Forever Young - Simple Tricks To Beat The Body Clock

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You may have started to look in the mirror and not recognize the person staring back at you. Perhaps the laughter lines are still there long after the laughter has stopped. Maybe those wrinkles around the eyes that were somewhat cute before have now started to lose their appeal? Whatever the issue there are a few simple tips and tricks you can adopt to keep the years at bay. Even better still, none of them require you to visit the bank manager or the plastic surgeon.

Get Fit Stay Fitter
There are many ways in which getting enough exercise can help you look younger. Firstly, exercise helps in circulating a more substantial amount of nutrients and oxygen to your skin, in turn making you look more radiant.

Exercise also kick-starts the primary process of collagen production, which is responsible for creating younger skin, something which slows down as the years go by.

Exercise also improves your posture. This can help in making you look and feel younger, as well as making you far more confident.

Exercise counteracts free radical destruction, which is contributed as being one of the main reasons for looking older.

Exercise will have a direct impact on lessening the number of grey hairs you have, as it helps to reduce stress.

Exercise will also help you sleep better, resulting in a reduction in dark circles around the eyes and less puffiness. 

Exercise will naturally boost your HGH also known as Human Growth Hormones, without you having to spend thousands on potentially painful injections to look younger.

Exercise, of course, maintains your muscle mass & gets rid of unsightly body fat and will prevent your skin from sagging.

Exercise will turn back the ageing clock. This is achieved by maintaining the length of your muscles that get shorter as you age. According to a recent study, older people who exercised had telomeres approximately the same length as a twenty-year-olds! Even more impressive, exercise has an anti-ageing effect at the molecular level.

Lose Weight
It has been shown that if you lose 10lbs, then you can look ten years younger. This is because weight tends to drop off from the top and works its weight down. As weight sheds from the face first, even losing five pounds will make you look more youthful. You can follow a weight loss plan but be sure to consult with a medical professional first. Be sure not to lose too much weight as women should be maintaining a body fat percentage of at least 14% wheres men should be aiming for at least 6%. This makes sure your face retains its natural fullness through fat and will sustain a more youthful look.

Quick Fasting
Again under medical supervision, you can look to partake in intermittent fasting. This naturally increases your Human Growth Hormone which in turn will amp up collagen production, This type of fasting also induces autophagy. Mainly speaking this is where the cells in your body restore themselves, creating a newer and much healthier cell to prevent ageing.

Get It On
Making love at least three times a week can make you look up to ten years younger according to Dr David Weeks, who carried out a recent survey on the results of the effects of more sexual activity versus the ageing process.

According to the findings,  having more sex is the next best thing you can do besides exercise, to look younger, This is because it encourages your body to release more copious amounts of growth hormones naturally. It has also been proven that having more sex can help you live longer. So forget the excuses and think anti-ageing!

Kissing
Even kissing can make you look younger! This is because the act of kissing can tone up over 30 of your facial muscles.

Rave About Retinoids
These creams support your body's natural process of producing more collagen, thus assisting in a more youthful glow by eradicating wrinkles, acne and pesky age spots.

Dermatologists have stated that they can quickly tell if a lady has been using retinoids just because she just looks too good for her age.

Ageless Antioxidants
Antioxidants, put simply, battle the free radicals which speed up the ageing process Adding more antioxidants to your diet will diminish the ageing process and could even reverse the effects of ageing by eliminating wrinkles. As well as getting this essential component through the food you eat, you could also use antioxidant creams to speed things up.

Be a Scrubber Every Week
We are now talking exfoliation, as when you exfoliate you are removing all dead skin cells to expose your younger looking visage immediately. As well as removing the dead cells, exfoliation boosts collagen production, making it easier for your skin to absorb any moisturizer you may use.

Be sure to use exfoliation products that contain antioxidants and retinoids, making sure the particles in your exfoliating scrub are smooth & small. Any large particles may well be so big that they could lead to your inadvertently damaging your skin. If these types of scrubs are too rough for your skin type to handle, then consider chemically exfoliating your skin using products containing glycolic or salicylic acid, these are also used to rid the skin of acne.

Chemical Peels
This type of peel or microdermabrasion is an advanced form of exfoliation which is carried out by a professional dermatologist. The upper layer of skin is removed to stimulate the production of collagen, As with regular exfoliation you can look instantly younger after a Chemical peel, but it can work ou an expensive treatment. If the bill is insurmountable for a monthly doctors visit, you can use an over-the-counter chemical but take professional advice before use.

Don't Lose Any Sleep Over Staying Young
When the human body doesn't get enough quality sleep, you are much more likely to become not only fatigued but also more stressed out which causes your body to release the hormone "Cortisol", a hormone that can be damaging to the skin.  

Lack of sleep can also lead to being puffy around the eyes, which can add years to your age. Getting into the habit of sleeping for 6-to-8 hours each night will aid in your ageless aspirations.
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Sleeping for this amount of time each evening, will enable your body to produce a higher amount of growth hormones, which will, in turn, keep your skin supple, preventing wrinkling prematurely.

Don't forget, sleep is entirely free and is a fantastic cosmetic medicine. In its purest form, nothing intensifies stress and ageing lines like fatigue does.

​Moisture Mania
You will need to get more moisture into your skin to make your skin smoother and appear more radiant. You can check out which of the water based moisturizers will work best for your specific skin type here. Most of the anti-wrinkle products available can immediately make you look much younger by merely adding this moisture to your skin.

This can be assisted by adding healthy fats to your diet alongside increasing your water intake. This will moisturize your skin from the inside out.

Stand Up And Be Counted
Improving your posture can make you appear more confident, help you look trimmer and diminish the years.
Slip Slap Slop
We know the dangers of the sun concerning certain cancers, but overexposing yourself to the sun without protection will lead to age spots, wrinkles, sagging skin and baggy eyes amongst other things. 

Give It Up
Aside from sun exposure, smoking is one of the most significant factors in age acceleration. 

Smoking prevents less blood and oxygen from reaching your skin resulting in premature ageing in the form of wrinkles and yellowing teeth. 

Pale And Interesting
If you consider the sun exposure a bad thing, then remember that tanning beds are just as bad. If you need to add some colour to your skin, then open a bottle of self-tan. There are many available, and you can seek professional advice on the right shade for you. Make sure yo exfoliate well before application to avoid darker knees and elbows.

You're sweet enough
Too much sugar in the diet leads to glycation which is an age-accelerating process. This does extensive damage to your skin's collagen, resulting in the skin losing its elasticity and causing wrinkles to appear.

Stop The Stress
It's a well-known fact that an overload of stress can lead to more than grey hairs but did you know that excessively stressing out can lead to hair loss, brittle nails, flaky skin. 

Bin The Booze
As well as being bad for the liver and other internal organs, an excess of alcohol will ultimately dehydrate the skin, resulting in it becoming dry and less able to snap back into place.  

Despite this list, there is no secret to looking younger; sometimes it's down to good old genetics. If your parents had a youthful appearance, then the chances are then you will too. But follow these tips and more importantly just plain like yourself. A great smile is always ageless!

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By Iconic Chica Mag Contributors