Eat Yourself Younger

Splashing cash on skin creams, cleansers, toners and treatments to make you look younger? We’re probably all guilty here. These tips will help you eat yourself younger.

• Include at least 5 serves of vegetables and 2 serves of fruit each day. Vitamin C helps to brighten and prevent dry skin.
• Eat blue fruits such as blueberries and blackberries. Anthocyanin‘s in these fruits are thought to help increase collagen production, making skin look firmer.
• Eating foods rich in Carotenoids (pigments produced by plants and algae) have been shown to give your skin a yellow glow which can make skin look healthier. Look for the orange veggies for the richest sources, carrots, rockmelon/cantaloupe and sweet potato. 

• Fish, shellfish, milk and milk products, poultry and eggs are rich in Vitamin A and Zinc, both of these work to regenerate our skin and hair
• Eat good fats rich in vitamin E including extra virgin olive oil oily fish, shellfish, avocado, sunflower oil, nuts, seeds and green leafy vegetables. Vitamin E prevents damage to cell membranes – including skin cells! If you don’t quite get enough fish in then consider taking a fish oil supplement. A Dietitian, Pharmacist or Doctor can help with this.
• Last but not least – drink plenty of water! Good hydration means makes your skin glow and plumps up your cells and wrinkles.

There are so many ways that we can look younger from the inside out.

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