Quick! What's the best vitamin for your skin?
The answer is Vitamin C. Ascorbic Acid is hands down the winner because it's a necessary component to forming collagen. Collagen is what holds the underlying matrix of fibers that make up skin. Some other beauty vitamins and herbs include the following Ginkgo biloba is an herb that increases blood circulation, especially to the brain. Excellent for skin and everything else. Comes from one of the oldest living trees in history. Again, it too is a stellar antioxidant.
Cayenne Pepper is the fruit of the cayenne plant, and is very high in Vitamin C. This can be bought in capsules. Take them as you would any other vitamin, and watch your facial skin become brighter with more pronounced color, as it increases blood circulation as well. Also an excellent blood cleanser.
Melatonin is actually a hormone but also the most superb antioxidant known to mankind. It's little known for it's antioxidant properties, but maybe that will change in the near future. Sleep regenerates your body's own Human Growth Hormone, which allows restorative properties to the body, organs and the body's largest organ, skin.
Dandelion is the most excellent liver tonic. This will keep you looking great and feeling even better as it tones the liver and cleans you out.
Cinnamon is great for balancing out blood sugar levels, which make you feel and look beautiful. Just an eighth of a teaspoon can straigten out blood sugar balancing up to three times it's normal rate. This leaves you feeling less hungry, aids in digestion. It also gives a glow to your allover skin.
Most essential oils such as cinnamon oil and rose oil have extremely high orac rates. These rates correspond to how much antioxidant deliverability a substance has. In fact, just rubbing a tiny amount onto the feet can demonstrate the deliverability and permeability of these oils, within one minute they can be tasted in the mouth. That's how bioavailable they are to the body.
Zinc is a major vitamin that improves hair and nail growth. It's also really good for skin, can help treat and prevent acne, you can either buy supplements or get it from foods, like eggs, cheese, and others.
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Contributor's Note
Please speak with your health care provider before taking these or any herbs and vitamins.
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