s2 SUN TANNING OIL, 2.2 fl. oz.
Organic Skin Supplement Rich in Cancer Preventing Green Tea
Extract
s2 Tanning Oil is the first tanning oil
rich in cancer preventing green tea extract. It is also designed
to be used year round both indoors and outside.
Green Tea Contains Potent Skin Healing Properties
S2 is not a sun block. It is designed to be worn all
days of the year. It is a tanning oil that safely assists the skin
to tan and at the same time gives maximum protection from skin
cancers.
S2 Tanning Oil also contains several
additional essential oils rich in anti-cancer antioxidants
including grapeseed, milk thistle, grapefruit, wheat germ, walnut,
and coconut. No Artificial preservatives or petroleum additives.
It is suggested S2 be applied before and after sun
exposure and 15 min before application of any sun block. Apply our
companion Aloe Vera Gel after leaving sun and reapply S2 Tanning Oil.
READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION!
March 25, 2004
Compounds in green tea may one day be able to treat common
skin diseases and wounds, reports a researcher at the University
of Georgia Medical School.
A team at the Medical College of Georgia's department of Oral
Biology studied the effects of the most abundant green tea
polyphenol, EGCG, on human skin cells and found that EGCG
reactivated dying skin cells.
"Cells that migrate toward the surface of the skin
normally live about 28 days, and by day 20 they basically sit on
the upper layer of the skin getting ready to die. But EGCG
reactivates them. I was so surprised," said Dr Stephen Hsu,
study leader.
Dr Hsu was previously involved in work that found green tea
polyphenols can help eliminate free radicals, which can cause
cancer by altering DNA. He also found that polyphenols safeguard
healthy cells while prompting cancer cells to die.
The researcher reports that green tea polyphenols are not
absorbed beyond the epidermis (the outer layer), so any benefits
are limited to that outer layer of skin. This is important because
skin cells are in a constant state of renewal, rapidly dividing
until they reach the epidermis, where they begin differentiating.
But once they reach the surface of the skin, their metabolic
activity slows dramatically and they prepare to die. EGCG seems to
rejuvenate these skin cells however.
Essential oils combat MRSA bacteria
December 22,2004
Essential oils usually used in aromatherapy have been found to
kill the deadly MRSA bacteria causing increasing numbers of deaths
in hospitals round the world.
Researchers at the University of Manchester say they have
identified three essential oils that killed MRSA and E. coli as
well as many other bacteria and fungi within just two minutes of
contact.
The oils, which have not been revealed in order to protect the
university’s rights to the findings, could be easily blended
into soaps and shampoos for use by hospital staff to stop the
spread of the deadly bacteria.
Peter Warn from the university’s Faculty of Medicine said:
“We believe that our discovery could revolutionise the fight to
combat MRSA and other ‘super bugs’.”
The UK’s National Audit Office estimates that infections such
as MRSA kill 5,000 people each year and hospital-acquired
infections cost the NHS around £1 billion a year.
Doctors have become increasingly alarmed over recent months by
the emergence in UK hospitals of new generations of resistant
strains of MRSA. The bacteria has also become endemic in many
hospitals, especially in London and the south-east of England.
Essential oils are chemical compounds found within aromatic
plants, which the plants use to fight off infections. Researchers
tested 40 essential oils against ten of the most deadly bacteria
and fungi. Two of these oils killed MRSA and E. coli almost
instantly, while a third was shown to act over a longer period of
time.
Scientists at the University of Sydney previously reported in
2002 that eucalyptus and tea-tree oils were surprisingly effective
at treating MRSA when applied to the skin of infected wounds.
Jacqui Stringer, clinical lead of Complementary Therapies at
the Christie Hospital, who instigated the research said: “The
use of plants in medicine is nothing new but some people regard
the use of essential oils as unconventional. Our research shows a
very practical application which could be of enormous benefit.”
“The reason essential oils are so effective is because they
are made up of a complex mixture of chemical compounds which the
MRSA and other super bug bacteria finds difficult to resist."
Current treatments are made of single compounds that MRSA
quickly becomes resistant to, she added, and reduces the success
rate to only 50 per cent.
Essential oils also have the advantage of being well tolerated
and easily administered.
“While a wide range of products currently exist to help
prevent the spread of MRSA these are often unpleasant for patients
as their application can cause skin irritation. MRSA is often
carried inside the nose which means that patients often have to
insert treatments up their nostrils, whereas these essential oils
can simply be inhaled to prevent the patient being at risk,”
added Stringer.
The Manchester researchers are now looking for funding to
develop their work and carry out a clinical trial but they are
having problems sourcing the required £30,000.
“Essential oils cannot be patented as they are naturally
occurring, so few drug companies are interested in our work as
they do not see it as commercially viable,” said Warn.
“Obviously, we find this very frustrating as we believe our
findings could help to stamp out MRSA and save lives.”
The garlic compound allicin has also been shown to fight MRSA
and since the first studies demonstrating this effect, the product
has been in strong demand.
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