Tag Archives: vitamin e

How to treat sun burn

| July 11, 2018

Whether you’re enjoying this amazing weather or are about to head off on holiday, the chances are you’re going to get sun burnt. So, what should you do to help repair and heal your skin? Our experts explain.   No matter how good you are with the SPF and the hat, you know it’s pretty much inevitable – at least once every summer you’re going to let your sunscreen guard down and get burnt. As we know the sun can do some serious long-term damage to your skin. The UVB rays are the ones that are  responsible for a sun…

Vitamin supplements: helpful or harmful?

| April 3, 2017

We spend more than £420 million a year on vitamin supplements that are supposed to improve our health, but are they really helping? Dr Hannah Sweillam investigates. Recent years have seen an increase in the use of vitamin supplements and now as many as two thirds of adults (65%) take some form of vitamin or supplement.  There’s no denying that vitamin deficiency can lead to illness and that in these circumstances, vitamin supplements can be beneficial. The real question, though, is whether vitamin supplements are of any benefit to healthy individuals? There seems to be a perception among the general population…

A gift for your skin: Vitamin C, E and Ferulic acid

| December 23, 2016

It’s a combination you see more often in skincare these days, but what are Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Ferulic Acid and how do they help your skin? Danial Judd finds out. The combination of vitamin C, vitamin E and Ferulic acid is a popular and powerful choice in the field of photoprotection – products that defend your skin from the aging effects of sun light. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a vital part of anyone’s diet. It’s a small sugar molecule made out of glucose but the human body can’t perform this conversion so we need…