Seemingly new, but surprisingly around since
the stone age. What is a rosehip? It is
the fruit of the rosebush which appears after all the petals of a rose have
fallen off.
Rosehips have both nutritional and skin benefits. It is very rich in Vitamin C and A. Offering 50% more Vitamin C than oranges and
pure Vitamin A making rosehips an excellent nutritional resource for immune
support. Vitamin A is known for anti
bacterial and anti-viral properties. As
good as these natural nutritional supporting benefits are….it appears the
benefits to the skin are the cause for the recent interest in Rosehips.
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Vitamin C plays a major role in the connective tissue support
in the body, including skin and Vitamin A is an excellent resource for skin
care offering the following benefits:
- Wrinkle prevention
- Minimize existing wrinkles
- Hydrates and keeps moisture in while regenerating new skin cells and healing.
- Soften and rejuvenate dry skin
- Restoring mature skin
- Helping sun damaged skin
- Wounds
- Scars
- Acne
- Burns
Where do you find rosehips?
You can harvest your own rosehips from roses in your backyard which
would be fun, but time consuming. Or you
can purchase teas, dried rosehips, rosehip oil and Vitamin C supplements
containing Rosehips at The Healthy Grocer.
There are many health and beauty items at The Healthy Grocer containing
rosehips, from soap to face creams. I’ve
been using rosehip oil now for about 2 weeks and the softness of my skin and
minimizing of wrinkles is excellent.
-Mona Claypoole, Director of Marketing and Wellness Support
-Mona Claypoole, Director of Marketing and Wellness Support
