UCSF study suggests novel treatment for fending off chronic age-related diseases: Moisturizer EDITED

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'A new UCSF pilot study has a simple suggestion for a treatment to fend off serious age-related issues like Alzheimer's, diabetes and heart disease. The best part? You might already own it.

University researchers in tandem with the San Francisco Veterans Administration (VA) Health Care System now have reason to believe that inflammation of the skin may further the development of multiple chronic diseases, and one way to help fix the issue is by applying reparative moisturizer.

The study's authors write that as skin begins to lose moisture and deteriorate around age 50, it begins to experience a breakdown of the "permeability barrier." The barrier is meant to both keep water in the body and act as a shield from sinister pathogens outside our bodies.'>>>

https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/UCSF-study-skin-moisturizer-inflamation-disease-13691930.php?

EDIT: A friend's friend wrote: I was curious about this as well, as the summary didn't identify the moisturizer (assuming that it was a name brand), or specifics of the optimal mix of "cholesterol, free fatty acids, and ceramides." So I "used the Google" and asked for "moisturizers with ceramides." The first result was a link to a list of "The 8 Best Ceramide Moisturizers to Buy in 2019," and first on the list was CeraVe, which was described as containing "the specific ceramides that are necessary for replacing and retaining your skin’s moisture. It also has the cholesterol and fatty acids needed to help those ceramides sink into your skin, as well as hyaluronic acid for even better absorption."