Have you ever had the experience of applying vitamin E capsules to your face?
I remember this magic recipe was all the rage
It can not only whiten and anti-aging, but also remove freckles and dark circles
Is this true or false?
Vitamin E, also known as vitamin E, also known as tocopherol or tocopherol, is a golden or pale yellow oily substance with Has a mild characteristic odor. Vitamin E was one of the first vitamins to be discovered, first discovered by Evans and Bishop at the University of California. Then in 1924, Sure of the University of Arkansas named the substance vitamin E.
Vitamin E is the most important lipophilic, non-enzymatic antioxidant in the human body.
Vitamin E is a type of fat-soluble vitamin that includes eight isomers: α-, β-, γ- and delta-tocopherol, and alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocotrienol. One of the most active is alpha-tocopherol. Vitamin E is a direct scavenger of O2- in the body. Together with superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxide, it constitutes an antioxidant system in the body, protecting cell membranes and intracellular nucleic acids from free radical attacks. α-Tocopherol is also a major antioxidant in human epidermis, and its consumption is an early sensitive marker of environmental oxidative damage.
Vitamin E is involved in various physiological and biochemical functions of the body. Important as membrane stabilizer and lipid-soluble antioxidant. Vitamin E also promotes membrane repair by preventing the formation of oxidized phospholipids. The mechanism of the antioxidant activity of tocopherols is partly related to the presence of hydroxyl groups in the chromogen ring, which donate a hydrogen atom to reduce free radicals.
Antioxidative reactions result in oxidized forms of alpha-tocopherol, which can be reduced by vitamin C. That is to say, if vitamin E and vitamin C are used together, vitamin E that is oxidized due to the elimination of oxygen free radicals can be recovered, the use of vitamin E can be saved, and the oxygen free radicals can be synergistically resisted.
The role of vitamin E
Due to its lipid solubility, vitamin E can penetrate into cell membranes and intercellular lipids, and vitamin E is well absorbed when applied topically. Therefore, as an important skin care ingredient with antioxidant properties, topical application has been shown to reduce acute and chronic photodamage. Vitamin E’s role in preventing photoaging and skin cancer is also important.
Vitamin E also reduces the harmful collagen-destroying enzymes collagenase, inhibits tyrosinase, and reduces skin roughness and wrinkle depth . In addition, it can accelerate healing, so it can be used to treat burns, surgical scars and wounds, so it is widely used in clinical, pharmaceutical, food, feed, health care and cosmetic industries.
The antioxidant properties of vitamin E play an important role in fighting various diseases such as atherosclerosis, cancer, cataracts, Alzheimer’s Haimer’s disease and cardiovascular disease.
So, how to supplementPrime E?
Vitamin E is widely found in vegetable oils (especially wheat germ), nuts (especially almonds), seeds (such as sunflower seeds) ), vegetables such as spinach, etc.
So if you have a normal and balanced diet, the vitamin E content in the body is sufficient, and it does not need to be supplemented by oral supplements in non-disease situations.
Because vitamin E is not metabolized as well as water-soluble vitamins, overdose may also cause poisoning!
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Organization and editor: Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing
Correspondent: Qin Shasha, Sun Lei, Wang Jingjing