Eating your way to good overall health is one thing. But what about eating your way to beauty. Sounds weird but certain foods eaten and applied topically, may actually help the overall skin look clear and evenly toned. Here are a few:
- Blueberries - These are by far one of the most antioxidant rich foods at your supermarket (surprise surprise) and have been shown to help fight against wrinkles and acne. Blueberries nutritionally have a high source of vitamin A which helps fight free-radicals and protect the skin. For more nutritional facts check this out. (http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1851/2)
- Lemon Juice- Here's one trick, instead of hydroquionone creams (bleaching creams), try lemon juice to break-up brown spots and marks left behind by acne. Lemon juice is a source vitamin C which as been proven by dermatologist to help lightening acne mark.
- Yogurt- Beside providing a great source of calcium, yogurt is also a great for moisturizing and calming the skin. For dry skin, a plain yogurt mask is a pretty helpful. The lactic acid in yogurt helps to exfoliate dead layers of skin cells, which in turn allows the moisturizing properties of the yogurt to sink in.
- Sugar- By now I'm expecting eyebrows raised, but sugar surprisingly is a fantastic exfoliating substance. Mix with your favorite body or facial cleanser, it acts as a exfoliating scrub. With glycolic acid, it slug all that nasty dead skin on your body. It also works magic as a foot scrub to help soften callus.
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