Ingredient 101: Vitamin F

Vitamin F is best known as essential fatty acids. This wonder ingredient is composed of two basic categories: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Omega-6 Fatty Acids. It helps to keep nails and skin supple, and when you don’t have enough of it in your diet, skin tends to dry up and is prone to bruising, while nails end up thin and brittle.

It’s important to note that the human body can’t produce Vitamin F, so it needs to come from your diet or be applied topically. You can find Omega-6 in raw nuts, seeds, legumes, grape seed oil, and flaxseed oil. On the other hand, Omega-3 is found in fatty fish (like salmon or cod), canola oil and walnut oil.

Topically, it is known by these names: linoleic acid and linolenic acid. These oleic acids all have moisture-replenishing, hydrating, and often antioxidant properties for our skin.

Here are some products carried by Calyxta that contain Vitamin F!