Skin Food -part 3-

Posted by mzPOTTER | June 18th, 2010 in Skin Care Info, Vitamins For Skin | No Comments »

skin foodMinerals

What are the most significant?

Selenium antioxidant mineral, associated with a decreased risk of certain tumors, including skin cancer or melanoma. It is found in meat, fish, seafood, cereals, eggs, fruits and vegetables.

Zinc is part of our epidermis and is present in the following foods: meat, offal, fish, eggs, whole grains and legumes.

Iron: its deficit is often the cause of the skin is pale by reduced hemoglobin (oxygen carrier and carbon dioxide in the blood) circulation. You are here: offal, meat, fish and eggs, yeast, nuts and dried breakfast cereals, legumes and green leafy vegetables. In the egg and foods of plant origin is in its chemical form nonheme, whose use by the body is lower, while foods rich in vitamin C increases the degree of absorption.Sulphur: an essential mineral in the synthesis of keratin and also has an anti-seborrheic. Abundant in eggs, dairy products, whole grains, brewer’s yeast.

Protein

They are basic constituents of the skin

Where do you find them?

An adequate intake of meat, fish, eggs and egg products and milk and legumes, grains and nuts, according to the criteria of balanced diet is essential for the renewal and appearance of our skin.

The Best Anti-Wrinkle

Fruits and vegetables, yellow and orange, and green leafy vegetables contain large doses of vitamin A precursors, ie beta-carotene. This vitamin is essential for the formation of tissues, mucous membranes and skin cells. Also contribute to slowing down the action of free radicals and thus aging skin and other organs.

So should eat fruits like peaches, apricots, melons and persimmons, and vegetables such as cabbage, carrots, chard, parsley, watercress, cabbage, spinach and escarole.

Vitamin A concentrations ranging from 1100 micrograms per 100 grams of carrots and parsley to 583 micrograms of Swiss chard, through 830 of 816 cabbage or spinach. In the fruit section, containing 73 micrograms peaches, persimmons and apricots 100 298.

Natural Antioxidants

Citrus fruits, kiwi, red fruits, strawberries, watercress, cabbage family, and parsley are rich in vitamin C. In addition to its antioxidant role, all are essential for good healing and are involved in the production of collagen, which gives elasticity to the skin and causes it to deteriorate more slowly.

Luminous complexion with vitamin E
Besides fruits and vegetables, it is advisable to eat nuts. A daily ration, not very large, since they provide enough calories. They are rich in vitamin E, like green leafy vegetables and raspberries.

Almonds, walnuts or pistachios, along with vegetables and fruits mentioned, are able to reduce cell oxidation, aging of the skin, which provide elasticity, and may even do well against the liver spots. In addition, walnuts and hazelnuts are rich in copper, which acts as an antiinflammatory, improving skin disorders of this type, in addition to the synthesis of elastin.

Another variety recommended for maintaining beautiful skin and bright is the banana. It is a fruit rich in zinc, an antioxidant trace mineral that improves the renewal of skin cells and also the tone.

Broccoli, for its part, boasts good concentrations of magnesium, which helps the body expel toxics, which certainly is noted in the skin. It also has anti-stress properties. We must not forget the tomato a vegetable widely consumed, which gives a pigment with antioxidant properties: lycopene.

Source: http://www.alimentacion-sana.com.ar/
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