Your skin is the indicator of your health. You may love expensive creams and lotions, and they may help the appearance of your skin, but outside treatments can’t cure problems (e.g., acne, wrinkles, dryness) caused by nutritional deficiencies. Eating the right foods – and avoiding the wrong ones – is the safe and effective way to truly beautiful , healthy skin.
The following is a list of the top five foods that help maintain healthy skin and solve a number of already existing skin problems.
1. Green Tea: The polyphenols in green tea reactivate dying skin cells and eliminate cancer-causing free radicals from your body. Green tea is chock full of antioxidants which protect cell membranes and reduce inflammation. It can even help reduce sunburn damage which reduces your risk of skin cancer.
2. Salmon: Salmon, other fatty fish, walnuts, and flaxseed are high in fatty acids which are key for healthy skin. Essential fatty acids like omega-3 help cell membranes by protecting them from harmful substances, allowing nutrients in, and allowing waste products out as well as helping to reduce the production of inflammatory agents that can cause skin damage.
Omega-3 is essential to maintaining the natural beauty of your skin and the American diet does not include enough. The recommended ratio of omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids is 1:1 but the ratio of the American diet is 20:1.
3. Blueberries: Antioxidants are essential in a healthy diet and many experts consider blueberries to be the best source of them. Antioxidants, along with the phytochemicals in blueberries, neutralize the free radicals in the body that cause skin damage.
4. Carrots: A lack of vitamin A can lead to dry skin and carrots are an excellent source of this vitamin, as well as those important antioxidants. Vitamin A helps maintain your skin’s cells.
5. Water: Pure, clean water rejuvenates your skin’s cells by hydrating them and eliminating toxins. For younger-looking, healthy skin drink plenty of water! The water in caffeinated beverages, such as tea, coffee and soft drinks, does not count.
Eating healthy is essential to maintain the health of your skin. Eating healthy includes eating the proper foods as well as avoiding the wrong ones. For healthy-looking skin it is recommended to avoid white flour, sugar and saturated fats. Fried foods are not good for you in any way, but as far as your skin is concerned they are especially bad as they can lead to acne and other unsightly skin conditions by trapping bacteria and oil beneath your skin.
Natalie MacBride wants to look good as much as you do and has been researching the most healthy and natural ways of achieving that. Check out her blog at Easy Natural Beauty.
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