NUTRICOSMETICS: A NEW CONCEPT FOR HEALTH AND ITS BENEFITS IN THE AGING PROCESS

Abstract

Nutricosmetics are known as beauty pills, because they consist of oral supplements and have the purpose of nourishing the body with concentrated vitamins and other actives, especially antioxidants, in order to treat the skin “from the inside out”. The aim of this study is to address the action of nutricosmetics in combating skin aging caused by oxidative stress. This is an exploratory and qualitative bibliographic review. A bibliographic survey was carried out using the following databases: Virtual Health Library (VHL), Online Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLINE) and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), in addition to Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). The literature search resulted in a total of 85 articles. Of these 15 were excluded for presenting duplicity in the searches, 45 were excluded for not meeting the inclusion criteria, leaving 25 articles that addressed the action of nutricosmetics in combating skin aging caused by oxidative stress in this literature review. As the most relevant findings, this study pointed out that Nutricosmetics have antioxidant action and are able to prevent the action of free radicals in the skin aging process, as well as soften the oxidative processes and reduce the damage caused to cells. It is possible to conclude that the use of nutricosmetics brings benefits such as the improvement of skin aspects and helps in the treatment of skin disorders and tissue disorders.