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The beauty of waiting, "Fermentation"

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The beauty of waiting, "Fermentation"

Hyoum Waiting - Natural Fermentation    Fermentation is a metabolic process that consumes sugar in the absence of oxygen. Microorganisms like yeasts, bacteria, enzymes play the role in the process. Fermentation turns matters into something new, maybe more powerful, but less irritating.  In many cases, "cultured" or "lab" yeasts are used for fermentation since strong yeasts can be easier to manage. On the contrary, "native" or "natural" yeasts can be riskier, slow down, or even stop before a fermentation is finished. Hyoum chose to use their own enzymes of Lotus seeds to get fermented water to use for its all products.  Fermentation...

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Cleaner & Safer Biotechnology for Anti-Aging : Rice EGF & FGF

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EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor) and FGF (Fibroblast Growth Factor) are best known as stem cell growth factors that help revitalizing skin cells. Over 90 percent of market available stem cell products are grown in bacteria system that is most similar to the human stem cell environment. However, it is not easy to maintain bacteria clean and healthy. Stem cell growth factors grown in bacteria or animal environments are not as sustainable or effective as plant-based stem cell growth factors.  Plants have distinctive advantages over microbial and animal cell culture systems. Plants have much reduced risks of mammalian viral contaminants, oncogenes, and bacteria toxins....

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