NOTE: All the studies we will review are tagged with citation numbers like this: [2]
If you “click” on that red number, you will be transported to the actual study.
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Skin Care: Protection, Rejuvenation, and Healing (cont.)
Skin Rejuvenation with YOUTH
The YOUTH® Advanced Anti-Aging Regimen harnessed 60 year's of Shaklee nutritional expertise, to provide the most advanced skin care products and the most effective skin recovery program ever developed.
Because of Shaklee’s research-based approach to developing products, YOUTH contains ALL the right nutrients, in all the right forms and concentrations, to rejuvenate damaged skin, and to peel away years of damage, so that you can regain and maintain that healthy, radiant glow.
Just a few minutes of care in the morning and in the evening will reduce wrinkles, fine lines, and can also 'even' your skin tone.
The Advanced Anti-Aging Regimen
Step 1: Luminous Gel Oil Cleanser is a 3-in-1, soap-free, pH-balanced cleanser. It gently polishes, purifies, and prepares your skin.
Step 2: Perfecting Skin Toner Frees the skin of dull cells and environmental pollutants. It exfoliates, hydrates, and nourishes your glowing skin.
Step 3: YOUTH® Activating Serum Contains 10X the active nutrients to provide the critical regeneration step. It renews skin at the cellular level for superior radiance and rejuvenation. A potent blend of vitamins, polyphenols, and our Youth Complex supports collagen production, making your skin act and appear younger.
Step 4 DAYTIME: Age Defense Mineral Moisturizer Naturally derived zinc oxide provides chemical-free SPF 30, broad spectrum UVA/UVB protection. Meanwhile, vitamins and botanicals moisturize your skin and improve your skin tone.
Step 4 NIGHT: Advanced Renewal Night Cream (Light, or Rich) This targeted night repair cream supports your skin's cell renewal process. A proprietary botanical blend helps encourage collagen and elastin production to make your skin appear younger looking, smoother, and more luminous. The Night Cream is available in either Light or Rich formulas.
You will LOVE the easy, step-by-step directions (See page 2) provided in the
YOUTH Skin Care System Handout
Just look at how YOUTH repairs UV damage:
Click on this image for a much closer look.
A Little About How YOUTH Works.
Speaking before the American Academy of Dermatology, dermatologist Karen Burke, MD reviewed the antioxidants that have been shown to be effective in protecting the skin while reversing damage from UV exposure.
“There are 3 antioxidants that have been proven to decrease the effect of the sun on the skin and actually prevent further damage.
They are: selenium, vitamin E, and vitamin C”
She went on to say that
"although many topical formulations contain antioxidants, very few are actually effective in preventing or reversing damage to the skin. That’s because almost all these formulations only contain minute concentrations of the required antioxidants, and they are not very well-absorbed by the skin.”
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Here’s how these 3 antioxidants protect your skin:
Selenium: The mineral selenium is an important component of the cellular enzyme repair system. It helps protect the body from many forms of cancer, including skin cancer caused by sun exposure. Selenium also preserves tissue elasticity, and slows down the aging and hardening of tissues, brought about by oxidation. Recent studies have found that, when taken orally, selenium demonstrated protection against both daily and excessive UV damage.
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Vitamin E: is an extremely important antioxidant because it also protects cell membranes. There are numerous studies showing that natural vitamin E, reduces sunburn, chronic UV-induced damage, and the production of cancer cells. Other studies have demonstrated that regular vitamin E supplements, taken in conjunction with vitamin A, were associated with a 70% reduced risk for basal cell carcinoma.
“Supplementation with natural source vitamin E at 400 milligrams per day has been noted to reduce photo damage, wrinkles, and improves skin texture.” In addition, topical vitamin E can soothe dry, rough skin. When combined with vitamin C, both vitamins create a highly protective lotion against sun damage.
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Vitamin C: This water-soluble vitamin is the most abundant antioxidant found naturally in our skin. Much like fat-soluble vitamin E, vitamin C is important in stopping free radicals from inducing normal cells to become cancerous. Vitamin C also slows accelerated aging due to sun damage. “Vitamin C is depleted when the skin is exposed to the sun, pollution or smoking”, said Dr. Burke. “Even minimal UV exposure can decrease the vitamin C levels in the skin by 30%, while exposure to the ozone found in city pollution can decrease those levels by 55%”.
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Another recent study reveals that applying topical vitamin C to human skin 15 to 30 minutes after UV exposure reduced sunburn damage. Oral vitamin C was also found to reduce UV-induced tumors and, when combined with vitamin E, was even more effective.
“We can all benefit by taking a supplement,” she concluded.
All 3 of those key nutrients are found in significant therapeutic dosage in
Shaklee’s
Advanced Anti-Aging Regimen, and are also found in the amazing Vitalizer Nutrient System, and the new Shaklee Life-Strip
Vitalizer is available in 4 different formats:
Vitalizer for Women,
and for Men,
and for those of us over the age of 50:
Vitalizer Gold with or
Vitalizer Gold without vitamin K
The Shaklee Life-Strip is available in 2 formats:
For Women
with Iron and
For Men without Iron
Does YOUTH really work?
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