Do You Know Which Are The Healthiest Winter Foods For Your Skin?
- JWB Post
- November 24, 2016
Vogue UK published a talk with skincare expert and author Liz Earle about which foods can really help us get a beautiful and healthy skin.
Read below and find your solution:
Fine lines on the forehead
Wrinkles always seem at their worst in the winter, with central drying heating wreaking havoc on our complexions. “Plump up lines with plenty of skin-friendly fats found in plant oils such as olive, rapeseed, and flax,” Earle advises. “Try adding a spoonful to juices or smoothies, or drizzle neat over soups.” Consider keeping a bottle of good-quality olive oil on your desk to drizzle over al-desko lunches.
Spot-prone T-zone
Sugar certainly doesn’t help when it comes to breakouts, but as well as cutting back on the sweet stuff, Earle recommends eating more alkaline-forming foods: “Foods such as asparagus, celery, and endive together with hedgerow berries, fresh grapefruit, lemons, and limes can help keep the area across the forehead, down the nose and over the chin calm and clear.” In fact, Earle’s latest book, Skin, features a recipe for an Alkaline Greenie Glow Juice made with peeled pink grapefruit, spinach, asparagus and celery stalks, which makes including them in your diet quicker and easier.
Dark circles beneath the eyes
This is an easy one – drink more water. At least one and a half liters per day. Everyone says it’s good for you, and they aren’t wrong. And if you’re really suffering, you’ll be pleased to hear that Earle’s vegetable prescription includes all of our favourite winter stew ingredients: “Try potassium and magnesium-rich foods – notably leafy greens such as Swiss chard, dark cabbage and kale – together with autumnal squashes, sweet potato (skin on), citrus fruits and papaya.”
Puffiness
Puffiness is often due to fluid retention, so diuretic foods are said to help – think fennel, celery, cucumber, and chicory. “My favorite lunchtime dish is smoked mackerel with a poppy seed fennel and white radish salad,” Earle says of her preferred solution.
Rough skin and flaking on the cheeks and chin
You know you need Omega-3, but do you get enough of it? These fatty acids are the answer (along with a great moisturizer) when it comes to soothing those flaky patches than ruin your foundation application all winter long. You can boost Omega-3 intake with oily fish – Earle encourages (in order) herring, mackerel, pilchard, sardine, salmon, and tuna. And if you don’t eat fish? “Flaxseed and rapeseed oils are a useful substitute as they contain a similar essential fatty acid profile,” she says.
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