
We know how important it is to replenish vitamins in the body, but it is also necessary to add vitamins to skin care products. After modern technology and research and development, the role of vitamins in the skin is already in the eye. Let us take a look.
1. Vitamin B is added to skin care products and is divided into B3 and B5. Vitamin B3 is the nicotinamide we often hear. Its biggest effect is to inhibit the transfer of melanin to protein cells and reduce pigmentation. It can also help protein synthesis and enhance skin's water content. B5 is a commonly known Ubiquinol, commonly used in moisturizing products, as well as in antioxidant products.
2. Vitamin A is generally used in skin care products in three categories, vitamin A acid, A alcohol, A aldehyde and A ester. First, although vitamin A acid is the most powerful one, it is very irritating and sensitive. Sex is difficult to use in skin care products, generally used for medicinal purposes; while A alcohol is very effective in wrinkle removal and exfoliation, but it is easy to irritate the skin at higher concentrations and cannot be used together with whitening ingredients; Aldehyde is the closest component to A acid, and has good effects on acne and anti-aging. A ester is a very common ingredient in skin care products. Our common Estee Lauder's small brown bottle and L'Occitane's Helichrysum series. It contains this ingredient and is very effective against wrinkles.
3. We all know that the role of vitamin C is whitening, but in fact, the earliest vitamin C was developed to be anti-aging, because vitamin C has a good antioxidant effect, can help collagen production, and adds high concentration. Vitamin C products can reduce the oxidation of the skin.
Astaxanthin is a carotenoid naturally found in shrimp, lobster, crab and squid. Because of its superior antioxidant properties, it is called the “king of carotenoids”. Among all animals, astaxanthin is the highest concentration found in the muscles of salmon, and scientists have concluded that astaxanthin helps to provide endurance to these animals that need to be countercurrent. For humans, the efficacy of astaxanthin is mainly concentrated on its strong antioxidant properties, and it has greatly improved the series of diseases caused by oxidative stress, such as diabetes and cerebral infarction. Compared to other antioxidants such as beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, vitamin E and selenium, astaxanthin never becomes an oxidant in the body.
Even for healthy people, astaxanthin can be taken as a health supplement for a long time, for the following reasons:
1. Astaxanthin can help relieve pain and inflammation
Astaxanthin is a potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic that reduces the inflammatory compounds of many chronic diseases. Although this is 100% natural, astaxanthin is like some prescription painkillers, without the risk of addiction, and does not produce gastrointestinal bleeding and heartburn. More specifically, astaxanthin's COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2), like Celebrex, has a significant effect on reducing the pain caused by osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute pain and dysmenorrhea. .
Natural astaxanthin can not only affect the COX-2 pathway, but also inhibit serum nitric oxide, interleukin-1B, prostaglandin E2, C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), all of which have been prove. Natural astaxanthin has been found to reduce CRP levels by more than 20% in 8 weeks, and no prescription drug can do this. CRP levels are a key indicator of heart disease.
2. Astaxanthin helps fight fatigue
Astaxanthin can make people recover from sports injuries more quickly. Pure natural astaxanthin helps muscle recovery, better endurance, enhance physical strength and increase energy levels.
3. Astaxanthin is good for eye health
Astaxanthin can pass through many obstacles and act on the retina. Numerous clinical trials have shown that astaxanthin contributes to diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, eye fatigue and the like.
4. Astaxanthin cleans cells
Astaxanthin filters into every cell in the body. Its unique molecular lipophilicity and hydrophilicity allow it to span the entire cell, and when the astaxanthin molecule protects one end of the fat-soluble portion of the cell and protects the water-soluble portion of the cell simultaneously, you might think it is giving it to your cell. A full body hug!
A 2007 study analyzed several commonly used antioxidants and antioxidant capacity. The study found that astaxanthin is 6000 times stronger than vitamin C, 800 times stronger than coenzyme Q10, 550 times stronger than catechin in green tea, and 75 times stronger than lipoic acid.
5. Nourish skin and sun protection
Astaxanthin has been proven to protect the body's largest organs. Astaxanthin is excellent in improving the moisture content, smoothness, elasticity and reducing fine wrinkles and freckles of the skin. A trace amount of astaxanthin can absorb a lot of ultraviolet rays, like the most perfect natural sunscreen on the earth, like a natural anti-parasol covering the whole body, which can effectively prevent ultraviolet radiation, quench the free radicals caused by ultraviolet rays, and reduce ultraviolet rays on the skin. s damage.
Nowadays, astaxanthin is widely used in the field of beauty and skin care products. Assorted cosmetics brands in the world have added astaxanthin as a super antioxidant.