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8 Foods That Will Make You Look Less Tired by EKITI001: 8:48pm On May 12, 2015
If it seems like the fine lines around your eyes are more noticeable and your skin looks a bit more dull when you're tired, you're not imagining things. A 2013 study published in the journal Sleep found that sleep-deprived people were perceived as having more wrinkles, fine lines, puffy eyes, and droopy skin.
The good news is that, along with making sleep more of a priority (ahem), a simple solution to turning around tired-looking skin is right in your kitchen. You can fake looking more awake by eating these 8 skin-beautifying foods and beverages. And, according to Keri Glassman, founder of Nutritious Life, a nutrition practice in New York City, avoiding foods that make you look more tired than you actually are is key. Stay away from artificial sweeteners, sugar, alcohol, fried and salty foods, refined carbs, and highly processed packaged foods, she says. Here's what you should eat instead:





Green tea
Green tea(PHOTO BY ALBERTO BOGO/GETTY IMAGES)

Green tea is like the fountain of youth for skin: Research shows that an abundant polyphenol in green tea, EGCG, reactivates dying skin cells, which may help improve the skin, including reducing wrinkles. A 2011 study published in The Journal of Nutrition backs that up: When study participants drank a beverage rich in green tea's polyphenols every day for 12 weeks, their skin was smoother, more elastic, and hydrated. The researchers also found that the tea increases blood flow and oxygen to the skin. To make the most of this anti-aging brew, squeeze some lemon into your cup. A Purdue University study found that citrus boosts the amount of antioxidants your body is able to absorb from......... ( continue reading. http://nairanaijanews..com/2015/05/8-foods-that-will-make-you-look-less.html )

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