Aging would not be so bad if it did not tell on us at every encounter. As we hug one another, we register love handles on other's waist, flab on their arms and sag on their cheeks. We stare into each other's faces. After all, only saints find no pleasure in wrinkles of their peers. We are not inexcusable sinners; we are checking to see how well we are holding up. Estimating someone's age and deciding how well that person has aged tells us a lot. Looking and feeling younger than chronological age has increasingly becomes a yardstick of success. Preoccupation with age is a reality for our rapidly aging society. It is part of our resume and every bit as important as our employment records.

The signs of deterioration that we consider signs of aging are result of waste overload on cellular level. When our actions are in opposition to nature, results are different types of bodily ills, deformities, and ugliness. Eating denatured and devitalized food leaves residues body cannot utilize, and they are deposited in places our Creator never intended. Whatever body cannot use, becomes toxic accumulations that steal our health and our youth.

Body acids enter in chemical reactions with waste products causing calcification of soft tissue. Now tissues of vital organs and glands become burdened with mineral salts and crystalline deposits. Overloaded with waste, they not only can no longer function normally but also become more responsive to gravity's pull. As every tissue elongates and sags, drooping jowls and sagging cheeks begin to drape on both sides of mouth, and eyebrows begin to hang over eyes.

Most of us feel our appearance lacks something. In reality, ugliness is more about excess. Toxic accumulations in our bodies are responsible for stealing our health and attractiveness. Beauty lies latent under cushions of retained fluids, deposits of fat, and sick tissues. Your beauty is buried alive, but in most cases it can be revived in a version that will be satisfactory to you. You must take immediate action to revitalize it. When you do, your uncovered beauty will surprise and delight you.

Some physical characteristics of our face and body we cannot change--they were determined prior to our birth. But consumption of raw plant diet as an adult will make a difference in texture of skin and hair, health of nails, weight and complexion. All of these traits and more are determined by daily choices, with food being one of most important and, luckily, one we can fully control.

To administer R.I.C.E. use following guidelines suggested by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons:

Rest: Stop using injured body part immediately. If you feel pain when you move, this is your body sending a signal to decrease mobility of injured area.

Ice: Apply an ice pack to injured area, using a towel or cover to protect your skin from frostbite. The more conforming ice pack better, in order for injury to receive maximum exposure to treatment.

Compression: Use a pressure bandage or wrap over ice pack to help reduce swelling. Never tighten bandage or wrap to point of cutting off blood flow. You should not feel pain or a tingly sensation while using compression.