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Improve Your Skin by Selecting the Right Foods and Nutrients



Improve your skin by feeding it from the inside out!

To keep your skin looking great, eat more of the foods that supply your body with the nutrients it needs to regenerate skin cells.

The old saying that you are what you eat is right on the money when it comes to your skin!

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As you grow older, this becomes even more important. Your body and skin changes over time so you need to replenish the nutrients you lose if possible.

As women, we have been conditioned to feeding our skin from the outside in. Think about all the creams, lotions, serums, and ointments you’ve tried over the years to replenish your skin. One way to take care of and improve your skin is to eat the right foods for your blood type!

Your skin is actually the largest organ of your body and it needs you to help maintain its integrity. Take a good look at your skin and see how much area it actually occupies. Its quite massive and needs tender loving care to last you a lifetime.

Clear skin is largely determined by genetics, but its also a reflection of how much time and effort you take to actually nurture it. Daily moisture is essential to your skin but also important are the foods you consume. Eat the wrong foods, and your skin pays the price. Eat the right foods, and your skin rewards you!

You can actually improve the look and feel of your skin by consuming more of the foods that help nourish your skin from the inside out.

Nutritional Ways to Improve Your Skin



  • Romaine lettuce is one of the best foods to improve your skin. It contains both vitamin A and Vitamin K. Both vitamins improve your skin by assisting in the healing process. Vitamin K can improve dark circles and vitamin A helps diminish fine lines and wrinkles.

    Good food sources of vitamin K are collards, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, and cabbage. If you have skin discolorations, use vitamin K creams regularly.

    Vitamin A food sources are sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, carrots, egg yolks, milk, and spinach or take 10,000-25,000 IU of beta carotene supplements daily.

  • A deficiency in vitamin A can make your skin dry and scaly or give you acne breakouts.

  • Tomatoes contain lycopene which helps boost collagen production. Lycopene in tomato paste is four times more bioavailable than in fresh tomatoes. For this reason, tomato sauce or paste is the preferred food source as opposed to raw tomatoes.

    Other good sources of lycopene are watermelon, red bell pepper, and pink grapefruit.

  • Strawberry’s contain vitamin C and a polyphenol antioxidant called ellagic acid. Both antioxidants help rebuild elastin.

    Other food sources for vitamin C are lemons, kiwi, broccoli, and oranges. You can increase your servings of citrus fruits or consume vitamin C chewables. Realistically, you should get around 5,000 milligrams of vitamin C a day!

    Other foods that contain ellagic acid include raspberries, cranberries, walnuts, pecans, and pomegranates. One of the best ways to get more ellagic acid in your diet is to take pomegranate supplements.

  • A deficiency in Vitamin C can cause her to age prematurely by fighting free radicals. Fruits and veggies that are bought locally have the best antioxidant power.

  • Complex carbohydrates like whole wheat pasta provide vitamins, minerals, and fiber that are important to every cell in your body. Since your skin is the largest organ, they’re especially important to your skin.
  • The majority of carbohydrates you consume should come from complex carbohydrates (starches) and naturally occurring sugars, rather than processed or refined sugars, which do not have the vitamins, minerals, or fiber.

    Refined sugars are often called empty calories because they have little to no nutritional value. Simple carbohydrates or sugars should be eaten in moderation, since they are high in calories but low in nutrients.

  • Complex carbs also promote the production of hyaluronic acid. HA is a complex carbohydrate that's vital to every cell in your body too. Hyaluronic acid both attracts and retains moisture in your skin and is vital to collagen and elastin production. HA will also improve your skin by helping to maintain elastin and collagen.

  • Dark chocolate is a rich source of phenols and flavonoids. (beneficial plant compounds) These are also found in colorful fruits and vegetables, red wine, and green tea. (But it’s much more fun to eat chocolate!) Dark chocolate improves your skin by increasing circulation to your skin. Eaten in moderation, dark chocolate also smooths and softens your skin.

  • Your body cannot make omega 3 fatty acids naturally so you'll need to supplement them. If you're not getting enough of them, your skin will feel dry and look sullen. Eat more fatty fish like salmon or if you don't eat fish, sprinkle flax seeds on you foods and/or use cold pressed olive oil in your salad dressing. Either way, make absolutely sure that you get enough Omega 3 fatty acids or your skin, as well as your hair, will pay the price.

  • Zinc helps your body produce collagen, which firms and smooths your skin. A deficiency can cause your skin to sag and bag. Get your daily allowance by eating a variety of cheese, whole grains, and beans.

  • Selenium is a trace mineral that guards your skin's elasticity. It also helps detoxify your body and fight free radicals. Natural Brazil nuts, oysters, mushrooms, and sunflower seeds all contain high amounts of selenium.

  • A high sugar diet damages collagen and elastin in your skin but also reduces elastin and collagen formation. High sodium intake increases puffy eyes, so cut back on your salt.

    Another way to improve your skin is to boost regeneration. There's a new product on the market that uses stem cells to increase collagen and elastin production. Its called TNS Recovery Complex by Skin Medica. This might gross you out, but the stem cells are actually collected from discarded foreskins. Who cares right? I plan to try it as soon as I can!

    You can improve your skin if you just think about the foods you stuff into your face. Living a healthy lifestyle is always the best choice for your general health and the health of your precious skin!



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