| Sunflower oil is used for more than just cooking: it is | | | | happen to people who live in hot climates because of |
| also an excellent product for use as a natural skin | | | | the action of ultra-violet light in strong sunlight on their |
| care oil that imparts many benefits when rubbed into | | | | skin. UV generates small oxygenated molecules |
| your skin. For a start, it retains moisture, and in | | | | known as free radicals that destroy your skin cell |
| preventing your skin from drying out it helps to keep | | | | membranes. That makes your skin old looking and |
| wrinkles at bay and your skin looking youthful and | | | | wrinkled, and even causes these ugly brown liver |
| vibrantly healthy right from birth. | | | | spots. Sunflower oil destroys these free radicals as |
| Yes, from birth, because it is used in hospitals on the | | | | soon as they are formed and offers a high degree of |
| skin of premature babies to protect it from infections | | | | protection against sunlight and the other causes of |
| to which young children are susceptible when in | | | | free radical generation such as air pollution, tobacco |
| hospital, particular those born pre-term. How's that for | | | | smoke and pesticides. |
| an indication of how safe it is to use and how gentle it | | | | Sunflower oil also contains fatty acids that kill off |
| is on your skin? Yet it is extremely powerful at | | | | damaging bacteria on your skin, and the Vitamin D it |
| keeping away bacteria and maintaining youthful skin, | | | | contains supports your immune system to help prevent |
| and contains a rich mixture of vitamins and other | | | | inflammatory conditions such as acne. In addition to |
| natural substances that have a healthy effect on your | | | | their antioxidant properties, Vitamins C and E promote |
| skin and its pores. | | | | the growth of healthy new skin, and can rapidly repair |
| There is a lot more to sunflower oil than just that | | | | and damage any blemishes from which your skin is |
| however. It is what is referred to as | | | | prone to suffer, particularly during the cold winter |
| non-comedogenic, meaning that, unlike many other oily | | | | months, again helping to keep it looking youthful and |
| substances, it will not cause spots or pimples to form | | | | fresh. |
| when you rub it into your skin. It is very good for | | | | You can find sunflower oil in the ingredients list of |
| acne sufferers, especially if the traditional acne | | | | many expensive skin care products, including body |
| remedies have failed. It is very high in antioxidants, | | | | washes, lotions and soaps, and although the natural oil |
| particularly the antioxidant vitamins A, C and E, which | | | | itself is just as good as any of these expensive |
| prevent free radicals from damaging your skin and | | | | commercial products, it is better to use it in a purified |
| creating wrinkles and the appearance of premature | | | | form or along with other natural oils in mixtures |
| aging. | | | | designed to complement each other and make the |
| Nobody likes having tough leathery skin that looks | | | | best use of the skin care properties of each. |
| decades older than they really are, but that's what can | | | | |