Vitamin C cream is popular with skin-care devotees promising to help slow signs of aging, prevent sun damage, and improve the appearance of wrinkles & dark spots But it might be time to ditch the expensive creams. That's because researchers at the University of Otago's Christchurch Facility of Medicine have discovered that eating vitamin C is better for your skin than adding it to creams. Lead author, University of Otago Professor Margreet Vissers joins Jesse. (Full transparency, the study was funded by a University of Otago research grant and Zespri International, who had no influence over study design protocols, results analysis or study publication.)
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