AQUARICH (eco) - Kinetik

3 Active substances in AQUARICH ®
3.1 Black oat (Avena strigosa)
From the Far East, very old records exist which prove that oat was cultivated by early civilizations.
Due to its properties as a foodstuff, its triumphal march into our latitudes could not be halted, the
oat also thrived excellently in our climate zones. Oat was planted more and more frequently.
However, the demand for more fertile and more productive kinds of oat has caused the original oat
(Avena strigosa) to vanish into oblivion. Today, mainly Avena sativa, or common oat, is grown.
The genus Avena strigosa is designated as the original oat. Originally
a wild-growing plant, it was laboriously harvested by hand. Due to its
low yield of grain per ear, the search for more productive kinds started
soon and was successful. Nowadays, mainly Avena sativa is
cultivated, which, although has shorter ears than black oat, is much
more productive and is therefore much more interesting for the
industrial countries.
The grain of the black oat purely contains the
unique vigor of the original plant.
Despite adverse conditions, it has managed
to survive until modern times and is revived in
the moisturizer AQUARICH®.
It is not surprising that black oat is used in
several dietary supplements for performance
enhancement. Equestrian sport insiders have
used black oat to increase the performance of
race horses by releasing their power reserves
over longer time. In view of this and the fact
that in the top-class sport industry, black oat
is preferably used instead of common oat
(although it is more easily available on the market at lower costs), this speaks for the uniqueness of
the original oat.
This primary source of vitality and vigor contains a wide range of ingredients.
Polysaccharides are the main component of oats. The high content of high-molecular glucose
building blocks is even more important. Particularly the high content of beta glucan in the oat grain
makes it very valuable for cosmetic applications. Thanks to beta glucan, the skin feels soft and
supple and can bind water better. The natural repair and protective function is also optimised by
beta glucan. Due to the existence of various saponins, (avenacin, avenacosid) the oat grain extract
has an antibiotic effect.
In addition, amino acids, the irreplaceable building blocks of living tissue, are present in much
higher concentrations in oat than in other types of cereal. Oat contains all eight essential amino
acids.
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