If you’ve read about the latest anti aging skin care diets, you might be wondering what diet has to do with the skin’s appearance. In order to understand, it helps to think of the skin as an organ of the body.

All of us realize on some level that the skin is an organ of the body. We are simply unaccustomed to treating it like one.

There is no way that you would eat some of the things that you put on your body. The manufacturers warn that they should not be taken internally. You are advised to contact a poison control center in some cases.

Thousands of years ago, native practitioners advised their patients against putting anything on their bodies that they could not eat. That was sage and knowledgeable advice. Especially when you consider that the practitioners could not know that toxins can penetrate through the skin’s outer layers.

Did you know that talc has been found in cancerous tumors inside of the body? Did you know inhaling talc can cause cancer?

Did you know that parabens have been found in breast cancer tumors? Do you know what most companies use to preserve their anti aging skin care products? The answer to that last question is parabens.

If nothing else, the presence of talc and parabens in tumors inside of the body proves that the compounds in cosmetics can penetrate through the skin’s layers. Obviously, the compounds should not be toxic.

There are still many in the mainstream medical community who believe that exposure to small amounts of carcinogens will not hurt you. The honest practitioners will tell you that there is no way to be certain how much (if any) exposure is safe.

Even in cases of known carcinogens like asbestos, the disease does not show up for decades. In some cases, the exposure stops years before the patient becomes ill.

Could some of the anti aging skin care products on the market cause cancer? Many of them contain known or probable carcinogens. So who knows?

The latest dietary recommendations include avoiding foods that contain parabens and things like pesticides. We have gotten away from natural foods, even learned to love products that aren’t much more than cardboard, artificial preservatives, artificial flavors, artificial colors and salt or sugar. Could all of those artificial ingredients cause an increased risk of cancer? Most alternative practitioners believe the answer is “yes”.

But, what does all of this talk about cancer have to do with say an anti aging skin care cream? The longer you live, the higher your risk of cancer. The same things that cause wrinkles and other visible signs of age cause or contribute to cancer. Free radical damage and chronic inflammation are two of those things.

Dietary antioxidants and natural anti-inflammatories can help decrease your risk of cancer. They can also help protect the skin’s health and appearance from free radical damage caused by exposure to sunlight.

The best anti aging skin care cream on the market today contains dietary antioxidants and natural anti-inflammatories. You should be able to see the pattern. Nutrients are the keys to better health, longevity and a younger looking appearance. They work from the inside out and from the outside in.

Author Bio: Elena Bingham reports on the latest innovations in the skin care industry for Skin MD Blog. Her reporting runs the gamut from dermatologist procedures done be Skin MD to over-the-counter skin care products. Read more of her reporting and excellent insights into the ever changing cosmetics landscape at http://www.skinmdblog.com/

Category: Wellness, Fitness and Diet
Keywords: anti aging skin care