Everyone wants softer, smoother skin and a clearer, younger-looking complexion. We’d all like naturally healthy, shiny hair and strong, pliable nails. If you are genetically fortunate you will have all this and more, for the rest of us mortals, we need to take great care in our lifestyle choices – and maybe a few nutritional supplements.
Nutritional supplements do not replace the need for plenty of water, a good balanced diet and regular exercise, but can offer a daily guaranteed amount of the key hair, skin and nail nourishing nutrients. Keep them next to your moisturiser and use them daily as part of your beauty routine – and see the difference.
Look for supplements that have been developed specifically to complement a daily topical beauty routine. An ideal daily formula includes vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, MSM, silica, antioxidants and essential fatty acids to help protect against the damaging effects of free radicals, and guarantee
adequate levels of the building blocks of healthy skin, hair and nails.
Additional youth-boosting supplements for skin include Pycnogenol which has been the subject of more than 200 clinical studies showing benefits as diverse as heart health to age-spots.
The latest supplement in wrinkle-reduction is Hyaluronic Acid. HA is included as a topical skin-booster in a number of best-selling beauty products. Taken internally, as a daily capsule, it works as ‘nature’s moisturiser’, plumping out skin wrinkles and giving skin a healthy tautness.
The role of essential fatty acids (EFAs) cannot be overstated in glossy hair and blemish-free, bright and healthy skin. Our obsession with fat-free diets has left many people with chronic deficiencies in essential fatty acids, leading to various symptoms including dry, flaky skin, eczema, excessive wrinkling, brittle nails and dry, flyaway hair.