A vitamin store of beauty
Chinese cultivation of soybeans began before recorded history. All of the world's earliest soybean crushing took place in East Asia, primarily in Manchuria and China, using primitive stone mills. The soybean was considered one of five sacred grains (along with rice, barley, wheat and millet). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began introducing varieties to the United States in the late 19th century. The vegetable oil industry started a cooperative program in the 1930s of U.S. and Canadian researchers to improved soybeans through selective breeding. The program introduced new varieties with higher yields and richer oil content. Most of the oil was used for cooking. It was not known for its dermal enhancing benefits until the 20th century.

Properties of Soybean Oil:

• Rich in antioxidants
• Easily metabolized by your skin and leaves a smooth sensation.
• Does not clog pores
• Improves skin texture and reduces water loss
• Abundant in soy lipids
• Soy lipids are beneficial for regeneration of skin cells. All natural combinations of soy lipids have emollient properties which protect, replenish, and nourish your skin, leaving your skin moist and radiant. Soy lipids allow for rapid hydration and cell regeneration. Antioxidants in soy lipids help eliminate free oxygen radicals that lead to skin damage (wrinkles).
• Contains a high content of phytosterols.
• Phytosterols increase your bodies collagen production. Collagen is important for the skin. It is the principal structural protein holding the skin together. The quality and quantity of your skin's collagen has a major role in your skins appearance. Collagen is not like most proteins, it is basically a mesh of fibers. Collagen is found in the majority of organs, not just your skin. Your skin's collagen is the most abundant collagen in your body. It is common is fast growing tissue, particularly at the early stages of wound repair. The amount of collagen in your skin declines with age
• When collagen is damaged by UV rays, free radicals, impaired glucose metabolism, smoking and other skin damaging factors, its structure becomes distorted, leading to poor skin texture, wrinkles and other imperfections.
• As we age, collagen degradation tends to spin out of control and contributes to weakening and wrinkling of the skin. Also, a number of external factors increase skin degradation even further: Free radicals, UV rays, smoking, chlorinated water, inflammation, etc. Using products by Sophia con il Sole can keep your skins collagen degradation under control.
• Contains two essential fatty acids that can not be synthesized by the human body in a ratio that matches that of healthy blood cells.
  • Linoleic Acid- Must be obtained by diet or through skin absorption. Linoleic Acid helps cell membranes work well. It improves skin texture and reduces water loss, which prevents the skin from becoming dry and brittle.
  • Linolenic Acid is used in the formation of prostaglandin's. It is found in vegetables. A linolenic acid deficiency will result in hair loss, poor wound healing, and scaly wrinkled skin.
• Contains soy lecithin which is instrumental in repairing the skin and keeping it soft and flexible, therefore avoiding the natural aging process.
• Soy lecithin is the most abundant phospholipid serving as a structural material for every cell in the body. Soy lecithin is a key building block of skin cell membranes; without it, skin cells would harden, causing your skin to lose its youthful appearance. While lecithin protects cells from oxidation it also aids in the absorption of the fat soluble vitamins A,D,E,and K, thus improving your dermal health and well being.
• 150% more potent that synthetic vitamin E
• Contains all four forms of vitamin E:
• alpha
• beta
• delta
• gamma

Instrumental in skin repair and regeneration