Anti Aging Skin Care Mag

Inside your body, an army of antioxidants is protecting you from the forces of aging and disease. One study after another has shown that antioxidants help prevent cancer and heart disease, safeguard memory, reduce the risk of degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, protect joints, soothe pain, reduce muscle soreness and fatigue, avert blindness caused by macular degeneration and cataracts, and even ward off wrinkles.

What exactly are antioxidants and how do they benefit us? It was discovered how antioxidants patrol every part of our body, repairing damaged molecules that if allowed to run rampant would accelerate aging and disease.

Humans are constantly attacked by negative elements — from pollution to chemicals to UV rays — that damage your cells. Your body also produces stress hormones and toxic chemical reactions that weaken the molecules in your cells, causing them to lose an electron — a unit in the cell that carries electrical charges and allows your cells to work together. These electron-deprived molecules, called free radicals steal electrons from other molecules and this damages those cells and the cycle continues.

Thus, once a free radical is created, the damage spreads fast. Sunlight and air pollution can create free radicals in skin cells, damage cell DNA, raising the risk of skin cancer and accelerating wrinkle formation. Free radicals can damage any cells that get in their way. The good news is antioxidants can counter the harmful effects of free radicals. Antioxidants stop the oxidative damage by replacing a molecule’s kidnapped electron without damaging other molecules.

The benefits of antioxidants are many they do more than rescue cells in distress. So start filling your body with intake of food high in antioxidants, especially nutrients like selenium, vitamin E, vitamin C, carotenoids, isothiocyanates, polyphenols, and coenzyme Q10. Topical antioxidants block free radicals in the environment and keep them from penetrating deeper into the skin. Scientists have also figured out how to shrink antioxidant molecules so they can enter through pores. Using antioxidant-rich products like sunscreen, night cream and wrinkle cream will also help.

Source : ANTIOXIDANTS FIGHT AGING - Antioxidants Rock