Top 10 Foods For Healthy Skin

You are what you eat, so in order to have healthy skin you need to put healthy foods into your body. Some foods contain more vitamins and antioxidants than others. Your skin needs these powerful nutrients to look its best and stay healthy. The bonus is healthy skin is younger looking skin.

Free radicals from the sun and the environment around us can damage our skin. When we eat the right foods we can help minimize the damage done by our environment, and even help repair our skin from the damage of free radicals with important vitamins, essential oils, and antioxidants.

Here are ten of the best foods to maintain a healthy glow for your skin.

1. Berries are a tiny food with a powerful antioxidant punch, helping your skin fight off free radical damage from the sun.
2. Avocados are loaded with B-complex vitamins and essential fatty acids, giving avocados an anti inflammatory property. They’re also great for evening out red or blotchy skin.
3. Salmon and other fatty fish provide essential fatty acids that are important building blocks to healthy skin, maintaining cell membranes for younger healthier looking skin.
4. Whole grains contain selenium which is an important mineral for maintaining healthy skin.
5. Pressed Oils like canola and olive oil also provide healthy fats that are important maintaining healthy skin membranes. Your cell membranes hold water and help maintain the plump healthy look of your skin, and helps prevent wrinkles and age lines. Look for oils labeled cold pressed, expeller processed, or extra virgin. Other processed oils are heated to a high temperature, and may contain solvents which counteract the benefits of the oil.
6. Green Leafy Vegetables are loaded with vitamins, including zinc which are great for maintaining a healthy glow to your skin.
7. Sweet Potatoes are loaded with vitamin A (beta carotene) which does wonders to help create a great complexion.
8. Nuts like Almonds and Walnuts are loaded with essential fatty acids, can you say Omega 3?
9. Lemons and citrus contain vitamin C and bioflavonoids which help your body detoxify, and the support collagen in the skin, to help keep the skin firm and young looking.
10. Green tea contains polyphenols, which have strong anti inflammatory properties to help skin fight off free radicals, and prevent sun damage. Some studies even show that it may help fight off skin cancer.

When you’re shopping for these healthy foods, look for organic versions, with little or no processing. Fresh organic foods will help you get the oils, and antioxidants your skin needs, without adding any additional chemicals your body doesn’t need.

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