Facts on Skin Supplements & OPC3 Beauty Blend

 When it comes to supplements for your skin, the research shows specific & powerful free-radical antioxidants are essential for healthy glowing skin for all ages & skin types. The most powerful ones available today include : grape seed extract,  red wine extract, bilberry extract, citrus bioflavanoids and Pycnogenol®. 
  
I have tried so many different products on the market over the years, and finally found a combination that not only works, I don't have to take a handful of pills!! The OPC-3 and OPC-3 Beauty Blend is an Isotonix which you drink 2oz. per day!

Take a moment to learn more about the benefits and why the isotonix delivery system surpasses any pill form of supplementation. 

Primary Benefits of Isotonix OPC-3® Beauty Blend:

• Supports a healthy complexion
• Supports a smooth, soft and even-toned complexion
• Promotes healthy functioning of the skin at the cellular level, which results in healthy, vibrant-looking skin
• Replenishes essential vitamins and minerals that are co-factors for many enzyme reactions in vivo to help the entire skin to grow and cells to divide
• Helps maintain normal cell growth
• Supports healthy skin with key micronutrients to replenish and rejuvenate skin to look, feel and function its absolute best
• Supports healthy joints
• Supports healthy skin elasticity to keep skin looking young and firm (tight)
• Helps maintain healthy collagen production
• Helps maintain skin elasticity and moisture
• Helps maintain healthy connective tissue
• Maintains healthy collagen and elastin levels to help preserve the elasticity of skin
• Plays a role in maintaining elasticity of capillaries in the dermis, which helps maintain healthy blood flow, minimizing the appearance of spider veins in the skin
• Hyaluronic acid helps maintain healthy joint flexibility, especially in knees, by moisturizing joints
• Helps maintain skin moisture
• Helps maintain an optimal moisture balance in skin that can minimize the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and pits
• Promotes healing of minor skin injuries
• Promotes healing of cuts and abrasions
• Helps support the skin’s natural defenses from harmful environmental pollutants and chemicals
• Demonstrates anti-inflammatory activity to assist in normalizing reddened, swollen or thick skin
• Helps maintain microcirculation of skin capillaries for healthy oxygen and nutrient supply – part of our vascular system which “feeds” the skin to help keep it fresh and rejuvenated.
• Powerful free-radical scavenger
• Supports the immune system – a healthy body means healthy-looking skin
• Promotes a healthy circulatory system including healthy capillaries, which ensures your whole body gets the nutrients it needs to stay healthy
• Supports healthy circulation
• Powerful antioxidant that provides the skin with a defense against damage and signs of aging
• Provides antioxidant protection for the entire body – minimizes the damage that free radicals can wreak on your body
• Helps promote overall health
• Helps skin stay younger looking
• Helps maintain healthy hair and nails – biotin
• Helps support healthy bones, teeth, joints and skin
• Helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, supports a healthy immune system, supports a healthy cardiovascular system and keeps bones strong
• Adequate calcium and vitamin D throughout life, as part of a well-balanced diet, may reduce the risk of osteoporosis
• Adequate calcium and vitamin D as part of a healthful diet, along with physical activity, may reduce the risk of osteoporosis in later life

 

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 What Makes Isotonix OPC-3® Beauty Blend Unique:

Isotonix OPC-3 Beauty Blend is formulated to promote skin elasticity, support healthy collagen production, replenish essential vitamins and minerals for the skin, and provide the skin and body with improved antioxidant defenses. This product helps maintain skin health at the cellular level, nourishing and rejuvenating skin cells with some of the finest antioxidants available today including grape seed extract, red wine extract, bilberry extract, citrus bioflavanoids and Pycnogenol®. They are powerful free-radical scavengers that not only work to keep the skin healthy and beautiful, but also provide free-radical-scavenging abilities which are beneficial in a world filled with smog, pollution and other various unseen toxins. These antioxidants are coupled with specific vitamins and minerals that are conducive to cell growth and division. Cell proliferation is important in maintaining healthy, vibrant skin.*
 

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Boosting Skin Health From Within

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dr. Robert Blair

Usually, when we think about taking care of our skin, we think about topical skin care products like day creams, night creams, sunscreens, and many more such products.  We also think of reducing our exposure to sunlight by wearing skin-covering clothes and wide brim hats, and staying inside during the hottest parts of the day.  However, one of the things we often don’t consider is the benefits that our dietary choices can have for our skin.
As it turns out, numerous research studies have reported that what we eat and drink can have a real beneficial impact on our skin’s health.  So, what are some of the compounds found in foods and dietary supplements that have been shown to support healthy skin from within?  Let’s take a look.

Astaxanthin.  Astaxanthin is a potent antioxidant compound derived from marine sources, particularly microalgae.  Research studies have shown that astaxanthin, consumed alone or combined with tocotrienols (one of the forms of vitamin E), has multiple benefits for skin health.  In one study [1], volunteers who consumed 4 mg of astaxanthin daily for 6 weeks obtained significant improvements in skin elasticity and skin hydration, and saw a reduction in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.  Similar benefits were obtained with daily intake of 2 mg astaxanthin + 40 mg tocotrienols for 4 weeks [2].

Benefits of Astaxanthin

Pycnogenol™.  Pycnogenol is an extract from the bark of the French Maritime Pine tree (Pinus pinaster).  Numerous studies have shown that this extract has impressive antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.  In one study, dietary supplementation with Pycnogenol for 8 weeks helped protect the skin of the study volunteers from ultraviolet (UV) light exposure [3].  A more recent study reported that skin hydration and elasticity was improved in postmenopausal women consuming Pycnogenol for 12 weeks [4].

Pycnogenol Beauty Blend

Lutein.  Lutein is carotenoid antioxidant compound found naturally in dark, leafy vegetables like spinach and kale and yellow-colored foods like corn and egg yolks.  Best known for its importance in eye health, lutein has also been reported to support skin health and appearance.  Dietary supplementation with mixed carotenoids (8 mg each of beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein) for 12 weeks was shown to protect the skin of study volunteers from UV light exposure [5].  In a more recent human clinical study, both oral supplementation alone and topical application alone showed that lutein enhanced skin elasticity and skin hydration, while also protecting the skin from UV light.  These benefits were greatest when volunteers combined oral supplementation of lutein with topical application of lutein [6].
Lycopene.  Like lutein, lycopene is an antioxidant carotenoid.  Lycopene is best known as being responsible for the red color of tomatoes, making tomatoes an excellent source of lycopene.  Several human clinical studies have reported that dietary supplementation with lycopene (10 – 16 mg/day) or tomato-based products containing lycopene help protect the skin from photodamage by reducing its sensitivity to sunlight and suppressing the UV-induced increase in some of the enzymes responsible for collagen breakdown [7-9].
Pomegranate.  Pomegranates are rich in tannins and anthocyanins, potent antioxidant compounds.  A recent study using a human skin model system demonstrated that pomegranate products (an extract, a juice, and a pomegranate oil) reduced the ability of UV light to increase multiple enzymes responsible for the breakdown of the skin’s foundation proteins [10].

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Cocoa.  Cocoa is rich in antioxidant flavanols, particularly catechin and epichatechin.  Recent research studies suggest that dietary consumption of high flavnanol cocoa has skin health benefits.  In one study, daily consumption of a high flavanol (326 mg) cocoa drink for 12 weeks improved skin density, skin hydration, and skin blood flow and also reduced the skin’s sensitivity to UV light [11].

  A second study recently confirmed that consumption of flavanol-rich chocolate for 12 weeks reduced the skin’s sensitivity to UV light [12].  It is important to remember that highly refined cocoa, like milk chocolate, tends to be low in flavanols.  Higher flavanol content is found more readily in less refined chocolate, like dark chocolates.
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ₁₀).  CoQ₁₀, also known as ubiquinone, is naturally synthesized in the human body and plays an important role in mitochondrial function.  It is also known to have antioxidant benefits. While the research into the skin benefits of CoQ₁₀ are still in the early stages, it has been reported that dietary supplementation with CoQ₁₀ (60 mg/day for 2 weeks) reduced the appearance of wrinkles [13].  Furthermore, combining topical application of CoQ₁₀ (0.05%) with dietary supplementation (50 mg/day) has also been reported to reduce the appearance of wrinkles [14].
While the impact of nutrition for skin care is still an emerging area of research, it is clear that there are a number of compounds found in natural foods and dietary supplements that can support skin health.  Though topical approaches are a critical part of our everyday skin care regimen, it is beginning to look like we can boost our skin care practices by making appropriate dietary choices."

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