subject: Can Red Wine Make You Look Younger and Prevent Skin Cancer? [print this page] Can Red Wine Make You Look Younger and Prevent Skin Cancer?
Many scientist and researchers agree that antioxidants can help prevent certain diseases and possibly slow down the ageing process by reducing oxidative stress. Suppleness and elasticity give skin its youthfulness. Free radicals can cause damage to the cell membranes in the skin which can lead to having a lack of elasticity which means the skin doesn't bounce back as it would in a younger person (and yes that leads to wrinkles!).
Grapes have numerous health benefits that come from a category of phytonutrients called polyphenols. The most prominent of these antioxidants in red grapes are flavonoids, phenolic acids, and resveratrol which are most concentrated in the skins, stems, and seeds of grapes. Red wine being crushed from grapes including the skins, stems and seeds of grapes offers these antioxidants, specifically resveratrol. The good news is that drinking red wine in moderation can be good for your health, specifically your heart. But can it prevent skin cancer? Unfortunately not. However, there is another powerful antioxidant that can be sourced from the ingenious grape.
Proanthocyanidins are natural bioflavonoids. They help prevent oxidative damage which is caused by free radicals coming from the sun's ultraviolet rays. Free radicals are highly unstable molecules that damage your skin's DNA and membranes causing sunburn and skin cancer. Studies have shown that proanthocyanidins have anti-inflammatory properties and protective qualities for your skin including helping to stabilize collagen within the body and helping to maintain elastin which helps to keep skin flexible but tight. Proanthocyanidins are the potent antioxidants that help strengthen and protect cell membranes from within.
These bioflavonoids can also protect your skin from the adverse biological effects of solar ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer. The Oxford Journals reports on research which found that proanthocyanidins has the potential to prevent skin cancer. The researchers demonstrated that dietary feeding of purified proanthocyanidins from grape seeds prevented tumor incidence, tumor multiplicity and tumor size. Unfortunately you need a high concentration of proanthocyanidins which can only be gained through grape seed extracts that are industrial purified derivatives from whole grape seeds.
The health benefits gained by careful extraction of proanthocyanidins from grape seeds has the potential to protect your skin, make you look younger and even prevent skin cancer. The strong antioxidant effect can be found in various extracts and supplements such as Ready Ray.
