Easy Detoxifying for Radiant Skin

Would you LOVE to have healthy, soft and radiant skin for the holidays and all year long? Would you love to eat more and enjoy the holiday treats / sweets and have them effect you less? Here's a few tips to make that a reality in your life this holiday season.

Well, I have used several techniques to transform my large pores, rough feeling and tired looking skin into just that, radiant and glowing. One of the things I do to support detoxification and nutrient uptake and utilization ( inflammation and pain control too ) is ingest between 4000-8000 mg of pure high grade MSM every day. I take a few thousand milligrams every time I eat a meal. MSM, an organic sulfur, is one of the missing nutrients in most people's diet and a component of great feeling and looking hair and skin. Another thing I do every day is drink at least one 14 ounce glass of fresh GREEN juice. The nutrients and minerals are essential to help your body detoxify and rebuild. You can read more about the benefits of a green juice a day from the last blog post. If you do not own a juicer, then doing at least one green smoothie per day will be a great plus.

To your blender add:

1 banana

1 mango or other sweet fruit, peach, persimmon, apple

1/4 cup pineapple, about 4-6 chunks fresh or frozen, NOT canned

2 kale leaves, de-stemmed leaves only

1 young coconut, water only or 2 cups filtered water

green powder, start with 1 teaspoon and work up to 1 tablespoon

Blend until smooth. Drink immediately. You can vary this basic recipe experimenting with various fruits as they are in season, or use your favorite ones.

The best green powders I have found are: Pure Synergy ( the best ) and Vitamineral Green.

Another technique that I use everyday is skin or dry brushing. Some may have heard of this technique using natural bristle brushes like the ones pictured above. Your skin is the largest organ in the body and eliminates about 1 kilo of waste per day. The skin also absorbs nutrients to keep your body healthy and properly functioning. Therefore, it needs to be clean and the pores need to be open and not clogged or toxic. Skin brushing is a fast easy way to accomplish this, and is best done just before showering every morning. Other benefits of brushing are improved immune system health and stimulation, significantly improving circulation and the transportation of nutrients throughout the body. This will help increase healing of abrasions, infections as well as clear the mind and energize the body. Dry brushing is one of the most important way to move or clear the lymph. The lymph is a system of conduits carrying fluid that is responsible for detoxifying our body, removing dead cells, carrying fatty acids and fats as well as the important healing cells of our immune system the lymphocytes.. It has no formal pump as the heart, so in order to move the fluid along it must have muscle contractions from exercise, massage or be brushed. Body brushing also stimulates the production of hormones, promotes muscle tone and optimizes the distribution of fat deposits, giving the skin a smoother appearance. Isn't that a wonderful benefit ladies? In addition to all these perks, dry brushing also stimulates the nervous system, feels wonderful and invigorates the entire body as it clears the mind! Do you have 5 minutes to get started on a healthier, more radiant and vibrant body?

If you need to purchase some dry brushes click here.

Steps for simple dry brushing:

1. Begin at the top or bottom of your body

2. Alway brush TOWARD your heart

3. Use long strokes on the limbs

4. Use circular strokes in a clockwise ( from right to left ) direction to follow digestive flow in the intestines

5. Brush neck and collar bone, ladies go lightly on the sensitive tissue of your breasts

6. Be sure to brush your feet and hands

7. You may need to ask for help doing some of your back, that's what the long handle is for!

8. You can order a special face brush for the face and neck

9. When brushing is complete hop in the shower and wash away the dry and dead skin along with the salts and toxins from the day before

10 Enjoy the renewed energy and life you will be feeling from this quick massage

11. If you like, do a few short rounds of hot water, then cold at the end of your shower, oh so refreshing!

12. Apply some good quality food grade vegetable oils such as coconut, cacao, olive, sesame, macadamia, jojoba, kukui, rosehip seed or other favorite oil to nourish your skin

I hope you will incorporate these 3 simple techniques into your daily routine, so you can enjoy a more Alive N' Juicy life right now.