Protecting Your Skin with Natural Certified Organic Canola Oil

 

Canola oil is a form of rapeseed containing a low saturated fat content, Vitamin E and Omega 3 fatty acids that are good for your heart. It also contains a low erucic acid content that gives it its name: Canadian Oil Low Acid.

 

Its main use is as a cooking oil, but it can be used as a skin care product due largely to its oily nature. Any natural oil, so long as it contains no components harmful to you, is better for your skin than most of the synthetic lotions purporting to be beneficial to you. These contain surfactants and other chemicals that many people are allergic to, and that can dry out your skin rather than moisturize it.

 

A surfactant is a chemical that allows the lotion spread more easily, and also enables oils to be emulsified with water to produce a product that is easily applied and washed off. If they can emulsify natural oils, they can also emulsify your protective skin oil, sebum that can then be easily washed off and leave your skin open to attack by various bacteria and chemicals leading to dermatitis.

 

Many so-called skin care products can also contain chemicals that are much worse, and cause serious skin conditions and diseases, and so it is generally far better for you to use a natural oil or butter on your skin rather than some chemical soup presented in the guise of a skin-care ‘lotion’.

 

Canola oil contains Vitamin E, a natural antioxidant that can help to protect your skin from the effects of damaging free radicals generated by excessive sunlight and pollution. Free radicals can rupture the membranes of your skin cell walls, and lead to wrinkling and premature aging. They are formed by the UV portion of sunlight and exposure to such pollutants as pesticides, traffic fumes, factory emissions and tobacco smoke, which is one reason why pale-skinned people raised in hot climates can tend to age quicker, their skin taking on a leathery look.

 

Vitamin E, or tocopherol as it is known chemically, destroys free radicals are they are formed, and prevents this from happening. Other antioxidant vitamins are A and C. While canola oil possesses antioxidant properties, it is true to say that practically any oil will make your skin feel smooth, and one of the benefits of using this oil is that it is safe to use on your skin. It is also marketed as a cooking oil, so has little potential for harm.

 

If you are seeking a skin care product that helps to protect your skin from the effects of exposure to the sun, and one that is safer for you to use than most commercial chemical concoctions, canola oil is the ideal solution. Rubbing it onto your skin will make it feel silky and smooth, and prevent that hot sun from creating havoc with all these free radicals that it can generate.