AllyCatVitamin E for Healthy Skin
November 21st 2008 02:43
Vitamin E scavangers your body for damaging free radicals. It is a fat soluble vitamin and a powerful antioxidant that neutralises free radical compounds before they can damage cell membranes. It helps protect us from the damage caused by pollution and heavy metals. It is essential for healing, prevention of scarring, and healthy red blood cells and nerves. Deficiency is rare because it is found in many foods. Increase your intake of Vitamin E by eating nuts, seeds, avocadoes, wheatgerm and plant oils such as wheatgerm, sunflower, safflower, palm, rapeseed, soya, peanut and extra virgin olive oil daily.
The vitamin E is destroyed by heat and exposure to light. Although it’s relatively stable at normal cooking temperatures, deep frying or repeated use of the same cooking oil tend to destroy most of the vitamin E. The best way to get vitamin E from oils is to use them in salad dressings. Peanut butter served on thick wholegrain toast is another great way of increasing your vitamin E intake.
Moisturizing creams containing pure vitamin E oil is another way this wonderful vitamin can help your skin, by applying it topically. It is said to help improve wound healing and wrinkles.
I have personally used a moisturising cream bought from the chemist that contained Vitamin E and natural ingredients for sensitive skin without any reactions to my own highly sensitive skin (sorry have forgotten the brand name- its been a while and the container has long been thrown away).
The vitamin E is destroyed by heat and exposure to light. Although it’s relatively stable at normal cooking temperatures, deep frying or repeated use of the same cooking oil tend to destroy most of the vitamin E. The best way to get vitamin E from oils is to use them in salad dressings. Peanut butter served on thick wholegrain toast is another great way of increasing your vitamin E intake.
Nuts are a great source of Vitamin E
Moisturizing creams containing pure vitamin E oil is another way this wonderful vitamin can help your skin, by applying it topically. It is said to help improve wound healing and wrinkles.
I have personally used a moisturising cream bought from the chemist that contained Vitamin E and natural ingredients for sensitive skin without any reactions to my own highly sensitive skin (sorry have forgotten the brand name- its been a while and the container has long been thrown away).
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