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Feed Your Libido- Sexually Enhancing Benefits of Pomegranates- Vegan Recipe Included

Rachel Venokur-Clark — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:21:13 +0000

For centuries, pomegranates have been used to promote fertility, increase vitality and to lengthen and improve human life. Foods that resembled seeds or eggs were historically thought to be aphrodisiacs. It turns out, those ancient sexual beings were on to something. The pomegranate, with its abundance of seeds, is said to be a symbol of fertility. The seeds of the fruit were often compared to the seeds of life. Nutritionally speaking, the pomegranate offers your body an array of nutrients that will not only increase your overall health, but may just boost your libido and sexual vigor as well.

Pomegranates contain almost half your daily quota of Vitamin C, an antioxidant that is required for at least 300 different metabolic functions in the body. Vitamin C is also a protector from free radical damage and a facilitator of good circulation, which is vital for sexual health and pleasure. They also contain vitamin B5, the anti-stress vitamin needed for proper adrenal function, and vitamins A and E, which help to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Pomegranate oil is now being used in many menopause products to help reduce symptoms, as well as in vaginal creams to help eliminate dryness, which can make sex painful. Pomegranate juice is easily found at your local grocery store, often mixed with other super-fruits, offering you an antioxidant cocktail that is easily assimilated by the body. The seeds are great in cold salads, on (soy) yogurt with some nuts or paired with greens for a sweet and tart delight. Do something good for your body today and try the greens recipes below to increase your overall health and feed your libido at the same time. It doesn’t get much better then that.

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Natural Beauty-Plant Based Ingredients for Beautiful Skin, Hair and Nails

Rachel Venokur-Clark — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:52:00 +0000

These days there are all kinds of new products on the market claiming to be the new natural cure for all of your beauty issues. Before you spend your hard earned dollar on another new product promising to get rid of wrinkles or magically make the cellulite disappear from your backside, here’s the scoop on some natural ingredients that have been scientifically proven to work. Real Simple Magazine put together a list of some of the most useful and natural ingredients to look for in products in order to brighten up your skin and make your hair silky and shiny. Here are a few of them to be on the look out for.

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Meatless Mondays-Vegan Anti-Aging Goji Berry Muffins

Rachel Venokur-Clark — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:08:51 +0000

Going Meatless on Mondays doesn’t have to mean deprivation of all your favorite foods. By making some simple changes to recipes, you can easily swap out the animal products for vegan options. Here is a simple veganized muffin recipe, so you can start your Meatless Monday off with delicious, healthy, energizing and decadent baked good.

Tibetan Goji Berries are regarded in Tibet as the “Fruit of Longevity and Well Being”. Goji berries have been traditionally regarded as a food that offers your body longevity, strength-building, and sexual potency. Goji’s are a complete protein source and a low calorie snack that strengthens your immune system, increases energy and helps to curb cravings. It has one of the highest antioxidant contents in all food, which helps to fight free radicals, keeping you young and vibrant. Goji’s contain 18 amino acids, vitamin C, beta-carotene, 20 rare trace minerals, vitamin B1, B2 and B6 and vitamin E.

In honor of this Meatless Monday, let’s boost our energy, keep ourselves looking and feeling young and chow down on some delicious vegan, anti-aging muffins.

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Argan Oil Benefits Women

Liz Thompson — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:34:51 +0000

Not long ago, I wrote a post on argan oil and its many beauty benefits. From anti-aging and antioxidant properties to hair and nail treatments, this oil is a wonder ingredient. Safe and natural, light and hydrating, argan oil has many uses in the beauty world. But the argan tree and its fruits have a long history with Moroccan women that goes beyond beauty.

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Drink Up: Top 5 Reasons to Drink More Water

Rachel Venokur-Clark — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:27:01 +0000

Water is essential. Your body is made up of over 70% water; making water the single most important nutrient, apart from oxygen. Water not only re-hydrates your body, but it moves vital nutrients though out your body, removes waste from your system, aids in digestion and can even help you to lose weight.

It’s ideal to drink at least 8 glasses of water though out the day to ensure you are getting all of the amazing benefits water has to offer. Don’t wait until your body tells you are thirsty, by that point you are already dehydrated and may be feeling false hunger pangs. Our brains can’t decipher the difference between being thirsty and being hungry. The stomach growl you experience at 3PM may actually be your body telling you that you have not had enough water today.

Headaches, poor concentration, fatigue, constipation and dry skin are signals that you are not drinking enough water. Your body may also retain water, holding on to the small supply it is getting, if you do not give it enough water. When you begin to drink more water daily, these symptoms should begin to alleviate.

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Fountain of Youth-The Anti-Aging Top 8

Rachel Venokur-Clark — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:10:34 +0000

We are bombarded everyday with images of what we are supposed to think is beautiful. A young, super skinny, airbrushed model is what many of us compare ourselves to on a regular basis. In a world where youth is idolized and aging is seen as something, well, less favorable, we are all searching for that magical fountain of youth. How about writing off the plastic surgeon for a while and starting from the inside out. According to the Real Age website, maintaining your weight and body mass index at a desirable level can make your Real Age as much as 6 years younger. What you put in your body can not only help to maintain a healthy weight, but can slow down the aging process and even reverse the damage that has already been done. Based on that, I’d say Nutrition is the real fountain of youth.

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It’s Finally Here! Intelligent Nutrients Certified Organic Skin Care

Terri Bly — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:28:57 +0000

Intelligent Nutrients Organic Anti-Aging Facial Care, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

Thy scent reminds me of a summer’s day, of freshly cut grass, lilac, and strawberr…ays.

My skin loveth thy powerful antioxidant complex, thine ability to renew and regenerate,

Erasing the lines caused by old griefs and sorrows, prolonged recessions, and no tax rebate.

Ok, so clearly I’m no poet, but I’ve found it difficult to describe just how much I’m loving Intelligent Nutrients’ new USDA organic skin care line without sounding like a Sunday morning informercial, so the poem seemed like the lesser of two evils.

About a month ago, I received my preview kit of all four products in the IN anti-aging skin care line that will be available as of next week.

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Eat Colorfully-6 Colors to Eat for Vibrant Health

Rachel Venokur-Clark — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:48:17 +0000

Most of us know that we are supposed to eat our greens in order to stay healthy. However, eating fruits and vegetables in every color of the rainbow is the real key to making sure you are getting all the nutrients your body needs. By eating a colorful palette of produce every day, you’ll be giving your body phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are a plant-based substance that is shown to help prevent disease, cancer and the effects of aging. The brighter and more intense the color, the stronger the phytonutrients are. Each color group provides us with different important nutrients. How many colors did you eat today?

Lavere Anti-Aging Skin Care

Liz Thompson — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:11 +0000

As if Lavere anti-aging skin care line were not already terrific enough, they went and added more products to their anti-aging skin care line-up. Created by Lavera, the BDIH certified natural cosmetics maker with a large celebrity following, Lavere is their answer to department store quality anti-aging skin care.

With several different products to choose from, including those for body and Classic Lavere, you are sure to find the perfect items to satisfy your particular skin care needs. All Lavere anti-aging products are designed to soothe and strengthen the skin and contain cell stimulating and collagen production increasing ingredients, like chicory root extract, algae, and biodynes.

The products I tried are from the Intensive skin care line for dry and sensitive skin types. I will say that Lavere products have always been a favorite and these are no exception.

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Organic Apoteke Rejuvenating Skin Care Will Make You Blush

Liz Thompson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:29:19 +0000

If you, like many, are beginning to see the signs of aging on your skin but still want products gentle enough for sensitive skin, Organic Apoteke may be just what you have been looking for.

Organic Apoteke Rejuvenating line is specifically designed for sensitive and mature skin. Made with Organic Rose oil, antioxidants and vitamins, these products combine the perfect ingredients for tending to delicate skin while helping to diminish signs of aging. The brand also touts a blush-inducing nutrient complex said to leave your skin aglow. Of course, I had to try it.

The cleanser was mild and gentle and left my skin feeling, well… cleansed, and the toner was light and not at all harsh. But I must admit I was skeptical of the moisturizer. It was a different consistency than most moisturizers for sensitive skin and didn’t seem like it could possibly be very hydrating. Well, my doubt was (thankfully) proved wrong when my skin was left soft and supple, yet definitely not greasy, and remained so all night. The best part of all; my skin had a nice glow to it, which is not unusual after cleansing and moisturizing, but what is unusual — the glow was still there in the morning! Something we all want, especially this time of year.

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Xingu: Organic, Powerful Age Protection

Terri Bly — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:33:52 +0000

By now, most of us have heard that the secrets to youthful, wrinkle-free skin are sun protection and the application of powerful anti-oxidants, which stimulate the regeneration of skin cells and the production of collagen. Enter Santaverde’s new Xingu line:

Named for the region near the Xingu River in Brazil where the unique and potent medicinal plant oils and extracts are gathered, the Xingu cream and serum were specifically created to meet the demanding skincare needs of the modern woman. The indulgent, highly effective and preventative formulas regenerate and renew skin cells, provide high levels of protective antioxidants to prevent damage from free radicals, stimulate collagen production and provide healing anti-inflammatory benefits.

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Think Anti-Aging Products + Organic Beauty An Oxymoron? Introducing SukiSpa ~ The Brand New Cosmeceutical Grade Skin Prescriptions Line

Stancie Wilson — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:30:20 +0000

As if to outdo themselves, the already fabulous Suki skincare line has just turned it up a notch. Launched at ISPA this past weekend and online today, the brand-new bioengineered cosmeceutical grade skin prescriptions “spa line” boasts the culmination of breakthrough scientific advancements with pure organic botanicals, creating a high-powered line of potent & pure skin care. After years of research & development, Suki Kramer continues to challenge industry standards of purity and efficacy. Designed to target some of the most stubborn of skin issues with high doses of cutting edge actives, this line will combine the same philosophy of suki advanced. organic. science.™ with even more advanced cutting edge ingredients. The six new sukispa™ products include:

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Skin Gets A Fresh Start.

Emma Pezzack — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:56:04 +0000

With Organic Ginkgo, Gotu Kola and B3, this amazing Fresh Start Serum from Stem Organics reads more like a new energy drink than an elixir of life for stressed skins! We know that the biggest cause of aging is sun exposure, followed closely behind by free radical damage caused by factors such as smoking and polluted air. Whether we like it or not, we’re exposed daily to environmental factors that affect our skin and while we can’t reverse the aging process, using a serum like Fresh Start from Stem Organics can make a significant difference to how your skin looks, feels and functions.

Loaded with unique bioactives that contain high concentrations of antioxidant and anti-aging ingredients, this is one serum that’s a must-have for Summer. Niacinamide (B3), Grapeseed Extract, Beta-Glucan, sea buckthorn, and olive leaf extract, all rejuvenate & restore skin. Polyphenol-rich Pomegranate and Australian bush flower essence of Banksia, stimulate cell renewal, energy & vitality to your skin making it more supple, youthful and healthy. Australian Kakadu Plum contains one of the richest sources of free-radical fighting Vitamin C in the world. As if that weren’t enough, all these ingredients are in a base of organic Aloe for ultimate healing, soothing and skin repair.

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