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promote the collagen production, they
can keep your skin younger and refreshed for a longer period of time.
A good night sleep is also essential part
of every healthy lifestyle and can bring
you a lot of rewards. Most of us don’t
get the 8-hour night sleep we desperately need, and as a result we suffer
from poor immune system. Lack of adequate sleep is also linked to earlier
symptoms of aging, including wrinkles
and under-eye bags. Why? Because
sleep is essential for the proper body
functioning. It is during these 8 or so
hours every night that our organism
has the chance to relax and restore itself.
Combine good sleeping habits with

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a proper nutrition plan, including lots
of fruits and vegetables, if you want
to look and feel younger. Refined and
processed foods, as well as artificial
sugar, on the other hand, damage your
skin collagen and make you look older and more tired all the time. Avoiding
sugars in general, especially as you get
older, is an excellent strategy to conserve your youthful appearance. If you
find yourself craving sweets, try eating
strawberries – they’re especially tasty
and are one of the superfoods that can
improve your skin condition.
Convinced already? Great, now it’s time
to start working on the healthy lifestyle.
Last year, an enormous number of people went crazy over the healthy green

smoothies. It looks like the trend will
continue on for the next year but with
a slight modification – colors. Adding
superfoods, such as berries or Baobab
adds so much more than color to your
smoothie. Berries, for instance, are full
of antioxidants, which are essential
part of the anti-aging process.
What about charcoal? Yes, it seems
that adding charcoal to your smoothie can help you cleanse your organism and it’s going to become a massive trend in 2015. Active charcoal was
used in the past 150 years to help with
food poisoning, as it cleanses the organisms and flushes the toxins out of
your system. However, a smoothie or
two (even with charcoal or acai berry)
can’t do the job its own, and needs to
be combined with a good nutritional
plan and, preferably, lots of exercise.
A new diet trend has started to appear
in recent months. The so-called “Mono
meal diet” sounds like a dream come
true – all-you-can-eat buffet, once a
day, to lose weight. However, the