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Eat your way to better skin
Dieting is about more than just your dress size. We all know that eating the wrong foods can cause spots, or even worse, wrinkles, so it makes sense that eating the good stuff can improve the condition of your skin.
And, as 67% of you told us you care more about your face than your body, we thought it was about time we reconsidered diets and what they should do for us. We called on the skincare experts the celebrities have on speed dial to find out exactly what you should be eating to get A-List skin.
Read what they told us here…
Vegetables
Peppers and broccoli are high in vitamin C, which is the ‘building block of collagen, the protein that gives the skin its structure, tone and elasticity’ explains make-up artist Bobbi Brown in her Makeup Manual.
Not only are leafy greens a ‘good source of carbohydrate’ according to Dr Perricone. Bobbi Brown swears by them because they are rich in Vitamin E and ‘antioxidants that helps build and maintain healthy skin tissue’.
Make sure to factor carrots into your diet too. Dermatologist Dr Nick Lowe swears by them as they are high in carotene, antioxidants and vitamin A. Not only do they protect skin from free radicals, but the carotene can help to ‘minimise sun damage’ according to Dr Murad.
Just remember: with vegetables, and fruit, they need to be as fresh as possible. ‘Ideally everyone would get their produce straight from the farm! Make sure you eat the fruit soon after you buy it, after a week, even in the fridge, the nutrients in them will diminish’ says Dr Murad.
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