Skin Health

Wellness Education & Olive Nutrition Insights

Explore practical wellness education, olive-derived nutrition research, supplement guidance, and healthy-living insights from McCord Health. Our articles are designed to help you make more informed decisions about your everyday wellness routine.

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Soothing Skin for Better Sleep

Kyle Hilsabeck

Dry itchy skin can have a major impact on a person's quality of sleep, but often times people don't associate skin health with quality of sleep.  However, if you have...

Soothing Skin for Better Sleep

Kyle Hilsabeck

Dry itchy skin can have a major impact on a person's quality of sleep, but often times people don't associate skin health with quality of sleep.  However, if you have...

Heart Disease and Skin Health: What is your skin telling you?

Kyle Hilsabeck

Your skin is an amazing organ that gives insights into your overall health. The skin is responsive to factors like nutrition status, hydration, circulation, inflammation, toxin accumulation, and more –...

Heart Disease and Skin Health: What is your skin telling you?

Kyle Hilsabeck

Your skin is an amazing organ that gives insights into your overall health. The skin is responsive to factors like nutrition status, hydration, circulation, inflammation, toxin accumulation, and more –...

Vitamin C and Skin Health

Andy Brazil

Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for skin as well as the rest of the body.  It’s absolutely necessary for normal skin and bodily functions, cannot be naturally synthesized in...

Vitamin C and Skin Health

Andy Brazil

Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for skin as well as the rest of the body.  It’s absolutely necessary for normal skin and bodily functions, cannot be naturally synthesized in...

Protecting Skin from Stress

Andy Brazil

Most people realize that stress affects critical organs like the heart and the brain, but what’s not as well known is how stress affects other important organs including skin. In...

Protecting Skin from Stress

Andy Brazil

Most people realize that stress affects critical organs like the heart and the brain, but what’s not as well known is how stress affects other important organs including skin. In...

Taking Care of Sunburns

Andy Brazil

1 out of 3 adults in the United States report being sunburned, and 1 in 8 Americans tan indoors.  Sunburn results in skin redness (erythema) that develops during exposure to...

Taking Care of Sunburns

Andy Brazil

1 out of 3 adults in the United States report being sunburned, and 1 in 8 Americans tan indoors.  Sunburn results in skin redness (erythema) that develops during exposure to...

Increasing the Immune Defense of Skin

Andy Brazil

The skin barrier, composed of lipids and essentially dead cells (corneocytes) in the upper layer of the epidermis (stratum corneum), plays a major role in protecting the body from numerous...

Increasing the Immune Defense of Skin

Andy Brazil

The skin barrier, composed of lipids and essentially dead cells (corneocytes) in the upper layer of the epidermis (stratum corneum), plays a major role in protecting the body from numerous...