Pablo has rightly said, “Always Remember to take your Vitamins: Take your Vitamin A for Action, Vitamin B for Belief, Vitamin C for Confidence, Vitamin D for Discipline, Vitamin E for Enthusiasm!!”
The cool and crisp winter air is gradually giving way to the bright and blazing sun and we all know, how this transition fetches a variety of skin woes! Not only the adults, but even the teenagers go through a trying time figuring out the best treatment. For the latter when all of a sudden, their flawless skin of the pre-teens takes a turn for the inexplicable issues, it’s time to look for the best solutions, close at hand.
Give me a hand, to open up the Pandora Box and let us measure & weigh the benefits of “ABCDEK” & “P”. Also, we have to ensure that we should not avoid “W”, which in this blog stands for the uncontaminated potable water!!
Vitamin C, Unfurled For Skin Care…
- Vitamin C also acts as an antioxidant. It fights free radicals that cause skin aging and darkening. It also increases the levels of glutathione and Vitamin E in your body. These two are strong antioxidants as well. Glutathione also works by making the skin produce Pheomelanin instead of the darker Eumelanin.
- Many studies show that topical Vitamin C repairs damaged skin when applied after sun exposure.
- Vitamin C acts as a mild exfoliant. By getting rid of dead skin cells, which contain melanin, the skin becomes smoother and lighter.
Benefits of Vitamin C on The Skin
Apart from giving you fairer and brighter skin, Vitamin C has other key benefits, such as:
- Vitamin C is essential for collagen synthesis. Collagen is a vital part of the skin that gives it elasticity and makes it look young and firm. Vitamin C tells the body to produce more collagen. It is also an important cofactor in its production.
- Vitamin C fights redness and inflammation. It can remove red blotches on the skin and is effective in treating acne and rosacea.
- Vitamin C is essential in wound healing. It helps to keep the walls of blood vessels and capillaries intact. It stimulates new collagen production in wounds. Vitamin C also protects wounds from infection.
A word of caution!!
In case, you wish to have the supplements, please note the following:
Water soluble vitamin C:
- You need to consume good amount of water, as Vitamin C keeps on expelling excess water in the form of urine or perspiration and hence the need to replenish the lost fluid.
- In general, water when taken in the right amount aids metabolism.
Potential dangers of supplementation
Ascorbic Acid Causes Hardening of the Arteries?
- It seems hardly likely that taking high doses of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) can cause thickening or hardening of the arteries since so many people have taken high doses for a long time.
- Yet researchers from the University of California reported just that on March 2, 2000.
- People who took 500 mgs of ascorbic acid had a 2.5 times faster progression of thickening of the carotid artery (hardening of the arteries) than people who took no supplement.
