Paula Simpson, Nutribloom Consulting09.02.13
The appearance of your skin (and how well it ages) is influenced by many factors, including genetics, environmental toxins, hormonal changes and metabolic processes. Today we know a combination of these factors leads to cumulative changes of skin structure, function and appearance. Basically, the lifestyle you lead can accelerate or delay how well your body ages (including your skin).
Evolving from the nutraceutical and cosmeceutical markets, nutricosmetics are oral based natural health products containing targeted nutrients and antioxidant mixed elixirs that can have a preventative or treatment effect on the skin, hair or nails.
The founder of nutricosmetics was the Swedish biochemist Ake Dahlgren, who launched the first such product (Imedeen brand) in the late 1980s. He proposed that skin cells were capable of absorbing available nutrients (bioavailability), thereby improving the appearance of the outside of the skin. His catchphrase was: “Beautiful skin begins within.”
Many were skeptical
Evolving from the nutraceutical and cosmeceutical markets, nutricosmetics are oral based natural health products containing targeted nutrients and antioxidant mixed elixirs that can have a preventative or treatment effect on the skin, hair or nails.
Many were skeptical
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