Can Oral Supplements Prevent Wrinkles?
By the Editor | May 1, 2010
I recently came across an ad in the magazine for an oral supplement that claims to fight dull, wrinkled, pimpled skin. It boasts of 11 “essential” nutrients which are mainly antioxidants plus some other ingredients. Taken daily, the pills hold promise of glowing skin in a couple of months.
I don’t know about pimples but there is growing evidence that oral antioxidants could help slow down the wrinkling process or even improve existing wrinkles. The problem is that there are a lot of antioxidants available. How do we know which ones really work? What is the best way to get them to work on the skin?
It has been shown that selenium taken at 50 to 200 micrograms daily, vitamin E at 400mg /day and vitamin C at 500-1000mg (all known antioxidants) can protect against harmful UV rays which does most of the damage in skin.
The best way to get these vitamins and minerals are of course though the food we eat. If you’re someone who eats a lot of junk food or if leafy greens simple don’t appeal to your palate then taking oral supplements may be a good idea.
Some antioxidants that have also shown promising results are green tea, heliocare (which is actually a fern extract), alpha-lipoic acid, lycopene…. The list goes on and on.
No consensus has been reached regarding their optimal dose and individual response to these supplements is very variable. Effects may not be apparent in some and may work wonders for others. But one things is for sure, more and more dermatologists are beginning to find evidence for their use.
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