Love the skin your in

Did you know that your skin is just a bunch of cells? If you want to take care of your skin, and have it look and feel its best, you must take care of its cells. Healthy, vibrant cells need plenty of fluid to thrive. Guess what that fluid is made of, that's right, water. In order for your body to have the proper amount of fluid for your cells to function effectively, you must put this water into your body.

When we think of cells, you might say we view them as Gulliver viewed the Lilliputians. These living, metabolizing organisms are microscopic, so we treat them as out of sight, out of mind. Well if you want healthier skin and a healthier body, then it’s time to change the way you think and view yourselves.

Cells, just like us, require fuel or energy, to do their job. In the process of doing their respective jobs, they experience damage which needs repair. That repair comes from protein - the building blocks of life. Once that fuel is used, waste is produced - which is removed from your body via our trips to the bathroom. Remember, for these cells to operate effectively, they need to be in a sufficient fluid base.

Some other things that affect our skin are direct sunlight, temperature and moisture. We can protect our skin from sunlight by covering it, cooling and warming it with clothing, as well. Dry skin can be moisturized naturally by eating vegetables or with oils and lotions.


Remember even though you cannot see these cells with your eyes, they are there and need your attention. Take every opportunity to drink water, and eat fresh fruits and vegetables. Protect your skin when necessary. Moisturize regularly and enjoy that skin you are in.

As always, stay positive and control your thoughts - because your thoughts become your reality.

Positive thoughts, create positive realities

Douglas Powell
Motivational Speaker

Take a bite out of pain

When your body is experiencing pain, try eating your way out of it. Sounds a little unusual, however it works. Joint pain - like ankle, knee, hip, back, or shoulder; or nerve pain - like a headache, toothache or any constant dull pain, are very common and you can eat your way out of them.

What is pain? Well it is a message from a part of your body to your brain that something is out of its normal state. This message causes many things to happen and your body begins to repair what is wrong.

What modern medicine does is block this message to the brain so you don't feel any pain; then with the aid of additional medicine, your body goes to work to fix the abnormal state. When this goes on, it's like a battle to the death between good and evil. Let me draw a picture for you.

Let's say you are in a crowded room with many people, and some of them are coughing, sneezing and looking weak and lacking in energy. In a short while you notice that you too are feeling a little weak and lacking in energy. Well the likelihood that your body was exposed to some air born germs is high; and now your body has to go to battle to return you to normal, good health. If you resort to modern medicine, what you are doing is going into battle against an army of potentially millions of invaders with one soldier, your medicine. You may have blocked the pain, however now you have to destroy the millions of invading germs with only one weapon. Conversely fresh fruits and vegetables, (especially organic) have many, many weapons to destroy invading germs. Now if you were to go into this battle with your own army of millions of soldiers, natural fruits and vegetables, you would have a much better chance of destroying the invading germs and making your immune system stronger in the process.

Fruits and vegetables during their growing process have to withstand invasion from many types of predators - temperature, insects, pollutants in the air - and in the process of doing this, they build a stronger immune system and resistance to disease which they pass on to whomever eats them. This is how we are able to be healed by them.

It is your body that does the healing, and our job is to create the best environment for it to do this.

Your body has all the tools necessary to repair itself, and it can get all the help it needs from eating natural substances. Your body can not only block the pain, it can also return to it's normal state just by eating and drinking natural substances.

Fruit rich in antioxidants helps repair the cells in your body, while olive oil, flax seed oil, and seafood, (specifically salmon), give your body the "good fat" that it needs to help decrease inflammation and reduce pain. Super foods, like wheat grass, algae and seaweed are packed with nutrients that can help you get well, and stay well.

So before you open that medicine cabinet, try visiting a health food store or an organic market and pick up some fresh fruits, vegetables, and seafood. You will have less pain, heal faster and have much more energy. You know how all medicine has warning labels they are required to disclose, well here is my disclosure statement : You may have increased energy along with a much improved resistance to disease. You may experience little to no pain whatsoever, and your weight will be lower as a result of the change in diet. You can have a better quality of life." Can you "live" with these side effects? I think you can.

As always, stay positive and control your thoughts - because your thoughts become your reality.

Positive thoughts, create positive realities

Douglas Powell
Motivational Speaker