so that you keep to it and want to do it. What may be good for one person is not necessarily going to be good and enjoyed by you.
Lifestyle
Avoid smoking and being around people who smoke. Smoking can accelerate the aging process of your skin and cause wrinkles. In addition to the effects on your skin, the consequences to your internal health are widely documented.
Make sure that you get enough sleep every night so that your body has time to rejuvenate and produce hormones such as ‘human growth hormone” so that your skin stays thick and doesn’t wrinkle. Cortisol (which is a hormone which breaks down skin cells) levels can increase if you don’t have enough sleep, also causing wrinkles.
Reduce Your Stress
Don’t feel guilty because you aren’t doing all of the above Natural Anti Aging points – guilt leads to stress. People who meditate or who maintain a low-stress lifestyle do look younger than your years. If you a prone to stress, a very good relaxation technique is to press your thumb into your solar plexus point (located just below the ball of your foot) and hold for one minute, then repeat on the other foot.
If you like the idea of not having to buy expensive cosmeceutical products and enjoy healthy living, then a Natural Anti Aging regime will be relatively easily to manage and incorporate into your lifestyle.
Natural Anti Aging: What About You?
Do you have any tips or personal experience with Natural Anti Aging?
If you do we would love to know! Please leave a comment, ask a question or share your experiences below.
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Hi Jayne,
Thanks for the great tips on Natural Anti Aging.
I can relate to the mental side of things, since this is where you control everything you do with yourself! Knowing what you are aiming to achieve is a huge step than just doing something for the sake of it. This way you will always get the best results and do things correctly.
What do you recommend as far as a natural 30+ sunscreen for me to buy?
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Hi Chris
Stay posted and I will do a product review on a Natural Sunscreen 30+! I am glad you enjoyed this post and got some benefit.
Jayne
Very nice tips you post. Thanks for the sharing.
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Hello Weorth James
I enjoy sharing to make people’s lives more fufilling
Jayne
I used to live in the north, but recently settled down in the south. I have noticed a dramatic change in the appearance of peoples skin as the sun does effect the skin greatly. People around the same age in different climates, will have a noticeable effect on their skin caused by the sun.
Hello Hip Replacement
The sun can have a devastating effect on skin and it is really important to do all that you can to protect your skin from the harmful elements of UV radiation which will speed up the aging process.
Jayne