Healthy Skin Care 

  Healthy skin care is a natural part of a healthy lifestyle. Your skin is the largest organ of your body and like any other part, it needs the basic building blocks of a healthy diet. But eating right isn’t the whole story. To be healthy, whether for your skin or in any other way, you must be proactive. There used to be two theories to health care. One was to be proactive, preventative, and seek expert medical advice or intervention only when necessary. The other philosophy was to not worry at all about one’s health. After all, you can go to the doctor whenever you need to. Healthy skin care is not a passive activity, it is proactive.  Synergy's Tri-Action System is the best place to start. Click on the image to the left for more information.
Nutrition: Begin with a sound, nutritious diet. In today’s world you should supplement your diet with natural vitamins and minerals. Your body needs Vitamin A, the Vitamin B Complex, Vitamin C, a balance of protein from healthy sources, minerals such as calcium, chromium, iron, magnesium, and potassium among others. Eat a diet with plenty of variety, with food from all the food groups. If you are not doing this, any other strategies you implement will only have partial effect.

Habits: Take a good look at your habits. Unhealthy habits are unhealthy for your skin. Smoking impedes the health of your entire body, especially the skin. For the skin, smoking affects the ability of your blood vessels to deliver the necessary vitamins and minerals to your skin cells. Excessive alcohol consumption will affect your skin as well. Like smoking, alcohol affects the blood vessels. In this case the vessels dilate and often break, especially the small ones delivering nutrients to skin cells. Any other habit that puts unhealthy substances into or on your body will affect the health of your skin.

Moisturize With Balance: For people who are proactive with their health, too much moisturizing of the skin is common. The skin uses natural oils to maintain the needed balance of moisture in the cells. Too much or too little isn’t good. Since the processes that work to place and maintain moisture in our skin slow with age, the older we are the more this becomes an issue. You want to moisturize at specific times (such as just after washing or bathing) and with balanced, natural moisturizers.

Be Mindful of the Sun: Sunlight is a good thing. We, like other living things, need sunlight to live. Have you ever wondered or do you remember why milk is almost always “Fortified With Vitamin D?” Sunlight causes the creation of Vitamin D in the skin. Lack of sunlight and other factors leading to a deficiency of Vitamin D can lead to Rickets, a disease of the bones. Nevertheless, too much sunlight can cause problems, especially for the skin. Again the key is balance. Get enough sun, but not too much. People who never go outside won’t benefit from the sun. People who are always outside will have difficulty. If you will be in the sun longer than a short period of time, use a sun block with an SPF of 15 or higher.
Be Consistent: Like general health, the health of your skin needs consistent care. Eating healthy for a short period doesn’t give long-term benefits. Moisturizing your skin only when you notice dryness is not as good as a recurring regimen of strategies for healthy skin care.  Click on the image to the right for more information.