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Body News
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Smoking ages the skin from the inside, but scientists suspect that exhaled smoke does additional damage. When researchers compared female smokers with nonsmokers (all in their 30s and 40s with low sun exposure), they found the smokers had rougher forehead skin and diminished skin radiance. While inhaled smoke activates collagen-destroying enzymes and depletes vitamins from the body, leading to allover skin damage, says researcher Adeline Petitjean of the University of Franche-Comt[umlaut][bar] in France, exhaled smoke may also heat and dry skin in its path. Besides quitting, she says, a multivitamin with antioxidants such as vitamins E and C and anti-wrinkle cream can help protect the skin.
21%
of the total calories in the American diet come from consumption of beverages.
*American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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