Healthy skin checklist

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Eating for Beautiful skin


While lotions and creams can improve your skin from the outside, a healthy diet works from the inside out. A nutritious, balanced diet can do wonders for your skin.


A diet for a healthy body is the same for healthy clearer skin that is, one should contain lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains beans, nuts, and less of salt and sugar. 


 Healthy skin checklist

These are the essentials your body need to keep your skin in excellent condition:-


Water is the most essential element. Although there is water in the food like in oranges, tomatoes, cucumber you eat, but you should drink at least 8 glasses of water in a day to keep your body healthy and clear.










Good carbohydrates, also known as fiber foods have another less direct effect on the skin. Whole grain cereals are an excellent source of vitamin B and also provide the fibre that your body needs to stay healthy.





Vitamin A is essential for the growth and repair of certain skin tissues. Lack of it causes dryness, itching, and loss of skin elasticity. It is found in foods such as pure ghee, carrots, spinach, broccoli, apricots apples.

Vitamin C
is needed for collagen production, to help keep your skin firm. It is found in strawberries, citrus fruit, cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potato.

Vitamin E is an antioxidant vitamin that neutralizes free radicals. It consists of a group of compounds called tocopherols, which are important in maintaining healthy skin and hair. It is found in almonds, hazelnuts, wheat germ, eggs, green leafy vegetables, soya, nuts, and seeds.


Zinc works with vitamin A in the making of collagen and elastin, the fibers that give your skin its elasticity, strength, and firmness. It is found in whole grains, milk cheese, yogurt, chickpeas, lentils beans.


You are what you eat. One should contain lots of fresh foods and vegetables, and food high in fiber, low in fat, and low in salt and sugar.so regular exercise and plenty of fresh air combined with a healthy diet will work wonders on your skin:)


Stay healthy, eat healthy, and keep glowing.


Till next time, Hasta La Vista



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