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The Natural Way to Inner Beauty

By Nicky Morris


Have you considered that we can actually keep our skin looking and feeling great, no matter what your age, just by taking care of what we eat.

If you're looking for that glowing, healthy look to your skin, then the first stop is vitamin A. Vitamin A is really important to the heath of your skin as a whole. According to Dr Joshua Zeichner MD, who's the director of Cosmetic and Clinical Research at the dermatology department at Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York; it helps skin cells grow and mature properly. Excellent course of vitamin A can be found in carrots, goji berries and spirulina

If you're looking to turn back the clock on wrinkles, then the first port of call is omega 3oils. Omega 3 oils are really important for the health of your skin. Firstly they strengthen the membranes of your skin cells, and this protects your cells from absorbing damaging toxins. Secondly, it keeps the moisture from getting out and this helps your skin from becoming too dry. Foods containing omega 3 oils include spirulina, barley grass and chia seeds

In order to keep your skin wrinkle free and smooth, your body produces something really amazing, it's a protein called elastin. It's elastin that keeps your skin tight and flexible, and for your body to produce good quality elastin in the right quantities, you need to have plenty of selenium. Selenium is a trace mineral and an excellent, natural food source of it are goji berries. This may explain why so many of Hollywood celebrities are big fans of them including: Madonna, Liz Hurley, Miranda Kerr and Helena Bonham Carter, to name a few.

Goji berries are high in one more essential ingredient for your skin and that's vitamin C, (did you know that Goji has 50 times the vitamin C of oranges?). Your body uses vitamin C to produce collagen in the skin, and like elastin, collagen is a protein, and it actually smoothes out the skins wrinkles. The result, according to The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN), is a more youthful and fuller facial appearance. The AJCN published a study that showed when people took 4mg of vitamin C each day for 3 years, they were 11% less likely to have a wrinkled appearance. Barley grass powder and spirulina are also foods high in vitamin C. For great skin, remember to make sure you're having a great diet!




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