| Got a wrinkle to fill? You could fill that wrinkle with | | | | hyaluronic acid. |
| injections of bovine collagen or hyaluronic acid. | | | | Soy dishes come in a variety of options. From |
| Yet, is there anyway to smooth out wrinkles | | | | soy tofu to soy protein shakes food incarnations |
| without jabbing your skin with needles? | | | | of soy are endless. |
| You can avoid the need for the needle by | | | | While eating your way to a firmer face, you don't |
| optimizing your estrogen levels. While estrogen | | | | want to overlook vitamin C. While vitamin C |
| influences numerous aspects of our health, from | | | | remains a potent antioxidant, it also helps your |
| the development of breast cancer to the | | | | body to produce collagen. |
| development of a fetus, estrogen also determines | | | | Even though vitamin C's beauty potential is loudly |
| the moisture and collagen level of our skin as we | | | | touted by the media, 33% of the US population is |
| age. | | | | not getting enough vitamin C according to a 2005 |
| Studies published by N. Grosman in the "Acta | | | | survey done by the U.S. Agricultural Research |
| Pharmacol Toxicol" established the link between | | | | Service's Food Surveys Research Group. |
| estrogen and collagen. Estrogen boosts the skin's | | | | You can enjoy vitamin C in foods like broccoli, red |
| moisture content by increasing the amount of | | | | or green peppers, strawberries, oranges and |
| hyaluronic acid in the skin. | | | | Brussels spouts. |
| Hyaluronic acid is naturally found in the body. One | | | | Eating vitamin C and optimizing your estrogen |
| of hyaluronic acid's primary jobs is to make the | | | | levels are just one step in a series of things you |
| skin firm and provide support for the collagen and | | | | can do to slow down the aging process. One |
| elastin fibers that give skin a firm, youthful | | | | simple tip to keep your anti-aging regime working |
| appearance. | | | | is to ask yourself each time you eat, "Is this food |
| You can potentially increase that amount of | | | | protecting me from free radials and allowing my |
| hyaluronic acid in your skin by increasing your | | | | body to repair itself, or causing more free radial |
| intake of estrogen. For example, animal studies | | | | damage?" This way you're sure to be eating your |
| show that soy isoflavones protect skin against | | | | way to more youthful skin. |
| sun damage and may increase production of | | | | |