Have you ever heard a story of 2 twin siblings separated at birth that meet later in life and look completely different from one another? This phenomenon can be explained by epigenetics.
The genes we inherit from our parents hold the instructions for building all our body parts and contain lots of information that make us unique like hair, skin tone, body shape and eye color even predisposition to certain health issues. However, the old ideas that genes are “set in stone” or that they alone determine development have been disproven. Nature vs. Nurture is no longer a debate—it’s nearly always both! our environment and lifestyle choices can change the way genetic information is accessed and used.
Environmental or “epigenetic factors” do not affect our genetic code directly, but they can influence the way they are expressed. They can activate or silence certain information for a long time. These changes can even continue after the environmental factor is gone, sometimes being passed on to other generations.
Since free radicals, oxidative stress, and chemical carcinogens from the environment pose the biggest threat to cellular health, we can also conclude that pollution contributes directly to degrading our skin cells and contributing to premature aging.
Air pollution comes in direct contact with our skin and due to its small size (20 times smaller than a pore) pollution molecules can easily penetrate the skin. Especially for city dwellers, this poses a real threat to our skin health.
Aside from air filters and ozone purifiers, how can we protect ourselves (and our skin). Here are three main defense strategies we can use to protect our skin against pollution:
Minimize the adhesion of micro particles to the skin's surface and enhanced removal
In the event particles make it through the lipid barrier into deeper layers of skin, a short term defense system able to be activated to help neutralize free radicals and eliminate toxins
Clean lifestyle and diet
With regard to skincare, vegetable sprouts are the young roots that develop from germinating seeds. These shoots are known as the plant material with the highest level of phytonutrients. Swiss Garden Cress Sprout Extract has been discovered to bolster our skin’s immune system and enhance the resistance of skin cells against environmental pollutants and intrinsic reactive molecules. It also protects against harmful environmental toxins. by:
Activating phase II detox enzymes
Protecting against oxidative stressors
Protecting against particulate matter
Preventing DNA damage
Brightening and evening skin tone
How Swiss Garden Cress Sprout works in the skin.
Sulforaphane is naturally present in the Brassicaceae vegetable, Garden Cress. It is a well defined natural activator of the transcription factor NrF2 that plays an essential role in cellular defense against harmful environmental toxins and highly reactive chemicals as well as a key regulator in the UV response in the skin. Sulforaphane boosts the formation of enzymes that detoxify oxidants and chemicals from the skin.
Our cells respond by increasing production of cytoprotective proteins. These are detoxifying proteins and enzymes that rebalance the redox status by neutralizing chemicals and replenishing used cellular antioxidants like glutathione. These cytoprotective proteins are characterized by a specific gene sequence called antioxidant response element (ARE). The expression of these proteins are regulated by the NrF2 that binds to the ARE site.
Anti Pollution Solution has been formulated with your skin health in mind. It protects against environmental aggressors and strengthens the skin to combat daily stress of city life, it also protects skin cells in the long-term from the epigenetic changes caused by pollution. This protective serum shields your skin from the harmful effects of urban living including pollution, blue light, sunlight, smog and changing climate conditions.