Details Published on Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:00 Written by BOYSIE VILLAVICENCIO

AT Cathy Valencia-Lims birthday sinner at the Mandarin Hotel Makati, the intriguing topic of conversation which everyone seemed to have been interested in was how to maintain looking young.

Cathy Valencia is a beauty and wellness expert and known to be the lady who makes movie stars look super-vibrant and gorgeous. I wanted to talk to Cathy about health and beauty but there were just too many guests for us to talk lengthily about the subject that evening.

One evening, we had dinner together right across my house in San Juan; and that was how I cornered her to tell me more about how one may still look youngish even after 60.

According to Cathy Valencia, there is another way of keeping young.and that is through the stem cell process. Cathy says: Stem cells are the building blocks of the body. When a disease or injury strikes, these stem cells respond to specific signals and set about to facilitate healing by differentiating into specialized cells required for the bodys repair. That is, provided they exist in sufficient numbers and receive the correct signals when disease or injury occurs. When they do not, the end result is an inadequate or compromised healing response.

This also relates to the aging process we all go through, the stem cell numbers decrease, as does the plasticity of the stem cells. This results in the inevitable aging of our bodies. Stem cell therapy can slow and rejuvenate aged tissue.

Here are the principles behind the procedure: Your fat is medicine which contains millions of stem cells...

Adipose tissue, commonly referred to as fat, is the human bodys richest known source of adult stem cells. Adult stem cells are found in all organs of the body but the adipose tissue by far holds the most healing potential.

Scientific research has found that a sample of peripheral blood contains about 10,000 stem cells, bone marrow contains about 50,000 adult stem cells and of those only 25 to 50% are mesenchymal stem cells; in the other hand, adipose tissue yields an incredible 10-60 million stem cells per sample and 95% of them are mesenchymal stem cells, capable of differentiating into various cell types that repair the body.

Mesenchymal stromal StemCells appear to be one of the bodys ablest tools for self-repair. They are capable of performing three important functions with unique abilities: Plasticity: Potential to change into other cell types; Homing: Travel to the damaged tissue; Engraftment: Attachment to the damaged tissue

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