For healthy, glowing skin, make like a rabbit and eat your carrots.
The crunchy snack and Bugs Bunny prop is loaded with vitamin A — a good-for-your-eyes antioxidant that appears to be great for skin, too. It helps balance the pH of the skin’s surface, making it slightly acidic. That’s good news, because slightly acidic skin fends off bacterial invaders. Here are more skin-boosting nutrients.
In addition to getting enough vitamin A in your diet, keep an eye on how much fat you eat. A recent study suggests that eating too much fat will suck moisture from your skin, which means fine lines and wrinkles have no place to hide. Read the rest of this entry »
