Collagen plays a vital part in creating and maintaining plump, supple skin

 

One of the building blocks of healthy skin – not to mention hair and nails – is collagen. There are around 28 types of human collagen, but the most common are Types I, II, III, and IV. The most abundant of these is Type I which is found in skin, bone, ligaments, and organs. That’s why, familiar to many of us who are into skincare, collagen plays a vital part in creating and maintaining plump, supple skin. 

 

But as with all good things, age does put a damper when it comes to our body’s collagen production, and in turn triggers the loss of elasticity, radiance, and firmness. Sad, we know, but though we can’t prevent the loss of collagen, we can still find ways to slow it down. Some studies have provided good points that taking a collagen supplement could help too. 

 

It isn’t surprising that a collagen supplement has taken a spot in our skincare routine, which is constantly evolving. Before, the usual regimen involved only the basics such as cleansing, toning, and moisturizing. Then we discovered essences, serums, and face masks. These days, we’ve looked more into tackling concerns from the inside out, with ingestible beauty supplements that instantly perk up dull skin.

Supplements in general are meant as an additional boost to help our bodies function optimally. Depending on one’s goal or concern, think of them as a good way to top up what we lack in our diet. As for helping with our skin, simplicity and convenience is key if we want to easily incorporate collagen into our skincare. 

 

Collagen supplements come in many forms and from different sources. Hydrolyzed collagen is collagen that has been broken down into smaller fragments to enhance its digestion and absorption by the body. Collagen is typically extracted from either bovine or marine sources. Marine collagen is primarily composed of Type I collagen. Another factor you want to check on is the amount of collagen you take. Several studies have shown that a daily dose of 2.5 grams could benefit skin health and hydration. 

 

Most of us are pretty familiar with capsules or tablets, and powders since the majority of collagen supplements available in the market come in those formats. “That’s actually why we decided to come up with a different one, and something that doesn’t make you feel like it’s another pill you need to swallow,” says Abi Nepomuceno, Synnovate Director and Business Unit Head. “LifeFood Collagen Jelly is exactly that, it’s a jelly stick with a yummy lychee flavor. It’s like a snack, and so much more fun to take daily as part of your skincare and beauty routine.”   

 

LifeFood Collagen Jelly is the latest in the supplement brand’s line of products. Every stick of this jelly supplement contains 2500mg (2.5g) of hydrolyzed marine collagen. It has litchi seed extract, pomegranate essence, and grape skin extract that contains resveratrol to help in maintaining skin moisture and firmness, preventing signs of skin aging like dullness and wrinkles, and reducing damage. 

 

These natural ingredients’ strong antioxidant properties can also protect the skin from damage caused by free radicals that are triggered by daily exposure to sunlight, air pollution, and other environmental stressors. 

 

We can take it any time because it’s conveniently in a snackable jelly format. Apart from keeping skin healthy, another must-have benefit of this LifeFood supplement is that it helps nourish our hair and nails with collagen to prevent brittleness and to ensure that they grow healthier.

 

Glowing skin will always be in, and anything that could help us achieve and maintain it – particularly in the form of delicious lychee-flavored jelly snacks – is welcome to join our beauty stash!

 

LifeFood Collagen Jelly is now available at the Synnovate Store in Lazada and Shopee. 

 

LifeFood is the food supplements brand of Synnovate, the naturals division of UNILAB, Inc. Follow @LifeFoodPH on Facebook and Instagram for health info and life-enriching tips. Get to know more about LifeFood at lifefood.com.ph.  

Ladies give yourself the gift of health and wellness with LifeFood

 

Listen up ladies: Don’t let premenstrual syndrome or PMS, menopause, and other women’s health concerns keep you from reaching your full potential and living life the way you want to. Now that the new year is here, give yourself the gift of health and wellness. Start taking better care of yourself at gawing mas buhay na buhay ang buhay with LifeFood.

 

LifeFood, a line of food supplements with natural ingredients derived from plants or marine life, is encouraging you to put yourself and your needs first. This 2022, give yourself something that can help maintain your wellbeing and achieve your specific health and wellness goals like improving hormonal balance, improving skin health, and managing weight. 

Below are four food supplements that LifeFood recommends women should add to their self-care must-haves.  

 

Evening primrose oil for hormonal balance. A natural source of omega-6 GLA (gamma linolenic acid) that aids in hormonal balance, evening primrose oil comes with several benefits for women’s health: from improving the skin to providing relief from PMS symptoms like hormonal acne and breast tenderness. Obtained from the evening primrose plant through cold-press oil extraction, LifeFood Evening Primrose Oil retains most of the plant’s nutrients while keeping the product chemical-free.

 

Hyaluronic acid for great skin and strong joints. A substance that’s naturally produced in the body, hyaluronic acid can help improve your skin’s elasticity and moisture content and decrease the appearance of wrinkles. It’s also known to provide hydration to the connective tissues, particularly the joints, and also speed up wound healing. LifeFood Injuv® Hyaluronic Acid is easily absorbed and clinically proven effective, as it acts as a sponge to hold onto water within the cells of the skin, connective tissue, and cartilage. 

 

CLA for maintaining healthy weight.  Not all fats are bad. Some, in fact, can be good for you. One of these include polyunsaturated fats like safflower oil, which is a great source of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) that can aid in maintaining a healthy weight by breaking down fats and increasing muscle mass. Combined with a balanced healthy diet and exercise, LifeFood Tonalin® CLA can help reduce up to 9% of body fat and increase the body's total lean muscle mass. A proprietary extract derived from safflower oil containing CLA, Tonalin® is the only CLA that’s been backed by 18 separate research studies, ensuring safety and effectiveness. 

  
EstroG-100 for more antioxidants. Antioxidants may be most known to slow down aging and lower your risk of health issues like heart diseases and cancer, and studies have shown that they can also help with the effects of certain biological processes like menopause by getting rid of free radicals and preventing or slowing down cell damage. 

 

Get more antioxidants to improve overall wellbeing and life during menopause with LifeFood EstroG-100 with Oxxynea. EstroG-100® is a proprietary standardized herbal root extract that’s clinically proven to alleviate common menopausal symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, sleeping problems, and nervousness. Meanwhile, Oxxynea® is a whole food concentrate of fruit and vegetable extracts from antioxidant-rich red and white grape, bilberry, grapefruit, papaya, pineapple, strawberry, apple, apricot, cherry, orange, blackcurrant, green tea leaf, carrot, tomato, broccoli, green cabbage, onion, garlic, olive, cucumber, and asparagus.  

 

What’s more amazing about LifeFood supplements is that the brand carefully chooses the best ingredients that are supported by clinical research to prove their efficacy and to ensure that consumers get all the value and benefits each of these products provide. They are also standardized and undergo stringent product testing following pharma standards, making these supplements extra safe for every consumer. 

Dealing with PMS and menopausal symptoms may be a common occurrence, but they can affect you in many ways, impacting your confidence and keeping you from living your life to the fullest. You don’t need to suffer in silence and shrug off these concerns—make it your new year’s resolution to add LifeFood to your daily health routine now para mas maging buhay na buhay ang buhay!

 

Lifefood is available at leading Mercury Drug Stores, and online at the Synnovate Store in Lazada and Shopee. Follow @LifeFoodPH on Facebook and Instagram for health info and life-enriching tips. Get to know more about LifeFood at lifefood.com.ph.  

 

 

LifeFood has carefully chosen ingredients to help Pinoys have a healthier heart and move more

There are many factors that influence our health and well being. Some of these can be controlled or modified such as diet and lifestyle, while other factors are caused by age, gender, and genes. And these affect how we perform every day, which may result to a prolonged impact and prevent us from living life to the fullest. The National Nutrition Council has pointed out that Filipinos are following diets high in fat and simple sugars and less of fruits and vegetables, which may have harmful effects to our heart. It added that typical Pinoys lack physical activity, which may have been worsened by common conditions like joint pain or rayuma.

 

LifeFood, a line of food supplements with natural ingredients derived from plants or marine life, can help. It offers products that have been carefully curated to support the specific health needs of Filipinos like maintaining cholesterol levels for a healthier heart and helping with inflammation and pain so we can move more. Here are some LifeFood-approved natural ingredients that can help with health issues that affect many Filipinos: 

 

Curcumin. Primarily found in turmeric or luyang dilaw that’s commonly added to adobong dilaw and ginataang manok, curcumin can be used for managing general inflammation to help address osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis that both cause joint pain, swelling, and stiffness. It also helps provide pain relief from these conditions as well as muscle aches and back pains. LifeFood’s Curcumin contains Meriva®, a branded ingredient that provides 29x better absorption compared to other curcumin supplements.

 

Astaxanthin. Astaxanthin, which gives seafood like salmon and certain algae its red color, is said to be one of nature’s most powerful antioxidants, which are substances that can help prevent or slow down cell damage. It contains strong anti-aging molecules that are 500 times stronger than Vitamin E and 6,000 times stronger than Vitamin C. LifeFood’s Astaxanthin contains AstaReal, naturally derived from the algae Haematococcus pluvialis, and has the highest dosage available in the Philippines at 12mg.

 

Citrus peels. It’s been known that citrus fruits have multiple beneficial nutrients. In fact, citrus peel can help in maintaining healthy cholesterol levels. LifeFood offers Sytrinol®, a proprietary blend of citrus peel (Citrus sinensis L.) and palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis) extracts, that helps manage cholesterol levels without the adverse side effects of commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs—and also backed by 12 years of research. 

 

A brand of Synnovate Pharma Corporation, the naturals division of Unilab, LifeFood goes through a meticulous process of choosing the best ingredients that are supported by clinical research to prove their efficacy and to ensure that consumers get all the value and benefits each of these products provide. They are also standardized and undergo stringent product testing following pharma standards, making these supplements extra safe for every consumer. 

 

Living our life to the fullest starts by taking good care of all aspects of our health. With supplements that are proven safe and effective and help with our specific health issues, talagang mas magiging buhay na buhay ang buhay! 

 

LifeFood Curcumin and Astaxanthin are available at leading Mercury Drug stores nationwide.

 

Follow @LifeFoodPH on Facebook and Instagram for health info and life-enriching tips. Get to know more about LifeFood at lifefood.com.ph.       

LifeFood addresses specific health concerns that can impact daily life and long-term wellness

  

 

For many of us, the past year and a half has been equal parts challenging and rewarding – with shifting priorities and new self-discoveries. The important thing is finding the drive and motivation to keep doing and achieving more, and living life well and to the fullest. 

 

Life Talks hosted by Boy Abunda, features actress and mom of 5 Ina Raymundo who has managed a wonderful balance between taking care of herself while handling all her responsibilities at work and home; TV personality and new dad Migs Bustos whose foray into parenthood has changed his perception of life and health for the better; and beauty queen and educator Ayn Bernos who thinks it’s never too early to take one’s health seriously. Internal medicine specialist and functional medicine practitioner Eca Lorenzo, MD, FPCP rounds up the panel for the virtual catch-up to offer useful information, expert guidance, and practical advice. 

 

LifeFood brings together these inspiring people to share their experiences and insights that’s led them to live their best life, and answer the question Paano magiging buhay na buhay ang buhay? as it launches the newest comprehensive line of condition-specific natural food supplements. 

 

With health being a major priority for Filipinos no matter what age, LifeFood is making its line of natural food supplements available to the public. Lifefood is the food supplements brand of Synnovate Pharma Corporation, the naturals division of Unilab. 

 

Supporting specific health needs such as maintaining cholesterol levels or hormonal balance, and helping with inflammation and pain or skin and eye health, the new brand aims to address specific conditions that may be affecting how we perform every day, and even have long-term impact on our overall wellness.     

 

What’s great about LifeFood is that its products are derived from natural sources like plants or marine life, meaning, the key ingredients or active components are naturally-occurring. And what sets it apart is that its products use branded or trademark-protected ingredients that are backed by clinical research to prove their efficacy. 

 

“We’ve especially curated our first line products to address the common health conditions of Filipinos,” says Abi Nepomuceno, Synnovate Director and Business Unit Head. “LifeFood has carefully chosen the most potent, most studied, and the highest quality ingredients to ensure that consumers get all the value and benefits each of these products provide.”

 

Currently, the brand has six kinds of natural food supplements. There’s Curcumin, which can be used for managing general inflammation to help address osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and help provide short-term pain relief for joint and back pains. LifeFood Curcumin features Meriva that makes it 29x more bioavailable. Sytrinol that helps lower total cholesterol without the toxic side effects of commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs. 

 

Astaxanthin is one of nature’s most powerful antioxidants that can reduce the size of wrinkles and improve skin micro texture. It contains strong anti-aging molecules that are 500 times stronger than Vitamin E and 6,000 times stronger than Vitamin C. LifeFood Astaxanthin has the highest dosage at 12mg, studied to be the most effective as a support in preventing skin aging. Injuv contains a clinically-proven low molecular weight hyaluronic acid that makes it easily absorbed for younger-looking, well-moisturized skin to provide better skin hydration and elasticity. It can also be taken by those who need to hydrate joints and other connective tissues. 

 

Tonalin CLA is a great choice for those who are looking for a natural weight management supplement. Combined with a balanced diet and exercise, it can help reduce up to 9% of body fat and increase the body’s total lean muscle mass. 

 

A go-to women's health supplement, Evening Primrose Oil is a natural source of omega-6 that aids in hormonal balance. It can improve skin health, naturally address PMS symptoms, address breast pain, and help with menopause. 

 

These natural supplements are also standardized and undergo stringent product testing following pharma standards, so consumers are assured that they are taking supplements that are not only safe, but also effective in addressing the specific concerns that they have.

 

A good life is a full and healthy one, and LifeFood aims to help Filipinos achieve that. As Nepomuceno says, “Sana matulungan namin sila na mas maging buhay na buhay ang kanilang buhay.”  

 

Follow @LifeFoodPH on Facebook and Instagram for health info and life-enriching tips. Get to know more about LifeFood at lifefood.com.ph.