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Functional Foods in Dermatology

Functional foods, defined as whole foods that provide health benefits beyond their nutritional value, may provide multiple dermatologic benefits. Research studies have documented multiple benefits, including enhanced skin barrier function, improved wound healing, radiance, photoprotection, and hormo...

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Autores principales: Strouphauer, Emily, Parke, Milbrey, Perez-Sanchez, Ariadna, Tantry, Evelyne, Katta, Rajani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10656176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37992371
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1304a256
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Sumario:Functional foods, defined as whole foods that provide health benefits beyond their nutritional value, may provide multiple dermatologic benefits. Research studies have documented multiple benefits, including enhanced skin barrier function, improved wound healing, radiance, photoprotection, and hormonal regulation. Although the majority of research to date has involved small-scale human interventions or animal models, promising findings have been noted. A number of potential molecular mechanisms have been described, such as the ability of some foods to combat oxidative stress and thus reduce visible and histologic skin changes in response to UV radiation. Additional mechanisms have been described for wound healing, photo-carcinogenesis, and other outcomes. In this review, we discuss the potential dermatologic role of functional foods in order to advocate for larger-scale, evidence-based, human studies to expand this promising field.