How to Prevent Acne and Get Fresh Skin With Super Skin Diet
More than anything, it's your diet that makes your skin what it is--oily and pimply or smooth and supple.
Dermatologists say the following are "super foods' when it come to skin care.
Eat a lot of these consistently, and you WILL see improvement of your skin.
Strawberries: A rich source of vitamin C, the vitamin critical to the formation of collagen, which is key element of the connective tissue that keeps skin firm.
Vitamin C also helps prevent the tiny capillaries beneath the skin's surface from breaking and promotes healing of wounds.
One cup of strawberries provides over 125% of recommended dietary allowances of vitamin C.
They also contain healthy amounts of potassium, which helps regulate the body's water balance.
Finally, strawberries contain are loaded with iron and fiber.
Parsley: This little sprig, which most considers a mere decoration for the plate, is easily the most underrated, if not unknown, healthy skin food.
Each sprig of parsley contains folic acid, which helps keep skin tone vibrant.
Folic acid plays a key role in the formation of healthy red blood cells.
In fact, a pale, sallow complexion is a signs of folic acid deficiency anemia.
A half cup of parsley delivers your entire daily need for folic acid along with a substantial helping of vitamin C.
Paresley is too bitter to eat on its own, but you can sprinkle it in your salad or blend it into your drinks.
Chicken: low-calorie skin-rich proteins Low-fat, white chicken meat gives you a complete array of amino acids which fuel the growth of fresh new skin cells.
Chicken also has niacin, the B vitamin that helps all cells obtain the energy they need to stay healthy.
Just a 3-ounce serving of chicken provides half your daily need for niacin.
Papaya: Papaya is loaded with an essential skin element: vitamin A.
A medium size papaya contains 6,122 lU's of vitamin A, which is one of the vitamins that most directly contribute to keeping skin's texture youthful.
It also helps your skin fight of infections.
Papaya's have the additional advantage of being rich in vitamin C, potassium, and bone-strengthening calcium.
Finally, they are low calorie.
Oats: Few foods are better for you and your skin than whole oats.
The grain gives you two kind of fiber -- insoluble and soluble.
Insoluble fiber keeps you regular and soluble fiber helps stabilize your blood-sugar level.
Imbalances in blood sugar show up on your skin.
Oats keep you on an even keel and keeps nutrition flowing to your skin at all times.
Tomato: Rich in vitamin C and A, tomatoes can only be nothing but good for your skin.
They also contain high amounts of niacin and fiber -- both skin friendly attributes.
Oysters: Delicious oysters contain a super vital skin nutrient -- zinc.
Zinc helps skin three ways: (1) It delivers vitamin A to skin tissue (2) It rids your skin of carbon dioxide (3)11 helps protein synthesis for skin-cell renewal.
Too little zinc in your diet can actually cause your skin to dry and become scaley and red.
Additionally, eating oysters gives you copper, essential for the formation of healthy red blood cells that nourish skin.
Carrots: If it's orange, eat it.
That's a good rule to live by for excellent skin health.
(Of course, by orange, we don't mean candy or cheese)! Orange vegetables, like carrots and sweet potatoes, are truck-loads of beta-carotene, which your body converts to skin smoothing vitamin A.
Just one carrot has double the RDA for vitamin A.
It's fiber rich and fat-free.
Yogurt: For skin, yogurt almost has it all: protein, zinc.
folic acid, B12 and riboflavin, which helps provide energy to skin cells.
What it doesn't have is vitamins A and C -- but just add fruit, such as strawberries, and you've got the perfect skin food.
Broccoli: If vegetables were movies, broccoli would deserve the Oscar for best picture vegetable every year.
One of the most healthy foods on the planet, broccoli has been proven to be an anti-cancer agent.
It contains high levels of vitamin C, vitamin A, B vitamins, Iron, calcium and fiber.
You just can't eat enough of this stuff for your skin...
and your total well being! Honorable mention super skin foods: Potatoes, watercress, mangoes, turkey, whole-grain breads, spinach, fish, cantaloupe.
Dermatologists say the following are "super foods' when it come to skin care.
Eat a lot of these consistently, and you WILL see improvement of your skin.
Strawberries: A rich source of vitamin C, the vitamin critical to the formation of collagen, which is key element of the connective tissue that keeps skin firm.
Vitamin C also helps prevent the tiny capillaries beneath the skin's surface from breaking and promotes healing of wounds.
One cup of strawberries provides over 125% of recommended dietary allowances of vitamin C.
They also contain healthy amounts of potassium, which helps regulate the body's water balance.
Finally, strawberries contain are loaded with iron and fiber.
Parsley: This little sprig, which most considers a mere decoration for the plate, is easily the most underrated, if not unknown, healthy skin food.
Each sprig of parsley contains folic acid, which helps keep skin tone vibrant.
Folic acid plays a key role in the formation of healthy red blood cells.
In fact, a pale, sallow complexion is a signs of folic acid deficiency anemia.
A half cup of parsley delivers your entire daily need for folic acid along with a substantial helping of vitamin C.
Paresley is too bitter to eat on its own, but you can sprinkle it in your salad or blend it into your drinks.
Chicken: low-calorie skin-rich proteins Low-fat, white chicken meat gives you a complete array of amino acids which fuel the growth of fresh new skin cells.
Chicken also has niacin, the B vitamin that helps all cells obtain the energy they need to stay healthy.
Just a 3-ounce serving of chicken provides half your daily need for niacin.
Papaya: Papaya is loaded with an essential skin element: vitamin A.
A medium size papaya contains 6,122 lU's of vitamin A, which is one of the vitamins that most directly contribute to keeping skin's texture youthful.
It also helps your skin fight of infections.
Papaya's have the additional advantage of being rich in vitamin C, potassium, and bone-strengthening calcium.
Finally, they are low calorie.
Oats: Few foods are better for you and your skin than whole oats.
The grain gives you two kind of fiber -- insoluble and soluble.
Insoluble fiber keeps you regular and soluble fiber helps stabilize your blood-sugar level.
Imbalances in blood sugar show up on your skin.
Oats keep you on an even keel and keeps nutrition flowing to your skin at all times.
Tomato: Rich in vitamin C and A, tomatoes can only be nothing but good for your skin.
They also contain high amounts of niacin and fiber -- both skin friendly attributes.
Oysters: Delicious oysters contain a super vital skin nutrient -- zinc.
Zinc helps skin three ways: (1) It delivers vitamin A to skin tissue (2) It rids your skin of carbon dioxide (3)11 helps protein synthesis for skin-cell renewal.
Too little zinc in your diet can actually cause your skin to dry and become scaley and red.
Additionally, eating oysters gives you copper, essential for the formation of healthy red blood cells that nourish skin.
Carrots: If it's orange, eat it.
That's a good rule to live by for excellent skin health.
(Of course, by orange, we don't mean candy or cheese)! Orange vegetables, like carrots and sweet potatoes, are truck-loads of beta-carotene, which your body converts to skin smoothing vitamin A.
Just one carrot has double the RDA for vitamin A.
It's fiber rich and fat-free.
Yogurt: For skin, yogurt almost has it all: protein, zinc.
folic acid, B12 and riboflavin, which helps provide energy to skin cells.
What it doesn't have is vitamins A and C -- but just add fruit, such as strawberries, and you've got the perfect skin food.
Broccoli: If vegetables were movies, broccoli would deserve the Oscar for best picture vegetable every year.
One of the most healthy foods on the planet, broccoli has been proven to be an anti-cancer agent.
It contains high levels of vitamin C, vitamin A, B vitamins, Iron, calcium and fiber.
You just can't eat enough of this stuff for your skin...
and your total well being! Honorable mention super skin foods: Potatoes, watercress, mangoes, turkey, whole-grain breads, spinach, fish, cantaloupe.
