Saturday, January 29, 2011

Foods for healthy, glowing skin


Do you want healthy glowing skin?
Yes. How to get healthy skin? It isn't just about your skin care routine, and what creams you use. You can be slathering of expensive serums and creams, but if you are still eating sugary and fast foods regularly, they're not going to do much for your skin.


Cutting fatty and fast foods will benefit your skin greatly, but eating lots of fruits and vegtables, drinking lots of water will not only keep your skin looking radiant, it can also benefit your health. Being healthy on the inside is just as inportant as bein g healthy on he outside. Here are some foods that are not only good for your health, but for your skin as well.
These are foods that i eat/drink on a regular basis, so I'm not going to put some random and rare food on the list that are great for your skin bu no one has heard of them and no one can find when hey go to the supermarket to buy them . I'm not going to include water because well... everyone drinks water, and nearly EVRYONE knows that its good fro your skin, if you didn't, then I'm telling you now. :)

Tomatoes and cherry tomatoes
Tomatoes are high in lycopene, a antioxidant. Antioxidants are good for your skin because they help combat free-radicals - caused by the sun and can lead to wrinkles and fine lines. Lycopene also protects your skin from UV damage. No, that doesn't mean you can just eat loads of tomatoes and not apply sunscreen. :)

Green Tea
Green tea is high in catechin antioxidants, which help fight free-radicals. Green tea also fights damage caused by UV rays. Scientist have also found out that green tea can prevent and lower the risk of skin cancer, drinking lemon with it boosts its anti cancer properties. Green tea can also rejeuvenate skin cells, keeping your skin looking radiant. Green tea has a powerful anti-redness effect, so if your skin is sensitive or prone to redness, green tea will help soothe the redness.

Oranges
Oranges are a great source of Vitamin C (anti-oxidants), one orange (130g) supplies nearly 100% of your daily Vitamin C intake. The albedo (white thing between the peel and actual orange) provides lots of fibre and anti-cancer agents.
Oranges are a good source of vitamin A, the B vitamins, amino acids, beta-carotene, pectin, potassium, folic acid, calcium, iodine, phosphorus, sodium, zinc, manganese, chlorine and iron.

Cranberries and Cranberry Juice
Cranberries are high in Vitamin C, which help boost collagen and keep your skin looking young. Cranberries also improve blood circulation, which will help prevent cholestrol. Cranberries can also improve your eyesight, due to anti-oxidant properties,
the flavonoids help to repair nervous cells in the retina, therefore helping your night vision. It can anti-cancer properties, as there're high amounts of clorogenic acid.

Blueberries
Blueberries are rich in anti-oxidants (agian!!) -considered by many to contain the higest amount of anti-oxidants- because the dye that makes the blueberries blue contain powerful anti-oxidants. They are also an excellent source of soluble and insoluble fibre, vitamnin C, mangenese, vitamin E and riboflavin.







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