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Superfoods for Super Skin

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The skin is your body's biggest organ and what you eat directly affects the way your skin looks. Therefore, it's important to have a diet rich in foods that feed your skin so that you can always have that radiant glow and look your best.

One of the most important vitamins for good skin health is vitamin A. This can be found in low-fat dairy products such as yogurt. Yogurt also contains live bacteria, which you might have heard is being called acidophilus which helps in digestion. Interestingly enough, good digestion can also help your skin. Some other foods that include vitamin A include sweet potatoes, carrots, cod liver oil and leafy vegetables.

Be sure that you include a lot of foods high in antioxidants in your diet. Berries such as strawberries, blueberries and blackberries are very good for your skin as are plums. These fruits are filled with phytochemicals in antioxidants that help protect the skin cells so that they do not sustain so much damage which can cause premature aging. Some other fruits and vegetables to include in your diet that will help your skin looking younger and more radiant include prunes, artichokes, pecans and beans - either red, black or pinto.

Essential fatty acids are another component vital to good skin health as they help keep the cell membranes healthy thus allowing nutrients to nourish your cells. To get essential fatty acids include flaxseed, walnuts, canola oil and salmon in your diet.

In addition to the essential fatty acids you need to include healthy oils in your diet not only for your scanner for your overall health. These helps keep your skin lubricated which gives it a healthier look. You want to use only cold pressed oils such as olive oil, or sunflower oil or even coconut oil. You don't need to eat a lot of it though, two tablespoons a day will suffice.

Selenium is a mineral that we don't often hear a lot about but it plays an important role in keeping your skin cells healthy. You can find it in whole-wheat foods such as cereals bread and muffins as well as Brazil nuts and tuna. Recent studies indicate that even sun damaged skin will only suffer minimally if selenium levels are high.

Green tea has anti-inflammatory properties that can help with breakouts and also protects the membranes of the cell. It is thought that it may even help reduce risk of skin cancer.

Water has a huge effect on the health of the skin as a well hydrated body has younger looking and more pumped up skin. It also helps to move the toxins out of your body and is a major contributor to your overall health. Drinking water that is not contaminated with toxins is best in the current way of thinking is that drinking distilled water is pretty much the only way to guarantee that you're not getting something you don't want in your water.