Clinical Blogs

Why feed Raw? With the advent of the industrial revolution, our ancestral food chain has significantly changed within the last 100 years, that has huge influence on our food industry and eating habit moving into overly cooked, heavy processed/modified, low quality, convenient fast foods. Unfortunately, this same trend has made their way into the bowls of our furry family members and that has detrimental influence on their overall well being and quality of life. Dog born to be able to crush bone? Dogs are not biologic-ally & naturally designed To eat kibble! They have only been introduced to cooked and...

When it comes to ingredients with strong supporting clinical data and variety of uses, vitamin B3 (niacinamide) is the one that is on the top of the list. It is one of the most versatile ingredients can be used in various skincare formulation with multiple benefits as a nutraceutical for our skin. Vitamin B3 is a multitask ingredient beneficial to skin health: Increases hydration: It strengthens the top layer of our skin (strata corneum) which is responsible for transdermal epidermal water loss (TEWL). B3 possesses antipruritic effect: enhances skin barrier protection by stimulating ceramide synthesis and stabilizing mast cells that...

Detox has been one of the hot health topics these days. Liver is a critical organ in detoxifying various different types of toxins that we inhaled and ingested every day. There are 2 phases of the detox pathway in which methylation is a main pathway involving in phase 2 of the whole process. Our liver uses methylation to convert toxins into water soluble substances to facilitate the excretion of toxins. Folate, methionine, vitamin B12, and B6, betaine are the methyl-donor nutrients.Food sources of methyl- donor: citrus fruits, green leaf vegetables (e.g.  arugula, brussels sprouts, broccoli), fish, and eggs. Today’s stressful...

Keeping your skin healthy and youthful looking is our goal. Being the pioneer in antiaging, we strive to look for clinically proven functional ingredients and effective delivery system in order to specially formulate effective and safe skincare products for our clients’ daily and special needs. Here are some of the key ingredients that are clinically proven in various aspects of antiaging that are seen in many of our formulation. Each formulation also contains  unique and functional ingredients to target different functions. Hyaluronic acid (HA) with different molecular size High molecular weight HA forms a barrier on the skin surface to...

Eczema is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin conditions. In Canada, every 5 children and 12 adults, there is 1 suffering from eczema or dermatitis. Dry, red, inflamed and very itchy skins are the characteristics of eczema. In severe case, skin may ooze, become scaly, crusted or hardened. It is prone to infection if skin is broken. Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disorder characterized by red, dry flakes, skin scales and plaques of raised skin. This skin disease affects over 6 million1 people in the United States. Many triggering factors cause dermatitis: pollution, chemicals exposure (e.g. detergents, soap),...