GorillaHead
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The answer selenium! I tested it out.
If you take retinol supplements your skin will dry out. But start consuming selenium! And bam oily within days or even less.
Here is some empirical data as well
Question is this a good thing actually. Perhaps retinol supplements should always be consumed with selenium
It seems selenium pushes vitamin A metabolism to more retinlhyde instead of retinol and apparently its as effective without the side effects.
If you take retinol supplements your skin will dry out. But start consuming selenium! And bam oily within days or even less.
Here is some empirical data as well
The interaction of selenoprotein F (SELENOF) with retinol dehydrogenase 11 (RDH11) implied a role of SELENOF in vitamin A metabolism - Nutrition & Metabolism
Background Selenoprotein F (SELENOF, was named as 15-kDa selenoprotein) has been reported to play important roles in oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and carcinogenesis. However, the biological function of SELENOF is still unclear. Methods A yeast two-hybrid system was used to...
nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com
Question is this a good thing actually. Perhaps retinol supplements should always be consumed with selenium
It seems selenium pushes vitamin A metabolism to more retinlhyde instead of retinol and apparently its as effective without the side effects.