The truth of Tazarotene gel Wrinkle Treatment
Tazarotene gel can help reduce fine wrinkles and lines. You need to rub it on your skin every day. The active ingredients is related to vitamin A. Some doctors think it works by stimulating your skin to produce more of a protein called collagen. Collagen makes up a large part of your skin. Tazarotene may also help new skin cells to grow and replace old ones. Chemicals that come from vitamin A are called retinoid. Many beauty products contain vitamin A This is a much milder chemical than tazarotene. You can only get tazarotene on prescription from a doctor. Its brand name is Zorac. In the biggest study we looked at, about 42 in 100 people said their fine wrinkles improved after 24 weeks’ treatment with a cream containing tazarotene. This compared with 18 in...
Read MoreThe truth of Chemical Peels and Acid Creams
Chemical peels use an acid to strip away the top layer of your skin. The idea is that this encourages new, smoother skin to grow. Peels that remove only the very top layer of your skin are available as home products or from a beautician. They only have a short-term effect. Deeper chemical peels that remove more of your skin can be done by a doctor or nurse. Some chemical peels contain the chemicals glycolic acid or lactic acid. You can also get creams or moisturizers that contain smaller amounts of these chemicals. Usually, with the products you buy yourself, up to 10 percent of the cream is glycolic or lactic acid. The rest of the cream may be made of water, moisturizers and other chemicals. Most chemical peels haven’t been tested properly in good-quality...
Read MoreWhat Are Free Radicals and Why Do We Need Antioxidants?
Free radicals damage cells and DNA. Free Radicals are produced by natural body processes and Introduced via tobacco smoke, toxins, pollutants and sub-optimal eating habits thought to cause cancer, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, and age-related diseases. Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables help to neutralize free radicals. Less than 15% Americans eat their daily 7 serves fruits and vegetables.
Read MoreThe History of Organic Farming
Three different strands contributed to the founding of organic farming. • Rudolf Steiner delivered a series of eight lectures to a group of farmers in Austria in 1924. These lectures defined biodynamic agriculture and the Demeter symbol was created in 1927 to identify foods grown by these methods. • Lady Eve Balfour was inspired by the work of Sir Albert Howard (on composting and agricultural health) and Sir Robert Mc Carrison (on diet and human health), both working in India. She started the Haughley Experiment on her farm in Suffolk researching the links between the health of soil, plants and animals within different closed systems. Based on this work she wrote The Living Soil in 1943 – the book that stimulated the founding of the Soil Association in...
Read MoreThe History of Organic Standards
Apart from Demeter, there was no formal definition or recognition of organic farming until the 1960s. The Soil Association was the first, publishing its ‘standards for organically grown food’ as four pages of guidelines in its magazine Mother Earth. The standards ended with a ‘declaration of intent’ for those prepared to subscribe to them. In 1973 the Soil Association took the next step and formed the Soil Association Organic Marketing Company Limited as a wholly owned subsidiary. Initially its role was to market products grown to the Soil Association standards. However, it soon dropped marketing to concentrate on certification. Through the ’70s and early ’80s the inspection element was informal and cursory, but this gradually changed as the organic...
Read MoreWhat is Nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology involves the manipulation of materials and the creation of structures and systems at the scale of atoms and molecules. This can be either through simple physical processes or by specific engineering. Nano particles are commonly defined as measuring less than 100nm –one hundred millionths of a millimeter. Nano materials include: • nano particles and nano emulsions • nano structures including nano capsules, nano tubes, fullerenes (Bucky balls), quantum dots and nano wires. The properties of nano materials can differ significantly from those at larger scales because quantum effects start to occur at the nano scale. These differences may be in chemical reactivity and biological activity, solubility and mobility, color and transparency, among...
Read MoreWhy Do Plants Contain Antioxidants?
Photosynthesis – exposes plants to a massive number of free radicals. Light energy from the sun is converted to stored physical energy. Plants produce antioxidant pigments to protect themselves from damage. Antioxidants are responsible for the bright colors of many orange, red, blue, purple fruits, berries and algae. Ingesting plant-based antioxidants protects from free radicals. Antioxidants work synergistically (combined effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects). Far more effective, when spectrums of antioxidants are...
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