subject: Natural Anti Aging And Longevity [print this page] 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 as an organ is pretty sensitive to the environment around it. Things such as stress, sleep, sunlight, your diet, and toxins can all heavily affect the state and beauty of your 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 applying lotions and other things to your skin, first get rid of the underlying toxins. Are you aware that age spots can form simply through an overabundance of simple toxins in the body? As the body grows older and also becomes less efficient, it can't handle the load of toxins it's constantly bombarded with, and it sends the toxins to places like the skin to be expelled through sweat. Just think about that for a moment. That's pretty scary isn't it, that the skin is something like a sponge soaking up different toxins? But before you go adding supplements to your diet and creams to your skin care routine, first get rid of the bad. Even drinking water with lemon juice everyday instead of a can of soda will show you some great changes.
I mentioned earlier that there have been many studies conducted that show that people who eat less food generally live longer. Once again we see the principle at work that less is more. Does that then mean that all of us should start starving 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 our modern society of corporate farms and their substandard methods, it has become increasingly difficult to find the right vitamins, minerals and nutrition in our foods. Corporate farms replenish only the bare minimum of vitamins and minerals in their fertilizers. They're trying to cut their costs as much as they can, and as long as they can get their crops to grow again the next year, that's the only thing that matters. Research has shown that almost all of the standard vegetables we eat have less nutritional value than they once had, sometimes 50% less. What it really means is that you have to eat more food to get the same nutritional value.
