NOW PABA - Vitamin Compound Review

Vitamins

2K 0 01/15/2019 (last revision: 05/22/2019)

PABA or PABA is a vitamin-like substance (group B). It is also called vitamin B10, H1, para-aminobenzoic or n-aminobenoic acid. This compound is found in folic acid (part of its molecule), and is also produced by the microflora of the large intestine.

The main function of this vitamin-like compound is to maintain the health and beauty of our skin, hair and nails. It is known that proper metabolism influences their condition much more strongly than cosmetics. Necessary products, including PABA, must take part in metabolism, then our skin will look young and fresh, and cosmetics cannot eliminate the cause, they only hide flaws.

Signs of lack of PABA in the body

• Poor condition of hair, nails and skin. The first - premature gray hair, loss.
• The emergence of dermatological diseases.
• Metabolic disorders.
• Fatigue, anxiety, exposure to stress and depression, irritability.
• Anemia.
• Hormonal disorders.
• Improper development in children.
• More frequent sunburn, hypersensitivity to ultraviolet rays.
• Low milk supply in nursing mothers.

Pharmacological properties of PABA

1. PABA prevents premature aging of the skin, the appearance of wrinkles, and improves its elasticity.
2. Protects the skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing sunburn and cancer. All this is possible by stimulating the production of melanin. In addition, vitamin B10 is needed for an even and beautiful tan.
3. Para-aminobenzoic acid maintains the health of our hair, ensures its growth, and preserves its natural color.
4. Thanks to it, folic acid is synthesized in the gastrointestinal tract, and this, in turn, promotes the formation of erythrocytes, is a factor in the growth of skin cells, mucous membranes and hair.
5. Protects the body from viruses by stimulating the synthesis of interferon.
6. Plays an important role in the production of RNA and DNA.
7. PABA helps the intestinal flora to produce folic acid. It is a “growth factor” for lacto- and bifidobacteria, Escherichia coli.
8. Normalizes female hormonal balance.
9. It has an antioxidant effect.
10. Provides the absorption of pantothenic acid.
11. Helps the thyroid gland.
12. Protects our body from intoxication with preparations of bismuth, mercury, arsenic, antimony, boric acid.

Release form

NOW Paba is available in packs of 100 500 mg capsules.

Composition

Other ingredients: gelatin (capsule), stearic acid, silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate.

Contains no sugar, salt, starch, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, soy, milk, eggs or preservatives.

Indications for taking PABA

• Scleroderma (an autoimmune disease of the connective tissue).
• Post-traumatic joint contractures.
• Dupyutren's contracture (scar changes and shortening of the tendons of the palm).
• Peyronie's disease (scarring of the corpora cavernosa of the penis).
• Vitiligo (pigmentation disorder, which is expressed in the disappearance of melanin pigment in some areas of the skin).
• Folic acid deficiency anemia.
• Climax.

Also, doctors recommend taking PABA additionally in case of a deficiency of this compound, the signs of which we have listed in the corresponding section. This includes, among other things, a lack of milk in nursing mothers, growth retardation and developmental delay in children, disturbances in the work of the gastrointestinal tract, easy and fast fatigue, poor skin condition, etc.

Interestingly, vitamin B10 is found in many shampoos, creams, hair balms, sunscreens. It is also contained in Novocain.

How to use

The supplement is taken in a capsule per day during meals. It is forbidden to take PABA simultaneously with sulfa and sulfur-containing drugs.

Price

700-800 rubles for a pack of 100 capsules.

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