Skin Health and Eating

All skins, even healthy skins, need correct feeding and treatment, not only externally but internally. What you eat can improve or do irreparable harm to your skin, Oily skin, for example, may reflect a tack of vitamin B2 (riboflavin); this can be corrected by adding good natural food sources to your diet liver and more milk, for instance. Oily and dimpled skin may be caused by shortage of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Good food sources for this include pork, veal, wheat germ and bananas. Vitamin A is a primary skin health vitamin and is found in dark green and deep yellow vegetables and fruits. Skins that are drying and ageing too soon may lack the F vitamins, pantothenic acid and niacin. Eggs and liver are excellent sources of pantothenic acid; niacin is found in beef and mushrooms.

Too much alcohol isn't good for the skin nor is smoking. Drinking lots of water tap or mineral does wonders for it.



Crash diets, where the weight is removed suddenly and put back when the diet is over, are damaging to the skin and will be noticeable as you grow older, when the skin loses its elasticity and is unable to spring back. It will become flabby and lose its texture. The answer is to develop a healthy eating pattern that becomes an unbreakable habit very early in life, getting rid of any overweight gradually, so that it goes for good and the new weight is maintained. Try to avoid fatty foods, highly spiced foods, sweets, cakes, biscuits, sauces and too many rich dairy foods; learn to like fresh fruit, salads and vegetables, grilled fish and meat and whole-wheat bread. A diet high in these items and water, and low in the others and alcohol, will keep your skin in good shape for a lifetime.