OK, so I’ve spruiked the importance of maintaining a nutritious diet for the sake of your skin before. What can I say? Here I go again - I make no apologies.
Quite frankly I don’t care how much money a girl has, how many treatments she might indulge in or how many products she has on her bathroom shelf, if she starves herself or exists on nothing but fast food, there is zero chance of her having a faultless complexion. Instead, her skin cells are likely to be dry, weak and/or inflamed, making for a ruddy, crepey, flaky face. Euwww!
So just what should we be eating in order to maintain plumpness and elasticity and fight the signs of aging? Well, I’m glad you asked. According to
Alive magazine we must include the following nutrients in our diet on a regular, if not daily, basis.
Vitamin A (found in carrots, oily fish, egg yolks, broccoli, rockmelon, sweet potato, pumpkin, mango and papaya) protects skin against the harmful affects of the sun. It also helps keep skin moist and looking youthful.
Vitamin B (found in dairy products, almonds, mushrooms and green vegetables) smoothes dry and flaky skin.
Vitamin C (found in berries, capsicum, spinach, cabbage, broccoli and citrus fruits) builds collagen, moisturises the skin and smoothes wrinkles.
Vitamin E (found in almonds, hazelnuts and dark green leafy vegetables) soothes inflammation and acne and restores dry, rough skin to it’s youthful best.
Flaxseed (try ground flaxseeds, LSA or flaxseed oil) full of Vitamin E, repairs skin tissue, healing wounds and scars.
Essential Fatty Acids (found in soy beans, salmon, walnuts and fish oil) softens the skin, fights acne and helps to reduce the look of cellulite.
Zinc (found in eggs, whole grain cereals, brown rice, seeds and dark green leafy vegetables) wards off acne and other skin conditions such as eczema.
So, off you go; make a bee-line for your local grower’s market - NOW! - and stock up on some skin food. Go on; get glowing!