Even popular drink maker Crystal Light has jumped onto the supplement bandwagon by offering Crystal Light Skin Essentials. These powder packets, mixed with a glass of water twice a day, and contain lutein, zeaxanthin,
and vitamins A, C, and E to nourish the skin. While testers noticed no significant changes, she did find that making the drinks encouraged her to consume more water throughout the day, which gave her more energy.
Medical experts explain that while Lutein and zeaxanthin may protect skin from sun damage, the therapeutic dosage of antioxidants like vitamin A should be significantly higher than is available in this drink mix,
which contains only 10 percent of the recommended daily dietary allowance.
Pill-Popping:
Sustainable Youth Immune Performance Elastifirm Supplement with Alasta claims to boost your immune system with this patent-pending formula derived from aloe extract, and fight signs of aging by increasing skin elasticity.
Plus, all the active ingredients are organic. The bad news is that one tester gained 5 pounds in water weight while taking these skin-plumping pills. However, her skin did appear firmer, but she felt that her wrinkles
were more noticeable after stopping the supplement. The experts explain that among the main ingredients in this product, aloe is great for the skin, but it would be difficult to ingest enough to alter the skin's
elasticity. The hypromellose—which is also used as a lubricant in eyedrops—is employed here to control how the active ingredients are delivered in the body and has the potential to cause water retention. As seen
by the tester.
Under the idea that restful sleep is important to skin health, Dr. Erika's Restful Night Formula claims that by taking these five calcium, magnesium, and zinc capsules before bed enables users to doze off with ease—and
wake up the following morning sans prescription-pill hangover. One tester claimed that she normally wakes up two to three times a night and that taking so many (and such large) pills nightly before bed was some-what
daunting. When she could stomach swallowing five pills before lights out, the formula didn't knock her out like other OTC sleep aids but did help her have deeper periods of rest. According to experts, Magnesium does
help to calm the nervous system, but this packet gives you only about half the daily recommended intake [DRI]. It also contains twice the DRI of zinc, which can inhibit the absorption of other minerals. However, with
that said, the experts do say that “someone who doesn't take a multi-vitamin regularly might feel better after taking these."
