Can oral sodium hyaluronate open the "beauty era"?

With the upgrading of domestic beauty trends, the form of beauty has also extended from "external application" to "internal application"

Consumer market reputation is polarized

A few days ago, it was found on the e-commerce platform that products such as milk tea, soft candy, yogurt, and mineral water containing sodium hyaluronate, which are especially aimed at female consumer groups, are constantly being renovated, focusing on the economy of appearance

Liu Lihong, a member of the Standing Committee of the Facial Rejuvenation Branch of the China Plastic and Cosmetic Association and the former deputy chief physician of the Laser Plastic Surgery Center of the Army General Hospital, introduced that sodium hyaluronate, also known as hyaluronic acid, is widely present in the placenta, amniotic fluid, lens, articular cartilage, and skin and dermis tissue

"Relevant data are extremely limited.

Consumers are shopping for sodium hyaluronate food in a supermarket in Beijing

Regarding the efficacy, safety, and user groups of oral sodium hyaluronate, Liu Lihong conducted a further interpretation

"Collagen is the main component of connective tissue, accounting for 1/5 of the total protein in the human body, and its content is as high as 70% in the skin

Liu Lihong introduced that according to a study published in the nutrition journal "Nutrients", an experimental evaluation of 40 healthy Asians who took sodium hyaluronate orally showed that the experimenters ingested 120 mg of hyaluronic acid per day for 12 consecutive weeks.

Can oral sodium hyaluronate be absorbed by the body? What are the effects on human skin? This has always been a key controversy in the polarization of word of mouth in the consumer market

The efficacy of eating sodium hyaluronate still needs clinical evidence to support

From the current market product classification, sodium hyaluronate can be roughly divided into three categories: sodium hyaluronate for injection, smear-type sodium hyaluronate and oral sodium hyaluronate

Sodium hyaluronate is an ideal biomedical material and has been used in the field of medicine for decades

Compared with sodium hyaluronate for injection, most of the smear-type sodium hyaluronate belongs to the category of cosmetics and is allowed to be added to cosmetic ingredients

Regarding the newly emerging oral sodium hyaluronate products in the market, Liu Lihong reminded consumers to be cautious

(Xu Yangchen)

"China Food News" (September 08, 2021, 06 edition)

(Editor in charge: Zhu Meiqiao)