Healthy Natural Skin

Wednesday January 11th
Vitamin A For The Skin – Great Benefits And Lots More If You Choose Wisely
Vitamin A is great for your eyesight among a host of other things. It seems that you cannot go wrong with this vitamin. Vitamin A for the skin is noteworthy because it helps in skin cell renewal. That actually is pretty important since we lose up to 30,000 top 40,000 dead skin cells from the surface of the epidermis every minute every day! As we age, the process of renewal slows and that is one good reason why we should get more of Vitamin A.

Vitamin A for the skin is also useful in maintaining and healing the epidermis. A natural source of this vitamin is eggs but make sure that you have the yolk which contains the most of the vitamin. Don’t miss out and also do not take too much notice about eggs being a source of high cholesterol. They have so many other benefits and advantages that they should never be underestimated.

As regards sunscreens, certain forms of Vitamin A, such as retinyl palmitate is now regarded with some suspicion by the FDA. Research seems to show that it can speed up the formation of lesions and tumors. So, when you are buying sunscreen, you should actually avoid any with retinyl palmitate and also the infamous oxybenone.

Vitamin A can come from either plant or animal sources. The form that we know best and the one which is most readily available in our food is the carotenoid form. Once we start consuming the famous red and orange vegetables such as pumpkin, carrots, mango and squash, then this is converted by the body into Vitamin A which is so beneficial for our skin and our eyesight.

Other benefits of this great vitamin are :-

·        can improve circulation in the area beneath the epidermis

·        can be useful in preventing the absorption of toxins

·        the retinol form of this vitamin has been found to be helpful in cases of rosacea and psoriasis

·        it is a powerful antioxidant so it is regarded as helpful in the prevention of cancer

Now if you take too much Vitamin A, it can become toxic and lead to liver failure. However these cases are rare and you would really have to exceed the dose by more than 10,000 IU if this were to happen.

Generally though, the addition of Vitamin A for the skin, together with other organic and skin friendly botanicals can work wonders. You will never have to worry that you are absorbing nasty chemicals and toxins.