Research shows higher ischemic stroke risk in postmenopausal women who eat large amounts of trans fatty acids, typically found in baked goods, fried foods and packaged foods.

High Trans Fat Intake Increases Stroke Risk for Postmenopausal Women
Scientists report that young women could lower their chance of getting heart disease just by increasing fish intake rich in omega-3 fatty acids.

Fish Consumption Could Reduce Heart Disease Risk in Young Women
Large amounts of middle-aged women around the world can lower their chance of getting cardiovascular disease by reducing their blood pressure.

Wrinkles are a natural part of growing older, but many of us will do anything to avoid the deep creases or fine fines that come with age. It is temping to seek out a "face lift in a bottle," but the truth is that most anti wrinkle creams on the market today have not been tested by the FDA and will only provide slight improvement, depending on how long you use the product and the strength of the active ingredients. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the important ingredients you should be looking for when shopping for anti wrinkle creams.

Retinol is a part of the Vitamin A compound. It was the first antioxidant to be widely used in over the counter wrinkle creams. While it is less potent than tretinonin, another Vitamin A compound that can be found in prescription treatments, Retinol can help stabilize oxygen molecules that break down the skin cells, which causes wrinkles.

Alpha, beta and poly hydroxy acids are all exfoliants that remove the upper layer of old dead skin, thus promoting the growth of new, evenly colored skin. These acids make the skin very susceptible to sun damage, so those that use products with these acids should wear sun screen after its use and only use it sparingly.

Coenzyme Q10 is a nutrient that regulates cell energy production. In studies of this nutrient, some have found that it can help reduce the appearance of fine lines around the eyes with no side affects, while other studies have found that it can help protect the skin from sun damage.

Tea extracts are often seen in over the counter anti wrinkle creams. Green, black and oolong teas all contain compounds with anti inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Copper is a very common nutrient, found in every cell of the body. When combined with protein fragments, called peptides, it can be applied to the skin. These copper peptides promote the healing of wounds, stimulate the production of collagen and can enhance antioxidants.

Common winter spa treatments are intended to rejuvenate the body while promoting calming moments for the mind. The very word "spa" can evoke images of long soaks in a tub, muscle relaxing massages and a chance to restore the skin to a more youthful appearance. It sounds like a few hours spent in paradise.

Winter can be very harsh on the skin. The lack of humidity and the cold air drain the skin of moisture and promote aging. As if that weren’t enough, the winter months can be mentally dreary with less sunlight and long nights. A trip to the spa can be the perfect answer to the winter blues and the need to protect the body from the ravages of the frigid winter air.

Common winter spa treatments include some of the most relaxing and restorative services available in the health and beauty market. Spa treatments often begin with a massage which stimulates the skin and promotes healthy blood flow. The massage may be followed by a customized facial using cleansers and moisturizers that contain plant extracts and skin protecting creams or lotions.

The spa treatment can include using a body scrub containing a gentle exfoliate to leave the skin renewed. Other common winter spa treatments include pedicures, manicures and full body wraps. Normally, clients can mix and match the treatments preferred resulting in a customized plan ideally suited to their needs.

During the winter, going to the spa can provide the needed relaxation and body care that will help you get through the dark winter days. Winter weather can cause a lot of damage to skin. A spa treatment goes beyond the home treatments in that special products are used for deep cleaning and hydrating winter worn skin.

The deep hydration helps the skin protect itself even while being bombarded by winter winds and frigid air. The common winter spa treatments are popular, because they rejuvenate and breathe new life into tired skin while promoting a peaceful mind.

Cinnamon is able to increase glucose metabolism almost 20 times, which has a significant impact on blood sugar regulation. Cinnamon slows down the emptying of the stomach, reducing sharp increases in blood sugar after meals, and improves insulin sensitivity. A bioflavonoid called proanthocyanidin, which is present in cinnamon, can change insulin-signaling activity in the fat cells.

Memory loss that disrupts daily life may be a symptom of Alzheimer's or another dementia. Alzheimer's is a brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. There are 10 warning signs and symptoms. Every individual may experience one or more of these signs in different degrees. If you notice any of them, please see a doctor.

Lemons have been used in both topical and internal natural health remedies as well as in beauty treatments for centuries the world over. This beautifully illustrated infographic, entitled "Lemon Medicinal Properties Uses", describes the nutritional content, pharmacological activity and healing properties of this common citrus fruit.

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Is your skin a tough case? It reacts badly to changeable weather conditions, airconditioner and majority cosmetics, which should help her in foundation. Does it mean your skin is responsive...??

Especially in winter, when you often go out from warm and you leave on frost dry accommodation, problems with your skin increase. The most important is proper diagnosis. Skin, which doesn’t like changes, does not tolerate some cosmetics, it can be responsive oversensitive or allergic. If you feel, that something is not ok, you should take your skin under magnifying glass. You should lead observation for one week at least. Pay attention, how it looks after washing early morning, after imposing of cream, after going out from house. Don't disregard changes on the whole body slight- easy turn red, slight spots. It will help you to process proper system of taking care of your skin, thanks to it your skin will recover healthy appearance and good form.

Define my skin type

Responsive skin. This problem concerns people with dry complexion most often and also with blend, with fat more rarely. You will not notice changes in appearance of your skin, however, after daily cherishing procedures, like for example after washing, you will perceive little itchiness, tingle, tense.

Over sensitive skin. Just as responsive skin: accompany dry and blend complexion, more rarely fat. This time you will not only feel it, but also notice that it is easy to irritate her. On weather factors and cosmetics it reacts with soreness. Often is rough in touch, it is shelled , there can appear on slight nubs. It takes a stand after imposing of cream, washing water or on going out on frost. Note! Over sensitivity and sensitivity can concern whole bodies, not only face.

Allergic skin. This time your complexion type is not as important. Allergy is immunological skin reaction on definite substances included in for e.g. cosmetics, water, air. Usually allergy appears after several hours, though it can take a stand after several days or weeks. Most often reaction is urticaria. At first you will observe allergy on cosmetics in regions of eyes and mouth, on your cheeks, palms, forearms, later on it can take the whole body. You must imitate with this problem to your dermatologist directly. Don't try to advise domestic manners, because you can deteriorate condition of your skin.

How to take care of skin

Over sensitivity is caused usually with ...life. Contaminated air, smoke, air - conditioning, smoke from cigarettes, work in fluorescent light are just some enemies of your skin. Your main task is to minimize those elements, that can "irritate" your skin.

But don't give up using cosmetics. They will be helped to dispose select properly unpleasant appearance of (signs of) irritations, they will correct appearance and condition of skin. So, end with election of these products only, that has murderous advertising, they look pretty or they smell sensational.

Body and face clean only without soap confection - special emulsion, milk or gels. Soaps in liquid plague become, it is in spite of other consistency still a soap. They include cheap washing components, a lot dyes and aromatic substances, which has irritating operation and which is often the reason of allergy. You can rub your face with delicate (non-alcoholic) tonic after washing. Don't forget about cream and body balsam it has to moisturize and oil your often dried skin and help to rebuild protective coat. You should look for those cosmetics which are special for hypoallergic skin. Then you will be sure, that they contain minimal amount of substance irritating or they do not include it at all. It is good, if it enters in their compositions additional termal water.

Both responsive and over sensitive skin does not like changes. Best, if you will cherish it with cosmetics of one firm, because otherwise, risk of irritation grows. Trust especially those, which are bought in pharmacy, because they were processed with thought about people with specially requiring skin. If necessary ask pharmacist (in case of doubt or for advice). It is impossible to cure sensitivity neither over sensitivity, skin will be open for whole life for irritations, however, due to systematic, proper taking care of you will be able to escape recurrences of unpleasant symptoms.

Smoking is also a habit which does a lot of harm not only to the person who smokes but to whoever comes around and is forced to breathe the smoke in. Free radicals are produced in our organism even when we breathe the smoke passively. The large amount of free radicals cannot be fought by even very strong antioxidants such as: bio-flavonoids, vitamin C, A or E, mainly because these are able to work only in the epidermal part of our skin. 

First of all free radicals make our skin loose its smoothness and elasticity, than they make wrinkles and brown speckles appear, skin becomes dry and corneous and finally, free radicals damage blood-vessels. Besides free radicals, during the process of smoking more than four thousand other extremely dangerous and toxic substances are being produced, e.g. tar, carbon dioxide, arsenide, prussic acid and lead. These toxic substances are responsible for lowering the level of vitamins A, C and E in our body. These vitamins, as we already know, protect our skin from the negative influence of free radical as well as make the skin elastic and stimulate its regeneration.

As a result of smoking, the microcirculation is disturbed, in blood-vessels in particular. You can say that skin cells are being suffocated by smoke which reduces the amount of oxygen in a human body and instead it increases the amount of toxic carbon dioxide. This is why so-called a "tobacco face" person looks tired, has got a grey complexion often with enlarged blood-vessels. Many of you may think then: "It doesn’t concern me. I don’t smoke a whole packet a day. Just two or three light cigarettes, that’s all." However, while you smoke one cigarette you cause the contraction of your skin blood-vessels which lasts up to 90 minutes after you finish smoking. Therefore, a smoker’s blood-vessels can receive one fourth of blood less than a non-smoker’s. As a result, cells of the former reveal oxygen deficiency and the lack of nutritive components in them. In time, such a person’s complexion may loose its pink and healthy colouring and it may start looking pale, grey and poor.

Anaemic anoxia of the facial skin also disturbs the production of collagen and elastin fibres which are responsible for the skin elasticity. These fibres get partially damaged, which makes skin thinner, with some irregular callosities and deep wrinkles, especially around one’s mouth.

Smoking causes also some necrotic changes inside the skin, which means simply that many cells die and they cannot be regenerate or animate. During smoking the level of estrogens may be lowered, which has got a great impact on lowering the amount of collagen fibres and, in turn, on making the skin dry. In addition, smoking also disturbs the process of healing of wounds and injuries, making it slower and poorer.

Of course, smoking also causes many other negative changes inside an our bodies for instance, it limits blood-flow inside blood-vessels, it reduces the ability of blood to transport oxygen, it weakens the immunology system. All that damage becomes visible outside our body in the first place.

Other negative effects of smoking on our look are: fragile nails, hair loss, and aggravation of many skin diseases such as: common acne, acne rosacea and often recurrence of psoriasis. Furthermore, we can observe yellow spots on nails, hands and teeth as well as worsening of sense of taste and smell.

Women who have been smoking for many years consult cosmetologists in order to find help with their look and skin problems. However, for those women who smoke the undertaken surgical intervention can never bring the satisfying effects. Therefore, plastic surgeons are unwilling to do any lifting or grafting for patients who smoke because their skin heals with much difficulty and it is very probable that some further complications will occur.

Girls think about this while you lit another cigarette, please! Just in case please check reasons to quit smoking cigarettes.

It's time to quit smoking, better sooner than later. If you find problems quitting smoking you may want to try blu electronic cigarettes. Certainly, there is nothing cool in smoking.

Eczema is generally characterized as an inflammation of the upper levels of the skin, or a form of dermatitis. There are great many different forms of eczema, some of which are hereditary while others are caused by allergies or dry skin. In this article, we’ll take a look at the most common types of eczema and some of the treatments available.

Skin - on sand

There are four types of eczema that are the most common. Atopic eczema is believed to be hereditary, as it seems to be passed down in families that suffer from asthma and hay fever. It is characterized by an itchy rash, usually on the face, scalp, hands, where the arm and legs crease, and the buttocks. Contact dermatitis can either be allergic, being caused by the reaction of an allergen like poison ivy, or irritant, such as a reaction to a certain kind of detergent. The majority of these cases are irritant and can be cured by avoiding the irritant and removing traces of it.

Xerotic eczema is caused by dry skin that becomes so serious that it turns into eczema. This is most often seen in the winter due to cold, dry weather. The limbs and torso are usually affected and the area resembles a cracked, dry riverbed. Seborrheic eczema promotes dry or greasy scaling of the scalp and eyebrows and is often accompanied by pimples and red patches. Also known as dandruff in adults, it can also appear in newborns and is curable.

Eczema Treatments

There are dozens of treatments available for eczema, whether the case is mild or severe. Mild eczema can be treated by keeping the skin well moisturized and avoiding irritating the affected skin with washcloths or harsh soap. For more severe cases, the advice of a dermatologist and prescription drugs may be necessary. Steroid creams can help, but should not be used for extended periods of time as they can cause atrophy, or the degeneration of the skin layers.

Antibiotics are often prescribed as the affected dry or cracked skin often makes it easy for bacteria to easily enter the skin. Other treatments include light therapy, antihistamines to help with the itching, and alternative treatments such as herbal medicine, although patients should inform their dermatologist if they are using such methods.

Skin is, without a doubt, the most sensitive and vulnerable organs of the body. Though most skin disorders are rarely life threatening, they can be uncomfortable and the cause of chronic disability. Many skin disorders will require clinical care, while others can be treated with over the counter products. In this article, we’ll take a look at the most common skin disorders and problems.

Acne - what is acne? - It is a chronic disorder affecting the hair follicles and sebaceous glands. The most common of all skin disorders, acne usually begins at puberty, when hormones called androgens increase the production of oil. When hair follicles are blocked by dead skin cells, dried oil or bacteria, bacteria grows in the plugged hair follicles causing inflammation. Mild cases, usually seen on the face, can be treated with over the counter products, but more severe cases, found on the face, chest, shoulders and back, and can appear as black-heads, pus-filled lesions or nodules, should be treated by a dermatologist.

Calluses are protective extra layers of skin that form when an area is constantly rubbed, while corns are small calluses that form on the top of the toes due to pressure or rubbing from shoes or other toes. While calluses are usually painless and can be eliminated by using a pumice stone, corns can be quite painful and can be treated by applying pads around the affected area or wearing more comfortable shoes.

Dry skin is usually characterized by itching and irritated skin. Seen most frequently in the winter in areas where the weather is very cold and dry, dry skin is very easy to treat, by avoiding harsh soaps and using a good moisturizer. It is important to protect dry skin because, if left untreated, can develop into xerotic eczema.

Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition characterized by red, inflamed, raised areas of the skin that often develop as scales on the lower back, knees, elbows and scalp. It is thought to be caused by fast growing and shedding skin cells. This disorder is not contagious, although it is hereditary. Psoriasis can be treated with a variety of creams, light exposure, or other medicaments under the direction of a dermatologist.

Winter skin care requires some changes in your normal skin care routine and product choices. In the winter the humidity drops meaning there’s less moisture in the air. In addition, winter weather usually means blustery and drying winds which are almost like direct attacks on the skin.

Beautiful woman in winter clothing

The result is dry skin and the development of a condition commonly called "winter skin itch". It can be a distressing and uncomfortable condition, but fortunately there are ways to deal with winter that sends the attackers into retreat.

Too many people buy one moisturizer and insist on using it year round. One of the first rules of winter skin care is to adapt your beauty care to recognize the change in weather conditions and when the winter comes, use winter moisturizer - instead of the one used in summer. Instead of the light water based conditioners, you should begin using an occlusive moisturizer. The occlusive moisturizer is one that is oil and cream based as opposed to an oil and water mixture. It’s thicker and able to trap moisture in the skin. To get the most benefit from your moisturizer it should also include vitamins and other ingredients which keep skin supple.

There are other steps you can take in conjunction with changing moisturizers in order to prevent dry skin in the winter. Winter skin care should include a routine that is religiously followed each day. The first rule of thumb is to not over wash your skin with hot drying water. Second, after a shower or bath, immediately apply the moisturizer in order to seal in the moisture just added to your skin and while the pores are opened. Third, it’s important to exfoliate your skin faithfully once a week in order to get rid of the flaking dry skin cells and uncover the newer skin which is in much better shape for dealing with the winter dry air.

How to Take Care of Skin in Winter

Recommended winter skin care tips can help you avoid the uncomfortable, irritating and unsightly flaking skin dry air creates. With the right moisturizer, your skin can look as healthy in the winter months as it does the rest of the year.

To conclude, steps to follow in winter skin care routine:

• Do not over wash your skin with hot water
• After shower or bath - apply immediately moisturizer
• Exfoliate your skin once a week

Finding pillow creases in your face can be a bit alarming. You wake up in the morning and discover a brand new deep wrinkle that was not there yesterday. Pillow increases occur as a result of sleeping on a wrinkled pillow case or where skin is pulled and creased. Fortunately it's not a permanent wrinkle and will smooth itself out within a couple of hours. But who has a couple of hours to wait for wrinkles to disappear when in a rush to get to work?

Woman sleeping in bed on the pillow

When you sleep the skin is busy doing most of its regeneration. By pressing your facial skin against the pillow in the same position for hours, proper blood circulation can be impeded. This is one reason why people wake up with swollen faces and those bothersome pillow creases. In addition, the skin may actually look red and irritated too. To get rid of a pillow crease quickly, you can wash your face in warm water and then rub in a moisturizer to restore skin suppleness.

To prevent pillow creases, the obvious solution is to sleep on your back if possible. If you must sleep on your side, use a silk pillowcase which minimizes pillow creases. Also, make sure you use a moisturizer regularly in order to keep your skin supple and able to bounce back quickly. Though pillow creases are not permanent wrinkles, they can cause skin problems over a period of time. Permanent wrinkles in the face are caused by collagen degradation due to aging and repeated muscle use in the same way, i.e. frowning or squinting can create wrinkles between the eyes. Repeated pillow creases can cause skin problems in a similar manner.

The best approach is to prevent pillow creases from the start. You can do this by sleeping on your back, using silk pillowcases, and just as importantly, applying a night time moisturizer that protects the skin.

Nature has furnished skin in personal sources of energy. However, stockpiles of energy cells gradually peter out from 25 year old already. It happens like that both by the reason of aging skin, losses of wet, as well as in result of operation of external factor, especially stress and radiation UVA, which reaches along with sunny light to skin. All of this is contributing for decrease of amount of fibres, which are the internal skin scaffolding (after your 30s their loss can even run to over 1% yearly). It leads for losing of firmness and appearing cellulite. We want to show you the way how to get rid of cellulite in this article.

Beautiful woman's legs

Luckily, we can implement energy lack in our skin! It is proper to act fast, to invest in your body beauty, so it can stay as long as it is possible in a topping form. However, an ordinary moisturizing balsam, will not suffice any longer. Improved firmness balsam Q10 Plus NIVEA body acts on deeper skin parts, supplying her natural intensify substances. That new formula of this product, which contains Q10 koenzym and special energy supply, penetrates deeply into skin, it stimulates natural production of energy, it supports cellular function and distinctly corrects elasticity of skin.

STEP 1: Making Body Firm with Body Cream

Perfected firming Q10 NIVEA body balsam formula promotes synthesis of new collagen plus. Remaining components moisturize lasting. Balsam simply soak and it is proper for each kind of skin.

STEP 2: Fighting Cellulite

If you need more intensively skin firming, you want to deal with "orange skin" problem, you can combine aplication of balsam with applying modeling profile cream Q10 NIVEA body. Apart from energetic complex, it is enriched with Izo - protein soya, which intensify joint tissue and restore natural match of fiber. You will notice first results after two weeks of daily application cosmetics. To assure efficient firmness put cream with wide, round movements to strategic places, where skin loses smoothness most often - to stomach, thighs and buttocks.

On your legs make smaller circles, at the same time using stronger pressure to the upper side to get rid of cellulite. Such technique eases tension from skin, stimulates lymph and blood circulation and it helps natural functions of cells. It allows to model thighs, make stomach more flat and bring round elasticity to your buttocks. It is worth of spreading cream all over your body, because it can easilly bring back good look of your body.

When you try products containing eucalyptus extracts, you’ll find yourself saying: My skin and eucalyptus oil are a perfect match! Eucalyptus oil is an essential oil extracted from the leaves of the eucalyptus plant native to the Far East. This plant has long been recognized as having important qualities that can benefit the human body in various ways. For example, it’s used therapeutically to improve respiratory ailments and skin problems also.

Eucalyptus oil is so versatile it’s added to a number of products used to treat skin problems. For example, many burn and blister ointments contain eucalyptus oil. It has a soothing effect on the skin and can reduce skin rashes and irritations. It’s used on insect bites and stings and cold sores also. The scent is very distinctive – sharp yet pleasing.

Since eucalyptus oil soothes irritated skin, it’s added as an ingredient in many beauty and health products. It works like an analgesic in lotions and creams so it can ease many different skin irritations. In the winter, skin can become extremely dry due to the weather. Some of the best skin creams you can use contain eucalyptus which reduces inflammations, eliminates rashes and makes skin less flaky and itchy.

Regular use of health and beauty products containing eucalyptus can prevent your skin from becoming dry in the first place. Dry skin is often the root cause of many skin problems such as chapping, flaking, blemishes and rashes. Skin problems can make you quite miserable unless you find relief. Eucalyptus oil has been used for many centuries as a source of skin rash and burn relief.

No matter the age, your skin needs your attention. There are many products on the market, to help with many skin problems. Here we are going to find how we can deal with signs of aging and answer questions, that comes to minds of many: what skin care products for what age, important ingredients and lifestyle.

Creams for Wrinkles: Important Ingredients

Do not use anti aging cream if you do not need it. Good age to start using the cream is when on your forehead or around your eyes you will notice first lines. Most of the women start to notice them in their 20-ies (26-27 years old). That is the time when your skin has less collagen and elastin than skin used to have. Women in this age starts to lose also hyaluronic acid, responsible for hydration and skin firmness.

It's time when is good to start using some light creams with vitamins. There is no point to start using strong anti-aging products. Skin care products should provide vitamins, your skin needs in that moment. That's why using products that contain phytohormones by a 30 years old woman, won't help her, because her body still possess hormones responsible to keep complexion in good shape.

Stronger creams that contain retinol or higher concentration of vitamin C may be used in younger age as a treatment. When? When you work too much or have not enough sleep – times when your skin has not enough of oxygen and has dull tone. That's when you can use stronger creams for few weeks, but if possible, please try to get more sleep instead of using creams.

Anti Aging Cream: Best Friend Forever

When you start using anti aging cream and try to stop it, your skin will age faster. It is good to change products, each cream offers different blend of ingredients, and aging skin needs many of them.

You can switch between creams that contain retinol, vitamin C, fruit acids or phytoestrogens. It is important though, to not change products too fast. If you want a product to work, you have to use it for at least three months.

Thick Layer of Rejuvenating Cream Will Not Work Better

You can apply thick layer only if you have really dry skin, but you will have to remove the excess of cream after 5-10 minutes. Other way your skin will get too oily.

Serum is Stronger Than Anti-Aging Cream

The reason is simple: it contains more active ingredients, but it also has lighter consistency (most of the times), that's why it absorbs quickly. Evening is the best time to use serum, just before applying the cream for night. Serums do not only eliminate anti-aging symptoms, but they also brighten and hydrate your complexion, that's why can be used by younger ladies. It's recommended to use skin care serum from the same skin care line as your cream, they will better complement each other.

Some Rejuvenating Products Cure Acne

It's a good information for ladies over 30 years old, that still have problem with acne. Rejuvenating and anti-acne properties have products that contain retinoids or alpha hydroxy acids. They do not only unblock pores and regulate sebaceous glands, but they also stimulate skin to produce collagen. If it happens that you are dealing with acne and wrinkles, please visit a doctor to better decide on treatment for you.

Diet and Lifestyle Have Big Influence on Aging Process

For skin very important are substances that neutralize free radicals: vitamin E (nuts, almonds), beta carotene (spinach, broccoli, peppers, carrot), vitamin C (sauerkraut, red pepper, kiwi). To keep in balance proper skin hydration will help unsaturated fatty acids (fat fish, linseed oil, rapeseed oil).

Healthy lifestyle is also important. Women that tan a lot, smoke cigarettes or have not enough sleep – age much faster.

Adipocytes (or fat cells) are special cells in the body that are mostly filled up with triacylglycerol in the form of oil droplets. Adipocytes fill the adypocyte tissue (or fat tissue) which is present in number of places in the body. I am going to mention only two of them – the cavity of the abdomen and under the skin. The fat cells are our body temperature regulator and our energy storage room. In other words, they are the result of millions years of evolution and help us to keep warm and feel satiety.

Cellulite on Woman Leg

Long – long time ago, when we were living in caves and we did not know if the food was going "to be delivered by lunch time" (or at all), our bodies synthesized fat as an insurance policy. In case of no food, we were able to draw from this energy reserve and survive. Also, fat deposits under the skin kept the heat within our body as they still do it today.

Fat is accumulated in the adipocytes by means of a) synthesis and b) storage.

However, too much fat makes our skin appear dimpled and lumpy and give it the "orange peel" look.

There are number of factors that can contribute to the increase synthesis and storage of fat. These can be poor nutrition, lack of exercise, low fluid intake, unbalanced hormonal activity etc. Equally, cellulite can be fought by improving your diet regime; regular exercise and increase water uptake … even surgery, although I am not a big fan of the last one.

The purpose of the present text is to unveil the secrets hidden in the ingredients list of the anti–cellulite cosmetic products. Thus, hopefully, you will be able to select a more effective product that is actually going to improve the way that your skin looks before going to the beach.

Most anti – cellulite products out there contain caffeine.

First of all, be aware that caffeine as anti – cellulite remedy does not work from inside. Please note, that drinking five (or more) cups of coffee per day will not help you get rid of the cellulite. Caffeine works when applied topically onto the skin.

Alone caffeine has slight burning effect and increases the blood flow (or fluid transfer) which helps to eliminate the decomposed fat from the fat cells.

Wait a minute? Did I say "decomposed"?

Yes, indeed. Firstly, the fat in the adipocytes needs to be decomposed through a process called lipolysis (please, do not mistake it with "liposuction"). Only then it will be able to leave the adipose cell. It turns out that our cosmetic product label has to include at least one other ingredient that is able to a) either decrease the synthesis of the oil droplets in the fat cells or b) increase their lipolysis (or destruction).

Although caffeine certainly helps to eliminate the fat from the fat cells, it does not do it alone. The decomposition of lipids is stimulated by its synergetic action with other chemicals of the same family (commonly called xanthines) that helps to limit the lipogenesis, impact the lipolysis and increase the fat elimination.

So, read the label of your anti–cellulite cream or gel carefully. Look in the list of ingredients for other actives coming from green tea (also containing number of xanthines), yerba mate (a type of tea plant), coriander (coriandrum sativum) extract, or sweet orange (citrus aurantium dulcis) extract. The synergetic action of all of these (or a group of these) natural ingredients actually burn the fat in the adipose cells AND helps to eliminate it.