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5 Foods That'll Make You Look Younger by Tosusa: 2:26pm On Jul 08, 2014
Sweet Potatoes
Beta-carotene, which makes these tubers orange, balances your skin's pH, helps combat dryness, and promotes cell turnover, all resulting in smoother skin.


2. Wild Salmon
The pigment that makes the fish pink, astaxanthin, is a powerful foe of free radicals, rogue molecules that damage cell membranes and DNA and cause skin to age. A study found that eating one serving every five days can prevent actinic keratoses-ugly rough patches that are precancerous.

3. Tomatoes
The fruit's red pigment, lycopene, is a potent antioxidant that shields skin from sun damage-like sunscreen, but from the inside out. To best absorb lycopene, eat tomatoes with olive oil.

4. Citrus Fruits
Vitamin C is essential to building collagen, a vital component of young-looking skin, which starts breaking down in your twenties. Citrus also contains bioflavonoids, which protect skin from UV rays and help prevent cell death.

5. Leafy Greens
Spinach, kale, and other greens contain lutein, which protects skin from sun-induced inflammation and wrinkles.

Stay away from white foods.Stay away from white foods.
Stay Away From White Foods
Need another reason to avoid white bread, pasta, rice, and other refined grain products? They're quickly broken down into the ultimate white food: sugar. Once in the bloodstream, sugar bonds with protein and creates advanced glycation end products (aptly abbreviated AGEs), which cause collagen to become inflamed and stiff, leading to wrinkles.


Why Food Is Always Better Than a Pill
"There are so many factors in food that haven't been studied. It's very likely that these unknowns work synergistically for a bigger benefit than what you can find in a supplement." -Nicholas Perricone, dermatologist

According to dermatologist Leslie Baumann, red wine contains skin-friendly grape-seed extract and resveratrol, two powerful antioxidants. Hops in beer, it turns out, may also offer antioxidant benefits.

Re: 5 Foods That'll Make You Look Younger by tempem: 3:23pm On Jul 08, 2014
Hmmm! we're just trying oh! I remember a talk I heard some years back, where the guest speaker said that, A man feeds on 96 different types of herbs evey day in order not to get old... Unfortunatly He's dead! now Beneath.... Better food routine should be enough to make our skin look younger, but being overly anxious; will disappoint us over time if we're not getting exactly what we want.
Re: 5 Foods That'll Make You Look Younger by HumanPsycho(m): 6:06pm On Jul 08, 2014
Not to discourage any fitness and health enthusiast as am also a coach and trainer. Fact is when it comes to ageing and youthfulness your genes are 90% the remaining 10% your effort and diet. So don't expect too much. General life expantancy in nigeria is 70 and 80 by ninety we all are waiting for your death.
Re: 5 Foods That'll Make You Look Younger by papindinho(m): 6:34pm On Jul 08, 2014
But too much of sweet potato is known to be diabetic... Or am I mistaking?
Re: 5 Foods That'll Make You Look Younger by Gigihealth: 12:19am On Aug 04, 2016
The best antioxidants foods for your skin should be healthy foods. They contain vitamins C and E, and also carotenoids. These healthy foods help to protect cells from damage caused by free radicals. Click on the link below to read more.
http://www.gigihealth.com/the-best-antioxidant-foods-for-your-skin/

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