Some thoughts on The Wrinkle Cureand cea connection-Long

[Guest guest]

I was watching PBS on Sunday and stumbled across Dr. Perricone's

special again promoting his book. I usually watch it for a few

minutes here and there if its a part I hadn't seen before. This time

the part I watched talked about topicals and supplements for the

skin. I understand what he is lecturing about really is to delay the

aging process, but a lot of the points he was making seem geared

towards anyone concerned with taking care of their skin (especially

facial skin).

1) One important statement he made that stood out to me was that

when you eat a diet that causes an anti-inflammatory reaction in the

body, the reaction will express itself as redness/ruddiness, so

therefore, do not eat/drink/expose your self to things that will

cause that reaction. When you go to his website and read, you can

see he believes in eating a low-glycemic diet whenever possible. He

also stated when you eat a diet loaded with bad carbs (especially

before bed-like ice cream, sweets, etc.), these carbs promote

swelling/puffiness/edema in the morning-and doing this prevents a

hormone (forgive me-I forget which one) from helping to heal and

regenerate your skin overnight. This is medical/scientific

confirmation for those of us who have found this out by trial and

error.

2) He stated there were 3 supplements that can help heal your skin

and take inflammation away " Vitamin C Ester " , " DMAE Liquid " ,

and " Alpha Lipoic Acid " . These supplements have been discussed here

on the board already, but the reason I am bringing this up is because

during the fund raising break on PBS, they were answering questions

from viewers live, and a viewer asked if there was a difference

between " Vitamin C Ester " and " Ester C " . He emphatically stated " Yes

there is!!!! For your skin you only want to take " Vitamin C Ester " .

So this prompted me to look on the internet to understand the

difference, because I think alot of us on the board are using " Ester

C " , and maybe we are using the wrong one. I couldn't find much but I

found a link to a company that sells (sorry!-but its a start, maybe

someone can find more informational links) the supplements that Dr.

Perricone promotes for healthy skin, and they have an explanation on

the difference here:

http://www.intensivenutrition.com/newinformationonskincare.htm.

So now I am thinking, maybe this is why some of us do not get the

results we expect or hope for, because maybe we are using the wrong

form of Vitamin C. I will definitely be researching this topic some

more.

He did discuss the importance of " Vitamin C Ester " , " DMAE Liquid " ,

and " Alpha Lipoic Acid " at length and why each one was important in

healing skin. He also did mention that when Alpha Lipoic Acid lotion

is applied to the skin, within an hour swelling and puffiness

dramatically reduce.

Here's his site, there's some info to read amongst the items for

sale. I guess his book has all the details.

http://www.thewrinklecure.com/

Well, I just wanted to mention these two points, I might be clutching

at straws, but I definitely think its food for thought; and maybe Dr.

Perricone's research (albeit a good way to make money for himself)

can benefit those who suffer from rosacea.

(I apologize btw, for being too long, and repeating anything here

that you may know already! just wanted to share).

Thanks, Cheryl