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. . . beauty secrets from Polynesia Traditional Polynesian women are known for flawless, smooth skin and thick, shiny hair, which persist into old age. What's their secret? Apart from healthy diet and relative freedom from toxicity, it's coconut oil. Home treatment with coconut oil is likely to produce better results than any skin or hair treatment in an expensive salon.    A balance of various healthy oils in the diet is needed to keep the complexion soft and dewy -- in fact dry skin is often a symptom of an oil deficiency. But the primary factor that ages skin is free radical damage. It is free radical damage that causes liver spots. Free radicals are also to blame for connective tissue breakdown, turning healthy, youthful skin that's smooth, elastic and supple into aging skin that sags and wrinkles. In addition to including antioxidants in your diet, coconut oil, applied topically, prevents free-radical formation. This enables you to defy aging and maintain the complexion of y…

By now you’ve heard eating certain foods can be essential for creating beautiful, healthy-looking skin. Foods like avocados, green tea, broccoli, olive oil, tomatoes, walnuts, and beans all contain important skin nutrients—like polyphenols, vitamin E, carotenes, omega-3s, proteins, and more—that help firm up skin, slow down cellular aging, break the cycle of oxidation and inflammation, and speed up the healing process. Skin health becomes even more critical as you age.In fact, we’ve shown how your skin is a window to your overall health and we offered some timeless tips to start implementing an effective daily skincare regimen, but skin health goes much deeper than physical wellness. Consider the emotional impact of skin health in your life Let’s “face” it. The first thing other’s see—and what you see in the mirror each day—is the complexion of your skin. When your skin looks dull and wrinkly, you get discouraged. When it looks smooth, youthful and radiant, you become elated w…