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...cosmetics firms are trying to capitalize on preliminary scientific research suggesting that certain vitamins and other chemicals may improve skin appearance. Some seem to counteract the bad effects of substances called free radicals, which are produced regularly by the body's metabolism. These highly volatile substances -- oxygen ions are one example -- react with cell membranes, and over time the radicals may play a role in various ailments and the aging process itself. There is evidence that at least one radical-fighting skin cream, a vitamin-A derivative called Retin-A, stimulates skin-cell production, but it is sold only...
Elizabeth Arden boasts that its Ceramide Time Complex Capsules contain various ingredients, including retinyl palmitate, and vitamins E and F, that together "fix, replenish or repair the barrier function of the skin." Shisheido touts Bio-Performance as a "super-revitalizer" that awakens the "skin's youthful balance." Avon is pushing three different antiaging treatments: BioAdvance (with vitamin A), Collagen Booster (vitamin C) and a new product to be introduced next year, Aneu (alpha-hydroxy acids). As for cellulite nostrums, Arden promotes its gel and moisturizer by citing clinical tests "from a renowned university in France." Lancome says...
...stake. Popular outrage over the Chicago meat- packing scandals, revealed in Upton Sinclair's 1906 classic, The Jungle, gave rise to both a meat-inspection law and the predecessor to the modern FDA. The discovery, during World War II, that many draftees suffered from beriberi and other vitamin B deficiencies led to the government's creation of the Recommended Dietary Allowances for vitamins and minerals...
...VITAMIN L: EVERYONE'S INVITED (Lancaster Productions/Emeryville, Calif.) Are your kids too old for Sesame Street, but too young for Madonna? Give them a dose of Vitamin L, a wholesome pop-rock group of three teens and three grownups led by songwriter Jan Nigro. Their new album covers such serious matters as playground putdowns and pollution, but still has enough rhythm and soul to appeal to today's hip youngsters...
...compounds that could be useful for people who, because of their heredity or life-style, are known to be highly susceptible to particular kinds of malignancy. About 20 different cancer-prevention studies are under way around the world, examining the potential benefits of such compounds as beta carotene and vitamin...