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Antioxidants - the key to a lifetime of smooth and healthy skin

We all like to look good, and the skin is one part of us we can’t hide. It is also the biggest organ we have, and keeping our skin in as good a shape as possible is very important. The antioxidants can be very helpful when it comes to keeping our skin healthy and youthful.

The skin is one of the most hard-working organs of the human body. It does much more than just keeping our innards from flowing out. It is a large and vital sensory organ and is also your first line of defense against all kinds of attacks on your body, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and foreign invaders. Thanks to the skin, fluids are kept inside and do not evaporate uncontrollably, which is essential for life and maintaining body temperature. In addition, the skin produces and stores vitamin D, which is necessary for absorbing calcium.

The skin is the organ that is most vulnerable to attacks from free radicals, for obvious reasons. It is constantly exposed to sunlight and pollutants such as cigarette smoke and ozone, which promotes the formation of free radicals. In fact, smokers often have prematurely aged skin, with wrinkles and lines equivalent to people ten years older.

Because we often don’t protect our skin properly against pollutants and free radicals attacks, we are aging our skin faster than it has to and it becomes more prone to skin cancer. The most effective way to protect the skin is to use antioxidants actively, both in the form of supplements and by using skin creams rich in antioxidants. The skin is then doubly protected and the effects of the antioxidants are boosted and multiplied.

Antioxidants can and should be used both on the inside and the outside to keep our skin healthy. Ideally, we should keep our skin cells bathed in antioxidants at all times. This is not as difficult as it may seem. A daily habit of taking antioxidant supplements and actively using skin creams will go along way toward this goal.

All antioxidants have a beneficial effect on the skin, and so-called network antioxidants work together to strengthen each other. However, the most important antioxidants for protecting the skin are the following:

The tightening vitamin E

This vitamin and potent antioxidant should be replenished daily, as it is one of the most important factors for healthy skin. Aggressive supplementation of vitamin E will go a long way to revitalize the skin and even reverse its aging process, smoothing out wrinkles and lines and restoring a healthy, youthful glow. Take vitamin E as a supplement daily and boost the effect by applying a cream or serum high in vitamin E content.
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For the impossible, try vitamin C

The most important role of Vitamin C in skincare is to recycle vitamin E, which is important both on the outside and the inside. Sensationally, this antioxidant may also be able to do the impossible - stimulate the growth of new collagen.
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Pycnogenol - the enhancer

Pycnogenol enhances the effects of vitamin C and contains more than forty active antioxidants that each has a beneficial effect on the skin. Take pycnogenol as a supplement and use it as a cream.
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Our new knowledge of the causes of skin aging, combined with our understanding of how antioxidants work, now makes it possible to harness the power of antioxidants to maintain a lifetime of healthy, youthful skin.

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