YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Even though Fatty Salty and greasy foods are a direct threat to your skin a good balanced diet can do wonders for it. Your skin and your skin health is a balance between moisture, oils, vitamins and minerals so if you can replicate this in your diet you’ll be one step ahead.
- Drink plenty of filtered water even through out winter. During winter there is a higher level of airborne toxins and free radicals. As it’s not as hot most people don’t drink quarter the amount of water required During the summer most people don’t drink half the daily required amount. Filtered water is best dependant on where you live and the quality of the water. If there is a high chlorine content in you water supply this can cause skin problems to sensitive skins.
- Drinking water is a vital aspect of beautiful skin it aids the retention of skin moisture and also helps detox the body of waste and toxins. Drinking 2-3 litres of water a day is the best way to revitalise dry, dull skin and will eventually lead firmer, smoother, more youthful skin.
- Eat a balanced diet using the healthy eating pyramid suggests. Keep saturated fats, salts, sugars, alcohols a minimum. They are all very low in nutritional value and help upset the balance of the skin.
Get your vitamins.
- Vitamin A is excellent for stimulating skin repair. Some good sources of vitamin A are eggs, liver, milk, apricots, nectarines.
- Vitamin C helps produce collagen and strengthen the skin. Vitamin C is present in most fresh fruits so eat plenty of blackcurrants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwi fruits, oranges, apples, papaya, strawberries
- Vitamin E helps maintain your bodies tissues and is important in the production of red blood cells. Vitamin E is commonly found in wholegrain foods leafy vegetables and nuts.
- Essential Fatty Acids These are responsible healthy cell membranes which allow nutrients in but keep toxins out. Essential fatty acid also reduce the bodies production of inflammatory agents. Good sources of essential fatty acids are fish, walnuts, sunflower seeds, canola oil, avocado and leafy vegetables.
- Also foods which contain sulphur, zinc, beta carotene, and iron are all excellent minerals for the skin
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