Vitamin antiaging effects

But my discussion of rat acrobatics isn t intended to turn people into blueberry-guzzling fiends. Eating blueberries won t save you dietary sinners. What matters most is the overall diet composition. In the rat study strawberry and spinach extract also produced improvements in memory, although those foods didn t have the same effect on balance and coordination as blueberries did. Still, the message is that fruits and vegetables have antiaging properties. As we are now learning, they harbor all kinds of useful chemicals. Like the B vitamin commonly known as folic acid. 

Additionally there is an increasing interest in carotenoids because of their potentially beneficial health effects, such as provitamin A, anticarcinogenic, antiulcer, antiaging, and antioxidant properties and increased immune responses (27,28). Because the vitamin A potential of cis isomers is less than those of their all-trans counterparts, it is important to distinguish and quantify the various forms (29). According to reports and clinical studies carotenes may be important in the prevention of some forms of cancer (30). Since the National Cancer Institute has recommended an increased intake of food high in carotenoids (31), more detailed information about the carotenoid composition of foodstuffs is desirable. 

Formulations of hydrogels and liopgels with vitamin E have been reported for use in cosmetics as a locally acting antiaging treatment because of the antioxidant effects of vitamin E. The formulation consists of olive oil and hydrogels containing 2% tocopherol (161). 

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