Enjoy These Healthy Foods for the Skin!

"Beauty isn't something on the outside. It's your insides that count! You gotta eat green stuff to make sure you're pretty on the inside".Takayuki Ikkaku

Choose healthy foods for the skin.

I want to add to that quote: "If you're pretty on the inside, it will also show on the outside!". That is a fact. Your skin is your body’s largest organ and needs nutrition like all your other organs. Good nutrition slows down the aging process, including the aging of the skin. Nutrients and foods that benefit your skin also benefit your whole body. A skin cell lives about a month. So each and every day, your body is busy making new cells to replace those that have died off, and how healthy those new cells are is directly determined by how well you've been eating and what type of skin care products you use. Make sure you only use chemical free, organic top skin care products as the chemicals you put on your skin ends up inside you. Find below a list with some of the best foods for the skin..

Black grapes and other healthy foods for the skin.

• Black Grapes - contains resveratrol, a very strong antioxidant. Red wine is a good source of reserveratrol but as alcohol is bad for your skin and health it's better to eat grapes.
• Tomato - Lycopene is a pigment that gives vegetable and fruits, such as tomatoes, pink grapefruit and watermelon, their red coloring. Lycopene also exhibit strong anti-oxidant capabilities that serve to lessen effects of free radicals. Tomatoes and tomato juice are the best sources for lycopene but also watermelon, guava, apricots and pink grapefruit provide lycopene.
• Carrots - is loaded with vitami A, which helps balance the pH of your skin's surface, making it just acidic enough to fend off harmful bacteria. Use both raw and cooked.
• Berries- High-antioxidant content of blackberries, blueberries and strawberries yield countless healthy-skin benefits.
• Artichokes, beans, prunes and pecans - are also high in antioxidants and good for your skin
• Flax seed, Hemp, Olive Oil, Evening Primrose oil are healthy oils, they should be cold pressed and extra virgin. These oils keep skin lubricated and looking and feeling healthier. Avocado is also a very good source of essential oils.
• Whole Wheat Brazil Nuts and dates - are rich in the mineral selenium, which plays a key role in the health of skin cells. In fact, studies show that even skin damaged by the sun may suffer fewer consequences if selenium levels are high. Amaranth, Barley, Brazil Nuts, Buckwheat, Cashews, Coconut, Rye, Asparagus, Brussels sprouts, French Beans are other good sources of selenium.
• Green Tea - has anti-inflammatory properties, protects the cell membrane, and may even reduce the risk of some cancers.
• Almonds, Avocado and Sunflower Seeds - these seeds are a natural source of vitami E. No other antioxidants are better at slowing down the aging of skin cells. Avocado also contains glutathione, copper, beta-sisterol and other compounds involved in the natural detoxification process.
• Red bell peppers - the unique combination of vitamins A, C and E, three of the most potent skin protecting vitamins, makes red bell peppers and ideal food for a healthy glow and also very important to the natural detoxification process.

Other factors that affect your skin. Your diet has a big impact on how your skin retains moisture, handles irritation, and ages? Skin damage is the result of oxidation, a chemical process in which free radicals (unstable molecules) steal electrons from healthy cells. A poor diet is not the only thing that can damage your skin, smoking and sunlight are the two most damaging oxidative stressors that we expose ourselves to. You'll find some more anti aging tips below.

8 good anti-aging tips!

1. Get enough "beauty" sleep - great for your overall health and a necessity to stay young.
2. Change to a whole-food, plant based diet (organic fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds beans, legumes and oils – see list above).
3. Drink water - good hydration is the key to a healthy looking skin, and there's nothing better than pure, clean water.
4. Stay out in fresh air but protect your skin against excessive sun exposure.
5. Use only certified organic top skin care products" (chemicals not only damage your skin but are also a danger for your health).
6. Stop smoking- tobacco smoke ages skin faster than anything else apart from sun damage and it raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes and lung cancer.
7. Limit or reduce the use of refined sugar and alcohol as it is bad for your skin, and your health.
8. Do facial gymnastics- and see the wonders it makes to your skin. Exercise makes you losing weight, building muscle and trimming thighs. The same goes for your face – it works the same way – with the correct exercises you can have a complete face lift.

Younger-looking skin and a healthy body are some of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

A natural and healthy lifestyle – the combination of healthy foods for the skin, top skin care products and the anti-aging tips above are YOUR guarantee for beautiful, younger-looking skin and a healthy body. Feeling and looking younger will make you happier and you will SMILE! "I've never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful." ~Author Unknown Be yourself and be happy, never stop dreaming! Kristin