It's A Berry Old Story of Anti-Ageing

Yes, the image on the left is acai berry that have been causing quite a stir in the wellness industry not to mention Hollywood circles. But berries and not just acai berry have all had the most important ingredient in them that could be an elixir of longevity. Berries or any fruit of blue, red or purple pigment possess a phtochemical called "anthocyanins". Anthocyanins are molecules that help in many cellular combat and ageing is one of them.

Ageing occurs due to environmental changes on our body and the slowing of the body's defense or repair mechanism to undo it. As we grow older our body cells lose the ability to repair itself and thus leads to ageing. With respect to skin ageing it is multi-factorial phenomenon, the sun emitting UV rays to the earth are more than just harsh they are penetrative in nature and start charring our skin by causing pigmentation which is uneven and wrinkles. Wrinkles and patchy skin are also a result of our external environment like air pollution, water pollution, internal blood circulation where all of these posses free radicals to our body causing massive damage that is fast in action and slow to repair. Due to immense free radical damage internally and externally the skin looses its ability of producing collagen and cellular protein to rebuild the skin's structure post the damage. Thus our young skin in 20's looks older.

Berries with the anthocyanin pigments can fight these free radicals and give the body the ability to repair the damage. Topical as well as internal anthocyanin treatment is useful in combating ageing which runs deeper than the skin layer. Anthocyanins become metabolites after digestion which aren't sufficient to be antioxidant  if not had regularly in our diet. Research also shows that the anthocyanins were seen to help fight cancer and heart disease. Ageing is a process that accounts for internal damage as much as externally. To fight ageing the ideal way of combat operation is a healthy diet of antioxidant through natural food and secondly to avoid environmental hazards. Berries are best sources for our antioxidants and not just anthocyanins but vitamin too, they are age old known to have medicinal healing effect on our body. Raspberry, Strawberry, Blueberry, Acai, mulberry are all a relish in our desserts but make sure you eat them raw and unprocessed to gain maximum effect of their antioxidants. For diet consultation on anti ageing contact us on Wellness & I.

Wish you wellness.

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