The Beauty Denominator

Everyone needs a certain level of vitamin B12 to stay healthy. B12 is an essential water-soluble vitamin that can be found in dairy products, meat, fish and other sources that are easy to do a search for. Since more people are becoming vegans or very strict vegetarians they are not receiving the proper levels of B12 and other essential nutrients and vitamins they can develop a deficiency state.

Older people also tend to develop a deficiency because of gastrointestinal disorders. The B12 isn’t readily absorbed by the intestines or isn’t able to be processed right so it’s lost. That’s where vitamin B12 supplements come in handy because those can be absorbed. I have known many people that have gone for the shots, but I prefer the easy way, the sublingual way.

Sublingual comes from Latin which means “under the tongue” and I’m familiar with that usage for medication because I use to get really bad migraines and I would simply stick and ergostat under my tongue right when the aura thing would start and it was absorbed very rapidly. Well now if you have a vitamin b12 deficiency instead of the shots you can use the sublingual method.

I think everyone should have a check up and you should ask your doctor if you have concerns about any of the following symptoms because you may have a vitamin B12 deficiency. The following symptoms could also be caused by other medical problems so check to make sure.

• anemia
•  fatigue
•  weakness
•  constipation
•  loss of appetite
•  weight loss
•  numbness and tingling in the hands
•  numbness and tingling in the feet
•  difficulty in maintaining balance
•  depression
•  confusion
•  dementia
•  poor memory
•  soreness of the mouth or tongue

Trivita is a well known supplier of vitamin and preventive health solutions and they have a lot of information that would be beneficial for you to read. If you’re like me and don’t always get in for that checkup when your suppose to and you are feeling run down and need more energy then b12 can help, but I suggest the sublingual because it’s a very small pill and dissolves directly into your system and it’s actually a pleasant taste. I didn’t mind it at all and I recommend sublingual b12 over shots Click here to get your own box of Trivita Sublingual B 12.

I have always loved the sun and always looked forward to getting a tan because I looked better. I went to Rehoboth Beach one year with my sister and got sun poisoning after that if I was out in the sun I would break out all over in blotches, that was horrible.

So I decided to use the tanning beds and found that after I had a base tan I could be out in the sun again. I know all about the effects of the sun and tanning beds, but I like having a tan although I stopped tanning 4 years ago because I became a recluse and hated going any where for a period of time. For me tanning was relaxing and I felt better.

Since riding the Bike with Bill I found that my body changed and I can be in the sun without a base tan now. Since I basically wear jeans and t-shirts my arms and face get tanned, but the rest of my body is white and since I don’t see it, it doesn’t bother me. I already have a tan on my face from riding the bike, but under my eyes where my glasses shade are white and it looks funny.

Instead of the dark circles I have a white circle. When we were at the store Saturday I picked up Jergens^® natural glow Daily Moisturizer and they included a sample tube of natural glow face. I haven’t tried that yet, but I tried the bigger tube. You are suppose to see a change in skin color after a week.

I was afraid it was going to be like that instant tan thing from the 60’s and make you all orange and streaky, but it isn’t so I’ll keep using it for awhile and see what happens. It rubbed in easily and I didn’t find it greasy plus it had a pleasant smell. I need to start applying it all over so I can really see if it makes a difference

It only cost about 7 dollars so it’s no big deal if it isn’t any good, but so far it feels just as good as the expensive stuff I’ve used as far as moisturizing goes. This is day 3 and it says a difference after a week. Let me know if you’ve tried this product and the results you got.

As we get older we need different types of nutrients and supplements and for the past month I have been taking Sublingual (under the tongue) B12 because of all the benefits for someone my age actually it’s recommended for 40 and up. I took the picture below so you could see that I do actually use a Sublingual B12 product and you can see my blog in the back ground.

All you do is put one under your tongue in the morning and let it dissolve so it gets directly into your blood stream. I like to comparison shop so I found TriVita today and they have a special running so I may switch to that brand because it’s well known and respected and the product sounds better, besides I like the way it’s packaged and I think it will stay fresh longer.

As we get older our body has a problem absorbing the B12 that we need and this is the solution for me because I refuse to get the shots. I know some of my friends have gone that route and even my sister-in-law had to have the shots when she was pregnant and she always had huge bruising spots where they gave her the shot, I hate needles, I’m a wuss. I have noticed a big difference with my energy level and B12 has many other benefits that you should really read about.

Get Trivita Sublingual B12 Here or at least read all of the information that is provided so you can make an informed decision between shots or this product. I have even been told that it helps with depression.

The informed urban man is learning more about mens skin care and it’s becoming a growing booming business. Let’s face it a mans body is different than ours and needs a different type of care, although the care of any human body regardless of sex is similar with cleansing, the texture and the amount of glands are different from a womans so therefore needs a different type of care.

This is a fairly new product line and the really good thing about this company is that they donate a percentage of sales to different charities that support the fight against prostate cancer. Men will use a womans product, but it doesn’t always work the same and some of the products for men on the market are simply like womens skin care and simply gives no benefit. If your looking for some unique products for men then you might want to check this line out for your man.

I did see a product that may work for Bill’s dry skin and that is the “Glycerin Hand & Body Lotion,” it’s fragrance free if someone has asthma which Bill does and the ingredients sound good, sea kelp for strengthening, shea butter for softening, aloe vera and glycerin to moisturize, chamomile to smooth and a nourishing bunch of vitamins A, B5, C and E. These ingredients combined should work great.

We all know that our skin plays an important role in our lives. In addition to protecting our bodies and internal organs, skin and the conditions we sometimes develop can have a dramatic impact on appearance as we well know. For that reason we spend billions to improve our skin and repair any skin damage.

Despite the fact that there are a countless number of over-the-counter skincare products that claim to provide relief and repair, there are also many natural remedies that have easily and safely produced the same results for many. So more and more people are turning to natural products and remedies for relief.

If you are an individual who suffers from peeling skin, you are urged to examine the vitamins that you currently consume. Whether it’s from taking vitamin supplements or or consumption of vitamin rich foods, vitamins can play an important role in healthy skin. Proteins, vitamin A, vitamin B, and vitamin C can also assist with peeling skin. They replenish the skin with needed nutrients. For food consumption, fish, eggs, carrots, milk, cheese, vegetables, and citrus fruits should be consumed on a daily basis.

Eczema is another skin problem experienced by many, my girlfriend had it on her scalp and elbows. Eczema is dangerous on many different levels, because it often produces the uncontrollable urge to itch. This can result in an itchy rash, which can also increase the chance of developing an infection. One of the best ways to prevent an eczema outbreak is to limit the exposure to trigger factors.

For some individuals, a trigger factor is food, such as dairy products and for others it could be contact with certain chemicals, such as laundry detergent. Drinking tomato juice on a daily bases is a natural remedy that can provide relief if eczema develops. Dry skin is another skin condition that many try to seek relief from. Dry skin can result in itching and it can increase one’s chances of having an eczema outbreak.

The good news, however, is that it is easy for many to naturally seek relief from dry skin. A mashed ripe banana is an ideal way to treat dry skin on the neck and face. Of course, this natural remedy can be used on other parts of the body, but it can get quite messy. Easy ways to relieve dry skin on the whole body include taking a milk bath once or twice a month or adding five drops of oat extract to warm bathwater.

I’m sure everyone has had razor burn at sometime in their life and to avoid it warm water should be used to help soften the skin. Soap is also advised, because it can help move the razor along, resulting in less skin nicks and cuts.Should razor burn develop, crush a few strawberries and mix them with one spoon full of sour cream.This mixture should be applied to the affected area and left on for about ten to fifteen minutes.Apply daily until the razor burn is no longer an issue.

Sunburn is another one of the many skin complications that many seek relief from. The good news with sunburns is that there are a number of natural remedies that can provide relief, mostly with the pain. Aloe Vera is one of the most well-known natural remedies for sunburns. Other remedies involve milk and raw cucumbers.

For cucumbers, apply slices of raw cucumbers to the burned area for relief and a reduction in skin inflammation. As for milk, dip it in a paper towel or cloth and gently apply to the skin. Milk tends to have a calming affect on burned and inflamed skin. I always recommend half and half for reddened skin after waxing or some other milk based product.

On this beauty blog I try to cover many things and even though I write about skin care I have never tried to formulate my own because there are so many companies out there that can do it much better and Scott-Vincent Borba who is the founder and CEO of Borba is one man that gets my attention not just because he’s handsome, but because of his philosophy of uniting the inner health of your skin with the outer and creating some exceptional skin care products to achieve this.

You really will achieve better results when you start within and that includes anything and everything, A sore needs to heal from the inside out because it doesn’t work well the other way around and that’s why we search our soul inside so that we can maintain in the outer world. To get back to skin care products that work best when we treat the inside lets take a look at one of the products. Regardless of your skin type there are skin care kits for everyone’s need.

HD-Illuminating Plasma Crystals

Diamond - Dermabrasion Peel Treatment

This product is a 2 step treatment for those of us with the dreaded aging skin and uneven tones the ingredient in the first is HD-Illuminating Plasma Crystals and the second is the HD-Illuminating Plasma Activator ( you can check the ingredients in both on their blog) which will produce the best results when used as directed, but if your in a rush you can combine the two, this system will help reduce those fine lines and wrinkles and illuminate the skin and reduce the dullness. None of Borba products are tested using animals and they are dermatologist tested & recommended.

A couple of their best sellers are Complete Age Defying Skin Care Solution which is the most expensive and the Age Defying Discovery System which is more affordable. The best time to start taking care of your skin is when you are young and with so many products out there you simply have to do some research to find out about the different companies and the ingredients that are used to make up those products to find the ones that are right for you.

Every month Borba has an online special promotion and the products change accordingly and if you spend $100. or more you receive the products of the month free. I always seem to miss him when he’s on QVC, but I just checked their blog and see I got lucky because he is on today and tonight the 28th so I’ll watch the 8 o’clock show. If you ever need to check the QVC dates and time he will be on, they have it listed on the site. You can also sign up to get a free sample in your mailbox when they start that up again.

It has long been believed that nutrition plays a significant role in the state of a person’s mental health, but is this really true? Recent as well as past researches have proven that nutrition (or the lack of it) does indeed have an effect on how a person’s brain functions, his moods and his behaviors.

For example, if a person skips a meal they are usually weak, out of focus and irritable. This case would worsen if it was extended for a longer period of time, then the person would become severely moody and indifferent to the demands of his environment thus showing decreased speed in reaction time.

These behaviors occur due to the lack of nutritional supply to the brain. The brain requires a high energy and nutrient supply. In fact, it comprises, 20% to 30% of all the energy consumption of the body during rest periods. Thus, any change in diet or nutrition levels of the body directly reflects in mental functioning.

Chronic energy deprivation, such as the case of malnourished people, results in the eventual shutting down of the body by decreasing its activities and redirecting all its energy sources towards the systems that require higher energy supply.

This results in altered levels of activities, changes in hormonal levels, lessened immune system efficiency and transport of nutrients and oxygen to certain body parts, all of which could directly or indirectly influence mental health. People with extremely low nutrition are more likely to become sad, depressed and emotional as compared with those who have adequate nutrition.

Newborn babies and fetuses are also susceptible to brain damage if they are subjected to a lack of necessary nutrition. The type and degree of damage is dependent on the severity of malnutrition. Also, malnutrition among babies has proven to produce a lower level of intelligence, cognitive defects as well as functional abnormalities.

Protein, carbohydrates, lipids and vitamins all have individual effects on the brain. Lack of supply of these necessary nutrients result in alterations in the activities of the neurotransmitters, a chemical component in the brain that transmits one nerve impulse to another nerve cell.

Malfunctioning of the transmitters could influence a person’s mood, thinking and even sleep patterns. Additionally, deficient levels of nutritions may result to nerve cell damage that could disrupt cognitive and mental functions.

Neurotransmitters are partly made of amino acids, the building block of protein. Trytophan for example, makes up the neurotransmitter serotonin. If the required amino acid is lacking, the functions of the neurotransmitter could not be executed affecting the normal functioning of the brain.

 In cases of deficient protein consumption and failure to supply the necessary amino acid to make serotonin, the body would experience low mood and perhaps, aggression. On the other hand, diseases that could cause the build up of certain amino acids could lead to brain damage thus affecting the mental health of an individual.    

Mood regulation could also be associated with the sufficient intake of dietary fats. Some studies have yielded inconclusive results on the correlation between serotonin level and an intake of omega-3 fatty acids, a certain type of fat found only in white fish, to the stress and symptoms of bipolar disorder (a mood disorder having the representations of both mania and depression) which my son suffers from.

So directly or indirectly, nutrition can have an effect on mental health as many studies would show. Changes in the nutritional intake of a person could lead to alterations in mental health and vice versa. People in the health field are always trying to teach us the proper way to eat in order to have a sound body and mind.

The quest to stay young looking has become a virtual passion especially as baby boomers move through middle age.  You can see it in commercials, particularly for women, who maintain that the effects of age can be defeated so the skin can remain smooth, soft and wrinkle free.  While it’s easy to discount this quest for great looking skin as vanity, there is truth to the idea that taking good care of our skin is a worthwhile ambition for baby boomers as they approach their retirement years.

Often we don’t think a lot about our skin.  It seems so self sufficient and self healing that we take for granted that it will just get better when it suffers mild abrasions or cuts or other ailments.  Few of us take the time to appreciate the fact that the skin is one of vital organs (the largest one) and that we should take care of it with as much concern as we do for our heart and lungs.

Maintaining robust health is a goal for baby boomers who have always been driven to fight the effects of aging and stay youthful.  So just as we all have worked together to become aware of the risks for heart disease, cancer and other endemic problems as we age, we should also become well informed on lifestyle choices that can affect the ability of our skin to stay healthy and able to take good care of us well into our golden years.

There is no other body organ that is so exposed to damage and so rugged in resisting the wear and tear of the world than the skin.  But the elements and even things we do can cause wear and tear on the skin and cause it to become dry, wrinkled and eventually more susceptible to disease.  Some of the things we can do from a lifestyle point of view to give our skin a head start on staying healthy throughout our lives are…

·    Protect the skin from the extremes of temperature such as harsh wind and cold.  These elements will dry the sin and lead to preliminary aging if we don’t take care earlier in life.

·    Similarly being sensible about exposing our skins to the sun just makes sense.  The quest for a good tan, while attractive in the short term, is not good skin care long term.

·    It doesn’t pay to wash the skin in harsh soaps or to scrub it too harshly.  While it is good to maintain a clean lifestyle and clean the skin regularly, we have to remember that harsh soaps and being too aggressive with the skin can wear it down and remove natural lubrication and cleansing agents that the skin generates to take care of itself.

·    Some habits such as smoking which we already identified for other health risks, are also hard on the skin.  All you have to do is to look at the face of a lifelong smoker to see the deep lines and the deterioration of the skin caused by that habit to make you want to throw your smokes out the window.

Good skin care like tooth care and care of other part so your body require regular attention, good life style habits and common sense.  Just as over attention to brushing the teeth can be as harmful as good, excessive washing and obsession about the skin is just as damaging as neglecting it.

As the old saying goes “I’m not getting any younger” and believe me no one else is either and it seems like a long aging process, but it really happens quickly. All of a sudden and you wake up and think dang I got old quick.

Our bodies are forever going through the aging process. Bringing the clock to a standstill is out of the questions and I really wouldn’t want to, so we need to take care of ourselves on a daily basis which I sometimes neglect. As we age, to make up for some of the declining chemicals and substances our body stops producing we have to take dietary supplements and vitamins as a substitution.

Dietary supplements are sometimes needed because as we age our diets change and we eat less. Sometimes we eat more. As our skin and digestive system starts to change, so do our vitamin levels. In order to keep these levels up we may need to take a supplement to bring that level up where it belongs to keep us happy and healthy as we age.

Not having the right vitamins can cause cancers and chronic diseases to develop. We all need to understand the vitamins that we need and how they will help keep us stay healthy and safe. In all, we have two different kinds of vitamins, which one is the fat-soluble [A, D, E, K] and the second one is the water-soluble [B, C, P].

The fat-soluble vitamins if taken too much of can turn into a poison toxic. Our bodies produce Vitamin D and K, and the vitamins A and E need to come from our food or a supplement to help prevent cardiac disease and some cancers. Therefore, it is very important that you have the right amount of A, C, and E.

The water-soluble vitamins help our kidneys get rid of our excess waste on a daily basis so it is very important to get the right amount daily. You should consult with your physician to learn which vitamins and supplements are best suited for you.

Chiro-Kleenz is a healthy, natural herbal tea that detoxifies and trims the system. It is designed for both men and women. NOTE: This tea will cleanse the body of poisons, yet you should note that the tea could cause cramping, and frequent bowel movement.

As we get older, our diets change and we don’t eat like we should. In addition, the foods we buy sometimes don’t have all or enough vitamins in them. The farmers are using fertilizer and chemicals to make their crop larger and better and with all these chemicals, it lowers the vitamins that you get from your diet.

Not eating the right diet or not enough can cause your vitamin level to drop. Some things you need to know are that Vitamin D is produced from the sun and the older we get the less we are outside, so by taking vitamin D it can help the brittle bones in our body and make them stronger.

Eating the right lean red meats, chicken and drinking skim milk will help with the b-12. Taking Vitamin B-12 and B-6 helps to reduce heart disease. B-12 will help the red blood cells produce and maintain the nervous system as well too.

Everyone at some point in time suffers from some sort of depression and many people are on anti-depressants. I myself was on them for several years. I was told I should take them the rest of my life, but I decided I didn’t want to so I stopped. It was gradual, I did not stop all at once. For many that is not an option they need to use them to feel better.

There are vitamin supplements that can help you fight depression and if you have prolonged depression it is advisable to seek treatment. Vitamin supplements and medical care can help you to fight depression in many cases. Your doctor will be able to recommend brands that are of high quality and instruct you on how to take the vitamin supplements so that your body can get all of the nutrients it needs to stay healthy and happy, both mentally and physically.

Minerals such as zinc, magnesium, and calcium plus the B vitamin family and vitamin C are all essential not only for your body, but also for your mental health and B-complex vitamins are essential. They are water-soluble, which means that they cannot be stored in the body over time to be used at a later date, and so you must eat foods rich in B vitamins every day or take vitamin supplements.

B-vitamin deficiency that could cause or add to your depression include thiamin, which provides energy to your brain, and pantothenic acid, which is crucial in the formation of certain hormones that suppress depression. Most other B vitamins affect your mental and emotional state as well, and because they are broken down in the body by alcohol and sugar, many people find it a struggle to eat enough food rich in the B vitamins. You should talk to your doctor about vitamin supplements in these areas in order to treat your depression.

If you’re trying to deal with depression in a way that is healthy for your body but doesn’t include the use of drugs, try to gain a better understanding of just how vitamins can work for your mental wellbeing. Vitamin supplements can help you fight your depression, but please seek help because it can certainly ruin your life if left untreated. Unless someone has suffered themselves it’s really hard to understand.