Eat your way to fabulous skin
Fruit and vegetables contain powerful antioxidants that help to protect skin from the cellular damage caused by free radicals.
1. Eat a minimum of five portions of fruit and vegetables every day
Vitamin C is also a super antioxidant. It is needed to support the immune system, promote radiant skin and help blemishes heal properly.
2. Eat enough vitamin C
Repeatedly losing and regaining weight can take its toll on your skin, causing sagging, wrinkles and stretch marks.
3. Don't crash diet
It works alongside other antioxidants such as vitamins E and C and is essential to support the immune system. Studies suggest that a selenium-rich diet can help to protect
4. Stock up on selenium
Vitamin E protects skin from oxidative (cell) damage and supports healthy skin growth.
5. Eat enough vitamin E
Skin needs moisture to stay flexible. Even mild dehydration will cause your skin to look dry, tired and slightly grey.
6. Drink six to eight glasses of water a day
Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats –the types found in avocados, oily fish, nuts and seeds – provide essential fatty acids which act as a natural moisturiser for your skin
7. Eat some healthy fat
Make sure you get enough omega-3 and omega-6 fats. These are essential fatty acids which mean they cannot be made in the body and must be obtained through the diet.
8. Opt for omega-3
They have a similar structure to the female sex hormone oestrogen and have been found to help keep our natural hormones in balance.
9. Eat more phyto-estrogens
The glycaemic index (GI) is a system that ranks carbohydrate-based foods on how slowly or quickly they are broken down in the body into glucose.
10. Go for low-GI carbs
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