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...based largely on ignorance. Why, then, do prominent scientists raise alarms? The issue is far larger than simply allowing or not allowing GM foods. It is about control of the world's seeds and the distribution of wealth. Nature has already blessed us with abundant plants that supply vitamin A. We don't need to mix the genes of daffodils and rice. PAT SIEBER Revelstoke...
RICKETS REDUX Virtually eradicated by the 1960s, the childhood ailment rickets, a vitamin-D deficiency that leads to soft bones, poor growth and seizures, is making a surprise comeback. In a study, doctors found 30 cases among black babies whose mothers had breastfed without vitamin supplements. African Americans are vulnerable because dark skin inhibits absorption of sunlight, needed to produce vitamin D. Tip for moms: use supplements--breast milk has less than 25% of the vitamin D babies need...
Still, cosmetics firms believe that vitamins could be effective if scientists could find a better way to get them into the skin. An option is to surround the antioxidants with a protective coating that doesn't release the vitamins until they are deep in the epidermis. Estee Lauder is using "photosomes," which pop open only when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, in its Re-Nutriv Lifting Serum (available in November). Another approach, favored by Osmotics of Denver, depends on transdermal patches to allow vitamin C to soak directly into the skin...
...interested in antiaging products until 10 years ago, when his wife, then 53, started worrying about the effects of hot flashes on her thinning skin. In response, he developed the Menopause Skin Cream, which uses urea--a common humectant--as a cooling agent. His solution to the vitamin E problem: encapsulate alpha-tocopherol in tiny little sacks of sugar molecules that are activated by body heat...
...meantime, follow these commonsense rules: Stay out of the sun. Cleanse and moisturize your face every morning and evening. Often that's all you need to do to plump up those keratinocytes. If you have sensitive, dry skin, avoid products that contain vitamin A or hydroxy acids. Don't smoke. Use hydroxy acids sparingly. Whatever you do, don't get obsessive. There are worse things than sprouting a few crow's feet or age spots. Just remember that nobody ever died of a wrinkle...