Re: PUFAs and wrinkly skin

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Suze wrote:.

(Thanks Sherry for posting this article in regards to pregnenalone!)

Suze,

My pleasure. I have learned so much from all of you, I am glad to contribute

what I can.

Sherry

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On Sat, 15 May 2004 21:54:00 -0400

" Suze Fisher " <s.fisher22@...> wrote:

> This is in reference to the discussion on what causes skin to wrinkle.

> had mentioned lowering PUFAs in the diet to avoid wrinkles. Ray Peat

> agrees.

>

>

> http://www.mercola.com/2001/mar/24/coconut_oil.htm

>

> More recently, a variety of studies have demonstrated that ultraviolet light

> induces peroxidation in unsaturated fats, but not saturated fats, and that

> this occurs in the skin as well as in the lab.

>

> Rabbit experiments, and studies of humans, showed that the amount of

> unsaturated oil in the diet strongly affects the rate at which aged,

> wrinkled skin develops.

>

> The unsaturated fat in the skin is a major target for the aging and

> carcinogenic effects of ultraviolet light, though not necessarily the only

> one.

>

Somewhere, in the vast reaches of cyberspace known as the "

archives " I actually posted a reference to one of the studies mentioned

in the quote from Peat.

Diet, not genetics, is the primary factor in the way the skin " handles "

the sun.

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> Diet, not genetics, is the primary factor in the way the

skin " handles "

> the sun.

My two cents to add:

I've been tanning for the last couple weeks with a tanning bed, for

the first time. I haven't *burned* really, but a couple times I've

gotten a very moderate pre-burning where I've gotten pink and will

feel discomfort if I scratch or rub my skin hard. It seems that it's

always happened on days where I haven't had a source of carotenes in

my diet for a few days (I generally eat piles of steamed kale in a

day, but sometimes have none for a little while), without much

variation in the time spent in the bed.

Chris