Eat your way to fabulous skin
If you want radiant skin, the old adage 'you are what you eat' has never rung more true.
The golden rules
Moisturisers and sunscreens can help to keep you looking youthful, but your skin also needs to be nourished from within and the best way to do that is by choosing the right diet.
Eat your 5-a-day
Fruit and vegetables contain powerful antioxidants
that help to protect against the cell damage caused
by free radicals, which include smoking, pollution
and sunlight. Vitamin C is one of the most powerful
antioxidants. it is found in all fruit and veg but
especially in
citrus fruits, red peppers, guavas and
kiwi fruit. Betacarotene, found in pumpkin, carrots,
and sweet potatoes, and lutein, found in kale, papaya and spinach are also potent antioxidants.
Cut out crash diets
Repeatedly losing and regaining weight can take its toll on your skin, causing sagging, wrinkles and stretch marks. Crash diets are often short in essential vitamins, too.
Stock up on selenium
This is also a powerful antioxidant - studies suggest
that a selenium-rich diet can help to protect against
skin cancer, sun damage and age spots. One way to
boost your intake is to eat Brazil nuts - just four nuts
will provide the recommended daily amount (rda).
Other good sources are fish, shellfish and eggs.
Repeatedly losing and regaining weight can take its toll on your skin, causing sagging, wrinkles and stretch marks.
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