Vitamin D 'significantly' reduces skin redness and swelling, a new study has found.
And not only did it suppress inflammation, the 'sunshine vitamin' was also discovered to activate skin repair genes.
With participants who took a supplement an hour after a burn, the higher their vitamin d levels, the more the burn had healed 48 hours later.
The findings of the trial – the first of its kind – suggest vitamin D increases levels of an anti-inflammatory enzyme in skin.
Called arginase-1, it enhances tissue repair after damage and helps activate other anti-inflammatory proteins.
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ReplyDeleteThe study may have people flocking to vitamin supplement aisles, but Professor Lu stressed that the trial tested very high doses of vitamin D that far exceed daily allowances.
The Food and Drug Administration's recommended adult daily allowance for vitamin D is 400 IU.
Furthermore, according to the Mayo Clinic, taking 50,000 IU a day of vitamin D for several months has been shown to cause toxicity.
Despite widespread attention given to vitamin D deficiency, there is a lack of evidence that vitamin D is capable of resolving acute inflammation, say the researchers.
You get vitamin D from exposure to the sun, so when you get a burn just go out and sit in the sun some more.
ReplyDeleteTomatoes have a natural sunscreen too.
ReplyDeleteAfter 3 days it's gone..Just like if you didn't take vitamin D.
ReplyDeleteUse Alohe
ReplyDeleteEnd of story.