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Skin Beauty Comes From The Inside
Free radicals age you prematurely
It’s said that our skin is a window into our inner health.
That may not be true for marathon runners, whose skin belies their inner fitness. For others, naturally healthy-looking skin says something about how we take generally care of our health.
For skin, damage prevention is the number one strategy. We need to prevent damage from the sun and the environment, and damage from poor food choices.
There are two primary causes of skin aging — intrinsic, and extrinsic.
Intrinsic skin aging
The first is intrinsic skin aging, which represents chronological aging. Chronological aging affects the skin in the same pattern that it affects all internal organs.
Extrinsic skin aging
The second is extrinsic skin aging, which we see as the aged skin.
This aging is the result of external factors and environmental influence, mainly chronic sun exposure and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation but also smoking, pollution, sleep deprivation and poor nutrition.
The skin’s enemy is free radicals
The overarching goal of the various preventative strategies for skin health is to reduce…
