Oh yes! Slimming down is a common goal for may guys and pals just to be at their most favorable figures, but sometimes, body shapes are not our only concern. Many would want to have good-looking skin to match with those curves they worked hard for. Women most especially would want to display soft, supple, clear-looking skin that projects a youthful-glow. Who wouldn’t turn a head for a lady with beautiful skin, more so, for someone with beautiful white skin? Believe me, seldom does a dark-colored complexion lady gets our attention in awe. It simply states that something lucid in our eyes are far more eye-catching, but of course let’s give recognition to those we say as having deep beauty or are classed as "Dark Beauty".

So how do we get that white skin we want to show off? The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology published a study that showed vitamin C as helpful in reducing the formation of melanin, which is responsible for the dark pigmentation of the skin. Therefore eating vitamin C-Rich foods like guava, kiwi, grapefruits and many more fruits can lighten the skin and even reduce dark spots. Other than vitamin C, vitamins A and E were shown to increase skin moisturization, cellular renewal and decrease skin wrinkling.

Many times, though we know what natural food to include in our diet, we fail to recognize the importance of food supplements that will help other nutrients perform their works to the best of our expectation. As an example, many have not known that taking food supplements with Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) can help spare the levels of Vitamins C & E. With the use food supplements with ALA, we are able to help our body develop a supple, youthful and glowing skin. ALA by itself, is a very powerful antioxidant, it scavenges both water and fat-soluble free radicals which play a major role in the aging process affecting our skin. Free radicals come from pollution, smoke, over-exposure to the sun, medications/drugs, infection, stress, toxic chemicals and a poor diet. One worse effect of free radicals in our body is increasing our bodies’ consumption of GLUTATHIONE which is considered as the master anti-oxidant and central detoxifier of the body that protects our bodies.

To keep antioxidants at a good level in our bodies, daily intake of food supplements that contain both ALA and Glutathione could be a good practice. If you start taking it now, maybe this summer, you’ll glow with the renewed young skin that you have long wanted, try Lucida-DS. This food supplement will not only give you good looking skin but also boost your immune system that will keep you healthy from this day and onwards to the day you’ll enjoy the sands of your favorite beach. For your needed food supplements with combination of ALA, Glutathione and Vitamin C email at mbu_excelcom@yahoo.com or text 09196581677.

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52nd Annual Convention of Nutritionist-Dietitians Association of the Philippines will be held on February 19 to 20 at Manila Pavillon. For inquiries contact Ms. Arlene Balbedina at tel. no. 845-1651 or log on to ndap.org.ph.