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Raisins are a super easy and incredibly healthy food for good skin. Drying lusciously juicy grapes into raisins has been done since ancient times and these wrinkly little fruits were highly prized by early Romans, actually dating back to as far as 2,000 B.C. Raisins are a sweet, handy, high energy, low fat, and highly nutritious treat that helps keep your skin looking beautiful.
They are packed with phenols, a very powerful antioxidant that works hard keeping your cells safe from harm. These potent antioxidants prevent free radicals from damaging your skin cells, collagen, and elastin. Preventing free radicals from damaging your skin cells and collagen will help to keep those darn wrinkles at bay.
The Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry published a study back in 2007 that compared the amount of antioxidants in fresh green Thompson grapes, sun-dried Thompson raisins, and Thompson golden raisins. The study consisted of three groups of 15 subjects that consumed one of these three types daily for four weeks. The participants that ate the Thompson golden raisins had the highest amounts of antioxidants in their body.
This is great news since raisins are so simple to add to salads, cookies, breads, muffins, oatmeal, trail mix, or eating straight out of the bag. So, go on and enjoy these delicate little fruits knowing that you are doing something great for your skin.
I’ve read in one article that raisins are packed with antioxidants. Great for those who want to stay buff, looking young and glowing all the time.
Definitely, they’re not just tasty but very nutritious as well. I actually switched from coffee to raisins, nuts, and fruits for my every day source of antioxidants. It feels great to look and feel young and healthy all the time.
Great to hear that you have had such great success with raisins Sandra 🙂
They taste good, and they don’t upset my digestive what-nots. That’s what I love about raisins.
I usually mix almonds, cashews, dried winter melon and raisins in a Ziploc for a quick fix during office breaks. They’re a filling snack and I suggest you should try it.
That sounds like a really great treat Calra! I have never tried dried winter melon; it sounds so yummy 🙂
Raisins are good sources of fiber too, great for those tummies that get easily upset. Thank you for this article!
Great info Veronica. Just another reason to love raisins 🙂
It’s interesting to note that raisins have antioxidants too 🙂 I must remind myself to eat more! Thanks for sharing!
They really make a great snack when mixed with other healthy things like nuts and seeds; salty and sweet 🙂
This is a new and exciting tip that I’m sure most of us would love to hear about, raisins are simply amazing since it boasts of great benefits. Thanks for the informative share!
You are so welcome Kristine 🙂
Very interesting! I’m a huge fan of raisins and I’m glad that apart from being nutritious and delicious, it’s beneficial for the skin too! Thanks!