To minimize wrinkles and keep skin looking healthy as you age, limit your sun exposure to no more than 1/2 hour daily and don't smoke. The following vitamins and natural extracts may also help:
1. Coenzyme Q-10 (CoQ10). This antioxidant may help encourage the turnover of new skin cells, protecting them from sun damage and minimizing wrinkles.
2. Vitamin A. As a topical retinol, vitamin A may help reduce wrinkles by stimulating collagen production. It may also lighten age spots and encourage the sloughing off of dry skin cells.
3. White and green tea extracts. Both have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and evidence shows that topical white tea extracts may help protect against sun damage, while green tea may protect against skin cancer.
4. Mushrooms. Several species of Asian mushrooms have been studied for their anti-inflammatory properties, and may help reduce redness and minimize inflammation.
Dr. Andrew Weil, MD
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Vitamin D - - Do Not Ignore this Important Vitiamin
High Vitamin D, Lower Risks of Heart Disease, Diabetes
That's the word from British researchers who published a review of 28 studies compiling information on more than 99,000 middle aged and elderly men and women. The investigators from Warwick University found that those study subjects whose vitamin D levels were highest had a much lower risk of developing "cardiometabolic" disorders including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome than those whose vitamin D levels were lowest. The differences were striking: the men and women with high vitamin D levels had a risk of cardiovascular disease that was 33 percent lower than that of participants with the lowest levels. The reviewers found an even more impressive difference in the risk of type 2 diabetes: those with the highest levels of "D" had a risk that was 55 percent lower than those with the lowest levels. Risks of metabolic syndrome were also substantially lower in the men and women with high levels of "D" - 51 percent below those of participants with the lowest levels. The review was published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Maturitas.
Andrew Weil, MD
Tip: Reread my blogs regarding Vitamin D starting on Oct. 24, 2009. http://washmyface.blogspot.com/
That's the word from British researchers who published a review of 28 studies compiling information on more than 99,000 middle aged and elderly men and women. The investigators from Warwick University found that those study subjects whose vitamin D levels were highest had a much lower risk of developing "cardiometabolic" disorders including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome than those whose vitamin D levels were lowest. The differences were striking: the men and women with high vitamin D levels had a risk of cardiovascular disease that was 33 percent lower than that of participants with the lowest levels. The reviewers found an even more impressive difference in the risk of type 2 diabetes: those with the highest levels of "D" had a risk that was 55 percent lower than those with the lowest levels. Risks of metabolic syndrome were also substantially lower in the men and women with high levels of "D" - 51 percent below those of participants with the lowest levels. The review was published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Maturitas.
Andrew Weil, MD
Tip: Reread my blogs regarding Vitamin D starting on Oct. 24, 2009. http://washmyface.blogspot.com/
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