Eat wool to keep skin youthful

Jacob · Post by **Jacob** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:03 pm

This is something I'll probably add to my blog eventually- have posted about their other products before( http://www.keratec.co.nz/ )

Eat wool to keep skin youthful - NZ company
22 March 2006
By KENT ATKINSON

A New Zealand company wants to see people eating wool to keep skin young-looking.

The farmer-owned biotech company Karatec Ltd, based at Lincoln near Christchurch, designs and manufactures keratin-based biomaterials from the wool of selected flocks of New Zealand sheep.

Keratin is a structural protein that is a main constituent in skin, hair and nails, and is normally not soluble.

The company has developed a method of extracting up to 800g of keratin from each 1kg of wool in a soluble, digestible form by separating wool fibres into their constituent parts without destroying the protein strands.

The company will launch the products next week at an expo in Arnaheim, California. One of the products is for rubbing on the skin surface, and the other is to be taken.

The products are expected to help cosmetics companies diversify into the dietary supplement or "nutriceutical" sector and companies already working in dietary supplements move into skin care.

Keratec, effectively owned by 12,000 farmers through Wool Equities Ltd, is hoping it can help companies develop anti-ageing solutions, consisting of both a topical and an oral element.

It said that the protein fraction being marketed as Cynergy TK contained copper and zinc, which had roles in promoting healthy skin, and it contained enzymatic antioxidants superoxide dismutase and glutathione-dependent peroxidase, recognised free-radical scavengers.

According to Keratec, Cynergy can improve skin elasticity, hydration and skin cell antioxidant activity, and the availability of a natural, bioactive, renewable single-product range "changes the game" for beauty products.

The company launched its first dietary supplement containing keratin, Cynatine FLX, using a fraction of the protein with an amino acid profile the company said tests showed had a role in joint health.

Keratec's executive in charge of business development, Fertram Sigurjonsson, said that 2006 was an important year for the company, which said last year that it needed $2 million to pursue its strategic plan for the 2005/06 year.

"We are rapidly changing from being a research and development company over to being a marketing company, and this is a crucial year for that transition," he said.

But he said the company was continuing to extract its own keratin from New Zealand wool at its factory at Lincoln. The intellectual property involved was partly protected because it is "black boxed" outsiders did not get to see critical parts of the technology.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,361 ... 00,00.html

Post by **HairLossFight.com** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:36 pm

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Yuuuuummmmyyyyy!

James · Post by **James** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:09 pm

Nothing like a nice hot plate of wool, washed down with a cold beer.

Jacob · Post by **Jacob** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:10 pm

That was baaaaaaaaaaaaa 'd.

I wonder why they don't say anything about it being good for hair. Keratin- hair. They do have a product that can be added to shampoo and topicals, though.