copper, an ally for the care of the skin in summer
Madrid, July of 2011- copper is an excellent ally for health and beauty: it is a trace element essential for life and is essential to maintain a balanced diet. Copper allow the proper functioning of the brain, nervous system and cardiovascular system, helps to carry the iron, helps to protect cells from destruction by oxidation and to maintain a healthy immune system. Also, copper is an essential element for the pregnant women that helps correct development of the fetus.
In addition to all these qualities, the copper is an essential element for the beauty and skin care because it increases the production of collagen and melanin, among other substances, essential to maintain a neat and beautiful skin.
A diet rich in copper and the topical use of creams and lotions that contain copper for the care of the skin before exposure to the Sun, will contribute to having a healthier aspect in summer.
do know that …
?do … copper increases the production of collagen and elastin, which helps prevent wrinkles and keep skin firm?
Copper is one essential element of collagen, which adds resistance to the skin, of elastin, which improves the elasticity of the skin. These two substances are essential for the prevention of wrinkles and to maintain the firmness of the skin. Copper not only helps to improve the image of our skin, but it also helps us to take care of their health at any age, stimulating the production of new collagen.
do … copper protects us from burns caused by the Sun?
Copper is a component in the production of melanin, a pigment which protects us from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation, helping us to avoid potential health disorders associated with over-exposure to the Sun such as skin cancer, especially melanoma, premature skin aging and other skin as the burn problems
do … numerous beauty creams contain a significant amount of copper?
Numerous beauty creams contain peptides of copper which they tone up skin and bring elasticity, helping to prevent the appearance of sagging, wrinkles and spots on the face and improving lines of expression of the face in a way faster and more efficiently.
do … copper helps to remove marks from acne and a rapid healing of the skin?
Creams and ointments that contain copper helps to heal Burns, to treat lesions of the skin and even improve the healing of wounds. Copper peptides are used in treatments to eliminate the skin markings left behind by acne or psoriasis, and to help heal the skin after surgery or in the case of facial treatments with laser and chemical peeling.
… a copper-rich diet is key for the care of our health and even our skin?
To be an essential trace element copper is necessary as part of a healthy diet. Nutritional contribution of copper that needs daily to our body can obtain it through the drinking water of food such as chocolate, seafood, vegetables, fruit, nuts or wine that they will help us to take a balanced diet, in addition to helping us maintain a healthy skin that copper is needed to combat free radicals and rebuild collagen.
Spanish copper Information Center: CEDIC
CEDIC is a professional association of companies in the basic of the copper industry in Spain that develops an essentially informative activity in two different aspects. On the one hand it promotes and supports studies or research aimed at improving the techniques of obtaining, processing and use of copper. On the other hand, it brings together all the documentation produced in Spain and in other countries, concerning the copper to publicize her.
In this line, CEDIC has established a relationship of mutual cooperation with organizations public or private, national or foreign, with parallel to their own objectives. Among others, the International Copper Association (ICA), with headquarters in New York, the European Copper Institute (ECI), based in Brussels, in addition to other twenty-three similar CEDIC centres distributed throughout the world, eleven of them in Europe.
