Feed Your Skin: Top Anti-Aging Ingredients
Feed Your Skin: Top Anti-Aging Ingredients
Antiaging beauty ingredients provide the building blocks for a youthful-looking complexion.
Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E can be found in many antiaging products, since these free-radical fighters protect and repair skin at the cellular level. Antioxidants block UV skin damage, which otherwise result in wrinkles, rough texture, dry skin, and age spots.
Studies show that vitamin C encourages the growth of collagen, the protein that keeps skin smooth, firm, and strong. It also lightens areas of extra pigmentation and lessens fine lines and wrinkles.
Coenzyme Q10, green tea extracts, and other antioxidants are earning respect for supporting beautiful skin as well. Coenzyme Q10 reduces crow’s feet and green tea extracts protect against sun damage. Resveratrol, the component in red wine that makes it so healthy, is another skin superstar.
Pomegranate offers a boon to healthy skin, in part because it’s packed with antioxidants. Extract of the fruit also protects against UV damage and helps prevent fine lines.
With the help of these natural beauty aids, you’ll be well on your way to an appearance that defies your chronological age!
Coenzyme Q10
Lessens crow’s feet
Green tea extract
Neutralizes free radicals, protects against sun damage
Pomegranate extract
Protects against sun damage, decreases fine lines
Resveratrol
Antioxidant source, protects against sun damage
Vitamin C
Antioxidant, protects against sun damage, lightens age spots, reduces fine lines and wrinkles, rebuilds collagen
Vitamin E
Lessens skin damage from sun exposure
“Coenzyme Q10 Protects Against Oxidative Stress-induced Cell Death and Enhances the Synthesis of Basement Membrane Components in Dermal and Epidermal Cells” by K. Muta-Takada et al., Biofactors, 2009
“Innovations in Natural Ingredients and Their Use in Skin Care” by J. F. Fowler Jr. et al., J Drugs Dermatol, 2010
Living Beauty by Lisa Petty ($24.95, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006)
“Protective Effects of Standarized Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Polyphonic Extract . . .” by L. A. Pacheco-Palencia et al., J Agric Food Chem, 9/24/08
“Role of Antioxidants in the Skin: Anti-aging Effects” by H. Masaki, J Dermatol Sci, 5/10
“Skin Photoprotection by Natural Polyphenols: Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, and DNA Repair Mechanisms” by J. A. Nichols and S. K. Katiyar, Arch Dermatol Res, 2010




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