The Best Anti Aging Products Contain CoenzymeQ10?
By the Editor | July 15, 2010
The best anti aging products contain an ingredient that surprises many people. It’s called coenzyme Q10.
It surprises people, because they have been taking it as a supplement for heart health. Who knew it was good for your skin, too?
To be honest, the form included in lotions and creams is not the same as what we take orally.
The particles must be reduced in size in order to penetrate the skin’s surface. But, other than that, it is the same antioxidant that helps keep the heart and muscles healthy.
What does coenzyme Q10 do for the skin’s appearance?
It is being recommended for everyone in order to help prevent wrinkles and other signs of age.
It is recommended for people with sun damage, because it has been shown to reverse sun damage and wrinkling.
Why does it work?
COQ10 has unique antioxidant activity. You may know that antioxidants help to protect the body from free radical damage, one of the causes of aging at a cellular level. Common antioxidants include vitamin C, D and E.
Some antioxidants are able to reverse free radical damage after it has occurred. COQ10 is one of them. It is found in the best anti aging products for the skin and the supplements that cover the rest of the body.
When we go out in the sun, the free radicals within our skin’s cells become very active. If COQ10 or other antioxidants are present, they will neutralize the radicals before they can do any damage.
But, it takes one molecule of an antioxidant to neutralize one free radical. After the neutralization process is done, both the antioxidant and the free radical are gone.
As we get older, there are more free radical molecules in the skin and fewer antioxidants. This imbalance sets the stage for more and more damage as the years go by.
Other ingredients have proven to be effective in clinical trials and laboratory studies. Functional Keratin is an example of one that works very well.
But, right now, COQ10 is one of the best anti aging products around and it’s good for your skin’s health.
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