All of us know that vitamins play a crucial role in anti-aging treatments and many use vitamins regularly, not only for health but also as a preventive for aging. The most common vitamins for this purpose are the Vitamins C, E and B complex group. Each one of these vitamins has been proved effective time and again both by science and in practical life. As a result, they have found their way into creams, lotions and other cosmetics which help fight the aging process.
Vitamin K as the New Miracle Antiaging Vitamin
Vitamin K is well known as a coagulant factor and mostly taken when people have blood coagulation problems. Medical research has stumbled upon its properties as a powerful anti-oxidant better than any of the vitamins previously used for this purpose. Not only is it a great anti-oxidant, but it can also prevent extreme cases of osteoporosis and heart problems.
How Vitamin K Works as an Antiaging Vitamin
One of the main reasons of aging is inflammation of the body cells, tissues, and organs with the passing of time. This inflammation is the direct cause of a hormone called IL-6 (Interleukin-6), a biochemical agent. With age, the body produces larger and larger amounts of IL-6, which in turn inflames the blood vessels, the cells, and the tissues of all of the organs inside the body. This results in heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, and many other diseases that come from aging. Vitamin K is able to reduce to a very large extent the production of this hormone, and thereby not only prevent some greatly dangerous diseases, but also improve the aesthetics of the human face and body along the way.
Other Uses of Vitamin K
Besides working wonders as an antiaging vitamin, Vitamin K is now widely used in the treatment of blood pressure, blood sugar, stroke, Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis. It is found that its anti-oxidant properties which combine with its ability to block the IL-6 results into some dramatic medical cures. Medical scientists are widely enthusiastic about the rediscovery of this vitamin.
New Horizons, New Hopes within Our Reach Vitamin K has opened new horizons in the field of medicine both as an antiaging vitamin as well as its application to a number of age-related diseases. Since Vitamin K accumulates in all the important organs of the body, it is possible to use it to prevent, treat, and cure a good number of stubborn ailments that assail the human body with the advent of age.
This article will examine one of these new formulations,Avon's Anew Alternative Night Cream, a wonderful combination of modern science and ancient wisdom from the Far East. It combines high-tech tetrapeptides with a unique blend of ancient Eastern herbs to reverse facial sag.
I can personally attest that within one month my chin line was more defined, my skin tone more even and my neck noticeably firmer.
The active ingredients, described in detail below, work to: protect the skin from inflammation caused by viruses, bacteria and fungi; improve circulation to speed repair and invigorate the skin; and control the body's inflammatory response (as your own hormones did in younger days).
Indian Himalayan Herb Protects
Extracts of the Himalayan neem tree, often called Nature's drugstore, have been used medicinally for at least 2,500 years. The tree is prized for its antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal properties. Anew Alternative contains extract of the neem tree's flower (Malia Azadirachta) to prevent skin inflammation.
Chinese Herb Invigorates
The benefits of Szechuan lovage root extract (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Root Extract) were first documented in the Shennong Bencao Jing published in 500 A.D. (representing a compilation of herbal information believed to be 5,000 years old). The Bencao Jing is the earliest extant Chinese pharmacology tome and is still widely referenced today. Lovage root extract is known to invigorate blood and improve circulation. When applied to the skin, lovage root extract not only speeds healing but also improves skin tone.
Tetrapeptides Control Inflammation and Allow Skin to Heal
Finally Anew Alternative contains palmitoyl tetrapeptide-3. Tetrapeptides actually reverse skin sag by reining in the skin's inflammatory response.
In our younger years, the inflammatory response is a good thing. It is the body's way of walling off an injured area and preventing spread of infection. When its work is done, hormones shut off the inflammation.
However, as hormone levels decline with age, inflammation runs rampant. Older, hormone-depleted skin takes longer to heal and eventually doesn't completely heal at all.
I find it very interesting that once you understand how skin care anti-aging ingredients function, you begin to realize that we are not just talking cosmetics and vanity, but that many such treatments can actually result in a better quality of life.
In the case of Anew Alternative with its combination of ancient herbs and modern tetrapeptides, the result is skin that heals better and is less prone to infection.
As another example, in the case of pentapeptides, the result is thicker skin that forms a stronger barrier against infection. Pentapeptides stimulate the growth of new collagen beneath the surface of the skin and plump out wrinkles from within.
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