Beauty Food for The Day: Pomegranates

Best for Softening Skin: Pomegranates

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Why they work: 

This fruit is packed with vitamin C, which helps guard against the wrinkling effects of sun damage. Plus, says Debra Jaliman, MD, an assistant professor of dermatology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, the juice in pomegranate seeds contains both ellagic acid and punicalagin. The first is a polyphenol compound that fights damage from free radicals; the second is a supernutrient that may increase your body's capacity to preserve collagen, the subdermal connective tissue that makes skin look smooth and plump.

Serve yourself: A cup of pomegranate seeds -- suggests Jackie Newgent, RD, a nutritionist based in New York City.

Originally published in FITNESS magazine, November 2007