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Much of the ageing in our bodies comes from inflammation, so a new term has been coined.  Inflam’ageing’ refers to the ageing that is caused through the presence of chronic inflammation. Inflammation is our body’s first response to an infection or irritation and is therefore a vital defence mechanism that ensures our survival and stimulates healing. But inflammation should clear once the threat to our health is overcome. If it does not it becomes chronic and contributes to the ageing process as well as the development of many degenerative by flooding our b[...]

One of the most important minerals for beautiful skin, now and in the future, is zinc, but unfortunately it is the one mineral most people in New Zealand are deficient in.  Zinc helps us produce healthy collagen (your anti-wrinkle fibre), helps your skin heal, helps to prevent scaring and makes the skin strong and resilient. To test for zinc you can do a simple ‘taste test’ and your Janesce therapist may be able to do this for you. Be aware that, even with supplementation, it can take many months to correct the levels of zinc in your body. Healthy foods ric[...]

It has recently been discovered that if you don’t sleep well you are more likely to have skin that is rapidly ageing and is less resilient when exposed to environmental stressors like UV and low humidity levels. A study involving 60 pre-menopausal women showed that the quality of our sleep impacts on the functioning and rate of ageing of our skin. Poor sleepers had skin that aged faster and recovered slower from stressors in the environment like UV exposure. They also had reduced skin health and more fine lines, uneven pigmentation, reduced elasticity and s[...]