Antioxidant Creams and Aging
Do use antioxidant creams. Don't use antioxidant creams -- they don't work. Take antioxidants and anti aging supplements instead of using topical anti-inflammatories for anti aging effectiveness. Arrgh! It's enough to make you cover up and stop doing aging prevention. Actually, Dr. Nicholas Perricone recommends both. You can use antioxidant vitamin C cream and take vitamin C with your blue-green algae, sea kelp and seaweed capsules. Many experts caution that anti-aging concoctions applied to the skin contain low amounts of antioxidants, and that vitamin C creams are difficult because vitamin C oxidizes quickly in the sun (which is why vitamin merchants usually package vitamin C in brown bottles to filter out the sun). When it comes to creams versus vitamins in the wealthy anti-aging industry, maybe it's best not to rely on one or the other. Take vitamin C and apply vitamin C cream. Also, hyaluronic acid production, which can slow down aging, seems to be linked to diet, so keep taking vitamins as well as hyaluronic acid supplements and slathering on hyaluronic acid cream. So don't cover up that figure that still looks good after two kids and the stress of running a household (we do have it, right?) Pack your swimsuit, creams and vitamins when you go on that long-deserved long-awaited trip to Hawaii.
Nicholas Perricone Anti Aging Vitamins?
You've heard of the Perricone Prescription. What is the Perricone Prescription for aging? Is Perricone one of the new anti aging supplements that you can take? In a sense, yes. In THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION, Dr. Nicholas Perricone suggests anti-inflammatory vitamins such as:
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin C
- B complex
- Alpha lipoic acid
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Chromium polynicotinate
Dr. Perricone provides an entire list of anti aging supplements that promote skin health. Many of those are antioxidants, and all prevent irritation of the nerves that make aging painful and difficult to look at. We recommend reading THE PERRICONE PRESCRIPTION -- no proprietary vitamins, no herbal formulas, just basic anti-aging science.
Antioxidants=Anti Grumpy?
The stereotype of the sour-faced woman reaching fifty or the foolish guy in the middle of a mid-life crisis? Not you. Or you hope not. You've heard antioxidants can help you from becoming like Auntie Sore Joints or Uncle New Porsche. Vitamin A, C and E as well as alpha lipoic acid and L-carnitine will save you from sagging skin, but you have to smile and laugh in addition! Amino acids such as glutathione will help you flex your muscles instead of your credit card to impress women. Plus, the antioxidants will sharpen your brain so that you know how to listen--which women value more than that Porsche. Taking hyaluronic acid will help you bounce back, as will getting rid of an acid temper. You need to put the attitude in the antioxidants--but when you feel better, you have a better outlook. You'll even be cheerful enough to put up with your aunt and uncle at Thanksgiving.
Aging with Sea Kelp and Seaweed
You're on a low sodium diet--welcome to the joys of aging. You're discovering the wonderful world of cooking with spices, and cooking healthily with RealAge or Dr. Perricone. But your blood actually needs the iodine in salt. What do you do? In addition to hyaluronic acid, antioxidants and other anti aging supplements and dietary changes, you now find yourself being initiated into the joys of sea kelp and seaweed. They're green and they look like vegetables, but you don't want to eat that nori nosh. Problem solved! You can take sea kelp and seaweed supplements that restore your iodine levels without you reaching for the salt shaker you threw in the trash. Take 100 mg a day and be "salty" in your advanced age. Not to mention spicy and sparkling.
Number One Youth Formula?
You've heard of an 80-year-old mind in a 15-year-old body, or just the reverse. You want both your body and mind to be vital and active. Is there a youth formula that can magically accomplish both? Sorry, but if you believe in a magic anti-aging pill, you might as well grab a pacifier even though you're thirty. Unfortunately, quacksters try to make you believe that there is one magic solution. You're smarter than that. Dr. Nicholas Perricone doesn't single out one anti-aging formula...neither do the other real experts. The best youth formula comprises many anti aging supplements, such as SAMe, antioxidants, sea kelp and seaweed, hyaluronic acid, ginkgo biloba, omega-3, and the ABCDE vitamin formulas. It's elementary...and you feel like a kid in elementary school, childlike, but wise and street-smart. Your body and your mind are exactly where they need to be.
Anti-Antioxidants?
Think of antioxidants as Superman: indestructible, able to make you feel as though you leap tall buildings, etc. So where's the kryptonite in these anti aging supplements? Actually, some people argue that Superman's weakness is Lois Lane, but that's another story. Sharp perspicacious news-hound that she is, Ms. Lane will tell you that aging is tough even if you're Superman, and that a reporter who hooks herself up with such a guy needs her hyaluronic acid (great skin for those press parties) and sea kelp or seaweed (salt deficiencies slow you down when battling supervillains.) Actually, there is no real source of kryptonite where antioxidants in supplement form are concerned. Of course, Superman doesn't smoke, which could cause him to huff, puff and wrinkle. Ms. Lane doesn't smoke either. She also remembers to replenish her vitamin C after lying on the beach during a well-deserved retreat from reporting the news and, in many cases, making it. She eats well and doesn't strive to be model-thin, because as Dr. Nicholas Perricone says, a certain amount of fat does keep you looking young and radiant. You'll be able to foil an international jewel thief when you're in your 60s if you stick with the Man of Steel, er, antioxidants.
Brain Nutrients: Living Better Longer
Would you want to have a treadmill that worked great because you hadn't used it in ten years? Oops -- did we hit a nerve? Your mind and body are treadmills, machines, that need to be well-maintained with brain nutrients. Of course, your spirit and soul make you more than a combined machine. Your determination to make aging your friend, not your enemy, and to greet life with optimism is a big step -- and speaking of steps, get on that treadmill. But not before you get some anti aging supplements. Studies have shown that the life expectancy of people with Alzheimer's and dementia drops -- which may be a blessing, because most people don't want to live with diminished mental and physical function. Not if they can do something about it. You can do something about it. Hyaluronic acid can loosen your joints so that you attack that treadmill (active relaxation helps longevity), while taking chlorophyll in the form of sea kelp, seaweed, chlorella, alfalfa, wheatgrass, spirulina, and other "green" anti aging supplements help you to grow, like plants, healthy and strong. Cleansing your system with green anti aging supplements is like giving that treadmill a tune-up. Don't forget the omega 3, garlic and coenzyme-Q10, which unclog your heart. Blockage in the heart usually leads to the brain, and ages your body prematurely anyway. Now that you've taken all your anti aging supplements, get back on that treadmill -- no, wait a minute, make that a bicycle. Heck, why not attempt the Tour de France? You've got the body and mind for it, at 40, 50 and 60!