Beauty Brainstorm Blog

As you look at the things you put in your body, put on your body, put in your mind and surround yourself with, the old saying garbage in – garbage out could not be more true. How can you deal with this as it relates to you? How do you turn garbage out, if you already have garbage in?

There are some clear steps you can do to “take the garbage out”. It is time you help your teenagers get started with good garbage vs. bad garbage. A lot of this really starts at a youth.

Many teenagers personalities are not only shaped by their peers, parents, and teachers but also shaped by teenage acne. Believe it or not, treating acne and other garbage by-products does not have to be rocket science, there are many proven methods. Below are a few methods to help you become clean from garbage.

• Cleansing – There are body cleanses and skincare cleaners.

o Body Cleanses – This is a more dramatic type of cleansing. These type of cleansers can be found at most health food stores such as Vitamin Shoppe, Whole Foods Markets or others. These multi-system cleansers not only work on your bowel, but according to Vitamin Shoppe Herbal Pharmacist, David Foreman; they also cleanse your skin, blood, lymphatic system, liver, kidneys, etc. They remove unwanted toxins and clean the major filters of your body. It is recommended to consume plenty of water each day to assure yourself that you are flushing away the toxins.

o Facial Cleansing – Proper hygiene teaches us to clean our face each morning and evening to remove the bacteria that accumulates from our environment all day and night. For teenage acne, VELOCITY is a great product when used regularly, removes the toxins and bacteria that causes acne, from your skin. It deep cleans your face, tones to refresh and exfoliates to remove dead skin cells.

• Probiotics – Lately we have been hearing a lot about this. What we often hear is that probiotics help with digestion. But we also use them to help suppress other disease-causing bacteria that may end up in your digestive tract. Many of these bad bacterias can come from the inside and cause skin issues. WIKIPEDIA defines them as dietary supplements of live microorganisms thought to be healthy for the host organism.

According to the currently adopted definition by FAO/WHO, probiotics are: “Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host”. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and bifidobacteria are the most common types of microbes used as probiotics; but also certain yeasts and bacilli are available. In picking a probiotic, my research showed that the best are the ones that have at least 16 strains and 16 billion cells.