Wrinkles aren't prevented skin-level

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For all the unguents and newfangled beauty creams out in the market today, appearance-conscious people tend to overlook the most important ingredient for maintaining youth: a healthy diet.

High-end moisturizers alone cannot treat skin dehydrated from vitamin deficiency and chronic abuse from bad lifestyle habits such as smoking and binge drinking. These two evil stepsisters, once they’ve been introduced to one’s life, are the clingiest habits to overcome if one intends to look good until the deathbed.

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More often, their effects are also seemingly indelible. There are actually ways to reverse the harm caused by smoking and excessive alcohol intake, but it involves complete discipline and renunciation for the rest of one’s life. Enter health-conscious diet: living off antioxidants like berries and leafy vegetables regularly is found to be an effective replacement for dermal fillers for the sunken parts of the face.

The wisdom of sticking to one food group and forgoing another has also been challenged many times. Protein diets are known to dry up the skin. Healthy carbohydrates and fats, found in sources such as feculent fruits and vegetable oils, form the functional layer of dermal fat that prevents skin from sagging.

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It’s probably more practical to stick to mid-priced beauty products and funnel the rest of financial resources to good food and nutritional supplements. The picture of a well-kept person surrounded by pots of the most expensive creams but internally larding in cheap junk food doesn’t inspire much confidence.


Bob Edwards gives nutritional advice following the success of YouthJuice, his product venture into the health market. For some health-conscious perusal, consult this Twitter page.