Ferulic acid is an essential compound present in many plants and natural food items like sweet corn, tomatoes as well as and rice bran. It has the effect of certain antioxidant properties helpful for human health. Proper doses of Ferulic acid increase good health condition and fight certain diseases when ingested into human body. It has the anti aging effect and thus used in treating as a skin care product.
Laboratory experiments and researches shows that ferulic acid’s proved to be effective in potential health benefits that comes from researches conducted on animal life. Though it is not wholly clinically proven but it has some health benefit in treating some serious physical conditions:
Firstly, it acts as a remedy to maintain the blood pressure under control. A rat test proved that ferulic acid is helpful in lowering down blood pressure through widening of the blood vessels. It also has been seen that ferulic acid helps in improving the function and structure of blood vessels, kidneys, heart and liver.
A Phytotherapy study in the year of 2004 signify that ferulic acid prove helpful in controlling acute diabetes. A rat research shows the result that the substance enhances antioxidant capacity in the animal body and in this way it is advantageous to regulate blood sugar level. A study in 2012 found that a proportion combination of ferulic acid and resveratrol improve the lever damage, kidney function and pancreas.
If consumed in proper doses in the form of dietary supplement, ferulic acid is helpful for treating the severe health conditions like diabetes, heart disease, increased blood pressure, high level of cholesterol, menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis. It also useful in slowing down the aging process, treats cancer and prevent other Alzheimer’s disease. For derma, it can be directly applied to treat sun damage as well as aging symptoms such as fine lines and wrinkles. A typical antioxidant mixture of ferulic acid with phloretin and vitamin C is useful for safeguard the skin from the damaging effects of exposure ultraviolet rays of the sun. Even research proved that a perfect blend of vitamin C, ferulic acid, and vitamin E may facilitate to fight against sun-induced damage caused to human skin through reducing oxidative stress.
Still because of lack of research, less can be said about the safety of the use of ferulic acid. However, self treating of any serious disease with the application of ferulic acid may cause serious health consequences.
Ferulic acid can be available widely in various drugstores, some natural-foods stores and often stores specializing in natural products. People also order it over the web and go for online purchase. While ferulic acid used for skin is easily available in specialty beauty stores.
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