Raw Food Blog

Face it!…Your face is your fortune…or your frustration. That face in the mirror—is it all you want it to be? All it could be?
Your face is you…Your face reflects how you feel. Let’s get honest—how are you feeling? Aging?…Tired?…Sad?…Distressed? Read the rest of this entry »

One Lady wrote me: “Hi Tonya, I just read your article about facial exercises. I was wondering if rebounding on a mini-trampoline would be good or bad for facial muscles. I have heard that it has an anti-aging effect, but I also heard that aerobic exercise can cause sagging. What do you think?” Read the rest of this entry »

Keeping the eye moist is essential for good eye health. Tears bathe the eye, washing out dust and debris. They also contain enzymes that neutralize the microorganisms that populate the eye. In dry eye syndrome, the eye either doesn’t produce enough tears, or the tears it produces have a chemical composition that causes them to evaporate too quickly. Read the rest of this entry »

The popular argument against facial exercises uses Botox as an example. Who would have thought it? Injected directly into the muscles of the forehead and facial lines, Botox smoothes the face precisely because it prevents the muscles from moving—by paralyzing them! Botox targets facial wrinkles caused by facial expressions, by the contraction of small, voluntary muscles used in laughing, smiling, frowning, or lifting the eyebrows. When these small muscles are relaxed, the wrinkles they cause around the forehead and the eyes diminish. Read the rest of this entry »