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Vitamin C- A Powerful Anti-Aging Skin Agent
by: Joseph Constant
Here is a question for you the reader,
what do pineapple, ripe strawberries, oranges, and Shea butter
have in common? They are all filled with an ingredient that can
take years off your look and appearance. What is that? Vitamin
C. The stuff that we take for granted because it is packed into
a container and a staple in health food stores was one of the
unknown substances when it came to banishing fine lines and
wrinkles. It has now been established that vitamin C, especially
found in Shea butter, in its proper form can restore a smooth
surface and a youthful glow to aging skin. Here is the scoop on
Vitamn C.
Vitamin C is an anti-oxidant. An Anti-oxidant is a substance
that vanquishes free radicals. Free radicals are those vicious
little molecule monsters that irreparably damage our cells and
accelerate the aging process. What makes Vitamin C so wonderful?
The heart of Vitamim C is its restorative and healing powers in
the form of its anti-oxidant properties. Here are at-least three
roles where this Vitamin A plays in our health.
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First, Vitamin C boosts our immune system. Vitamin C strengthens
the white blood cells of our body, which is our chief defense
against invasion by bacteria and viruses. According to one
Nobel-Prize winning scientist, supplemental Vitamin C could work
wonders on the immune function. Research even suggests that
people do not get enough Vitamin C are far more vulnerable to a
variety of infections and illnesses from colds to even cancer.
Secondly, Vitamin C helps to give us energy. It also aids in the
productions of other crucial body chemicals. One of these,
called L-carnitine, is essential in producing energy. L-carnitine
moves fats into the mitochondria where the fats are converted to
energy. A Vitamn C deficiency can cause cell levels of L-carnitine
levels to drop significantly, making it harder for cells to
oxidize fats to create energy.
Third, Vitamin C is necessary to the nervous system. Vitamin C
also helps produce neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are the
brain chemicals that help the nerves in the central nervous
system (which guide the brain) and the nerves in the peripheral
nervous system, which is the system responsible for directing
muscle movement) communicate. Without the ability of the central
and peripheral nervous systems to communicate, we could not
think clearly or move our bodies. The amazing powers of
restoration of Vitamim C extend to the skin, including aging
skin. Here is how this is done.
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Vitamin C is essential for the production of
collagen. Collagen is the strong connective tissue that holds our skin
together. Without collagen, our skin would fall apart because protein again
holds our skin together, attaches our muscles to our bones and keeps our
organs and skin in place. Where does Vitamn C work its miraculous wonders
for the skin? It does this when healing inflammations of the skin. Here is
the science behind it.
Scientists have made two important discoveries regarding Vitamin C. First,
Vitamin C hinders the production of a chemical known as arachidonic acid.
This acid causes inflammation. Secondly, Vitamin C actually converts the arachidonic acid from a pre-inflammatory chemical into a group of les
harmful substances. Here is what is so dangerous about arachidonic acid
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