Supplementation with Evelle® improves skin smoothness and elasticity in a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study with 62 women

Abstract

Evelle can potentially improve visible signs of cutaneous ageing.

Can dietary intake influence perception of and measured appearance? A Systematic Review

“…In one study, 55% of participants reported frequent incidence of loose stools (1-3 times daily) after consuming a high dose of squalene (27g/day) [31]. In another study by Segger et al [37] four out of the 58 participants reported gastric discomfort after taking an oral supplement which contained Pycnogenol (10 mg), vitamin C (30 mg), vitamin E (5 mg), biotin (75 mg), selenium (25 mg), zinc (7.5 mg), bio-marine complex (50 mg), horsetail and dietary carotenoids (34 mg) and did not continue with the study. A further study [25] reported side effects of loose stools and upper respiratory tract infection after consuming either two supplement tablets daily which included 250mg green tea polyphenols or from having the placebo capsules.…”

“…Of seven studies that examined intakes of various supplements on skin structure and texture, four found significant improvements in skin 'roughness' [33,34,37,38] and three in skin elasticity [30,33,37]. Supplement intake from green tea and dietary supplements (with a variety of active ingredients) improved both skin elasticity and roughness whilst the intake of high flavonol cocoa improved skin roughness only [34].…”

“…Thirteen studies had two intervention arms (control/intervention) [25][26][27][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38], two had one arm [29] , one had three [39] and one had six intervention arms [28]. The majority of studies (15 out of 17) evaluated the effect of various dietary supplements with several active…”

“…Supplement 2 (B3/L3): 2 capsules containing 5mg natural tocopherol, 30mg ascorbic acid, 3mg β-carotene, 3mg lycopene. [37] To investigate whether supplementation with Evelle, may improve skin roughness and elasticity in women aged 45 years > over.…”

“…Polyphenols [27,39], Omega 3 fatty acids [27,32,39], carotenoids [21], [32,36], [27,37] , vitamins E [27,36,37,39] and C [36] [27,37], Lactobacillus (La1) probiotics [29], green tea polyphenols [25,30,33], squalene [31], red ginseng [26] , and flavanol cocoa [34], whilst only one measured the effect derived from whole foods [28] which used foods high in beta-carotene.…”