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Wrinkle Prevention
In the words of Dr. Lorraine Meisner, Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Wisconsin without a doubt, the vitamin C is the most important vitamins for maintaining youthful skin. Ideally, a consumption of 300-500 mg. daily to keep skin in good condition and so prevent wrinkles.
Vitamin C enables the body to build and maintain collagen and elastin. When collagen production is reduced, the skin yields. As elastin fibers are stretched, the skin loses its elasticity and wrinkles. Our needs for vitamin C increases both with age and with the continued use of caffeine, alcohol and snuff, substances that deplete them continuously vitamin C levels in our body.
Prevention and cure wrinkles
The sun is the main enemy of the skin and we must avoid, if possible, on exposure to its rays without sunscreen to prevent early wrinkles.
A varied diet rich in vegetables and fruits, is the first step to ensure that our skin will have enough nutrients to produce collagen and elastin to prevent wrinkles need. Do not forget that vitamin C requirements are triggered in the case of smokers (active or passive) because the vitamin is destroyed by snuff.
Tips to prevent wrinkles
Eat vegetables, fruits and whole grains in abundance.
Avoid exposure to sun without protection.
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Strawberries to Prevent Wrinkles
A topical application of ellagic acid prevents the destruction of collagen and the inflammatory response, which is the main cause of wrinkles, both human skin cells and in mice without hair (especially sensitive products) for continuous exposure to UVB rays sun
The study was conducted by researchers at the Hallym University, South Korea and presented by Ji Young Bae in an Experimental Biology meeting of the American Society of Nutrition in the U.S. city of New Orleans.
Ellagic acid is an antioxidant found in many vegetables and fruits, especially raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and pomegranates, which previous studies had suggested its photoprotective effects.
The UW study found that in the human skin cells ellagic acid works to protect from damage caused by UV rays.
This acid blocks the production of MMP (matrix metalaproteinasa enzymes) that break down collagen in the damaged cells in the skin, and reduces the expression of a molecule involved in inflammation ICAM. Read the rest of this entry »