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This Halloween give your skin a real treat – a fast from sugar! As Dr. Perricone explains in today’s newsletter, sugar is toxic and its negative effects are very visible on the skin. But, since no one is perfect, we have some ideal antidotes to help combat the effects of sugar-induced glycation, an inflammatory, biochemical process that causes the collagen in our skin to become stiff and inflexible. The unfortunate result of this is wrinkles and sagging skin. Alpha lipoic acid is superb when it comes to countering the visible effects of glycation. Before bedtime, apply Evening Facial Emollient to the face. This alpha lipoic acid-rich lotion will work all night to deliver a radiant, firmed and refined appearance to your skin.

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Two decades in private dermatology practice, seeing thousands of patients, in conjunction with extensive study on the subject has confirmed my belief that the most horrific and frightening aspects of Halloween are not the ghosts, ghouls and goblins on your doorstep. Instead they are to be found in that goody bag full of candy on the arm of each trick or treater.

Sugar in all of its forms (corn syrup, cane sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc.) is extremely damaging to the skin–and in fact to all organ systems. Sugar and foods that rapidly convert to sugar when eaten cause sudden spikes in blood sugar levels, resulting in the release of insulin into the blood stream, that then cause us to store, rather than burn fat.

As these sugars and starches are eaten, they cause a burst of inflammation throughout the body.
The sugar molecule can also can permanently attach to protein, such as the collagen present in our skin and other parts of the body. This process is known as glycation.

At the point of attachment, there is a small mechanism creating inflammation, which then becomes a source of inflammation in its own right. This inflammation produces enzymes that break down collagen, resulting in wrinkled, sagging skin. In addition to inflammation, glycation also causes cross-linking in our collagen, making it stiff and inflexible where it was once soft and supple.

Barbecue right for better skin One of the joys of summertime is a barbecue. Nothing tastes better than food cooked outdoors over an open fire. But, we now know that when you cook the muscle meats from beef, pork, fowl and fish, carcinogenic chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are formed. In addition Advanced Glycation End [...]