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Retinyl palmitate, Retinyl acetate, Beta-carotene all become the same substance in your body: retinol..
Foreign products often contain retinyl palmitate at relatively affordable prices,, so foreign products are advantageous if you prioritize value for money..
If you don't smoke, beta-carotene is the safest choice, and, if you're a smoker, you must avoid beta-carotene..

Hello, I'm Eojungi from ì½ì..

Have you ever gone to buy vitamin A and been startled in front of the ingredient label, thinking "What is all this!"??

Retinyl palmitate, retinyl acetate, beta-carotene... Just looking at these names feels difficult and complicated..

However, in fact, these names have exactly one thing in common..

All three ultimately become retinol, or vitamin A, in our bodies.!

Today, let's learn about those differences..

레티닐 팔미테이트, 레티닐 아세테이트, 베타카로틴... 이름만 봐도 뭔가 어렵고 복잡하죠? 약사가 알려드릴게요!

The term 'retinyl' is actually not difficult.

Retinyl palmitate and retinyl acetate. have different names, but they do the same job..

Both quickly convert to retinol when they enter your body and function as vitamin A..

These ingredients are primarily obtained from animals. They are stored in high concentrations in the livers of whales and marine fish, so they can also be consumed through food..

If the ingredient label 'liver oil'says 'fish liver oil,' it means natural retinol extracted from fish liver..

Nowadays, the trend is to use direct synthesis methods,, but there is no difference in function..

So what's the difference between palmitate and acetate??

Retinyl palmitate is slightly more resistant to light and heat and more stable..

You can understand it as having superior properties for remaining unchanged and lasting longer..

However, the price is somewhat higher..

Retinyl acetate also performs sufficiently as vitamin A, but is somewhat inferior in stability..

비타민A 제품에서 어떤 레티닐 에스터인지 명확히 표기되지 않은 제품은 구매를 피하는 것이 좋습니다.

There's one more thing to check here.. Sometimes the product ingredient label 'only says 'retinyl ester''..

In fact, both retinyl palmitate and retinyl acetate can be called retinyl esters..

Just like poodles and Shih Tzus are both 'dogs.'. It's best to avoid buying products where the specific type of retinyl ester is not clearly labeled..

👉 If you're unsure how important labeling is when choosing supplements,, ["How ì½ì Evaluates Omega-3"]read together with that article..

You can see specifically what to look for on ingredient labels through concrete examples.!

Beta-carotene, Vitamin A from Plants

Beta-carotene is a substance found abundantly in plants like carrots and pumpkins..

When it enters your body, it converts to vitamin A. Substances like this that enter the body and convert to vitamin A are called provitamin A)..

There is one decisive difference between these and the retinyl family.. Beta-carotene doesn't convert further when your body already has enough vitamin A..

Because of this 'self-regulating' function, even if you consume a lot of beta-carotene, vitamin A toxicity rarely appears..

Of course, eating a lot can cause digestive discomfort or slightly yellowing of the skin..

However, this is a temporary change that gradually returns to normal when you reduce intake. It doesn't cause major problems for your body.!

베타카로틴은 많이 먹어도 비타민 A 과잉 독성이 거의 나타나지 않습니다.

👉 If you're curious about fat-soluble vitamins with antioxidant effects like vitamin A,, ["Vitamins C and E and Inner Beauty"]is also worth reading next..

You can connect and understand how ingredients from the same family are involved in skin and aging..

If you're a smoker, you must avoid beta-carotene.

There is one important exception here..

For smokers, beta-carotene intake can be risky..

In large-scale studies of smokers,, high-dose beta-carotenetaken long-term increased the incidence of lung cancerin the group, and this result has been repeatedly confirmed..

If you're a smoker considering beta-carotene for eye health, instead lutein and zeaxanthinwould be a better choice..

Unlike beta-carotene, these two are known not to affect lung cancer incidence in smokers..

Retinol also has less impact on lung cancer incidence in smokers compared to beta-carotene, but it's best to avoid high-dose long-term use..

One more thing to add: this risk 'occurs in the case of 'smoking + high-dose supplements'..

Beta-carotene naturally ingested from food is not distinctly linked to this risk..

So, which ingredient should you choose??

The ingredient I recommend is retinyl palmitate & beta-carotene..

약사가 추천하는 비타민A 구입시 성분은 레티닐 팔미테이트 & 베타카로틴입니다.

Most domestic products use retinyl acetate,while, foreign productscommonly use retinyl palmitate..

⭐️Since foreign products often provide retinyl palmitate at relatively affordable prices,, I recommend choosing foreign products with retinyl palmitate at good value..

국내 비타민A 제품 대부분은 레티닐 아세테이트를 사용하고, 해외 제품은 레티닐 팔미테이트를 많이 씁니다.

If you don't smoke, I'd like to recommend beta-carotene even more.!

Even if you accidentally consume excess amounts, vitamin A toxicity barely appears..

The perspective of looking at how ingredients work inside your body rather than their different namesâthis viewpoint you learned with vitamin A today applies directly to other supplements as well..

👉 ["Comparing Active Folate and Regular Folate"]will give you another chance to practice choosing supplements in the same way..

At first, retinyl and beta-carotene probably just looked like similar-sounding names..

But now, don't they look a bit different??

That all three ultimately become retinol, but take different paths and require special caution for certain people..

If after reading today's article, ingredient labels start to look different in your eyes, I'd be delighted..

This was Eojungi from ì½ì.!

비타민A, 이왕이면 레티닐 팔미테이트가 가성비 있게 담긴 해외 제품을 선택하는 것을 추천드려요!