Healthy Life Journal

All people crave skin clean and healthy. Since long time the doctors know that vitamins play an important role in skin health. Dry skin, wrinkled and peeling generally can be repaired by taking enough vitamins. Even before modern medicine, human beings rely on vitamins and other natural substances to treat the skin.
Vitamin A

Vitamin A is applied topically (in a cream or lotion called retinol) is clinically proven to promote healing of skin conditions from acne scarring, reduces wrinkles and normalize the skin pores. Our bodies usually get enough vitamin D from daily food such as carrots, spinach, mango, milk and egg yolks, so we do not need supplements of vitamin A. Too much vitamin A can even be dangerous for the body.
Vitamin B

Vitamin B6 and B12 play an important role in healthy skin and hair. B6 vitamin supplements are widely used to treat various skin problems like eczema, seboroik dermatitis, psoriasis, acne and hair loss. New research shows that the addition of Vitamin B5 (pantotenik acid) and B3 (niacin) in skin care products also help to moisturize and beautify the skin. Bananas, broccoli, mushrooms, soy, fish, chicken, and meat are foods rich in vitamin B.
Vitamin C

In addition to an important role in wound healing, Vitamin C helps to overcome skin damage caused by excessive sunlight. Consume enough vitamin C to help prevent the outbreak of capillaries and sprue. Vitamin C is applied topically in addition to skin care products can stimulate collagen production which acts keep skin fresh and supple.
Vitamin E

Daily consumption of vitamin E supplements of 400 IU can reduce wrinkles and refine your skin texture. Nipple inflamed or cracked because breastfeeding also can be cured by applying vitamin E on a regular basis in the area sick. Foods rich in vitamin E include avocados, bean sprouts, beans, tuna fish, olive oil and lobster.

5 Habits for Getting Skin SehatKesibukan activities sometimes cause we do not have time for a good skin care. The result skin will lose their softness. Over age, the skin tends to become more thin & twisted. This is because the sebaceous glands (oil producing glands) to be reduced so aktiftasnya become more dry skin. Blood vessels in the skin also decreases so that the skin loses brightness.
Actually, a simple habit to treat the skin to maintain skin to always stay awake health & beauty in the future. Kebiaaan are:

1. Protect your skin from the sun
It is very important for skin care is to protect the skin from the sun. UV rays from the sun can damage the skin, causing wrinkles, dry & rough skin and even tumors of skin cancer.

Here are bebebrapa ways to protect the skin from the sun:
- Avoid to activities outside the home from 9 am-4 pm, when the time limit to activity.
- Use clothes that can protect the skin from the sun like a long-sleeved shirt, hat, etc..
- Always use sunscreen when outside the home activities. Should choose a sunscreen that can protect the skin from UV A & B and has a SPF (sun Protecting factor)> 15. Apply the sunscreen 15 minutes before doing activities & repeat again every 2 hours / after exposure to water / sweat.

2. Do not smoke
Smoking can accelerate the aging & wrinkles. Skin changes from smoking can occur in adults after 10 years. Smoking also can narrow the blood vessels in the skin, as a result of nutrition for the skin is reduced which then can increase the occurrence of damage to the elastic layer of the skin (elastin) & collagen. In addition to the repeated movement during smoking as attractive as sucking lips or wink to avoid the smoke can also menyababkan of wrinkles. Read the rest of this entry »