A great skin comes from the inside but steps for achieving that should include a balanced diet and a meticulous care.
First step should be the addressing of your diet because it was proven that this is the most important and the most effective way to create an attractive glow of the skin.
Begin with including in your diet vegetables and fruits that are high in carotenoids.
Carotenoids are one of the most prevalent groups of naturally occurring pigments.
Carotenoids give orange, red and yellow to fruits and vegetables. It’s also high in green veggies. Here is a list of fruits and vegetables that contain the highest amounts of carotenoids: carrots, sweet potato, kale, turnip greens, mustard greens, spinach, lettuce, collard, butternut squash, and tomatoes.
Carotenoids is also found in dried herbs, tomato juices, cayenne pepper and chili pepper, salmon, shellfish, milk, and egg yolks.
Cantaloupe and apricots, mangoes, papaya, guava, and pink grapefruit are the fruits with the highest amount of carotenoids.
The most widespread and abundant carotenoids in North American diet are alpha and beta-carotene, gamma-carotene, lutein and lycopene, astaxantin, zeaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin.
Try to get carotenoids from live sources, not from supplements because according to a study implying more than 230 thousands of people, concluded that additional ?-carotene from supplements is more likely to bring harm to body rather than benefits.
A simple trick for a better absorption of carotenoids is to include more often in your menu avocado fruit or oil. According to a study, it enhances carotenoid absorption in humans.
Eating these food products can make your face look healthier than being tanned. Studies found that people who were given to make the choice between suntan and skin color given by carotenoids, they preferred carotenoid skin color instead of suntan.
So, if you want to look better start to eat these food products today.
How would you know that you may need a bigger intake of high-carotenoid foods?
Usually smokers would need a bigger carotenoids intake than no-smokers. Smokers should also add vitamin C from foods or naturally sourced supplements intake.
A low intake of fruits and vegetables may also be an evident indicator of carotenoids lack in menu. For those who consume alcohol on a regularly basis should also add carotenoid foods in their menu.
A healthy skin comes mainly from the inside that’s why a balanced live food diet would be of a great help.
Remember that a raw food diet wouldn’t give you only a clear healthy skin but also a stronger health and more energy.