Anti Aging
« Previous EntriesThe Best Anti Aging Serum – Searching for a Fountain of Youth
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009The world has searched for an anti aging serum throughout recorded history. But, the proverbial fountain of youth has been elusive. Perhaps, we were simply looking in the wrong places.
Judging by the latest research, the secrets to health, longevity and good looks are found in the foods that we eat. If we eat the right foods, we can expect to live long, healthy lives and look younger than our peers.
If we eat the wrong foods, we can expect to have a variety of health problems and develop wrinkles at an early age. The popular theories about the causes of wrinkles, including habitual facial expressions and genetics, may be incorrect.
According to scientists, free radical damage causes the majority of wrinkles and other signs of age. Chronic inflammation and glycation play a role, as well. Only a very small percentage of wrinkles and other outward signs of age are related to facial expressions and only a very small percent are related to genetics.
We don’t know exactly how the percentages break down. Science has not gone that far, yet. But, it really doesn’t matter. We know enough to create an effective anti aging serum.
When it comes to the health of the whole body, the three big causes of age-related diseases are the same as the three that cause most wrinkles:
- Free Radical Damage
- Chronic Inflammation
- Glycation
The body’s natural defense against free radical damage is the antioxidant. We create some of them within the cells of our body. Others are consumed through the foods that we eat.
Some foods have natural anti-inflammatory activity. Others contribute to chronic inflammation. Certain foods are the causes of the glycation process that ends with the creation of Advanced Glycation End-products or AGEs.
An anti aging serum can address all of these things. For inner health, a good multi-nutritional supplement is necessary. For the health and appearance of the outer body, nourishing skincare products are necessary.
Eating a healthy diet and being physically active are also important. Advice about all of those things cannot be included in an article of this length. So, let’s stick with the skincare products.
First, of all, you should never use anything on the outside of your body that you would not take internally. So, when you see warning labels about the poisons, allergens and irritants, don’t buy those products. They are simply not worth the risk.
The best anti aging serum will contain antioxidants and natural anti-inflammatories. It will also contain ingredients that stimulate the production of antioxidants within the skin’s cells.
It is not possible to address the issue of glycation from the outside in. It would be worth your while to learn more about the foods to avoid, because they contribute to the production of AGEs.
But, when it comes to getting rid of wrinkles or preventing them from forming in the first place, the proverbial fountain of youth may have been found in a bioactive protein called Functional Keratin. If you want the most effective anti aging serum for your face and body, you should look for that ingredient.
Anti Wrinkle Creams Have Come a Long Way
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Shopping for anti wrinkle creams can be very confusing. You see manufacturers making lots of claims. But, how can you be sure that the claims are honest?
Well, there’s been a lot of scientific research on reducing wrinkles. Not as much as there has been concerning health problems like cancer, but still a significant amount.
The better manufacturers are aware of the research. You can confirm their products’ claims by doing a little online research. The information in this article should help with that.
Research indicates that the causes of wrinkles and sagging skin are several. The primary cause is free radical damage. Combine that with decreased production of new cells and fibers, low levels of hyaluronic acid and chronic inflammation, what you will have is a recipe for an aged look. Luckily, those factors can be addressed with the right ingredients.
Several studies have shown that the antioxidant coenzyme Q10 is effective when applied topically. The most effective form of COQ10 for the skin’s health is one in which the molecules have been reduced in size.
So, when you are shopping for anti wrinkle creams read the label of ingredients and look for the nano-emulsion form of COQ10. It works best when combined with vitamin E, another antioxidant that has been used for decades to improve the skin’s health and appearance in many ways.
If you want to see the biggest improvement, it’s probably a good idea to increase your antioxidant intake as well. Dietary supplements containing coenzyme Q10, vitamin E and green tea extracts are among the many that have been studied for their “anti-aging” effects.
Antioxidants neutralize free radical molecules before they can damage the cells or the cellular DNA. We are starting to see more and more anti wrinkle creams containing antioxidants. But, now, there is also an ingredient that increases the production of antioxidants within the skin’s cells.
A bioactive form of the protein keratin, one of the skin’s important structural proteins, is now available. For many years, it was impossible to include keratin in a lotion or cream without rendering it inactive. The processes necessary to soften it were too harsh.
A New Zealand manufacturer was able to extract keratin from sheep’s wool and process it gently, without rendering it inactive. The company is called KERATEC and the ingredient is called Functional Keratin.
It was created using patented processes, but it’s still a natural product. So, supplies are limited. Only a few companies make anti wrinkle creams containing Functional Keratin.
Research showed that the bioactive protein stimulates the production of new skin cells and the production of two important antioxidants. One is called superoxide dismutase or SOD. The other is called glutathione. Increased production of those antioxidants should help fade age spots caused by overexposure to sunlight and the free radical damage caused by UV radiation.
Functional Keratin has the ability to do many other things that you might want to learn about. It should be a primary ingredient in all anti wrinkle creams.
AntiAging Skin Care – Natural, Effective Ingredients
Monday, September 21st, 2009How many times in the past have you purchased an antiaging skin care product that the manufacturer promised to be the answer to all of your problems, only to find that it didn’t give you the results that you had expected?
This is something that happens to people everywhere. I would estimate that less than one out of every ten products sold will do anything positive for the way that your skin looks and feels.
This is due to the fact that the majority of the skin care products being offered to you contain none of the ingredients necessary in order to help your skin to heal.
It is the common practice of the cosmetics industry to cut production costs by using ingredients that require as little processing as possible. This means that the healthy, natural ingredients that your skin needs are not included in most products.
An antiaging skin care formula needs to contain natural ingredients in order to provide your skin with the essential nutrients that are necessary in order to be healthy, despite all of the damage that your skin has incurred.
The plant based ingredients needed also provide your skin with antioxidants that are used to eradicate the free radicals that are damaging your skin at a cellular level.
These free radicals are formed by a lifetime of exposure to the UV radiation produced by the sun. They attack the cellular structure of your skin, and begin to slowly break it down. The actions of free radicals enhance the aging process, and if you have enough of these free radicals built up then you can expect to see the effects of aging very early on in your life.
Most of the antiaging skin care products on the market are developed using mostly chemicals, and while they do often contain antioxidants they are more often than not synthetic versions of the real thing.
These synthetics lack the power to help you get rid of the free radicals that are causing your skin break down, and so in no way can they help in repairing the damage that has been done.
You have to be very particular when choosing which products you are going to use on your skin. There are formulas available that give you everything that you need in order to repair all of the damage done, and turn back the clock.
For eliminating free radicals there is no better product than the one that contains the protein peptide and enzyme mixture known as Cynergy TK.
Cynergy TK is the most potent antioxidant that can be found in any antiaging skin care product. While normal sources use one antioxidant molecule to eliminate a single free radical, Cynergy TK is capable of wiping out a million of them with only a single cell.
Two of the proteins that make up Cynergy TK form a separate entity known as Functional Keratin, which will reverse the aging process by causing your body to produce more collagen and elastin.
Antiaging skin care formulas can be safe, and they can be effective. Try the products containing Cynergy TK, with Functional Keratin if you truly want to see what it is that an age reversing formula can do for you.