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On a typical day we lose 2.5 liters of water from our bodies. Add in exercise and we lose even more. It’s important to drink enough water to replace what we excrete and to flush out all those toxins that could clog our pores.

When we lose more water than we drink our bodies become dehydrated and toxins from the food we eat and the environment don’t have a chance to work themselves out. This affects the whole body including appetite, energy, digestion, immunity, and your skin fitness. When you are dehydrated you have dull, dry skin and in some cases even acne.

Eight glasses of water a day is the rule, but sometimes that’s hard to do. Instead, learn to recognize when you are dehydrated and then do everything you can to avoid it. Here are four ways to know when you are dehydrated:

• You are thirsty or hungry. Thirst is obvious with dry mouth, but sometimes hunger is also a result of dehydration. The next time you are hungry when you think you shouldn’t be, try drinking a glass of water.
• Your urine is a dark, murky color
• You have little energy
• You have abnormally dry skin

Dehydration means that your cells don’t rebuild the way they are supposed to and waste builds up in your blood. When this happens nutrients don’t manage to work through your body. Your complexion will suffer by becoming dry, flaky, oily, and acne prone.

Keep up with your skin fitness by drinking water all day long and by using the proper moisturizer. Shop at the SkinStore.com to find products right for you and receive free USA shipping on all orders.

Think about everything that your lips go through in one day. Between the smiling, the breathing, the eating, and then the outside elements like sun, wind and pollutants, those pretty puckers go through more wear and tear than any other part of the body.

On top of everything the lips go through in a day, the skin on the lips is not near as thick as other areas of your body. In fact, the lips have five layers of dermis where as parts of your face have 16 layers. Because your lips are so much thinner, lips tend to chap and bleed easier. This means that the lips should be cared for by using a moisturizer that actually works.

Another disadvantage for the lips is that no natural oils are excreted on this part of the skin, unlike the rest of the body. This is because there are no sebaceous glands or sweat glands to expel moisture on this part of the skin.

Many people are troubled by chronic chapped lips and are frustrated by the fact that chap sticks, lip glosses, and other lip treatments sometimes make the situation worse. This is because of the chemicals like alcohol and camphor that many chap sticks contain that have drying qualities. There are three simple things you can do keep lips moisturized and protected.

• Drink plenty of water for total skin fitness
• Take a fish oil supplement. It’s a slow fix, but it’s a good fix.
• Use a lip moisturizer that locks in moisture like shea butter.

For more information on lip care products visit SkinStore.com or contact Skin Fitness Facts with your questions.

The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland in your throat, which many of us overlook. It doesn’t beat too fast or hurt because of eating too much so we rarely even know its there.

But we should give it more attention and so should your doctor. An overactive or under-active thyroid means that the gland is producing too little or too much of its hormone T4. In either case, a thyroid that doesn’t work properly could result in chronically dry skin and some other very serious problems like heart issues and chronic fatigue.

If you feel that no amount of water and no amount of shea butter is enough to moisturize your skin and if you have other symptoms for more than three weeks like: fatigue, coldness, memory-loss, weight gain, and depression, then a trip to the doctor is in order. The screening is a simple blood test so there is no reason not to especially if it means improving your skin’s fitness and your overall fitness.