Relation Between Healthy Diet and Skin Care

Diet is a very important factor in skin care. You are what you eat and even if you are born with a beautiful healthy skin but you are eating all wrong food, you can damage your skin. Eating right food for all body parts including skin is very important. People who naturally don't have a good skin can get one by eating right food for it. And the most important thing for a healthy, glowing skin is drinking lots of water.

There should be a proper balance diet in all meals in right proportion of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrate, fats and proteins. One should include green leafy vegetables, sprouts, salads and fruits in daily diet. Non-vegetarians have rich amount of protein in their diet but vegetarian diet lacks it so they need to include good amount of proteins in their diet. One should eat curd, yogurt and other dairy products to keep their intestine clean.

If right amount of balanced food is eaten, one can easily get and maintain healthy, glowing skin with no acne, pimples and blemishes. One should avoid eating all junk food, fried food and saturated stuff to keep the skin in a good condition as they are the main cause of getting acne, pimples and break outs on the skin after hormonal imbalance.

1. Skin food- proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins are the main skin foods which one needs to increase in the diet if the skin is saggy or is older than the actual age. Sugar is one of the main sources of carbohydrates but it causes more damage than benefit so one should keep a check on the sugar intake in one's diet. Fruit sugar, jiggery and honey are better sugar substitute. Instead of white bread one should eat brown bread and brown rice should be eaten than white rice.
   
   There are people like professionals who totally skip carbohydrate from their meals to diet. They don't know hoe harmful that is for their body. If no fat is eaten, no carbohydrates eaten, one gets a saggy and dull skin. So a little fat is very essential for a good body and toned skin. Vegetarian diet lack proper proteins so vegetarians can increase their intake of pulses, dairy products, and sprouts, which are rich source of proteins. Soya beans too are a great source and these days they are available in different meal types in markets as Soya chunks, Soya granules, Soya flour, which is very good for body and skin.
   
   
2. Skin vitamins- vitamins are essential in one's daily diet and they play a very important role in skin care. To prevent skin to get it dull, lifeless and old one has to include sufficient vitamins in one's diet. There are five vitamins, vitamin A, B, C, D and E. There are different sources for all 5 different vitamins, to include them in a daily diet in proportion one has to have the knowledge about them, as how they play a role in daily diet to keep the body and skin healthy and glowing.

Vitamin A-radish, mango and apple are some rich source of vitamin A. It helps to reconstruct the skin tissues and detoxify the skin so that skin could keep away from acne, pimples and blemishes and could stay young and clean.

Vitamin B-vitamin B is available in many leafy vegetables. It boosts the immune system and keeps skin diseases at bay. Many vitamin B complex supplements are easily available in the market in forms of capsules, which can be added to your daily diet to maintain a healthy skin.

Vitamin C-vitamin C is a very helpful vitamin in keeping all the allergies away from body and help increasing the immune system. It is extremely good for skin. It keeps the skin blemish free and radiantly glowing. All juicy fruits are a great source of vitamin C as oranges, lemon, sweet lime and grapes. One should add a glass of orange juice in daily diet. It will fulfill the requirement of entire day's vitamin C to the body. Vitamin C helps skin to repair from further damage and protects the skin from early aging as it stops wrinkles and keep the skin lustrous.

Vitamin D-vitamin D is available in milk and other calcium sources. Sun is the main source of vitamin D and is very essential for our bones. It helps the skin to keep away from skin disease.

Vitamin E-vitamin E moisturizes and smoothes the skin. It keeps the skin lustrous and young. Milk, butter, fish, olives and dry fruits are rich source of vitamin D and E. They prevent the skin from getting dry, saggy and patchy and keep it soft and supple. Vitamin E capsules are easilyavailable in the market to be taken to complete the body requirement of it.

Lack of vitamins and proteins and other nutrients makes the skin dull, lifeless, problem prone and older than the actual age. So one should keep a balance in the diet to keep the skin ever young.