Last Updated on April 23, 2022 by Ellen Christian
Fall means apple picking, apple butter, apple cinnamon body scrub and apples for beautiful skin. What, you haven’t heard about apples for beautiful skin? I’ve reviewed several products that advertise apple stem cell for beautiful skin. I thought I’d do a bit of research to see if apples for beautiful skin had any scientific basis.
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Apples for Beautiful Skin
When thinking about apples for beautiful skin, I’m talking about fresh apples with the skin on them. While I’m sure there are probably some health benefits to eating apple pie, I’m reasonably sure that there aren’t as many as eating raw fresh apples. Of course, I’d also recommend local, organic fresh apples to ensure they’re as fresh as possible and that they haven’t been sprayed with any chemicals.
- Vitamin C – Apples are high in Vitamin C. Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid. Vitamin C helps your body create collagen. Collagen is a type of protein that helps your body form connective tissues that skin, bone, tendons, muscle, and cartilage together. Collagen also helps your skin maintain its tone or firmness, and a lack of collagen can cause wrinkles.
- Copper – Apples also provide you with copper that helps your body to create melanin. Melanin is a pigment that colors your skin and also helps protect your skin from ultraviolet rays from the sun.
- Vitamin A – While apples don’t have a tremendous amount of Vitamin A, they do contain some. Vitamin A is a retinoid. Retinoids are often prescribed by doctors for aging skin.
- Elastin – Like collagen, elastin helps keep your skin healthy, plump and vibrant. Apples contain elastin that will help your skin look young.
- Pectin – Apples contain pectin. Pectin helps to fight infections and can be beneficial in healing acne and other skin infections.
It turns out that old saying “An apple a day helps keep the doctor away.” is probably true. Check out Eclos Skin Care for more information about apple stem cell products.
Ellen believes you can feel beautiful at any age and size. She shares healthy beauty and fashion information geared toward women over 40. She is a direct sales rep for several fashion and beauty businesses.
Very interesting. I usually eat apples with the skin-on, anyways 🙂 unless I’m eating apple pie or something like that.
Me too, Liz. I definitely enjoy them more that way.
My daughter eats 1 or 2 apples a day. She has beautiful, porcelain-like skin. It works for her!
It definitely cannot hurt!
I’m sure any natural fruit or vegetable is good for your skin. It’s all the processed foods we eat that mess up our bodies.
So true, Scott. It really does.
I never really thought about the benefits my skin was getting from eating apples. In our rural PA “neighborhood” we’re lucky to have several apple orchards. I can buy local apples almost every month of the year. I need to get better at taking advantage of that and ensure my skin gets more of the vitamins it needs.
Apples definitely are a great way to do it!