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Sweet Clementine

On a recent trip to Costco, I picked up an entire bag of clementines. Usually my husband and I buy our fruit in much smaller quantities, since it can go bad before we eat it all. But this time I thought back to a recent report I had read about the link between Vitamin C and smooth skin. Of course we all have heard about the Vitamin C as an immune system booster, but did you know that it also can help in many other ways, such as to prevent wrinkles in our skin? Vitamin C is a natural antioxidant, and has many health benefits from strengthening your immune system against colds, to reducing stress, possibly preventing cardiovascular disease and some types of cancer, and promoting healthy skin. You may buy expensive creams with Vitamin C in them, so why not try creating healthy skin from the inside out? (more…)