As both fitness enthusiasts and fitness and wellness professionals, we may have experienced the different challenges of being athletic. Compared to non-exercisers, we have different nutritional needs, we may need to have our clothing altered to fit our muscles, we drink more water, replace running shoes more often and so on. But as fitness enthusiasts, do we have different skin care needs? It would stand to reason that those who exercise perspire more and therefore have extra sebum production. Sebum is an oily secretion of the sebaceous glands. Sebum reduces water loss from the skin’s surface and also is colonized…
Author: Sandy Alcide
Sandy Alcide
Sandy is the leading expert about skin care for the fitness enthusiast. She is the President of the American Athletic Skin Care Association and the Founder of Motion Medica skin care.
Yes, there is such a problem for dedicated exercisers. But what causes this? Scientists are still uncertain what the exact cause is, but the new following studies have proved evident: Your lymphatic system is controlled by movement and operates best during exercise. The lymphatic system is also known as “the drainage system of the body”. This system consists of lymph nodes & vessels that carry lymph fluid around your body. This amazing system collects waste from tissues and returns it to the blood after it has been purified. If the lymph is insufficiently activated, cells swim in their own waste…