Beauty Tips - Acne Control
How to Brighten Your Skin with Vitamin C
Tuesday
Vitamin C ( L-ascorbic acid)is the only antioxidant that is proven to stimulate the synthesis of collagen, which is essential since your body's natural collagen production decreases as you age. Sun exposure will also accelerate the decrease in collagen. Studies have shown that vitamin C helps to minimize fine lines, scars, and wrinkles. Since vitamin C is not produced by the body, it must be obtained from fruits and vegetables.
Two ways to brighten your skin with Vitamin C:
- Your Diet - It is therefore important to include plenty of vitamin C-containing foods in one's daily diet. Some excellent sources of vitamin C are oranges, green peppers, watermelon, papaya, grapefruit, cantaloupe, strawberries, kiwi, mango, broccoli, tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and citrus juices or juices fortified with Vitamin C. Raw and cooked leafy greens (turnip greens, spinach), red and green peppers, canned and fresh tomatoes, potatoes, winter squash, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries and pineapple are also rich sources of Vitamin C. Vitamin C is sensitive to light, air, and heat, so it is best to eat fruits and vegetables raw, or minimally cooked in order to retain their full vitamin C content.
- Topical: Skin Care Treatment / Products - It is important to be choosy when selecting a vitamin C product. Vitamin C in its most commonly found forms is highly unstable when exposed to oxygen, making it useless. Also, many topical vitamin C preparations do not penetrate the skin enough to make a difference. If you are considering using a topical vitamin C preparation, I suggest Skeyndors Pure Vitamin C because it has Orange extract: heteropectins that stabilise the Vitamin C and also nourishes your skin. Also an intense Vit c is Skinstitut 100% L-ascorbic powder to keep wrinkles at bay.
