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Skin Food (III)

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Minerals

What are the most significant?

Selenium mineral with antioxidant, associated with a decreased risk of certain cancers, including skin or melanoma. It is found in meat, fish, seafood, cereals, eggs, fruits and vegetables.

Zinc: is part of our epidermis and is present in the following foods: meat, offal, fish, eggs, whole grains and legumes.

Iron: the deficit is often the cause of the skin is pale by reduced hemoglobin (oxygen carrier and carbon dioxide in the blood) circulation. You are at: offal, meat, fish and eggs, yeast, nuts and dried breakfast cereals, legumes and green leafy vegetables. In eggs and foods of plant origin is not in its chemical form heme, whose use by the body is lower, while foods rich in vitamin C increases the degree of absorption. Read the rest of this entry »

Skin Food (II)

skin foodFruits 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. Read the rest of this entry »

Skin Food (I)

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Keeping skin in good condition not only depends on hereditary factors or skin disorders will not suffer as dermatitis, psoriasis or similar.

Much of their appearance is directly linked to the care that we provided.

Among highlights what to avoid sun exposure without protection, air conditioning, snuff, environmental pollution or inappropriate lifestyle (poor diet, inactivity, emotional stress …). By contrast, a diet and balanced lifestyle will be great allies to look healthy. Besides water, vitamins (like A, B, C and E) should not miss our food and the same is true of minerals such as selenium, zinc or iron. Read the rest of this entry »