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Skin Vitamins and Minerals



"Being Healthier And Looking Younger"




Skin Vitamins










Skin vitamins and minerals are good for our skin, but most important they are essential for our health. Apart from the vitamins and minerals that our bodies produce, there are different types of vitamins and minerals, that we can get from food. Vitamins act as antioxidants, defending our bodies from free radicals attack and, hence many diseases related to them such as cancer and heart related conditions.

Free radicals are not only bad news for our health, but for the skin and collagen too. The result is
  • loss of elasticity
  • dry skin
  • premature wrinkles
  • expression lines
As well as feeding your skin inside out with vitamins, you can protect it with this top skin products Obagi Professional-C Serum 20% Strength which speed up collagen production, diminishing wrinkles and SkinMedica Dermal Repair with antioxidant vitamins C and E plus retinol, hyaluronic acid and omega-3, protecting the skin from external factors.

People who eat antioxidant food every day, store this vitamins and minerals nutrients, and are less exposed to free radicals attack. The main antioxidant skin vitamins and minerals that we can find in food are (If you want to find out more about each of them, just click in the coloured link).

Vitamin A.
We can find this vitamin in foods like:
  • spinach
  • parsley
    but is present predominantly in yellow-orange coloured foods:
  • carrots
  • mandarins
  • oranges
  • melon
  • peaches
  • pumpkin
  • squash
  • sweet potatoes
  • cheddar cheese
  • milk
  • liver
    And in several fishes like:
  • sardines
  • tuna


Vitamin C.
We can find this skin vitamins predominantly in fruits and vegetables like:

  • parsley
  • spinach
  • cabbage
  • cucumber
  • broccoli
  • melon
  • citrus fruits
    and in all coloured foods like:
  • strawberries
  • cherries
  • redcurrants
  • peppers
  • tomatoes


Vitamin E.
Is present in:

  • nuts like almonds
  • seeds like sesame
    and in all kind of vegetable oils like:
  • sunflower
  • corn
  • sesame
  • wheatgerm
  • olive: the best is extra virgin oil from the first press.


Selenium.
Can be found in :

  • nuts, specially brasil nuts
  • garlic
  • fish
  • seafood
  • chicken
  • turkey
  • brown rice
  • wholemeal cereals


Zinc.
This mineral can be found in:

  • oysters
  • fortified cereals
  • beef
  • pork
  • baked beans
  • nuts
  • cheese
  • yogurts
  • peas


Coenzyme Q10
We will find this nutrient in:

  • sardines
  • mackerel
  • tuna
  • some seafood
  • cabbage
  • spinach
  • peanuts


Bioflavonoids.
We can get them from foods like:

  • broccoli
  • tomatoes
  • green peppers
  • citrus
  • grapes
  • berries
  • apricots
  • cantaloupes


Alpha-Lipoic-Acid
Is present in small amounts in some foods like:

  • broccoli
  • spinach
  • beef
  • kidney
  • liver


Acetyl L Carnitine
Is present in foods of animal origin such as:

  • meat
  • dairy products


Glutathione
Is better to get it from fresh food, rather than cooked food:

  • asparagus
  • avocados
  • walnuts
  • spinach
  • tomatoes
  • carrots
  • grapefruit
  • apples
  • garlic




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