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Anti-Oxidants
This is one of the most widely used terms in context of anti-aging preparations. Why are anti-oxidants so important and how do they help our body? Let us find out. Our body produces free radicals, which are a by-product of oxygen metabolism. These free radicals go around the body in search of an electron and try to steal the electron from a healthy cell of the body. Free radicals need one electron to balance and then become oxygen molecules. Or one can say that when oxygen loses one electron, it becomes a free radical.
The production of free radicals is also increased by smoking, tobacco use in other forms, pollutants, stress, excess alcohol and many other factors that damage the body. Anti-oxidants neutralize the free radicals by donating an electron to them, thus protecting the body. We get most of our need of anti-oxidants from food. If needed, the doctor prescribes us supplements. By application of anti-oxidants on the skin, they reach directly where they are needed most. This is not true for all the anti-oxidant molecules but only for some. Please talk to your doctor about your skin and need for anti-oxidants - both oral and topical.
The common anti-oxidants are:
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