Eat Pomegranates to Save Your Skin

Eat Pomegranates to Save Your Skin (1:17)

Sun spots are a particularly aging form of skin damage. And eating pomegranates may help prevent them. In this Health Smarts video, Kevin Soden, MD, reveals the antioxidants in pomegranate seeds that can keep your skin looking young.

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Hi, I'm Dr. Kevin Soden with a smart skin tip for you. Sun spots are right up there with wrinkles when it comes to skin defects we want to avoid, we all know sunscreen is the first step towards saving your skin, but it turns out munching on sweet and tounging Pomegranates seeds can also keep sun spots away. Nutrients in the ruby red Pomegranates seeds can prevent abnormal changes in your skin color that comes from long term sun exposure.

Pomegranates are also packed with age fighting antioxidants. One study found that antioxidants in Pomegranates were so powerful that they could neutralize twice as many skin damaging free radicals as red wine and seven times as many free radicals as green tea. Pomegranates have anthocyanin powerful inflammation fighting antioxidant that can really help your skin.

So pick up a Pomegranate and start popping out those seeds or by frozing a refrigerated Pomegranate seeds from the grocery store. The graded serial, oatmeal, yogurt or even by the handful. For more anti-aging advice, watch all our smart tips right here.