Food for beautiful skin

Food for beautiful skin

The saying "True beauty comes from within" is true: we are what we eat, and the slightest changes in our eating habits as in our emotional state will be reflected first on our skin.

Below is a list of 10 foods that you should include in your menu to help your skin become beautiful, youthful, and healthy "inside":

1. Blueberries

Blueberries are the "treasure trove" of antioxidants, which help to restore the structure of the cells, and also have an anti-aging effect (slow down the skin aging process).

Although blueberries are available in a fresh state for a very short period of time, they can be frozen throughout the year, and you can eat them alone, and in addition to fruit salads, smoothies, desserts, shakes ...

To make the most of their nutritional value, eat them in a raw form.

2. Fruit juice

Hazelnuts, nuts, and almonds are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, which help the skin hydrate process and prevent acne.

You can only eat freshly squeezed fruits (pre-soaked in water) in the form of home-made herb milk (for example, almond milk that is easy to make - a video prescription can be viewed here ), add them in salads or make herbal butter; Decorate desserts and cakes with them.

3. Avocado

You may not have known that 75% of the total fat content of avocados is healthy, unsaturated fat (omega-3 and omega-6 acids) that have a desirable ratio.

Raw Avocado Consumption is one of the most sophisticated ways to make part of daily requirements for omega-3 acids.

You can find the avocado salad recipe here , and for a healthy avocado salad and dried plums here .

Avocado oil is also a rich source of omega-3 acid, you can use it to prepare salads for added skin rejuvenation and skin care "from the outside".

4. Lemon

Lemon juice helps our body to naturally remove toxic matter.

Accumulated toxins in the body are primarily manifested in our skin (acne, rash or skin irritation), so detoxification of the body is an important step to make our skin beautiful and healthy.

Start the morning with freshly squeezed lemon juice or drink lemon juice daily.


5. Green tea

With tartar and ginger tea, green tea is also one of the "toxins cleansers" that helps our body to detoxify in a natural way.

Everyday consumption of green tea will help your skin to be cleaned of impurities and irritations, and if you are on a diet or taking into account body weight, then this is an additional reason to consume this tea, as it also helps with weight loss .

Keep in mind that you should not make green tea with boiling water, as at a temperature of over 80 ° C, green tea loses some of its active substances.

6. Green leafy vegetables

In the opinion of many health coaches and nutritionists, green leafy food is one of the most commonly lacking in modern Western nutrition.

If we consume it, it is often so much processed that it loses most of its nutritional value.

Green leafy vegetables are great for detoxifying the body , and like lemons and ginger, it helps keep your skin healthy, youthful and healthy.

Green leafy vegetables are also rich in beta-carotene, which protects the skin from damage caused by sunlight.
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Another great detoxification food is ginger, which also stimulates and helps good digestion (which further helps in the detoxification process).

You can make ginger tea, use it as a spice or add it into smoothies.

If you have not previously prepared ginger tea, try the simplest variant: Wash, peel and grate the ginger blade (start to make it smaller until you get used to the sharpness of its taste) and cover it with hot water and cover the bowl for 10 minutes.

For added detoxification and "cleansing" effect, add fresh or dried leaves of broth or bag of nettle tea from the store.

8. Olive oil

Natural rich Omega-3 fatty acids help skin (both exterior and in-skin massage) to deeply hydrate and prevent acne.

For the maximum nutritional effect, choose a quality virgin olive oil and consume it in the raw state of salad dressing, herb salad bases (like hummus) or you can cook bread on it on your plate during meals.

For an extra skin rejuvenation and moisturizing daily, massage a teaspoon of olive oil on your face or apply a mask on your face with this oil two to three times a week.

9. Dark chocolate

Consuming quality dark chocolate (with minimum content of 70% cocoa) will help your skin to protect against the negative effects of exposure to contaminated air, chlorine in the water, cigarette smoke, excessive sun exposure and prevent premature skin aging (an ideal excuse to eat chocolate, is not it? ☺).Dark chocolate

10. Crude apple vinegar

Raw apple vinegar is a source of useful probiotic bacteria that are beneficial to the digestion process, helping to better ab