From your brain to your bones, what you eat matters, this holds true for your skin too.
“Everyone wants younger-looking skin but time catches up with us eventually, and its effect is
revealed in wrinkled skin and greying hair. Our natural aging process, also known as intrinsic aging,
normally commences in our mid-20s. Factors such as stress, unhealthy lifestyle, over-dependence on
harmful processed and fast foods, caffeine, alcohol, smoking, pollution, and lack of exercise speed
up the process of skin aging. With the progress of age, our skin starts sagging due to lower
production of collagen and elastin in the dermis. Smooth, radiant skin is something everyone wants.
The food you eat, along with a healthy lifestyle, can help delay some of the visible signs of aging.
These foods deliver nutrients that can help keep your skin looking great.
Oats: Oats are high in complex carbohydrates and have low glycemic index and it does not spike
blood sugar like refined carbohydrates. Food that is high on glycemic index causes acne and wrinkles.
A healthy diet that contains whole grains also keeps blood vessels in peak condition. Try to get
at least 3 servings of whole grains a day.
Oranges: Antioxidants like vitamin C can even help keep your skin younger-looking. Oranges, sweet
lime, tomatoes, and all fruits and vegetables that are rich in Vitamin C are loaded with water and
help to hydrate your skin and your cells. The antioxidants in colorful vegetables and fruits, such as
leafy greens, deep red tomatoes, blueberries, and carrots, help stop unstable molecules from
damaging healthy cells. So at each meal, fill about half your plate with fruits and vegetables.
Dairy. The calcium and fortified vitamin D in dairy foods are crucial not only for strong bones it also
help keep your skin soft and supple.
Nuts. The fats in nuts are the healthiest you can find and get that required glow on the face.
Beans and lentils. These foods give you loads of fiber and plant-based protein, so they’re an age--
protecting alternative to red meat with saturated fat, which is linked to heart disease and diabetes.
Beans and lentils are inexpensive and easy to add to soups, side dishes, and on their own.
Foods to Avoid
For the best anti-aging diet, it’s important to limit foods that can harm your body.
Go easy on high-fat meat, high-fat dairy, and bakery treats. The saturated fat found in these foods
can cause acne and weight gain too.
Limit added sugar as much as possible.
Spare the salt. Eating too much salt, or sodium can raise your blood pressure. Also too much sugar
leads to water retention which makes your face look puffy and tired.
In conclusion, age is just a number; you are as young as you feel. It’s important to include a variety of
foods in your meals, exercise moderately, be happy, give more take less, and sleep well to feel
energized, naturalized, optimized and mickeymized.