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Beauty from the Inside Out: Discover Our New Hair, Skin & Nails Supplement

By Dr. Linda J. Dobberstein, DC, Board Certified in Clinical Nutrition

September 9, 2024

Beauty from the Inside Out: Discover Our New Hair, Skin & Nails Supplement

Your hair, skin, and nail health reveals as much about your overall well-being as your beauty or attractiveness. Maintaining a healthy, glowing appearance reflects your inner vitality while also providing important structural benefits. Several nutrients can help you achieve glowing skin, thick, lustrous hair, and strong nails. To support you with this, we are excited to announce the addition of Hair, Skin & Nails to our product line.

This new formula contains key nutrients that enhance, support, and protect the health of your hair, skin, and nails. It replaces our previous Skin Rejuvenator product. Hair, Skin & Nails (HSN) includes biotin, OptiMSM, keratin (Cynatine HNS), bamboo extract, Enovita Grape Seed Extract, and lycopene. We use standardized extracts and trademarked brands that have been thoroughly researched to provide superior results.

Biotin

Biotin is a type of B vitamin that has many roles in health and physiology. A lack of biotin in your diet may cause thinning hair, or a red scaly rash around the eye, nose, mouth, or perineum. The skin may become more prone to breakdown from germs and your nails may become brittle, making them chip or y break easily. Biotin is also needed for blood sugar metabolism, mitochondria function, carbohydrate metabolism, nerve function, and mood regulation.

Although biotin deficiencies are considered uncommon, the Standard American Diet, which is high in fast foods and ultra-processed foods, provides very little biotin. Beef liver (3 ounces) provides 30.8 mcg but is not a common item in most diets. Other foods, such as eggs, salmon, pork chops, hamburger patties, and sunflower seeds, provide 10 mcg or less per serving. Hair, Skin, & Nails provides  5000 mcg of biotin per capsule.

There is no established upper limit for biotin intake, as there is no evidence of toxicity in higher amounts. Biotin supplements should be stopped 24-72 hours before certain lab tests, as it may affect diagnostic technologies and skew patient results. Additionally, anti-seizure medications can deplete biotin levels.

MSM Sulfur

Sulfur is known as the beauty mineral. It is one of the most abundant minerals needed in your body and is used to build, restore, and maintain connective tissues like hair, skin, nails, bones, and cartilage. Sulfur is also crucial for the function of internal organs, such as the pancreas, lungs, and liver, where it aids in free radical protection, detoxification, and methylation. It also supports immune system function, histamine management, and urinary tract health.

HSN contains OptiMSM (Methylsulfonylmethane), considered the best available MSM due to its rigorous purification process, which ensures superior purity and bioavailability. Strict vegetarians or individuals with poorly planned plant-based diets, people recovering from illness or trauma, or pregnant or nursing mothers may require higher amounts of sulfur due to dietary deficiencies or increased needs. Animal proteins contain the highest amounts of sulfur, while plants have very small amounts.

Cynatine HNS

Cynatine HNS is a bioactive, patented, solubilized form of keratin. Clinical trials demonstrate that Cynatine HNS can improve the appearance, luster, and strength of hair, skin, and nails. Adults reported improvements in hair and nail quality within 90 days of daily use compared to placebo.

Another 90-day clinical trial in women evaluated skin health with use of Cynatine HNS versus a placebo. Those who received Cynatine HNS (500 mg per day) along with multiple vitamins and minerals experienced significant improvements in skin moisture, elasticity, wrinkle reduction, quality, and appearance.

Bamboo Extract

Bamboo extract is a rich source of silica, a trace mineral that aids in tissue elasticity and collagen synthesis. Silica contributes to the strength and resilience of your skin, tendons, ligaments, bones, and other connective tissues. It is essential for building the inner matrix along with other collagen supporting compounds like glucosamine, hyaluronic acid, and minerals. HSN contains bamboo extract standardized to 70 percent silica.

Silica is also found in Strengthener Plus,, a long-standing customer favorite product.

Grape Seed Extract

Grape Seed Extract is widely known for its antioxidant properties and collagen support. We use Enovita Grape Seed Extract, which is standardized to 95% proanthocyanidins, unlike many other products on the market with lower or no standardization.

Grape seed extract is rich in polyphenol antioxidants and has a strong affinity for collagen-rich tissues.  It protects against oxidative stress and free radicals in the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bone, teeth and blood vessels. Clinical trials have also demonstrated benefits for heart, vascular, and brain health. This extract supports blood flow to your scalp for hair growth and benefits your skin and nails too!

Lycopene

Lycopene, derived from tomato extract, provides another powerful antioxidant in our HSN product. Numerous studies demonstrate the effectiveness of lycopene for skin health. Lycopene activates SIRT1 anti-aging pathways and protects capillaries and blood flow in the skin. It is considered the “strongest singlet oxygen quencher and scavenger of peroxygen radicals” among carotenoids. Lycopene provides UV-A and UV-B antioxidant shielding protection and anti-elastase activity to the skin and promotes hyaluronic acid production. Lycopene is a stellar nutrient for skin protection!

With so many hair, nail, and skin products available in the marketplace, it’s important to remember that many of the products are laden with chemicals and other ingredients that add to your body’s toxic load. Your natural beauty does not depend on synthetic chemical filled products; rather, it depends on the internal nourishment you provide. Our Hair, Skin & Nails supplement contains high-quality, clinically studied nutrients to deliver noticeable results. Whether you're looking to rejuvenate your appearance or maintain your natural beauty, this formula provides comprehensive support to help you look and feel your best.

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