Food is natures most powerful cosmetic!
By eating well and choosing the right foods your eyes, hair and skin will glow like never before.
Eating the right foods can make your face glow in a way the most luxurious beauty treatments can achieve. Your hair will feel glossy, your eyes will sparkle, your teeth will look whiter and your skin will radiate good health. And to trump it all there is nothing more complicated than eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The below beauty foods on your weekly shopping list will promote;
- Radiant Skin - Red grapes, Olive Oil and Tomatoes.
- Shiny Hair - Eggs, Oily fish and Avocados.
- White Teeth - Milk, Cheddar and Tea.
- Sparkly Eyes - Spinach, Carrots, and Bilberries.
But the ultimate beauty nutrient is Water!
Look at any of the popular and expensive hair and beauty products on the shelves and most will have “Aqua” listed as a prime ingredient. That is due to water being the unsung cosmetic ingredient hero! It flushes away toxins and hydrates the body cell by cell. By drinking eight glasses of water each day will make a visible difference and will help;
- Prevent dry, flaky skin.
- Clear up blemishes.
- Strengthen weak, brittle nails.
- Brighten tired eyes.
- Moisten cracked lips.
- Add shine to dull, lifeless hair.
Who would have thought something so bland could be so beneficial to our bodies?
Now onto the shopping list;
Radiant Skin.
For that youthful glow, skin requires a steady supply of collagen and elastin. It also requires antioxdants to protect it from skin aging free radicals found in pollution, UV rays and smoke. Our top food selection for radiant skin is;
Red Grapes
These are packed with antioxidents known as proanthocyanidins that contain over double the skin protecting properties of vitamins C and E.
Olive oil
This is rich in collagen boosting vitamin E making it a healthy choice for salad dressing.
Tomatoes
These are full of vitamin C and is an essential nutrient for natural collagen production. Tomatoes are also a good food for producing lycopene, this is an antioxidant that protects the skin against sun dam mage.
Shiny Hair.
There are three key nutrients that help make your hair look and feel great: Protein gives hair strong structure, essential fatty acids provide gloss, vitamin B5 is believed to give hair the rich colour look. The top food selection for shiny hair is;
Eggs
These are packed with protein that experts claim that eating them as part of a breakfast is a great way to encourage growth, thickness and shine.
Oily fish
These are rich in essential fatty acids that help nourish the scalp promoting shine developing
sebaceous glands. Two portions a week should be sufficient with Tuna, Trout, Salmon, Mackerel or Sardines being the appropriate selection of fish to choose from.
Avocados
Avocados are bursting with vitamin B5 that research has found to delay the development of grey hair and give the added benefit of making hair grow thick and fast.
White Teeth.
You could save yourself a small fortune in dentist bills by eating the right foods. Foods containing calcium, phosphorus and fluoride can give your teeth that just worked on white finish.
Milk
This has enough calcium and phrosphorus in it to maintain strong teeth. Milk also has the addes benefit of making the mouth less acidic, this helps protect your teeth from bacteria. The suggested amount of milk is a pint a day (just over half a litre).
Cheddar
Eating Cheese after a meal encourages saliva, this washes away acids and helps prevent decay.
Tea
This is rich in fluoride and supported by studies it has been found that regular drinkers of tea benefited from healthier teeth.
Sparkly Eyes.
They say the eyes are a window to the soul, so it makes sense it could reflect the state of the body! If your diet is poor then your eyes will be one of the first parts to show it. To maintain that bright healthy sparkle they will need a diet rich in antioxidants and betacarente.
Spinach
This is an excellent source of lutein, an antioxidant that helps prevent eye disease and can protect the retina from UV ray damage. Foods that are good for lutein is broccoli, kale, peas and sweetcorn.
Carrots
These are full of betacarotene. Betacarotene is converted by the body to vitamin A and provides an essential ingredient for good vision, preventing squinting and reducing the dramatic “crows feet”.
Bilberries
These are rich in antioxidants that can help in increasing the delivery of nutrients to the eyes. It is rumoured that pilots used to spread bilberry jam onto toast to boost their night vision.
All the above foods should be consumed as part of a full and healthy daily diet for best effect.
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