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Did you know that many healthy, natural ingredients proven to fight free radicals and keep the body healthy also improve your skin?

When consumed, natural antioxidants, like green tea, pomegranate, citrus and olive oil, neutralize free radicals and may help to prevent oxidative cell damage from the inside¹. But, many dermatologists and skin care specialists also tout the benefits of antioxidants when used as part of a skin care regimen to protect the skin from free radical damage from the outside.

What are antioxidants?

Antioxidants fight premature aging caused by the sun and other harmful environmental factors by protecting the skin from free radicals. Free radicals are harmful to skin because they attack collagen, the skin’s basic support structure, causing it to deteriorate prematurely.

Antioxidants are found naturally in the body and in plants. Common examples of antioxidants include: vitamin C and E, which have a photoprotective effect²; pomegranate, which has been shown to protect against heart disease, cancer and problems associated with aging³; and green tea, which protects against inflammation and UV-induced immunosuppression⁴.

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• Finding Your Personalized Healthy Skin Recipe
• Recipes for Healthy Skin:
  • Virgin Pomegranate Blueberry Rickeys
  • Mixed Bean Salad with Mandarin Oranges and Pomegranate Vinaigrette
  • Thai Chicken with Tropical Fruit Salsa
  • Green Tea Poached Salmon with Sesame-Soy Drizzle
  • Sweet-&-Hot Shrimp Skewers with Chipotle Sauce & Creamy Lemon Dip
  • Orange Anise Sorbet with Chamomile Tea
• More Recipes for Healthy Skin
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2. Boelsma, Esther, Hendriks, Henk FJ and Roza, Len. Nutritional skin care: health effects of micronutrients and fatty acids. Am J Clin Nutr 2001;73:853–64.
3. Noda Y, Kaneyuki T, Mori A, Packer L. Antioxidant activities of pomegranate fruit extract and its anthocyanidins: delphinidin, cyanidin, and pelargonidin. Journal of Agricultural Food and Chemistry (2002);50(1):166-71.
4. Säntosh K. Katiyar, PhD. Green Tea and Skin. Nihal Ahmad, PhD; Hasan Mukhtar, PhD. Arch Dermatol. 2000;136:989-994.