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Food-Based UV Protection for Your Skin

Once researchers started uncovering the synergy of food-based antioxidants for skin health, the focus turned to other nonvitamin antioxidants that could serve as UV protectors. Those amazing phytochemicals we consume in healthy foods and beverages have skin-protecting and age-proofing nuttients. A diet rich in a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables can put the brakes Read more

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Essential Fatty Acids for Healthy Skin

Certain types of fats are essential to human life. “Essential” means we cannot make these special fats on our own, and in their absence, disease and ultimately death will follow. One of the first telltale signs of the lack of essential fatty acids (EFAs) is right on the skin. Lack of EFAs will manifest with Read more

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Antioxidant and Key Vitamins – Skin Care

Since the antioxidant defense systems in the skin depend entirely on nutrition for their operations, it’s important to pay attention to your diet and take oral supplemental antioxidants for UV protection and anti-aging. But research behind isolated antioxidants such as vitamin E or vitamin C alone has largely been disappointing. As our knowledge of antioxidants Read more

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Advanced Glycation End Content as a Mirror of Health

You may know that a wrinkle is not just a wrinkle. The visual signs of aging are, in fact, a reflection of internal health. Looking older than one’s age is associated with heart, lung, and kidney diseases—and these are only the conditions that have actually been investigated. Since looking old for one’s age is associated Read more

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Non-obstructive Symptoms in Prostate Disorders

Real prostatic symptoms should not simply be tolerated as ‘old age’ but some symptoms could be due to other causes. As people get older, all their bodily functions can deteriorate and this includes the bladder. Irritative symptoms, such as frequency or urgency, are most likely to occur in this way. One common problem is needing Read more