Understanding Your Skin
Skin
produces over 5 billion skin cells every day. That’s about one
million skin cells per minute. New
cells move from the lower layers of the epidermis up to the skin surface.
On a baby, fresh new cells reach the outer layer about every two weeks. By
the time you are forty, it takes 40 days or more for the new cells
to reach the surface. This is why babies have such fresh-looking skin
The
skin is the body’s largest organ. It provides the first line of
protection of the inner body. What most people do not know is that another
major function of the skin is to expel toxins.
In
a day, your skin eliminates more than a pound of waste through
sweat glands. In fact, about one-third of all bodily impurities are
excreted through the skin. This makes skin an essential and effective
elimination organ. But when waste and sweat clog the pores, the skin can't
do its job. Instead of being released, toxins and excess fluids get
absorbed back into the body, emerging as breakouts or worse - the toxins
collect in our cells.
With
our environment being more polluted than ever - the air we breathe, the
water we drink and even the foods that we eat -
we need to allow the skin to do its job and help detoxify our
bodies.
Lotions
and creams made with petroleum by-products (like mineral oil, petrolatum
or other derivatives) clog the skin and block the excretion of toxins.
These poisons, instead of being expelled by the skin, must now be
processed by the liver and kidneys - adding to their workload!
The
skin must breathe - oily products reduce the skins ability to do so,
effectively suffocating it… and accelerating the aging process. Look
old sooner! Is that what you want?
