http://antioxidantskincare.org Antioxidants and Their Role in Healthy Skin Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:57:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_148" align="alignnone" width="403" caption="source:flickr by:rogiro"][/caption] Antioxidant Ingredient Close-up: Coffee Berry Extract What's the one antioxidant that's supposed to provide the best protection against UVA rays, UVB rays and age-accelerating free radicals? Nope, it's not pomegranate, blueberry, acai or goji, but a relatively new antioxidant skin care ingredient: coffee berry extract, known ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/antioxidant-skin-care-coffee-berry-extract/ Green Tea Antioxidants for Treating Hair Disorders [caption id="attachment_145" align="alignnone" width="333" caption="source: flickr by: tim7423"][/caption] Green tea is a true wonder food. It boosts the metabolism, helps reduce dental plaque, promotes energy, and is believed to have anti-cancer properties. In addition, it supplies antioxidants to the entire body, which helps boost ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/treating-hair-loss-with-green-tea-antioxidants/ [caption id="attachment_139" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="source:flickr by:prawnpie"][/caption] Antioxidant Ingredient Close-up: Alpha Lipoic Acid Alpha lipoic acid is a favorite antioxidant ingredient of most skin care-aware people. It's naturally produced by the human body, and also found in other natural sources, such as foods. Alpha lipoic acid is used in ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/antioxidant-skin-care-alpha-lipoic-acid/ [caption id="attachment_135" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="source:flickr by:Valerie Everett"][/caption] Top Three Antioxidant Skin Care Misconceptions When it comes to antioxidant skin care, it's easy to get confused about the best ingredients, how antioxidant skin care works, and even why antioxidants are so important. Skin care antioxidant misconceptions are a dime a dozen, which is ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/top-three-antioxidant-skin-care-misconceptions/ [caption id="attachment_130" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="source:flickr by:def110"][/caption] Antioxidant Ingredient Close-up: Resveratrol I recently wrote about the great antioxidant duo of wine and chocolate, but only vaguely touched on resveratrol, the component responsible for wine’s exceptional antioxidant benefits. Resveratrol is a truly remarkable ingredient that deserves its very own post, so that’s exactly ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/antioxidant-skin-care-resveratrol/ [caption id="attachment_127" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="source: flickr by:abdallah"][/caption] Glutathione: The Skin-Whitening Antioxidant Glutathione is a naturally occurring tripeptide antioxidant that helps protect our cells from free radicals and other forms of oxidative stress. Known as 'The Master Antioxidant', glutathione is present in almost every single cell of the human body, and is sometimes ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/whiten-your-skin-with-antioxidants/ [caption id="attachment_124" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="source: flickr by:beatbull"][/caption] Antioxidant Skin Care: Wine and Chocolate By now, we're all familiar with antioxidants. They've been on the buzzword list for quite some time, but unlike some buzzwords, antioxidants are here to stay. The benefits they can provide to our bodies and skin are ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/antioxidant-skin-care-wine-and-chocolate/ [caption id="attachment_96" align="alignnone" width="338" caption="source:flickr by:daniel y. go"][/caption] Antioxidant Ingredient Close-Up: Green Tea Weight issues, acne, poor health, oxidation damage; these are just a few of the things green tea antioxidants can improve. Green tea has long been used as a multi-tasking "healer" in Asian cultures, and has more recently become a ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/antioxidant-foods-green-tea/ [caption id="attachment_92" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="source:flickr by:avlxyz"][/caption] What's in Your Mug? Whether it's tea or coffee, most Americans are loathe to drive to work without something warm and awakening in their travel mugs. For years, coffee has received a bad rap for its tendency to cause nervousness, jitters, rapid heartbeat, stomach pains, elevated ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/antioxidant-foods-tea-and-coffee/ [caption id="attachment_89" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="source:flickr by:Arlo Bates"][/caption] A History of Antioxidants Before antioxidant skin care and daily antioxidant supplements, there was the prevention of metal corrosion and rubber vulcanization. Antioxidants have been around long before today's beauty care products and pomegranate-acai beverages became popular, and they'll continue ... http://antioxidantskincare.org/a-history-of-antioxidants/