Weight loss, health issues and feeling energized are good reasons to eat healthy, but there are other reasons to do it. Eating habits affect your skin, too. Both a healthy diet and regular exercise can enhance your appearance and keep wrinkles away. It can prevent other conditions, such as acne and dry skin. If you just work out, you’d be boosting your circulation to improve the health of your skin and lengthen the telomeres that protect chromosomes and prevent cell death, which causes the signs of aging.
You need healthy fat to have beautiful skin.
People hear the word fat and they often recoil, but fat is important in your diet. The type of fat makes a difference. Food with Omega-3 fatty acids help keep your skin supple, moist and thick. It can lower the potential for inflammation, which is directly related to acne. Fatty fish like salmon contain omega-3, besides providing other nutrients. Avocados are also a source of healthy fat and eating them regularly can aid in preventing sun damage to the skin.
Healthy fruits and vegetables provide a range of nutrients and carbs for energy.
Create a rainbow of color on your plate for a truly healthy diet. Orange fruits and vegetables often contain beta-carotene that converts to vitamin A that helps heal the skin, prevents breakouts and improves moisture. Red and yellow peppers have lots of vitamin C that’s necessary for the creation of collagen to keep your skin looking younger. If you eat tomatoes, especially if they’re cooked, you’ll be boosting your lycopene that protects skin from the sun.
The more collagen, the younger you’ll look.
Collagen is found in protein. In fact, it’s the main structural protein in the body. It helps keep the skin elastic. Increasing protein in your diet will help add to it. Bone broth is a good source of collagen, so having a bowl of soup made of bone broth frequently can keep you younger looking. Chicken, shellfish, fish, citrus fruits and berries also help your body build more collagen. Citrus fruits contain vitamin C, which is necessary to produce collagen.
- Smoking narrows the blood vessels, including those that nourish your outer skin. It also depletes the body of vitamin C that’s necessary to make collagen to keep your skin looking younger. If you smoke, stop. If you don’t, don’t start.
- Avocados contain vitamin E and C, which helps protect the skin from sun damage. The antioxidants, omega-9, vitamins and minerals aid in the production of collagen and shedding dead skin cells.
- Getting adequate sleep is also important. While you slumber, your body creates the human growth hormone—HGH. It’s necessary if you want healthy skin, beautiful hair and strong nails.
- What you drink is just as important as what you eat. Staying hydrated is ultimately important to prevent dry skin, psoriasis and premature wrinkling. Water is the best way to hydrate. Drink eight 8-ounce glasses a day.
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