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NASA Biomedical Spinoff or Infomerical Fruit Juice Hype?

28 May 2012, 16:36 UTC
NASA Biomedical Spinoff or Infomerical Fruit Juice Hype?
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'Space drink' concocted by NASA helps reduce wrinkles, NY Daily News

"A "space drink" concocted by NASA to protect astronauts from radiation is having out-of-this-world results on battling wrinkles, blemishes and other skin damage from the sun. Researchers at the University of Utah found the drink known as AS10 has shown miraculous results on the 180 skin-damaged participants in their human trials. After just four months of drinking two shots of the potion daily, UV spots were reduced by 30% and wrinkles by 17%. The drink is a blend of exotic fruits, including acai, acerola, prickly pear, yumberry, grape, green tea, pomegranate and Brazil's cupuacu. ... "The skin is the first body tissue to be exposed to UV rays and we know it is sensitive to oxidative stress," explained Dr. Aaron Barson, a nutritional scientist at the University of Utah."

Keith's note: This story has been popping up all over the place. I could not find any news about this discovery at the University of Utah. I checked to see if there is anyone by this name at the University of Utah - I found this: "Barson Jr., Aaron V Faculty - Unpaid. Email [none] Phone: unavailable Dept/org Family and ...

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