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How do you make your skin smooth and flawless?
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BonjourTristesse
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^ Exactly... 4 cups of green tea... Sorry that just seems to much. It is caffein after all. I'm no expert though.
I drink one cup everyday. I don't drink coffee or eat sugar. I noticed eating blueberries, bananes, mangos, all those fruits really helps... My skin is not naturally like Kate Bosworths, but now I really like it. If I eat fries and unhealthy for 2 days it definitley shoes on my skin... So I try to really eat healthy! What's more motivating to eat healthy than seeing it directly on your face everyday? :-)
I drink one cup everyday. I don't drink coffee or eat sugar. I noticed eating blueberries, bananes, mangos, all those fruits really helps... My skin is not naturally like Kate Bosworths, but now I really like it. If I eat fries and unhealthy for 2 days it definitley shoes on my skin... So I try to really eat healthy! What's more motivating to eat healthy than seeing it directly on your face everyday? :-)
Well no one said ten cups. Again, if you add one bag to a thermos of water you would get the same amount of caffeine as adding the one bag to one mug or cup. The tea amount stays constant and the water changes.
And I think I'm going to go with the overwhelming majority of the research and findings as to the benefits of green tea to the body, including the liver.
And if it gets destroyed, eh, I'm sure by then they'll have artificial ones I can buy.
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The last sentence
.I too think that green tea overall is quite healthy and good for you.
I try to take good care of my skin... so I'm wondering (I've used sunscreen since age 16... didn't know about the effects before that unfortunately) if my skin is going to look better than other people my age...
I have noticed that some of my friends already have wrinkles that are very noticeable. I have 1,2 very fine lines under my eyes, which come from laughing, but noone sees them but me - if I look really closely.
I hope using sunscreen every single day really pays off and my skin will look great when I'm 40! I also noticed that my friends who have smoked for a few years now have quite bad skin... it looks wrinkley and doesn't glow at all... That motivates me to eat healthy and use sunscreen. Stop smoking people !!! its not only unhealthy it also ruins your skin!
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I think we all know there are worse things for you to drink than green tea, if you enjoy it, drink it!
but all in moderation
but all in moderation
When I'm studying I drink around 4, 5 cups a day.
On the green tea debate:
I understand that the much quoted 10-(small)cups-a-day thing comes from the author of one of the most publicised toxicology studies in this area. BUT he also stressed that the main risk to liver/kidneys/intestines in this context is from taking supplemements containing polyphenols (in green tea = catechins type) which contain up to 50 times the amount as found in a single cup of green tea (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/tx7000515 = original research which is worth a read for any heavy drinkers http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11786-green-tea-can-be-harmful-in-large-quantities.html = New Scientist comment). The study/review was initiated from some pretty ground-breaking research in early 2000's which raised concerns about potential pro-oxidant effects of green tea (so it's not a stand-alone finding), but Yang also concluded with a recommendation for further research on the effects in humans...still, it feels significant to me.
Of course, the polyphonols found in dietary consumption of green tea in the correct dosage & form, i.e. moderate consumption of a few cups a day can be tremendously beneficial for health...that's toxicology for you
...hence the controversy...but overall another reason IMHO to steer clear of supplements unless there is a nutritional void which needs to be filled. And to take medical advice before taking high-dosage of any supplement in case a) it's attached to a toxicity concern, b) it's not compatible with a medical condition 3) it interacts with any other medication...and probably more stuff too...(the problem comes when people don't know how high *high* is tho' 
but I digress....)
When it comes to the usage of green tea to make your skin look smooth & flawless, things change a bit though. The "good for skin" bit of green tea catechins is a components referred to as EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) which has been shown to help alleviate some of the damage from UVB rays (sunburn & dna damage). It's found in small quantities in a cup of green tea so I would guess that an enormous amount (probably waaaay over the supposedly "safe" limit) would need to be consumed in order to reach the skin in any meaningful concentration, if at all. Which is probably why skincare manufacturers use a concentrated green tea extract of EGCG as a topical ingredient instead (it's pretty good at penetrating the skin when applied from the outside).
In any case, green tea and rather the active catechins / EGCG component is clearly powerful stuff and ongoing research (another 20+ great scientific papers published this month on this ingredient
) suggests it can do both good and, potentially, in high doses, bad things to the organs of living creatures.
I can't stand the taste of green tea
but I used to have a 12-a-day coffee habit which is another story...
Even if I did like it though, I wouldn't drink more than a few cups of green tea per day. And for any skin benefits I'll stick to putting green tea extract directly on my face through a cream.
I understand that the much quoted 10-(small)cups-a-day thing comes from the author of one of the most publicised toxicology studies in this area. BUT he also stressed that the main risk to liver/kidneys/intestines in this context is from taking supplemements containing polyphenols (in green tea = catechins type) which contain up to 50 times the amount as found in a single cup of green tea (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/tx7000515 = original research which is worth a read for any heavy drinkers http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11786-green-tea-can-be-harmful-in-large-quantities.html = New Scientist comment). The study/review was initiated from some pretty ground-breaking research in early 2000's which raised concerns about potential pro-oxidant effects of green tea (so it's not a stand-alone finding), but Yang also concluded with a recommendation for further research on the effects in humans...still, it feels significant to me.
Of course, the polyphonols found in dietary consumption of green tea in the correct dosage & form, i.e. moderate consumption of a few cups a day can be tremendously beneficial for health...that's toxicology for you
...hence the controversy...but overall another reason IMHO to steer clear of supplements unless there is a nutritional void which needs to be filled. And to take medical advice before taking high-dosage of any supplement in case a) it's attached to a toxicity concern, b) it's not compatible with a medical condition 3) it interacts with any other medication...and probably more stuff too...(the problem comes when people don't know how high *high* is tho' but I digress....)When it comes to the usage of green tea to make your skin look smooth & flawless, things change a bit though. The "good for skin" bit of green tea catechins is a components referred to as EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) which has been shown to help alleviate some of the damage from UVB rays (sunburn & dna damage). It's found in small quantities in a cup of green tea so I would guess that an enormous amount (probably waaaay over the supposedly "safe" limit) would need to be consumed in order to reach the skin in any meaningful concentration, if at all. Which is probably why skincare manufacturers use a concentrated green tea extract of EGCG as a topical ingredient instead (it's pretty good at penetrating the skin when applied from the outside).
In any case, green tea and rather the active catechins / EGCG component is clearly powerful stuff and ongoing research (another 20+ great scientific papers published this month on this ingredient
) suggests it can do both good and, potentially, in high doses, bad things to the organs of living creatures.I can't stand the taste of green tea
but I used to have a 12-a-day coffee habit which is another story... Even if I did like it though, I wouldn't drink more than a few cups of green tea per day. And for any skin benefits I'll stick to putting green tea extract directly on my face through a cream.Berryciaga
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I do this once a week:
- First I apply lush ocean salt and leave it there for about 5 minutes then rinse it off
- Next I use Mario Badescu glycolic acid foaming cleanser and really massage it into my skin, then rinse it off
-Then I spray on some lush Eau-Roma water onto my face
- Last but not least I use Embryolisse lait creme on my face and voila, I have SUUUPER smooth skin!
- First I apply lush ocean salt and leave it there for about 5 minutes then rinse it off
- Next I use Mario Badescu glycolic acid foaming cleanser and really massage it into my skin, then rinse it off
-Then I spray on some lush Eau-Roma water onto my face
- Last but not least I use Embryolisse lait creme on my face and voila, I have SUUUPER smooth skin!
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I made a lovely green tea scrub today
it's so simple, I put green tea in a cup-with boiling water, let it soak..take the teabag out- wait till the green tea is lukewarm- add it to a bowl- add sugar- add some drops of lemon juice- MIX until its a thick granual exfoliant mixture and rub on face for a couple mins and wash off with lukewarm water.
i made too much so i put the rest in a tub and keeping it in the fridge so i can use it for a couple more days.
it worked SO well,i read online about it and was skeptical but it made my skin so so so smooth and vibrant looking- i have oily skin and my skin is smooth but my nose is always rough and flaky sometimes- and i used it there- and my nose is sooo soft now.
i do recommend.
it's so simple, I put green tea in a cup-with boiling water, let it soak..take the teabag out- wait till the green tea is lukewarm- add it to a bowl- add sugar- add some drops of lemon juice- MIX until its a thick granual exfoliant mixture and rub on face for a couple mins and wash off with lukewarm water.
i made too much so i put the rest in a tub and keeping it in the fridge so i can use it for a couple more days.
it worked SO well,i read online about it and was skeptical but it made my skin so so so smooth and vibrant looking- i have oily skin and my skin is smooth but my nose is always rough and flaky sometimes- and i used it there- and my nose is sooo soft now.
i do recommend.
Your hormone levels are probably adjusting with the change of diet. Just give it some time.
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fortunately i was blessed with a smooth skin, but recently i noticed some slightly darker stains on my chin and forehead and I can't get rid of them!
any tips?
i'm a smoker and i know that's really bad for the skin. But I wear sunscreen, drink lots of water, wash my face properly and remove all my make up before going to sleep.
any tips?
i'm a smoker and i know that's really bad for the skin. But I wear sunscreen, drink lots of water, wash my face properly and remove all my make up before going to sleep.
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i don't know much in life for fact, but I do know that cutting out sugar from your diet will NOT make your skin worse. You might feel worse the first couple of days, because your body is so used to getting sugar. Believe me, you will glow soon.
You will not glow however, if you - instead of sugar - increased your fatty food intake. So if you eat 2 pizzas a day and fries or hamburgers, you won't glow. Cutting sugar alone from your diet if it's generally unhealthy won't cut it!
