| If you want healthy skin, you eat a healthy diet. | | | | whole grains, nuts and mushrooms. This trace mineral |
| Healthy skin is an essential part of health and natural | | | | helps maintain collagen and elastin fibers that give skin |
| beauty. Diet plays an important role in maintaining the | | | | its firmness, helping to prevent sagging and wrinkles. |
| health of the skin. Diet should supply all the nutrients | | | | Creams containing B vitamins can give skin an almost |
| needed to build health, namely, protein, | | | | instant healthy glow while hydrating cells and |
| carbohydrates, fats, essential fatty acids and all the | | | | increasing overall tone at the same time. Selenium is a |
| essential vitamins and minerals. Choose foods with | | | | mineral antioxidant that will help minimized the |
| plenty of B vitamins like B-2 and B-3. These foods | | | | damage of ultraviolet lights. Large amount of water, |
| convert calories into energy for metabolism and are | | | | liquids, juices etc must be taken to reduce dryness |
| components of enzymes that maintain normal skin | | | | of the intestine and drain blow out of the blood |
| function. Vitamin C works by reducing the damage | | | | through urine. Fruit juice such as grapes, lemon, etc. is |
| caused by free radicals, a harmful byproduct of | | | | also recommended. Drink Plenty of Water. Spicy, |
| sunlight, smoke, and pollution. Fish contains oils that | | | | very hot, oily, fried and highly flavored food must be |
| will help nourish your skin. This diet includes fish | | | | avoided and thus junk food, fast food from outside |
| options at lunch and dinner to add luster and softness | | | | must be avoided. |
| to your complexion. | | | | Healthy Skin Diet Tips |
| The vitamins of the B group are important in | | | | 1. Vitamin B1 aids skin health by helping to keep the |
| producing beautiful skin. Vitamin E to protect your | | | | circulation normal. |
| cells against free radicals. This is a powerful | | | | 2. Vitamin B helps to retain moisture, assists in the |
| antioxidant that helps slow the aging of skin cells and | | | | prevention of skin cancer and has anti-aging abilities. |
| promote healthy skin. Vitamin E helps promote great | | | | 3. Vitamin B6 or pyridoxine deficiency can result in |
| skin, which is why this diet includes nuts such as | | | | dermatitis or eczema. |
| hazelnuts and almonds -- which are high in vitamin E -- | | | | 4. Vitamin C works by reducing the damage caused |
| as snacks. Foods rich in vitamin E include almonds, | | | | by free radicals. |
| hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, broccoli, wheat germ, | | | | 5. Zinc is for boosting the immune system and |
| peanuts and vegetable oils. Vitamin A is essential for | | | | promoting optimum health. |
| healthy skin. This diet includes plenty of dark orange | | | | 6. Selenium is a mineral antioxidant that will help |
| (carrots, sweet potatoes, winter squash) and dark | | | | minimized the damage of ultraviolet lights. |
| green (broccoli, spinach, kale) vegetables -- all of | | | | 7. Drink at least more water 6-8 times a day. |
| which are high in vitamin A. Zinc is for boosting the | | | | 8. No smoking and alcohol. Avoid junk food and fast |
| immune system and promoting optimum health. | | | | food. |
| Zinc can be found in eggs, seafood, turkey, pork, | | | | |