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Sun’s Out! Eat This To Avoid Wrinkling

May 14, 2009 by Yafa Sakkejha  
Filed under Anti Aging Articles, Featured

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isabelwatson2We all know that Vitamin E plays an important role in maintaining our skin’s beauty, and it is often assumed that almonds or olive oil are the best sources. While these two sources are abundant, they contain Vitamin E from the tocopherol family, which is less effective at preventing skin aging than its tocotrienol cousin.

Tocotrienols should be “our first line of defense” against preventing skin damage by the sun, according to dermatologist Dr Nicholas Perricone, MD, CNS.  It’s a powerful anti-oxidant, which has also been shown to contain anti-cancer properties.

The best sources of Tocotrienols are the following foods:

  • Cold-pressed palm oil
  • Cold-pressed rice bran oil
  • Cold-pressed coconut oil
  • Barley
  • Oats
  • Rye

When applied topically, tocotrienols absorb rapidly into the skin, enhancing the concentration and protection of Vitamin E that your body is getting.  We would strongly recommend against rubbing any of these oils on your skin before heading into the sun, since this increases your risk of burning. Instead, use coconut oil as a night cream, and your regular sunblock during the day.

Since we advocate a raw food diet at the House of Verona, we’d recommend that you buy raw, unprocessed forms of these foods, and to eat them without cooking, in order to keep the tocotrienols intact.

But how does one eat grains raw?

Raw barley, oats, and rye can be soaked for 6 to 8 hours until soft, and then either eaten with salads or cereals, or blended in with a morning shake.

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