Face and Food Lift
Are you eating right?
Is your refrigerator full of fruits and veggies?
Have you eliminated all the junk food of pesky preservatives and additives?
If the answer is yes than your skin is in for quite the treat. Eating right is as great for your complexion as it is for your body.
Thanks to Women’s Health magazine, here are the top foods your skin should crave..
Amazing Almonds: If you need to cover those blemishes or rough patches, forget pacing the aisles of the pharmacy and pace the aisles of the grocery store in search of these crunchy treats. Almonds will help your skin cells both inside and out! Almonds are actually seeds stuffed with vitamin E, a potent sun blocker. Volunteers who consumed roughly 20 almonds per day and then were exposed to UV light sunburned less than those who took none.
Dibs on Dark Chocolate: Flavonols, the antioxidants in dark chocolate, reduce roughness in the skin and protect against sun damage. In a recent study, women who drank cocoa equal to a standard Hershey’s Special Dark bar had better skin texture and more resistance to UV rays than those who drank cocoa containing just a small amount of the antioxidant. Forget the chocolate guilt ladies!
Fabulous Flaxseeds: These teeny-tiny seeds contain omega-3 fatty acids, which erase spots and iron out fine lines. Studies have proved that participants who increased flaxseed intake experienced significantly less irritation and redness, along with better-hydrated skin. Start sprinkling seeds on oatmeal or veggies and your skin will love you for it.
Going Gaga Over Green Tea: Green tea is the bionic tea when it comes to health with proven anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. Add this to the list, drinking two to six cups a day not only helps prevent skin cancer but may reverse the effects of sun damage by neutralizing the changes that appear in sun-exposed skin.
Soak Up Safflower Oil: The omega-6 fatty acids found in safflower oil can be the ultimate moisturizer for people who suffer from painfully dry, flaky, itchy skin. Aim for an amount that gives you 5 to 10 percent of your daily calories.
Popeye Was Right..Spinach!: The folate in these veggies may help repair and maintain DNA, bolstering cells’ ability to renew themselves reducing the likelihood of cancer-cell growth. As if that wasn’t enough, the water in greens penetrates cell membranes meaning say hello plumper and less wrinkled skin.
Sweet! Sweet Potatoes: These yams are yummy and even yummier loaded with vitamin C, the crucial vitamin for smoothing out wrinkles. Vitamin C is known as being an essential ingredient for collagen production. If you are craving fruit, try strawberries for Vitamin C factors as well.
Too Good Tomatoes: Lycopene, the phytochemical that makes tomatoes red, helps eliminate skin-aging free radicals caused by ultraviolet rays. Helpful Hint: Your body gains the most sun-shielding nutrients when the vegetable is heated.
Don’t Can Canned Tuna: Tuna in a can has a great little secret called selenium. This nutrient helps preserve elastin, a protein that keeps your skin smooth and tight. It also helps protect skin from the sun.
Urban Girl Fitness Quote of the Day:
Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick. ~Gwyneth Paltrow
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