Study: Vitamin C May Slow Skin Wrinkling

You've heard the old saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." Perhaps there is a new saying on the horizon...

According to a recent study "an orange a day may keep the wrinkles away."

In one of the first studies to examine the impact of nutrients from foods rather than supplements on skin aging, researchers reported that people who ate plenty of vitamin C-rich foods had fewer wrinkles than people whose diets contained little of the vitamin.

Diets rich in the omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid were also associated with less skin aging from dryness and thinning, while higher-fat diets and those higher in carbohydrates were associated with more wrinkling.

This, of course, goes hand in hand with the inside-out approach to skin care. BORBA's drinkable skin care products have high levels of antioxidant vitamin C.

Study: Smoking Breaks Down Skin Collagen

Have you ever noticed how smokers tend to look older than their non-smoking counterparts? They often exhibit wrinklier skin and a grayish pallor.

But why? What is going on internally that would cause this effect on smokers' skin?

Scientists think they may have discovered the answer.

A study by dermatologists, published in The Lancet, shows that smoking activates the genes responsible for a skin enzyme that breaks down collagen in the skin.

Collagen is the main structural protein of the skin and keeps it elasticated.

When this starts to disintegrate, skin begins to sag and wrinkle.

Professor Antony Young and his colleagues from Guys, Kings and St Thomas' School of Medicine, in London, measured concentrations of the gene MMP-1, which breaks down collagen.

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"Smoking tobacco activates this enzyme that breaks down the skin collagen.

"We did not know that before, we suspected it from studies done in the test-tube, but this is the first proof."

Of course there are skin care products designed to promote your skin’s natural smoothness, elasticity and nourishment.

But we all know the best way to reduce these effects is to quit smoking - or better yet, never begin.