If you want your skin to really glow with a youthful and vibrant complexion, you can’t just approach it from the outside. What you fuel your body with matters for complete skin health.
Experts agree that a well-rounded diet with lean proteins, healthy oils, bountiful fiber, and plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs is the best path toward building healthy skin from within. However, there are 10 foods in particular that you should make a point of eating for that gorgeously glowing skin.
Tomatoes
Lycopene in tomatoes is great for fighting the signs of aging. While it’s good for you topped on your salads, cooking it makes it easier for your body to absorb this powerful antioxidant.
Sweet potatoes
Sweet potatoes are great for everyone but especially if you have oily skin. They have loads of vitamin A which helps regulate proper sebum control. Plus, they’ll fill you up and keep you on track for your other healthy goals.
Ginger
Learn to add ginger to your daily diet and you’ll get a bounty of antioxidants plus anti-inflammatory powers. Put it in soups, broths, and stews, or simply steep a few slices in hot water for a healthy and invigorating skin-loving tea.
Avocados
Like you needed an excuse to eat more of these! If you love guacamole or avocado toast, you’ll be happy to know this garden delight features healthy oils plus vitamin E which serve your skin with healthy cell function.
Salmon
Serve yourself salmon for breakfast, lunch or dinner and you’ll get the benefits of a healthier heart along with fatty acids that support collagen production. Collagen is what keeps your skin plump, soft, and smooth for that youthful and fabulous look.
Papaya
Take your taste buds to the tropics and your skin will look even better. A specific enzyme in papaya, chymopapain, is ideal for taming inflammation. Additionally, it holds a ton of vitamin C, perfect for strengthening your skin’s collagen production.
Eggs
Eat both the yolk and the white and you will get what is known as the beauty vitamin, biotin. It’s one of the best for supporting skin health!
Green tea
Thirsty for more beautiful skin? Drink green tea which brims with a special type of antioxidant known as catechins. It can repair damaged DNA and lead to a more youthful you inside and out!
Oats
Trade up boxed cereal for this wholesome variety and get more fiber to tame your gut health. With improved gut health comes more beautiful skin, especially with trace minerals that boost elasticity.
Almonds
Almond oil is often found in skincare so it makes sense that eating almonds, with its large content of vitamin E. It also gives you plenty of calcium with that antioxidant power.
Take care of your skin from the inside with what you eat. On the outside, use Zatoru Essential Hyaluronic Acid Serum for a 100% natural, 100% vegan, and Leaping Bunny Certified cruelty-free way to get skin to glow from the outside!