This fruit extract can firm your skin from the inside out

If your skin seems to bounce back a little slower than it used to, you are sure to have heard of collagen. But new research points to less obvious players in skin firmness: pomegranates and the microbes living in your digestive tract.¹

Researchers tested what happened when women ages 30 to 65 took one capsule a day of a pomegranate extract called Pomanox (either 367 mg or 700 mg) or a placebo for 12 weeks. Here’s what they found.

• Skin firmness rose in both groups taking pomegranate extract by week 12, and the higher dose showed gains as early as week four.
• Moisture held steady in the group taking 367mg of the pomegranate supplement, whereas the placebo group saw a dip.
• Positive bacteria increased on the skin and in the gut.

This was a small trial which limits the current applicability of this research, but the results add weight to the idea that skin health is shaped, at least in part, from the inside out. For now, this is a reminder that gut inflammation and gut bacteria are worth paying attention to in the broader picture of skin health.

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