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Supporting Your Collagen Production
To supplement or eat? Diet plays a surprisingly large role in the appearance and youthfulness of your skin, and that all comes down to collagen. Collagen is an incredibly important protein that gives skin its structure, suppleness and stretch. Collagen contains the amino acid hydroxyproline that's unique in youthful skin. Prolyl-hydroxyproline, a collagen fragment, was found to trigger skin cells to produce more hyaluronic acid, another component that's important for boosting the skins water content. Furthermore, there are many types of collagen - 28 different types, to be precise - but not all of them help our skin! Our body...
A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO KRATOM
Curious about kratom? Trust me, I was once in your shoes before I started diving deeper into the sea of countless articles on the internet about this sacred tree. I could do all the reading in the world, but it wasn't until I personally experienced this amazing herb that I was able to relate to what I'm writing about here. I remember my first time trying kratom, I decided to drink it like matcha tea by mixing the leaf powder in with hot water. My mind was racing in a million places. What is it's potency? How much should I...
All About Peppermint Oil
The peppermint plant has a long history of cultivation and human consumption. For centuries, it has been used as a medicinal herb as well as a flavorful culinary addition. Today, it can be found in candies, teas, soaps, and even stomach medicines. The oil from the leaves is also extracted to create a therapeutic essential oil that has powerful benefits.
Benefits Of Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil
Ylang-ylang is the name of a tree that is native to Indonesia but has been naturalized in many tropical locations. The essential oil of ylang-ylang is extracted by steam distillation of fresh flowers of the ylang-ylang tree, which bears the scientific name Cananga odorata and is commonly found in the rainforests of certain Asia, South Pacific Indonesia, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, Comoro, and Polynesia.
Few reasons to Organic Loose Leaf Tea
One of the main reasons people opt for organic tea over conventionally grown tea is that organic tea is better for you. While it is true that some pesticides and fertilizers are removed during tea processing, many of these chemicals are water soluble... which means that they are in the leaf structure and they are removed from the tea leaves during steeping.