Some healthy tips on healthy lifestyle and beautiful skin for share (though i myself doesn’t follows it.. =p):
Dry skin – Intakes food with plenty of beta-carotene, such as dark leafy vegetables, walnuts, flax seed and canola oil, and increasing the amount of Omega-3 oils in your diet
Itchy skin – Intakes food with high vitamin B content, for example, eggs, fish, poultry, whole grains, soya beans, oily fish, lentils and nuts as Vitamin B will improve bad circulations which can be related to itchy skin
Oily skin – Eat less processed and junk foods. Avoid foods high in sugar and hard fats. Use olive oil instead of butter.
Spotty skin – Eating foods which are high in selenium will help with acne. This includes Brazil and cashew nuts, fresh tuna, avocado and wholemeal bread. For the best effect have this with foods that contain vitamin E.
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(1) Water – Drink plenty of plain water (6 to 8 glasses) everyday. It helps to maintain radiant and unblemished skin, and to prevent dry and dull skin by keeping the cells hydrated. Drinking plenty of water is also thought to be correlated to the prevention of skin aging.
(2) Vitamins B – Help us be happy and stress-free, they also are vital in helping us to uphold a healthy skin tone. Without them, we can look washed out and unhealthy and in serious cases, suffer from severe acne. Helps to encourage the skin to glow and smoothes it and releases energy from the food that we consume for skin metabolism.
(3) Berries – Have extremely high antioxidant content. Antioxidants help protect the cells from damage and disintegration and help prevent premature aging. They can be found in beans, prunes, green leafy vegetables, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries.
(4) Avocado – Most potent beauty booster foods where it contain healthy fats that help to plump up the skin which will help to reduce wrinkles and dryness. Full of Vitamin E, which has a powerful action against the damage of free radicals and will also help the skin to retain moisture. A lack of it can bring about premature wrinkles, pale skin and acne. Great to use as a face pack also, just mash it up and apply it evenly to face.
(5) Zinc – Mineral which is really important for the immune system. It also manufactures collagen and speeds up any healing which needs to be done within our bodies and aids to keep the skin soft and supple. Lack of zinc in your diet can produce stretch marks, a dull complexion and stubborn blemishes. Red meats, cheese, whole grains, oysters, liver, sardines and nuts are all a good source of zinc.
(6) Fish – Seafood, especially oily fish such as mackerel, sardines, otak-otak, fish satay, and seafood delights, are doing a lot for their skin. This is because it contains Omega-3, an essential fatty acid which is crucial for healthy cell membranes as they act as a barrier to unhealthy things and a passageway for nutrients and waste to cross in and out. As cells also contain water, it is vital that the ‘barrier’ remains strong as the cell will more likely to hold moisture. And the more moisture a cell can hold the plumper and younger looking skin you’ll have.
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Intake on the above is good but not enough.
You requires plenty of sleep as well (11pm – 2am is the most critical hours), as those are the times where your cells regenerates, and where organs are revitalizing at various hours of the night.
