antioxidants

Weekend Wonderings: Why is Vitamin E sold in clear bottles if it’s light sensitive?

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In this post on anti-oxidants, Bridget asks: I’ve read that many antioxidants are light sensitive. They will quickly become inactivated with exposure to light. I know vitamin C is like this. That’s why C serums have to be packaged in opaque or amber bottles. I have read that vitamin E is also light sensitive. So...

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Combining anti-oxidants

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Is there any value in combining anti-oxidants in our creations? If we have a good anti-oxidant like Vitamin E, is there any point in including rosemary oleoresin (ROE) or other anti-oxidants?Yes. Rancidity happens in different ways (for the full post, click here). Anti-oxidants fight that rancidity in different ways – one might kill microbes that...

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