I recently discussed how drinking spearmint tea can help reduce acne in women who have a high sensitivity to androgens or have too much testosterone. When spearmint is used as a tea or as a supplement, it can have beneficial effects on the skin by reducing oil production, reducing pore size, acting as an anti-inflammatory…
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What I Eat On My Vegan CR Diet In 2019 + Supplements
It’s been quite a long time since I shared my diet on this blog, so I thought I’d give an update. I also don’t usually do these kinds of posts because I’m not sure if people are interested and my diet doesn’t really change a whole lot either. I mean, aside from when I became…
Growing Food To Reduce Cost Of My Low Calorie Vegan Diet
One of the excuses many people have about eating healthily is that it simply costs too much compared to processed or packaged foods. Unfortunately, at least for myself, I’ve found that this is true unless I’m being very cautious about what I buy and where I buy the food from. One way I could drastically…
Benefits Of Spearmint Tea For Hormonal Acne
Acne is a skin condition that affects up to 50 million people in the US every year with children and young adults between the ages of 12 and 24 being most affected. It does get better with age, but if you’re suffering right now, that probably isn’t going to be too comforting. So in this…
How Much Soy Is Too Much For A Man?
Soybeans are used in a variety of foods and are especially popular among vegetarians and vegans, products like soy milk is a great source of protein which contains all essential amino acids. However, even though soy products are considered healthy, some men worry about consuming too much due to phytoestrogens that it contains. There are…
Interview with David Fisher: 30 Years On A CR Diet To Slow Aging
David Fisher, 61 years old, is one of the few long term adherents to calorie restriction in the world. While most people only stick to a diet for just a few weeks or months at a time, he has managed to maintain a strict CR diet for 30 years! In 2004, he was featured in…
Beyond Calorie Restriction For Longevity: SENS And Other Strategies
Since the 1930s calorie restriction has been the gold standard for increasing lifespan in a variety of organisms ranging from worms to mice. The diet gained popularity in the 1980s when Roy Walford and Richard Weindruch managed to extend the lifespan of adult mice successfully for the first time [1]. And then later in 2004,…
Best Supplements For Skin Elasticity
When we are young our skin is able to snap back into position very quickly. However, with age, the amount of time the skin takes to return to its position is slowed and this is a sign that you’re losing the elastic fibers due to the effects of photoaging and the aging process itself. In…
Best Soy Milk Without Carrageenan
Soy milk is a great substitute for dairy milk because it provides high-quality protein and even some health benefits when consumed in moderate amounts. In this article, I’ll show you some of the best soy milk products without carrageenan. What’s wrong with carrageenan? Carrageenan is an ingredient that is widely used in milk substitutes such…
Hair, Skin, And Nails Vitamins Without Biotin
Although there are a huge number of vitamin supplements out there designed to help improve your skin, nail, and hair growth, the vast majority of them contain massive amounts of biotin. It’s almost impossible to find a good multivitamin supplement without mega-dosing on biotin. Although very safe in high amounts, some people can experience side effects…