VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 1 Healthier Times 3
Skin deep and gut good
Our gut, skin and emotions, when drained and under pressure, impact each other negatively. When stress is out of control our exhausted digestive system struggles to secrete enzymes, digest food and absorb nutrients. Our skin – being a large eliminating organ – show signs of toxin overload, resulting in poor skin conditions.
Essential fatty acids( EFAs), the“ good fats” play a positive role in skin health. EFAs regulate cell function by keeping cells healthy and functioning optimally.
A healthy skin cell membrane will keep the good stuff, water and nutrients, and eliminate the toxin baddies. Consuming enough essential fatty acids will assist the skin cell membranes which will manifest in supple, healthy and younger looking skin.
Benign hypertension is high blood pressure that runs a relatively symptom-free course. It may not seem problematic because of the lack of symptoms, but it does cause problems! It quietly damages your kidneys and heart, and leaves you at risk for heart attacks and strokes.
Like benign hypertension, high cholesterol levels, another major contributor to cardiovascular disease, can also go quietly undetected. The WHO( World Health Organisation) estimates that about 20 % of strokes and over 50 % of heart attacks can be due to high cholesterol.
Cardiovascular disease is THE leading cause of kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and premature death. Often, people with both conditions are unaware that they have high cholesterol levels or high blood pressure and by chance during a routine check-up or an obligatory insurance“ medical” discover these silent diseases. Hypertension risk factors:
• Genetics: family history of hypertension or heart disease
• Age: 60 +
• Diseases: diabetes and cholesterol disorders
• Weight: overweight and obesity
• Lifestyle: lack of exercise, cigarette smoking, heavy alcohol consumption and stress
• Diet: high intake of salt and low intake of potassium, magnesium and calcium
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Customers using DIGESTIVE REMEDY Siberian Pine Nut Oil for either stomach or skin conditions( or both) have noticed great improvements in the overall appearance of their skin, and our customers, have reported dramatic improvements for eczema and acne conditions.
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Listen out for hypertension and cholesterol and the natural treatment option
Cholesterol risk factors:
• Genetics: family history of hypertension or heart disease
• Age: any age from 20 +
• Diseases: diabetes and hypertension( high blood pressure)
• Gender: men are more predisposed before the age of 50
• Weight: overweight and obesity
• Lifestyle: lack of exercise, cigarette smoking, heavy alcohol consumption and stress
• Diet: high intake of saturated fats Natural, side-effect free ways to reduce cholesterol
The Other Option DIGESTIVE REMEDY Siberian Pine Nut Oil is a natural option that assists in reducing cholesterol and hypertension. A Russian clinical trial has indicated that Siberian Pine Nut oil is effective in reducing cholesterol, benign hypertension and surplus body mass.
Eating a healthy diet that is low in saturated fats can reduce your level of LDL( bad cholesterol).
Try to avoid or cut down on the following foods which are rich in saturated fat:
• fatty cuts of meat and meat products,
• butter, cream, sour cream, crème fraîche and ice cream,
• cheese( particularly hard cheese),
• cakes and biscuits and chocolate,
• coconut oil, coconut cream and palm oil.