Added: 01/28/2006 |
Today in this crazy era of air, water and noise pollution it is time for us to be reasonable in caring about ourselves and our environment. Before people could afford not thinking about vitamins and helping their organism because their food was natural, their air was clean and they had to move a lot. Today people should spend more time on analyzing their way of life and helping their bodies.
Retinol is one of the most significant vitamins. Actually it is the most well-known for common people and researches. Vitamins are able to make your skin nicer, to help you see better in darkness and cure you of nyctalopia. They help children grow faster and make your immunity system stronger as well.
Your body cannot produce retinol on its own and it needs to get it from food. Retinol itself can be taken from milk, cream, egg yolk, cheese, cod-liver oil and others. But it is very interesting that our organism is able to transform some substances and get retinol from them. Such substances are called provitamin A. And you can find vitamin A in many plants like ash berry, dill, parsley as well as apricot, hips, black-currant, sea-buckthorn, water-melon, cabbage and carrot.
It is very interesting that the more intensive yellow and red color a plant has the more provitamin A it contains. The reason is that the main provitamin A is beta-carotene, staining agent that makes carrot so bright. But we cannot only eat retinol products, but also apply them as cosmetics and creams.
Retinol products are very popular today. Cosmetic industry uses not only retinol itself, but extracts of plants containing retinol. It is a beautiful tendency, because retinol is able to prolong your youth and prevent aging processes. Retinol cream makes skin smoother, healthier, more elastic and tender. It also helps to quicken the healing process on skin and that is quite relevant for after-shave products for men as anti-bumps recovery solution.
Vitamin A cosmetics is produced by many cosmetic brands. It is not difficult to recognize retinol products. Look at the ingredients list. Retinol can be present in a form of retinol itself, vitamin A, provitamin A or as an extract of ash berry, black-currant, hips, or any plant that was listed above.
Retinol products are not only skin-care creams and lotions. Retinol influences skin and as a result hair and nails, so you can find vitamin A and any of its forms in shampoos, hair balms, hair spray, nail polish and lip balms.
Retinol products are very effective and we believe that your cosmetologist will surely advise you to apply such products, but still it is better to consult your doctor. And after your doctor appreciates the idea you can go shopping for retinol products. Though remember that retinol will be the most effective if you live a healthy way of life, eat regularly and your meal is not King-size hamburger. You should spend more time on fresh air and smile more often.
Just remember, nothing will make your skin, hair and nails more beautiful than five minutes of sincere pee-in-pants-laughter.
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