Is there such a thing as perfect skin? Yes. Perfect skin is skin that you can achieve, without comparison to other people, and only by concentrating on your own evolution.
At your fingertips you have all the cosmetic products from Soivre. From anti-ageing treatments, creams against blemishes, cosmetics to reduce and eliminate wrinkles, treatments to cover skin imperfections, nutricosmetic products...
All of the above solutions, however, will work best if you have a adequate food. Eating well is not complicated. You just need to choose your diet wisely and pay more attention to what you eat and how you prepare it.
A balanced diet including the foods listed below will keep your skin looking radiant and smooth.
Food for perfect skin
Three basic principles regarding food:
- You can eat the right food, but if it contains chemical substances such as insecticides, heavy metals...) we get the opposite effect. In this sense, prioritise the consumption of organic products. They are more expensive, it is true; but how much is your health worth?
- The nutritional values of foods are modified according to the type of preservation and processing.. So try to eat fresh produce. And also find out which type of preparation has the least impact on nutrients.
- The nutrients have a kind of alliance with each other, to put it simply. And some food combinations are more favourable than others. They generate reactions in your body that make them easier to assimilate. On the other hand, there are combinations that, while pleasing to the palate, fall like stones on the digestive tract and hinder the assimilation of nutrients at the cellular level. Once again, find out about the best food combinations.
And now, having established the general guidelines for proper nutrition, let's move on to the products that can have a positive influence on your skin.
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Perfect skin thanks to these foods...
Antioxidant foods to prevent premature ageing
As we have explained before, antioxidants reduce free radicals. Free radicals accumulate over time and hinder reactions within the cells.
The five foods we recommend for their antioxidant properties are:
- Broccoli is versatile in its preparation, but it is best steamed.
- Carrots, thanks to their richness in beta-carotene and their role as vitamin A precursor. Best eaten raw rather than cooked.
- Whole grains: rich in selenium and ideal to give you energy first thing in the morning.
- Tropical fruits: fresh and seasonal, they are perfect for keeping your skin elastic and healthy.
Foods that provide dry skin with fluids
If your problem is that you have dry skin, you need a boosted dose of fluids.
Fruits such as melon, watermelon and citrus fruits should be in your diet. At least one piece or serving of these every day.
On the other hand, increase fluids: more water (1.5 litres a day), herbal teas (camomile), teas (green tea or white tea, the silent allies of beauty), drink milk - if you are not lactose intolerant - and treat yourself to fresh blended fruit juices.
For dry skin, a teaspoon of olive oil every day is also recommended. This oil is rich in vitamin E and reduces photo-ageing.
Foods that provide vitamins
Vitamins are your friends when it comes to skin nutrition. The ones that you should prioritise are the Vitamin C, B vitamins and Vitamin E.
Where to find them?
- Vitamin C: is one of the most important vitamins for skin care due to its antioxidant properties. You can find it in citrus fruits, strawberries, tomatoes, red pepper, kiwi, guava and parsley.
- Vitamin E: found in olive oil, sesame oil, nuts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, as well as wheat germ.
- B vitamins: Vitamins B3, B5, B6 and B12 are essential for acne reduction, cell regeneration and moisturisation. They are found in oats, spinach, clams and shellfish.
Mineral-rich foods
Minerals soften the skin, stimulate exfoliation and promote cell renewal.
The most important minerals for your skin are iron, zinc and manganese.
- Zinc: a mineral with hormone-regulating functions, which is beneficial for mature skin. It also helps in the control of acne. Zinc is found in oysters, wheat germ, turkey meat and liver.
- Manganese: this mineral aids in the collagen production. It is found in abundance in walnuts and clams.
- Iron: as you probably know, is responsible for the production of red blood cells and oxygenation of the blood.. Blood with adequate oxygen levels will do its job better. Iron is present in red meat, liver, lentils, beans, spinach and other green leafy vegetables.
In relation to the food combinations that we discussed at some point, a concrete example is the 'alliance' between iron and vitamin C. The latter helps the synthesis of the former. The latter helps the synthesis of the former. So, the day you decide to eat red meat or a dish of lentils, you can drink orange juice before the meal and as an aperitif, or prepare a salad and dress it with citrus fruits.
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The results of incorrect nutrition
When your skin does not receive daily nutrients, its ability to regenerate slows down. Within six months the skin becomes dry and dull. And in the long term it ages prematurely, loses firmness, wrinkles and becomes less able to heal.
As always, you have enemies lurking in your skin's health that also enter through your mouth: coffee, alcohol, sweets laden with refined sugar and fried foods do not help you at all..
We hope you find this information useful.
Eat with gratitude and awareness. Eat healthy and you will have better skin, and a healthier body overall.
