INGREDIENTS MATTER

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Zap-H™  DOES Contain

Zap-H™ consists of ingredients that help the body combat the cold sore herpes virus. Ingredients are non-toxic and all ingredients are safe enough to be used in food products.  All ingredients are considered GRAS, Generally Recognized As Safe, by the FDA. 

• Water: a water based cream is specifically used for Zap-H™ as it has numerous advantages over oil based skni care creams, including minimizing skin irritaiton, which is not uncommon with oil-based formulations.  The proprietary blend (patent pending) of ingredients also solubilize the fatty oils in a way that enhances antiviral efficacy, enhances skin absorption (which enhances efficacy), and leaves a soothing feeling with no lasting residue on the skin.  
• Derivatives of plant oils: found in coconut oil, which include ingredients also produced by the body itself  – THE BODY’S OWN™ – (Fatty acids/ oils produced in mother's milk).  Such fatty acid oils are key antimicrobial and antiviral agents. There are reports that applying coconut oil can help to treat cold sores. It may help to soften a scab, for example, but there are no reports of it reducing the duration of the outbreak.  This is due to the fact that coconut oil alone lacks the absorption-enhancing and viral killing synergism that is found in Zap-H™.  In addition to their antiviral effects, certain fatty acid oils in coconut oil have been shown to reduce inflammation in laboratory studies. 
• Citric Acid: a compound found in, for example, oranges, lemons, limes and numerous vegetables.  Has antimicrobial properties, preservative properties, and enhances antiviral killing effects of fatty acids// oils present in Zap-H™.  
• Trisodium Citrate (TSC): citric component as for citric acid, used as a buffer to maintain a stable pH (proper acid - alkaline balance).
• Amino Acid(s): Glycine -  hydrating and skin-replenishing ingredient, used to improve moisture retention, promote collagen production, and support skin repair and regeneration)
• Cyclodextrins: (sugar based solubilizing agents) are well-known with a long history of use in the food and pharmaceutical industries with excellent safety profile.  They improve fatty oil water solubilibilty, improve antiviral efficacy of fatty oils, and they enhance skin penetration for quick absorption of Zap-H™ cream wherein any visible residue disappears quickly.  
• Lecithin:  A plant-derived co-emulsifier to enhance water solubility of fatty oil ingredients.  Replaces synthetic emulsifiers.  It has anti-oxidant effects that can enhance shelf life  
• Sclerotium Gum: an emulsifier that has been in use for nearly 50 years. Although there isn't a definitive year for when sclerotium gum was first developed, research leading to its commercial use as a cosmetic ingredient began in the late 20th century  It is a natural fermentation product of certain bacteria. The Cosmetics Ingredient Review Board has deemed it safe.  Sclerotium Gum is another name for scleroglucan, which is a type of beta glucan.  Beta Glucans are considered GRAS per the FDA.  
• Potassium Sorbate: a preservative, commonly used in skin care products. It has been used for many years. It was first discovered in the 1850s. Its antimicrobial properties were discovered in the 1930s and 1940s.  It has documented safety and is considered GRAS per the FDA.  
• Sodium Benzoate:  a preservative, not uncommonly used in combination with Potassium Sorbate to enhance preservative properties.  It has been used as a preservative in skincare products since the early 1900s. It has a very good safety profile and is considered GRAS per the FDA.  
• Pentylene Glycol: Numerous benefits: (a) Antimicrobial- Pentylene glycol has preservative properties when used at 1-5%(b) Co-emulsifier - it helps to stabilize the fatty oils in the water-based Zap-H™ formulation (c) Solvent properties - helps other ingredients penetrate the skin, i.e., enhances skin absorption   (d) Improves the texture of the Zap-H™ formulation (e) Pentylene glycol is 100% bio-based and made from renewable raw materials like sugar cane.  It replaces the more common propylene glycol, a petroleum-based compound, that is utilized in the skin care industry.  Furthermore, It has anti-inflammatory properties and does not cause skin irritation, whereas propylene glycol not uncommonly can cause skin irritation or an allergic reaction. 
• Menthol: an analgesic compound (relieves pain and itch).  It provides a gentle, soothing feeling with a pleasant fragrance.   Menthol is FDA approved to treat cold sores at 0.1 - 0.5%.  

The combination of all the above generates s water-based formulation with antiviral activity, along with enhancing the ability of the immune system to target the virus particles, improves skin absorption (which improves efficacy), maintains a stable pH, is well preserved for long shelf-life stability, and has a nice soothing appeal once it is applied with rapid skin penetration such that no lasting film is visible.  The ingredients are like a tight, championship sports team, working together, with no abusive members. 

Our philosophy can be summed up in a quote by St. Francis de Sales.

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”  

We have developed a topical cream that rapidly erases unattractive cold sore/fever blisters utilizing a powerful formulation that is gentle on the skin. Make yourself feel beautiful again with strong, yet gentle Zap-H™.