As life expectancy continues to increase, cosmetics companies are searching for new ways to prevent aging.
Scientific research has shown that skin aging occurs at the cellular level, which is why High Society CBD and its antioxidant effects can be very effective in protecting your skin from the first signs of aging!
Understanding Oxidative Stress
Oxidative stress is the term used to describe the physiological mechanism responsible for cellular aging and the degeneration of the body.
When our tissues use oxygen (as happens, for example, when they burn the calories from a meal by converting them into energy), “waste products” result from this process. Because they are unstable, these particles are called free radicals. Each one has its own “lonely”—that is, unpaired—electron. Free electrons, which do not like to remain isolated, are constantly searching for another electron so they can form a pair and achieve stability.
In their search for another electron, free electrons roam chaotically throughout the body and collide with other cells. Since these other cells are “healthy,” the free electron steals an electron from them, and it is this phenomenon that damages the attacked cell, causing it to age.
CBD and Its Antioxidant Properties Against Oxidative Stress
Broadly speaking, antioxidant molecules are characterized by their ability to attract free radicals and stabilize them. This is because the antioxidant has its own electron, which can then pair with a lone electron: a pair is thus formed, allowing the free electron to be stabilized. As a result, it no longer needs to steal electrons from healthy cells!
It therefore seems perfectly logical that CBD is attracting increasing interest in the cosmetics market. Indeed, numerous studies have highlighted the antioxidant properties of this product, which appears to be the ideal ally in the fight against cellular aging!
For example, a study conducted in 2019 indicates that CBD can be used effectively to combat oxidative stress through a number of physiological mechanisms. In particular, it helps stop the chain reactions of free radicals, which limits the formation of ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species)—which includes free radicals!
Oxidative stress is therefore an unavoidable phenomenon, and throughout our lives, it leads to the gradual aging of our cells… However, taking antioxidants has proven to be very effective at slowing this process as much as possible! CBD is therefore the ideal solution for slowing skin aging, as it possesses genuine antioxidant power: it prevents the formation of free radicals, which are thus unable to spread throughout the body and cause oxidative stress that is too severe for the skin!
