Tips for Men’s Skin Care – Start Caring for Your Skin Today

December 12th, 2011 by admin No comments »

It proves all too easy to shrug off the correct skin care as simply a girl thing. In reality, men ought to care for their skin as well! Men’s skin care needs are, at heart, the same as women’s needs: keep the skin clean and breakout free. Men, however, usually need to consider other things as well. Male hormones are different and affect the skin differently. Women do not need to shave (usually) as men do.

For males who desire to have a better skin care treatment, observe the following suggestions.

Your WHOLE body needs attention! Most of the skin treatment routines people use focus only on the face, but the rest of the skin on your body needs care, too. Good hygiene is an important part of skin care. Some men think that showering daily is optional, so they go for a day or two without cleaning their bodies. But, your skin needs cleaned daily in order to avoid illness and the spread of bacteria.

Cleaning your skin every day is not an optional activity. Using a good body wash goes a long way in making sure your skin is as clean as possible. An exfoliating body wash that has a moisturizer is a good choice. Both exfoliating and moisturizing contribute to healthy skin. Do not use water that is too hot or too cold. Tolerably warm water, or lukewarm water proves to work out best. Too hot water can scald your face, leaving your skin scarred and damaged. There are capillaries throughout your face, and extremely cold water can burst those capillaries. Some people like to refresh or revive themselves by splashing cool water on their face, but if it is too cold, then it will damage your skin. Check the water out before you put it on your face!

Include toner in your skin treatment routine. A great number of individuals, both male and female, forget the toner while they are practicing their skin treatment regimen. The fact remains that toner is an essential part of your skin care. Toner functions to close the pores, but it also prevents ingrown hairs. » Read more: Tips for Men’s Skin Care – Start Caring for Your Skin Today

Human Body Energy Stores and Losing Weight

December 12th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Human body energy stores and losing weight

Many dieters think of stored energy as just body fat, and that to lose weight they need to follow a diet to enable the body to use up these fat stores. But there is more to losing body fat stores than just dieting, there are other stores of energy which can limit or interfere with the process of fat burning.

There are other stores of energy within the body; glycogen (carbohydrates) and protein (muscle). How the body uses these stores for energy production can change the way the body uses fat. This article discusses the stores of each energy component within the body and how they can affect weight loss.

Carbohydrates stored in the body

Glycogen is basically carbohydrates stored in the body. It is stored mainly in the muscles and to a smaller degree in the liver. Glycogen is a large storage molecule made up of millions of glucose (sugar) units. The process of storing carbohydrates causes it to hold about three times its own weight of water. The body can store a maximum of around 500 grams of glycogen but the exact amount of storage at any given time will depend largely on the nutritional status of the individual. Even if glycogen stores are full there will only be the energy equivalent to approximately 2000 calories, in other words if you didn’t eat for a whole day then most of these stores could be used up.

But how does this all relate to losing weight?

Storage of sugar (glycogen) causes the body to hold three times its weight in water. This means that if your muscles have 500 grams of glycogen storage then you’ll also be holding an extra 1500 grams of water, so a total weight of two kilograms (4.4 pounds). If you used up 90% of the glycogen stored in the muscles – which is quite likely if you cut food intake dramatically or was following a low-carbohydrate diet – then you’ll lose just less than 4 pounds in weight. This is what tends to happen when following a very low calorie diet and especially a low-carbohydrate diet, all the weight loss comes from fluid loss through reduced glycogen stores. It’s the reason why dieters lose so much weight within the first few days, and also the reason why so many dieters regain the weight after the diet ceases, the fluid is simply replaced as glycogen stores are replenished. The fact is that most of the weight lost was NOT fat loss in the first place. Knowing this information helps many people make sense of the fact that slow steady weight loss (around 1-2 pounds each week) is the best policy for permanent weight control. » Read more: Human Body Energy Stores and Losing Weight