This week I wanted to share more information on the ingredients that I am using in our CELL Infuse products and why I have moved even more so into organic ingredients. As many of you know I had severe health challenges some years ago, which really forced me to look at every area of my life, what I was eating, what I was putting on my skin, what products I was washing my hair with, my thoughts and so on.
We know our skin is the largest organ of our body, so what we place on our skin enters our bloodstream in a few seconds – some studies say less than 26 seconds. So if you continue to put harmful ingredients, and most products will have them, the toxins will accumulate as the body cannot deal with foreign matter & so over time this can start to break the cells down. Along with inhalation, ingestion and injection, dermal absorption is a route of exposure for toxic substance. The more you understand this major concern and the fact that many chemicals are linked to cancers and immune disorders along with sensitivity and allergies you will step right away from them where you can.
I’ve previously shared with you how I have started using Australian Native Extracts in concentrated forms: Davidson Plum, Kakadu Plum and Finger Lime Caviar. These are all powerful antioxidants that have ‘building collagen’ properties, are smoothing and nourishing on the skin. We will release a Hydrating Creamy Cleanser with Lime Caviar in a couple of weeks, so you can enjoy these beautiful native extracts for yourself. In addition to your face being cleansed your skin will feel fresh and moisturised, radiant and glowing. The after effect is noticeable!
Here is another Native Extract I have become very familiar with – Prickly Pear. You’ll find this included in the CELL Infuse Glow Mask and CELL Infuse Power Scrub.
Prickly Pear is very powerful when it comes to moisturizing and softening skin. You see, the seeds of the fruit are extremely high in essential fatty acids. Oil pressed from prickly pears consists of 60% linoleic acid. This fat is key in stimulating healthy skin cell production and replacing old skin cells. As a result, prickly pear oil soothes even the driest skin and leaves it softer. Linoleic acid allows the oil to penetrate deep into your skin without leaving a greasy residue. But it also has a low oleic acid content. That makes prickly pear oil non-comedogenic, meaning it will not clog your pores or lead to breakouts. That’s good news!!!
But wait – there’s more!!! Prickly Pear is also rich in Vitamin E, a natural antioxidant and free radical scavenger. It combats cell damage that leads to skin aging. It also supports cell renewal and reduces the look of wrinkles, age spots, and under-eye circles.
One reason Prickly Pear has so many health benefits is that it has a wealth of antioxidants. It has potent pigments called betalains that have powerful anti-aging effects. In fact, Prickly Pear has higher levels of these super-antioxidants than other red and purple foods like açai, pomegranate, blueberries, goji berries or beets. The high antioxidant activity of betalains stimulates cell renewal, leaving you with new, glowing skin. This cactus is also rich in amino acids. These building blocks of protein stimulate collagen production. That helps skin stay firm while it tightens up skin pores for a young fresh look.
Now you can see why I am excited about including Extracts like these in our skincare products. They have such a noticeable impact on the skin and the beauty is that you can use these products with confidence knowing they naturally work in harmony with your skin. They are the new big natural & effective thing in skincare. I continue with my research passionate about offering these products to you.
I’d love to hear of your discoveries & encourage you to email me your questions and I will endeavour to respond within a week.
Here’s to a more beautiful you!
Judy & Team
Of all the vitamins out there – there’s one that stands out in keeping you looking young. Interestingly, you might have seen it on ads for things like digestion and athletic performance. Let’s leave your Iron Woman training aside for a moment though and see how great it can be for your skin – Niacin!
As if all that wasn’t enough, it boosts skin hydration. Niacin increases the production of ceramides – skin lipids that prevent water loss. Niacin is also known to cool inflamed skin.
I’d like to talk today about 
In many ancient medical traditions (such as Ayurveda), caring for the gut and ensuring good digestion is at the heart of good health. So let’s bring back the gut back to our everyday focus. Back to Natural Anti-Aging though – here at 
This week I want to encourage and share with you why you MUST eat plenty of fat. At the same time, not just any fat will do… some fats are no good at all, while others have health boosting and 
Between the fibre and healthy fat content, you’ll have no problem being sufficiently satisfied for hours after enjoying a delicious avocado. Makes for a great addition to salads or as guacamole! Smashed avocado & feta is popular right now.
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Coconut oil
CELL Infuse skin care products
Under the microscope researchers could see that cat’s claw extract supported telomeres by… 201% (note cat’s claw in a plant, not animal as some of you may have wondered) We have used an extract as I am always looking to get the best results. Telomeres are the protective caps at the end of each strand of your DNA. You know I have talked about this amazing discovery previously but just to recap …when you are young, your telomeres are long. But every time a cell divides the telomeres get shorter. Over time, your telomeres get so short they can’t protect your DNA as well. When a cell divides, new cells are defective. You begin to develop the signs and diseases of old age.
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Girls – for the first time in my life I am going out in public make-up free!
The stabilized, lipid-soluble 
Recently I had a wonderful visit with my youngest daughter in Adelaide. Every night after story time she said to her boys, seven and five, `Mum will get your lemonade’. At first I was surprised because I knew they didn’t have any lemonade in their home. The answer?
Something else I truly love to do is add Magnesium to my bath water. Commonly called Epsom Salt, Magnesium Sulfate gives you a combination of Magnesium and Sulfate. These two minerals work together in a process called reverse osmosis to remove toxins from the body and build key protein molecules in your tissues and joints. The skin is a highly porous membrane, and an Epsom Salt bath gives you a double health benefit – first drawing out the toxins, and then helping the skin absorb the Magnesium and Sulfate. Sulfates are necessary for healthy skin, brain, joints and nerve tissue and help activate the pancreas by triggering the release of digestive enzymes.
Experts advise that you need about 40 minutes to get the true benefits from an 
Vitamin C is great for our skin in two ways
Free radical are very hard to completely avoid because they are just about everywhere – we are exposed to them through air pollution, diet, drugs, stress, smoking and even inflammation, excessive exercise and exposure to sunlight.
Why is it so important to apply Vitamin C directly to your skin?
These days I consider myself lucky that my husband is our grocery-shopping guru. Which is great because when I do go into a supermarket there are some things that make me really mad – not because they are unhealthy – but because they really shouldn’t be!
Oils like Canola Oil, Soybean Oil and Vegetable Oil are called estrogenic (or oestrogenic) because they are full of inflammation-promoting Omega-6 fatty acids that lead to estrogen excess. This kind of hormone imbalance puts your body in a depressing cycle of storing and gaining weight – particularly around your middle – that can continue no matter how much effort you put into shifting it. Not to mention all the other things that go wrong when your hormones are out of kilter and all the other health risks that have been associated with estrogenic oils from breast and prostate cancers to the early onset of puberty in children.
Fats that began life as unsaturated oils but have been so processed they behave worse than natural saturated fats. Put simply, these are oils that have been so processed they contain trans fats, unsaturated fats that behave like saturated fats – only worse. Westerners were consuming these trans fats in everything from doughnuts and store bought cakes to margarine for years before it was recognised how bad for our health they were – increasing our bad cholesterol and risk of heart disease and contributing to type II diabetes and inflammation. They are so bad they are being phased out in both Australia and the USA. But they are not all gone yet, and while it’s easy to see we should avoid store bought cakes and doughnuts – it’s not so easy to see the health risks in a humble bottle of store bought salad dressing.
Don’t be fooled by labels that claim: “Made with Extra Virgin Olive Oil”. Sure, they’ll point that out on the front of the label because it sounds good and leads you to believe that it’s an extra virgin olive oil based dressing. They can say that even if there’s only a drop of extra virgin olive oil in the bottle – and often that really is all it is. Have a look at the ingredients listed on the back and you will quickly see the same harmful vegetable oils listed first and extra virgin olive oil …way down the bottom. Is it unethical? Yes it is. Is it healthy? Certainly not. By the way – don’t forget to do the same ingredients check on the ‘all natural’ salad dressings in the supermarket refrigerated section because you will most likely find those same cheap, nasty oils listed there too!
More often than not, in addition to cheap potentially harmful oils, store bought salad dressings are also loaded with sugar. Even worse, it often comes in the form of 
As if nasty hormone-hacking oils weren’t enough, most store bought salad dressings are plagued by a long list of artificial additives and preservatives. If you’re looking to avoid artificial chemicals in your food, simply put, you won’t have much luck with store bought salad dressings. My suggestion is to educate yourself, and a great place to start is Peter Taubert’s Your Health and Food Additives. My husband and I have worked alongside Peter and if you’re interested in knowing what effect food additives are having on your health, I can recommend his book.
Which brings me back to the Italian seasoning packet I went to the grocery store for in the first place. Getting the right food into your body doesn’t always have to be difficult. In the case of salad dressing it is okay to use oil as long as you choose the right one. At home we regularly enjoy our salads with a simple dressing made from a little Italian seasoning mixed with red wine vinegar and REAL extra virgin olive oil – it’s easy, delicious and absolutely healthful. So go ahead – drizzle a lovely oil-based vinaigrette over that salad leaf mix, dip some crunchy fresh vegetables in a lovely home made aioli – just make sure you get the oils right first!
But if you really want to improve your health and vitality you need to take it up a level and include some of nature’s Super Foods into the range of raw foods you include in your daily diet. There’s a reason why some of nature’s bounty have been declared Super Foods – and it’s not just because someone, somewhere, wants to make something sound fancier than it really is!
Raw Super Foods really are as good as they sound, but the problem can be figuring out which foods to have, how much to have, and in what combination. Plus it can be difficult for some to stick with a raw foods diet, for others it can be downright boring, and it takes a lot of time and work. Who has got that?
A high dose blend of eight Super Foods, 