Words like polyphenol and resveratrol may not roll off the tip of your tongue, but if you’re into saving face, read on. According to Seattle's Dr. Richard Baxter, it’s only a matter of time before resveratrol replaces vitamin C as the antioxidant of choice for keeping skin beautiful. In the April issue of Spa magazine, writer Amy Westervely wrote a piece featuring Dr. Baxter- "Focus on Vinotherapy: Off the Vine". To read the entire story, visit Spa magazine online in the blog title link above.
And in the meantime, for some quaffable tidbits from the story:
“…One particular polyphenol-resveratrol-has garnered the bulk of the attention with respect to the external anti-aging capabilities of the grape.
Resveratrol is many, many times more potent than vitamin-based anti-oxidants like C and E that we’ve used for years in skincare, says Dr. Richard A. Baxter, M.D., author of a ground-breaking paper on the benefits of resveratrol in skincare products published in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology…
…The jury’s still out on whether there is a difference between the topical benefits of grapes versus wine…However, some polyphenols increase in concentration in the course of fermentation, so Baxter says a product or treatment with actual wine in it may be better than one with just grapes…
…According to Baxter, it’s only a matter of time before resveratrol replaces vitamin C as the antioxidant of choice for keeping skin beautiful. Cheers to that!...”
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