Paula Simpson, Principal, Nutribloom Consulting 09.01.14
There is a recognizable link between food and health. Therefore, logically, nutrition has an impact on the appearance and health of one’s skin, hair, nails. The skin is the largest organ in the body and serves, among a number of functions, as a secondary organ of elimination. Thus, what the body takes in and processes through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract may also be expressed in some metabolized form on or through the skin.
Europeans and Japanese consumers of beauty and wellness products have embraced this notion of “beauty from within” so much so that these demographics have accounted for the majority of nutricosmetics sales and growth. North Americans have been slower to adopt this philosophy of achieving beauty through nutrition. Nevertheless, companies are beginning to invest research and development dollars based on the notion that demand for such products will continue to increase.
A hybrid of cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals, nutricosmetics are a category of oral beauty supplements that help to bring about beauty, whether as anti-aging or condition-specific agents. These functional products are thought to have an effect (on
Europeans and Japanese consumers of beauty and wellness products have embraced this notion of “beauty from within” so much so that these demographics have accounted for the majority of nutricosmetics sales and growth. North Americans have been slower to adopt this philosophy of achieving beauty through nutrition. Nevertheless, companies are beginning to invest research and development dollars based on the notion that demand for such products will continue to increase.
A hybrid of cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals, nutricosmetics are a category of oral beauty supplements that help to bring about beauty, whether as anti-aging or condition-specific agents. These functional products are thought to have an effect (on
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