The etiology of vitiligo is complex, many influencing factors, most patients know that tyrosine, copper ions, minerals, vitamin C has a good or bad impact on vitiligo, but there is such a substance, also has an important impact on vitiligo, but it is rarely mentioned.
It's called Glutathione.
What is glutathione?
Glutathione is a small peptide substance composed of glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine, which is found in almost every cell in the body.
It has the effect of whitening skin and improving skin quality, and because it has good antioxidant effect and immune regulation effect on the human body, it is widely used in food, medicine, cosmetics and other fields.
Effect of glutathione on vitiligo
Influence melanin formation
Studies have shown that glutathione can prevent skin aging and pigmentation, reduce melanin formation, and improve skin antioxidant capacity.
Decreased tyrosinase activity
Free radicals can activate tyrosinase, while glutathione can remove free radicals, inhibit tyrosinase activation, reduce tyrosinase activity, thereby blocking the melanin transformation process, so that melanin synthesis tends to phaeomelanin, rather than the melanin that makes skin dark.
It has great influence on children with vitiligo
Glutathione is a substance that is born in the human body, and it is highest in the body during infancy and young children, and slowly decreases with age.
Skin melanin production in children is more affected by glutathione than in adults.
As one of the essential nutrients of the human body, glutathione also plays an important role in human health, it participates in more than 30 major biochemical reactions in the human body, has a good preventive effect on cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and inflammation, and can also reduce blood pressure, reduce inflammation, improve constipation, improve memory and so on.
White friends in the face of glutathione should also be treated like vitamin C, do not deliberately supplement, do not resolutely not eat, while maintaining the normal operation of the body, does not affect the development of vitiligo.
Glutathione for life
In the diet
There are many foods containing glutathione in daily life, of which more are Onions, garlic, tomatoes, asparagus, avocados, okra, broccoli, cherries, carrots, lamb, etc., especially yeast bread and other yeast fermented food, glutathione content is larger.
Glutathione is composed of three parts, of which glutamic acid and glycine can be absorbed by the body, but only cysteine is not, when it passes through the stomach, it will be digested and broken down, so the bioavailability of glutathione in the diet of the human body is relatively low.
Cooking and storage conditions can also reduce glutathione levels in food.
White friends do not have to be particularly taboo for glutathione in their daily diet, and pay attention to eating less food rich in glutathione.
In beauty products
Glutathione is one of the most widely used whitening ingredients. glutathione for skin
Whether it is skin care products, or whitening needles and other medical beauty products and whitening pills and other health food, you can see it.
Therefore, white friends, especially patients with facial vitiligo, should pay attention to the ingredient list when buying, and try to avoid buying products containing whitening ingredients.
