Integrative Wellness Center
Skin Health & Anti-Aging, Part IV
So far in our series, we have discussed three main goals to help reduce the aging of our skin: Increase Cell turnover, Decrease Free Radicals, and Decrease Sun Damage. To wrap our series, we are going to focus on our last goal: Decrease Inflammation Inflammation to our skin can come from harsh skin care, acne,…
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Today, I am going to continue my discussion on skin health and anti-aging. So far, we have covered to goals to help reduce aging skin: Increase Cell turnover & Decrease Free Radical. Goal #3: Decrease Sun Damage & Exposure The sun is actually not only damaging collagen, but it almost digests the collagen. It can…
Read MoreSkin Health & Anti-Aging, Part II
Last week we discussed the first goal to prevent aging skin: Boost Cell Turnover. Today, we are going cover Goal #2: Decrease Free Radicals. Decreasing Free Radicals: Free Radicals are factors in our environment that affect our skin. Elements like smoking and sun exposure can increase free radicals, therefore damaging our collagen. We already know…
Read MoreSkin Health & Anti-Aging, Part I
Last week, I mentioned the main factors that age our skin. Today I am going to focus on one way to decrease aging skin. Focus: Boost our Cell Turnover & Revewal If we increase cell turnover of our skin, then we are stimulating collagen production. Collagen is what keeps our skin strength, elasticity, and structure.…
Read MoreSkin Health & Anti-Aging, Introduction
Women and men alike are all after one thing when it comes to skin – how to keep it from aging. The first problem when tackling anti-aging and skin health is that we first have to understand what causes it to age. The skin is our largest organ and needs to be treated with care,…
Read MoreI Saw It On Livestream…
May 9, 2014 Tomorrow, Saturday May 10, 2014 is our annual Spring Open House at The Medicine Shoppe Compounding Pharmacy and Integrative Wellness Center in Oakmont. In the past, you, our web viewers and customers only had the sale benefits. This year, we are proud to be streaming LIVE from this event. You will have…
Read MoreJoe DiMatteo and Diane Silverman on KDKA
April 15, 2014 I am sure today is a day that ages all of us! Tax Day. I thought that it would be nice for you to hear the KDKA radio show “Nan Cohen’s Mind, Body and Soul” that featured Joe, myself and Dr. Michael Kluska from Saturday April 5, 2014 that was centered around…
Read MoreWelcome to our BLOG!
March 31, 2014 I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to my first official blog. It is our goal for this blog to become a source of information and education to all who visit our site. We hope to fill it with valuable news, concepts and ideas that will help keep you up to…
Read MoreBack to the Basics: Rest
Diet Myths
In this video, Joe highlights some of the most popular diets present in today’s society. Joe discusses not only the diets themselves, but some of the myths and downsides of associated with them. Zone Diet – Balance of protein, carbohydrates, & fat in diet – Two quality snacks a day – Balance Protein: 30% – …
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