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| The New Age of AntioxidantsBy Andrea Moret Today's topicals offer more tempting choices than ever in the fight against aging. It seems as though every skincare product these days is packed with antioxidant power. But as scientists harness nature's newest crop of free-radical fighters, the antioxidant vitamin vocabulary has expanded from yesterday's As, Cs and Es to a full palette of fresh picks such as CoffeeBerry, pomegranate, white tea and açaí. "All antioxidants have the same function: protecting against environmental assault," says Bella Schneider, CEO and founder of 5 Star Formulators. Daily aggressors such as the sun, air pollution, cigarette smoke and stress damage our skin. They trigger a chain reaction of oxidation and inflammation that leads to the breakdown of human tissue. The damage eventually results in redness, sagging, wrinkles and hyperpigmentation. "Everything we think of as aging in the skin is related to inflammation and, therefore, free radicals," says Mark Lees, Ph.D., founder of Mark Lees Skin Care. View this full article in pdf format as it appears in the print magazine.See June's feature article, Flights of Fancy, in pdf format. See April's feature article, All Clear on the Teen Scene, in pdf format. See March's feature article, The Bright Side, in pdf format. See February's feature article, Secrets from the Vine, in pdf format. See January's feature article, In the Clear, in pdf format. See December's feature article, Top Honors 2008, in pdf format. See November's feature article, Rubbed the Wrong Way, in pdf format. See October's feature article, Kneaded Relief, in pdf format. See September's feature article, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, in pdf format. See August's feature article, Evolution of Sunscreens, in pdf format. See July's feature article, Natural Selection, in pdf format. See June's feature article, The Bridal Party, in pdf format. See May's feature article, What a Man Wants. See April's feature article, Enhancement Advancements, in pdf format.
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