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In addition to vitamin C, acerola also contains vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin, which help in the battle against wrinkles. Vitamin A is a fat-soluble antioxidant, which can help prevent skin damage that can lead to wrinkles.
Thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin are B vitamins that are essential for proper metabolism, and your skin is one of the most metabolically active tissues in your body. Its cells rapidly divide to maintain a strong barrier between the outside world and your internal organs. To sustain the energy required to produce new skin cells, your skin needs a healthy supply of B vitamins, which also support the skin in repairing damaged cells, making the skin healthier and stronger, and reducing the signs of wrinkles. New skin cells also tend to be youthful and vibrant, and they help reduce the signs of aging.
Apples
Eating apples may keep not just the doctor away, but your wrinkles as well. At the beginning of this chapter, we discussed a study reporting that food can make a difference in skin wrinkling. In the study, the Anglo-Celtic group consumed more apples, prunes, and tea than the other ethnic groups, and these foods appeared to contribute to favorable skin results.
A Wrinkle Fighting Powerhouse
Everyone knows that apples are portable, nutritious, and delicious, but you might like to know that apples also have wrinkle-fighting power. Flavonoids, which give apples their color, are great antioxidants so great, in fact, that they are known to prevent heart disease. Quercetin, in particular, is a powerful flavonoid found in apple skin and other produce like citrus fruits and onions. Quercetin battles with free radicals to prevent them from damaging cells in your body, including your skin. This and other flavonoids in apples can prevent damage to the skin and fight wrinkle formation.
Skin for Your Skin
Apple skins protect your skin from the sun. Before picturing yourself with apple peels on your face, though, you should know that these fruits protect you from the inside out. According to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Botany, the phenols in the skin of certain types of apples may deliver a hefty dose of UVB protection. Granny Smith and Braeburn apples contain quercetin in their skins to protect the fruit against UVB radiation.
The theory is that quercetin has the same sunlight-protecting effect on your skin. And because it protects against this radiation, quercetin is also known to prevent damage caused by the wrinkle-inducing free radicals your skin produces during sun exposure. So the next time you plan to spend time in the sun, bring a few apples along as your new must-have beach accessory.
Go Organic for Healthy Skin
Apples are among the most sprayed produce in North America. According to the Environmental Working Group’s 2006 report, “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce,” apples are among the twelve foods on which pesticide residues have been most frequently found. Pesticides are toxic to your body and can certainly affect the health of your skin. Therefore, purchase organic apples whenever possible to avoid pesticide consumption, and if no organic apples are available, try to wash the wax off (with water or a fruit or vegetable wash), as it holds the pesticides to the skin.
Apricots
Shakespeare may have insisted that apricots are an aphrodisiac, but let’s give this fruit its real due by celebrating its ability to iron out wrinkles. For starters, apricots are bursting with beta-carotene, a form of carotene that gives many fruits and vegetables, such as carrots and sweet potatoes, their characteristic orange color. Beta-carotene can turn wrinkle-forming free radicals into harmless compounds. As one of the best sources of beta-carotene on earth, apricots are packed with free radical–scavenging abilities.
