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Fruits and Vegetables

What do they contribute and where are they?

Pro-vitamin A or beta-carotene is converted into vitamin A in our body as this one needs and also possesses antioxidant properties. Abundant in leafy green and red color, orange or yellow (carrots, squash …) and certain fruits (apricots, cherries, melons, peaches, nectarines …).

Vitamin A: found only in animal foods like liver, milk fat (cream and butter), egg yolks and whole milk. Exerts an essential role in the renewal of the skin and mucous membranes.

Lycopene is an antioxidant pigment that gives tomatoes their characteristic color and also is present in the pulp of the apple, apricot, watermelon, papaya and pink grapefruit.

Vitamin C: a potent antioxidant and connected with the production of collagen protein that keeps skin smooth and unwrinkled. The best way to incorporate this vitamin is through fresh fruits and vegetables, in salads, for example. Abounds with peppers, kiwi, citrus, melons, strawberries, blueberries, tropical fruit, cabbage, tomatoes.

Plant and Animal Foods

They contain vitamins, minerals and proteins, among other nutrients necessary to maintain healthy skin.
B group vitamins

Involved in the condition of the skin and cell renewal processes. They appear in most plant foods: vegetables, fresh fruit, nuts, grains, legumes, yeast, and those of animal origin: meat and offal, fish and seafood, eggs and dairy.

Where to find?

Folic acid or vitamin B9, is related to cell turnover and is mostly found in green leafy vegetables, green vegetables, variety of fruits, fortified breakfast cereals, liver and brewer’s yeast.

Vitamin B2 or riboflavin, works against seborrhea. It is found in milk and dairy products (yogurt, cheese …), eggs, meats, fish, liver, legumes and nuts (almonds, walnuts …).

Vitamin B3 or niacin: involved in the synthesis of keratin. It is found in meat, fish, offal and whole grains and dried fruit (peaches, apricots, figs, dates, etc).

Vitamin B5 or pantothenic acid, plays a role in skin health. It is widely distributed in nature and is rarely a shortage arises.

Vitamin B6 or pyridoxine, is related to the proper metabolism of zinc, a mineral that is part of the epidermis. Is in: blue fish, meat, eggs, nuts, whole grains, bananas, spinach, brewer’s yeast and wheat germ.

Source: www.alimentacion-sana.com.ar/informaciones/novedades/alimpiel.htm
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