15 Top Foods for Truly Beautiful, Younger Looking Skin (#12 is Wicked Good!)

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One of the first things people will notice about you (not to mention one of the dead giveaways when it comes to your age) is your skin. Everyone wants that peaches and cream complexion, free from pimples, dark spots, an uneven skin tone, and wrinkles.

One of the best ways to get truly beautiful skin it to feed it the nutrition it needs. One of the most important things for our skin (our entire body actually) but for today we will only focus on our skin are antioxidants. Free radicals are a by-product of our body. Unfortunately, free radicals turn around and attack our bodies on a cellular level (ungrateful things that they are) causing chronic disease and damage to our skin, including wrinkles and premature aging. Antioxidants are death to free radicals.

We can fight back against free radicals by consuming more of the foods that are naturally high in antioxidants, which will naturally give us beautifully clear, radiant skin.

Keep reading and find out which of the top 15 foods are vital to your skin so you can start looking better by the end of summer, with or without a tan!

1. Pumpkin Seeds

If you tend to get breakouts, you might be low on zinc. This is a mineral which is vital to the normal functioning of our sebaceous glands. These are our skins oil glands and they keep our skin soft, supple, as well as repairing damage. Zinc can help to normalize the oil glands so that they don’t go crazy making more oil than we need. Take a zinc supplement or eat more pumpkin seeds as these are high in zinc. You can also find zinc in shellfish and nuts.

2. Turmeric

Besides being a super food that is good for just about every single part of your body, studies show that turmeric can reduce the risk of developing certain skin diseases. The active ingredient in turmeric, curcumin, has powerful anti-inflammatory compounds, not to mention those potent antioxidants we were talking about. Add a teaspoon of turmeric to one glass of warm milk and drink each day for beautiful skin in a matter of weeks, not to mention a beautiful glow.

3. Flax Seed Oil

For truly healthy skin, you need to get plenty of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Our bodies cannot make these substances, so we must get them from the foods we eat. Flax seed oil is a great way to get both omega-3 and omega-6 in the proper amounts. Omega-3 fatty acids encourage the body to make more anti-inflammatory compounds, which can help stop skin problems such as eczema and breakouts. Flax seed oil is generally consumed as a supplement. Take as directed.

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