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Eating Beautifully: Foods That Make Your Skin Glow

Foods that are good for your skin - Sweet potatoes
Photo credit: pilipphoto
November 9, 2021
CN Staff
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Plenty of foods can improve your diet and health, but some can even affect your skin’s appearance. Here are some foods that make your skin glow.

Food isn’t just something you eat for sustenance. From boosting your immune system to making your hair shine, the food you eat has huge effects on your entire body. That’s why knowing the foods that make your skin glow is so important for proper skincare.

Papaya

One of the most delicious fruits, papaya has several key nutrients for skin health stemming from an enzyme called papain. This makes papaya great for preventing breakouts, moisturizing, and improving the firmness and elasticity of the skin. By eating papaya, you can reduce wrinkles and expression lines on your face.

Sea Moss

Sea moss has many benefits for the skin, though you can only get them by consuming or applying sea moss in a gel form. These benefits include pain relief, moisturization, and breakout prevention.

Sweet Potato

Another food that makes your skin glow if you add it into your diet is the sweet potato. This vegetable contains a lot of beta-carotene, which the body processes and uses for skincare. By eating sweet potatoes, you’re fighting acne, wrinkles, depigmentation, pore clogging, and inflammation, all of which can damage your skin.

Quinoa

Quinoa doesn’t directly affect the skin, but it improves your digestion with its fiber and other nutrients. With better digestion comes fewer toxins and better processing of anything else in your body. This alleviates irregularities that may appear and mark your skin.

Pumpkin

Pumpkin isn’t just an autumn flavor; it also offers many benefits for the body and skin. With its numerous enzymes and alpha-hydroxy acids, pumpkin can soften your skin, balance your pH levels and regulate your skin’s oil.

These are just a few foods that benefit your skin, but they’re also some of the easiest to add into your diet. Consuming them a few times a week can help your skin look its best

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