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Can we really reduce the signs of aging? There are several
things we can do to look and feel younger but I believe the way we eat has more
credibility for making us look and feel great than anything sold in a bottle or
tube today. And what about plastic surgery? Does it really make us look
younger?
I truly believe we start to look “like” the way we eat. If
we eat greasy fast food hamburgers and french-fries at dinner and potato chips,
and soda pop later on in the evening, and do this for several days in a row,
we’ll have no energy, puffy eyes, pimples, and blotchy skin. But when we eat
raw fruits, vegetables and other wholesome foods on a daily basis we’ll have
more energy, our skin begins to clear and reveals a natural glow, and it
doesn’t matter what age we are! Try it for two weeks and see for yourself.
As we all know, the most important aspect of having nice
clear skin is eating fresh fruits and vegetables daily. If you can take an
extra fifteen minutes in the morning to juice some carrots, apples, pears, etc
in the blender each morning, or even every other day, you will notice a skin
improvement within weeks. The natural foods in life are what works best.
We have been blessed with everything we need to stay healthy
and wise. And yet, many of us do not take heed to this important part of life
that has been freely given to us. We believe the miracle to wrinkles is found
in a bottle. We tend to make our health and other important aspects of our
life, harder than it should be. But
eating for good health is so simple and readily available.
We don’t need to be a celebrity to look and feel great. As a
matter of fact some of the best products for our skin cost a fraction of the
cost of those wrinkle creams in a bottle or processed vitamins do. Vitamins
come from the foods we eat and not from a processed little pill.
It is true; we have to take care of ourselves to look good
and feel great, and our skin needs scrubbed lightly and then moisturized daily.
If we absolutely must put something on our face, the most simple and cost
effective products would be pure Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, or Apple cider
Vinegar. All three of these natural products will reduce the signs of aging
better than a thirty-dollar bottle of wrinkle cream with collagen in it.
Why do we spend our hard earned dollars on wrinkle creams?
Because we are obsessed with the way we look, and we actually believe that
these lotions and creams will make us look younger! But is younger really what we should be after? How about keeping
fit in our forties and fifties and even into our sixties and maintaining the
“natural look” of who we are?
How about when we are forty looking forty instead of looking
forty with a face lift? When we’re sixty allowing the natural color of our
hair, and the natural lines of our skin make us look like we are sixty, instead
of sixty with a mask on our face?
The forty and fifty something woman who takes care of
herself is a picture of beauty in her au natural self. I can always tell when a
celebrity had a face-lift or Botox – she does not look natural. She will often
have puffy uneven lips, stretched tight mask like skin, and a contorted
face.
The natural fine lines and crows feet in the woman over
forty, who takes care of herself are part of who she is. The way she smiles and
laughs and loves life. The natural wrinkled look of the woman over forty
actually looks better than someone who spent thousands of dollars on a
face-lift.
God created us to show signs of maturing as we age because
some day, not that far from forty, fifty or sixty something we won’t have a
mortal body that ages and tells us when we do not eat right. I think that our Creator would like that we
take care of ourselves so we enjoy life to its fullest while we are walking on
this earth in our mortal bodies and be happy and content with the skin we’re
in.
Someday, we won’t have to worry about cellulite and wrinkles
because we’ll be in the spiritual form, but for now let’s be joyful for the way
we look and feel, and take care of ourselves the best we can.
Angie Lewis has written three books on how to have a happy marriage. She has just finished her fourth book THE ALCOHOLISM TRAP: Understanding Why You Drink and What You Can Do To Achieve Total Sobriety.
For more information about this book and marriage books, please visit: http://www.heavenministries.com
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