How to do antioxidant to achieve twice the result with half the effort?
What exactly is antioxidant?
Simply put, antioxidant is the fight against free radicals
Free radicals are inherent in our bodies and there is no problem with them. However, sometimes our skin also produces some 'bad free radicals',
These bad free radicals are very aggressive and skilled at causing damage everywhere. They can react with the components of skin cells (including their DNA), destroy normal cells in the human body, and lead to cell death.
Under what circumstances can bad free radicals be generated?
one External causes: High energy ultraviolet rays enter the skin and break apart stable biomolecules, producing "free radicals"
two Internally caused: In order to obtain energy, cells burn glucose in their mitochondria, which are the main sites for aerobic respiration. This burning process generates "free radicals". As age increases, mitochondria age, leading to the leakage of "free radicals" that attack cells
How to fight against bad free radicals?
The human body has a natural defense system against free radicals, which is responsible for clearing free radicals and maintaining the normal order of cellular society.
For example, antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C, alpha lipoic acid, glutathione) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, are representatives of maintaining order
Choose different types of antioxidant products to resist oxidation day and night, achieving twice the result with half the effort
Preferred antioxidant ingredients during the day:
Protection is the main focus, fighting against UV free radicals (it's not that these ingredients can only be used during the day, it's just that they can work better when used during the day)
one ️⃣ Some active antioxidant components can tightly bind with free radicals before skin cells, sacrificing themselves and eliminating free radicals (represented by vitamin C and vitamin E)
2️⃣ Some antioxidant ingredients have UV absorption function, which can help prevent sunburn and maintain the stability of vitamin C and vitamin E, such as ferulic acid
3️⃣ There are also some that can help regenerate cells damaged by ultraviolet radiation, enhance the effectiveness of vitamin C and vitamin E, and are also good for daytime use (such as alpha lipoic acid), EUK-134）
Preferred antioxidant ingredients at night:
It focuses on repair and fights against free radicals generated by aging (not that these antioxidant ingredients can only be used at night, but that they will be better used at night when the budget is limited)
Provide assistance to mitochondria in producing energy to make our skin cells healthier (represented by coenzyme Q10, idebenone, and ergotamine)
Adiben is a good sisters of coenzyme Q10. The so-called "coenzyme" is a molecule that helps the "enzyme" work, but it is not an "enzyme" itself. In mitochondria, there are a large number of coenzymes involved in energy production.
Ergothioneine can penetrate deep into the mitochondria and exert antioxidant functions. Mitochondria produce energy and consume oxygen every day, and there are too many free radical wastes. Ergothionein is a perfect helper, keeping us full of energy and free radicals running away every day.
The "oxidation" effect of one or two days will not cause particularly obvious damage, but the damage of "oxidation" accumulates over time. If we do not resist this trend in daily life, the effect after several years will still be terrifying.
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