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Friday, May 2, 2014

An A+ for Vitamin A!

Want to know the secret ingredient to great skin?

Maybe "magic" is the wrong word. There is nothing mysterious about Vitamin A, but that doesn't prevent it from providing all kinds of epidermal benefits. Operating on the level of DNA, Vitamin A reinvigorates damaged cells (hello sunburn!), to help your skin in countless ways. Here are a few benefits that interest me the most.

So how do you get some of this "secret ingredient"? No need to quest through the dense jungles of the Amazon to find it. Vitamin A is hiding in plain sight: try the produce section of your local grocery store. Cantaloupe, squash, carrots, and dark, leafy greens like kale all pack an "A+" dosage of this vitamin. 

Not into veggies? (Shame on you!) That's ok, too, because you can supplement Vitamin A externally--through the skincare products you choose. Read labels and look for ingredients like Retinyl Palmitate, Retinyl Acetate, Retinol and Retinal Aldehyde. These are all face-friendly forms of Vitamin A.


Don't know where to find reliable products? Try the GR8SKN line; we're a bunch of Vitamin A groupies.

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