Skin health and general well-being are ultimately the result of healthy lifestyle, including a good diet rich in vitamins and minerals, lean proteins, whole foods and fresh fruit and vegetables, moderate exercise as well as attention to the protection of the skin with simple products to cleanse and hydrate.
Choosing fruits and vegetables with a variety of colourswill ensure optimum amounts of antioxidants such as vitamin C, beta-carotene and vitamin E - compounds essential for picking up cell damaging free radicals, which we are exposed to through environmental pollutants as well as part of our bodies own processes including the oxidation that takes place with exposure to UVA and UVB rays.
Drink plenty of filtered water every day. This helps the bodies’ organs and cells to function efficiently, and also assists our natural detoxification processes.
Topically the application of anti-oxidant and vitamin rich skin care products can also help minimize the effects of daily environmental stress and damage. Each Sublime Skin Care product is made using only the purest natural ingredients, containing a synergistic blend of botanical extracts that care for your skin, promote balance and restore harmony and health.
The skin is the largest organ in your body, it is suggested that 10 - 50% of what you put on your skin may be absorbed into your bloodstream, so the products you choose to put on your skin, are ultimately important for your general health and well being.
Read on for the key nutrients for healthy skin.
Key Nutrients for Healthy Skin
Essential fatty acids help nourish your skin and prevent dryness, they are essential for promoting good skin health and regeneration. Find these healthy fats in foods such as avocado, olive oil, oily fish, whole grains, flaxseeds as well as nuts and seeds.
Nuts and seeds are also high in Vitamin E and Zinc which are excellent skin healers and are responsible along with Vitamin C for maintaining collagen, giving skin its firmness and preventing sagging and wrinkles.
Protein is necessary for cell repair - sources are meat, fish and eggs, as well as pulses, nuts, seeds and grains.
Beta-carotene reduces the skin's sensitivity to sunlight and is essential for skin health – the body converts beta-carotene to Vitamin A - find it in dark leafy green vegetables such as broccoli and spinach as well orange foods such as carrots, capsicum and sweet potatoes, papaya and egg.
B group vitamins are essential for normal skin function; poor intake can lead to dry or scaly skin. Sources are poultry, red meat, fish, bananas, whole grains, nuts and eggs.
Selenium found in wheat germ and whole grains is another antioxidant which can help minimize the damaging effects of UV light.
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