Why Are Antioxidants Important On Your Skin?
Why Are Antioxidants Important On Your Skin?
Of course it’s great to eat well and take antioxidant supplements, but your skin will benefit even more with the addition of topical antioxidants. Your skin is constantly putting up with stressors like intense UV exposure, harsh cleansers, chemical sunscreens and even exposure to environmental pollution.
That’s where topical antioxidants in skincare come in! Applying antioxidants will help to keep your skin healthy by protecting your skin cells and preventing further damage down the road.
What exactly is an antioxidant?
“Antioxidant” is one of those health buzzwords that gets thrown around a lot. To understand antioxidants, you first need to understand free radicals and oxidation.
Oxidation or oxidative stress is a big deal. It is thought to be a leading cause of deterioration and disease, including memory loss, the breakdown of organs, autoimmune disorders, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and even...yes, it’s true...wrinkles.
Brown spots on aging hands, for example, are due to oxidized fat underneath the skin.
Oxidative stress happens when free radicals and antioxidants are imbalanced, which can lead to cell and tissue damage. Your body’s normal metabolic process is consistently trying to maintain this balance.
There are many factors in your life that contribute to oxidative stress including the sun’s UV rays, irritation or inflammation, psychological stress, smoking, or even lack of sleep.
All of this oxidation then results in free radicals. What is a free radical? Technically speaking, free radicals are oxygen molecules that have split into single atoms with unpaired electrons. As they seek out other electrons, they damage cells and DNA (resulting in wrinkles, skin cancers and sagging skin). Free radicals are created by oxidation.
And now, here’s where antioxidants come into play. They are the good guys in the fight against free radicals. They neutralize them by giving them the electrons they need. This means that the antioxidants are repairing damage from the free radicals and neutralizing the bad guys before they can create further damage.
The solution to aging (and damaged) skin seems simple enough: We need to consume and apply more antioxidants!
5 Main Benefits of Topical Antioxidants for Your Skin:
Help to correct signs of age, reduce wrinkles and create skin with a youthful glow.
Preventing sunburn and sun damage by neutralizing free radicals created from harmful UV rays.
Antioxidants help skin repair itself with their anti-inflammatory properties.
They help brighten and correct uneven skin tone.
Antioxidants may help prevent skin cancer by repairing damaged DNA and skin cells. Specific antioxidants, such as vitamins A, C and E, have anti-carcinogenic properties.
Which Skincare Product with Antioxidants Should You Choose?
A lot of products boast about having antioxidant power, but not all are created equal. Formulating a product that has antioxidants is more of a challenge than you would think. The antioxidant ingredients have to be potent, stable enough not to degrade, and biologically active on your skin. In dermatology, we see so many different formulations with antioxidants that we look to clinical studies to give us data to understand whether a formulation actually works or not.
Neolife Nutriance Organic
This impressive line of organic skincare packs several types of antioxidants (like polyphenols and flavonoids), but it’s main heavy-hitters are the antioxidant powers of marine botanicals. Marine botanicals include seaweed, specific types of sea algae and even mineral rich sea water.
These marine-derived ingredients are some of the most nutrient-rich ingredients on the planet and have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, moisturizing, and antibiotic properties...naturally!
Why Choose Nutriance Organic:
Clinically Proven:
Nutriance Organic is a scientifically formulated marine botanical based organic skin care line. Formulated in collaboration with leading skin care experts and marine biologists, and clinically tested at prestigious research and dermatology centers based in France. Reinforce natural defenses against aging, and renew cells to visibly restore skin's youthful look!
Quality Ingredients:
The Nutriance Organic line was developed under the most rigorous quality standards, meeting the COSMOS organic standard. This ensures that the product contains ingredients that are guaranteed to be the highest quality.
Exclusive Formula with Powerful Antioxidants:
• 10 Fresh Marine Seaweed Extracts • Pure & Patented Seawater • 15 Essential Oils • 10 Botanical Waters & Botanical Extracts • Barrier Reinforcing Peptides • Essential Fatty Acids • Protective Antioxidants including carotenoids and polyphenols.