Antioxidants for Healthy Skin

 Incorporating the right antioxidants into your diet and skin care routine can have a positive effect on your complexion, as well as your health.

Antioxidants are nutrients (vitamins and minerals) and enzymes (proteins inside your body) that can help to prevent and repair damage to your body’s tissue. Antioxidants do this by slowing or preventing the effect of free radicals, which start oxidation — a process that causes damage that can lead to cell dysfunction. If you’ve seen a peeled apple turn brown, you’ve seen oxidation in action. As antioxidants block the effects of free radicals, they are :used up” in the process. This is why it’s important to constantly replenish your supply of antioxidants.

Free radicals may also play a role in heart disease, cancer and other conditions.  You can find antioxidants — such as beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene, selenium and vitamins A, C and E — naturally in many foods, including fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, some meats, poultry and fish.

When it comes to caring for your skin, antioxidants can help to protect your skin from the damaging effects of the sun. Unlike sunscreens and moisturizers, antioxidants can protect your skin from the inside out by guarding your cells from damage. Vitamins A, C and E and the mineral selenium are thought to be particularly helpful in skin care. In addition to helping fortify cells against free radicals, vitamins A and C also encourage cell and tissue growth, helping the body to repair itself. This is very helpful to the skin, which is constantly shedding and regrowing cells. For this reason, any antioxidants that protect cells and encourage cell growth could be helpful in an anti-aging regimen, and they may also help fight fine lines and wrinkles.

What’s the best way to get antioxidants?

Healthy Foods: Generally, foods that are bright in color contain the highest amount of antioxidants. There is a variety of fruits, vegetable, nuts and more that make it easy to include these healthy foods into your diet daily.  These foods include; blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, plums, artichokes, kale, beans, pecans, walnuts and much more.

Supplements:

M’lis VITAL Antioxidant with Astaxanthin provides exceptionally powerful antioxidant protection.  Studies found astaxanthin to be ten times as effective as beta-carotene and many times more effective than vitamin E.  In addition to contributing to healthy complexion, VITAL can also enhance the immune system, reduce inflammation and has anti-cancer effects. For best results take 2 capsules two times daily.

 (reference: http://health.howstuffworks.com/)