Water and the Body - 8 glasses a day is only half the formula
The more we examine the aging process the more we recognize the importance of the function of the individual cell. If we keep the individual cell healthy then we keep the skin healthy and looking young, as well as keeping the body healthy and feeling young. If we treat the body on an individual cellular basis, we treat the aging process at the foundation.
Water is the most important substance we need to function and be healthy. It is widely believed that water loss is directly responsible for the aging of the skin and body, the increase of sensitivity, and the decline in function as we age. Dehydration results in a drop in function of the cells of the skin and body. Compounding this problem is Mineral Deficiency, which prevents cells from holding an adequate amount of water inside the cell membrane. A person drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water a day is only doing half the work necessary for hydration.
Cells must absorb and retain sufficient amounts of water to function at a full, youthful capacity. The key is to increase the cell’s energy through supplementation. The use of key nutrients such as minerals, glucosamine, amino acids, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory ingredients, enables cells to increase water content, encourages the healthy formation of collagen and elastin, protects against free radical aging activity and soothes skin irritation. The resulting changes can be seen in the smoothing of wrinkles, the faster healing of acne and reduction of breakouts, the reduction of dryness and irritation of Eczema and other skin irritations. Bottom line is that the symptoms or signs of aging are warded off. Hydration and nutrients increase the essential process of metabolism and preserve the integrity of the cell and tissues of the skin - and there is no better source of these than the sea.
With its long history of therapeutic uses and the numerous scientific studies supporting the beneficial applications of seawater, the tradition is well established. When applied topically, products based with seawater create an ion-transfer - improving conductivity, enhancing circulation and sensation, diminishing redness, detoxifying and remineralizing the skin - restoring moisture, stimulating cellular turnover and infusing a full spectrum of 78 elemental nano-nutrients into the skin.
Every year we learn more about the prevention of the signs of aging. One theory is that the symptoms we see as “aging” are actually an accumulation of tissue damage - that the signs of aging are more related to the damage of tissue than the actual passing of years. This is a theory that I find very intriguing, mainly because it gives us hope. There is something that we can do. If we target the skin on a cellular basis, deliver the right ingredients of metabolism - like trace minerals and amino acids, increase the moisture delivered and retained by the cell, then the symptoms or signs of aging may be lessened. We all have to age - so we should all do what we can to age intelligently.
-Gregory Dean, C’watre National Education Director [from the May ‘08 issue of C’watreMonthly]
Posted: July 1st, 2008 under About your skin.
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