Best Food for Healthy Skin?

[Virtue121]

Hi Everyone,

I have a few spots on my face and I would like to improve the quality of my skin there. I think that I should cut down on refined sugar but what food specifically helps to nourish and protect the skin?

Has anyone heard of the idea of eating more foods with 'skins' on them such as apples and peaches etc? I wondered if maybe there might be something in the fruit skins that would help human skin but I haven't tested out the theory yet.

Maybe eating a 'meal of peelings' every day would help?

Best Wishes,

James

[KtotheB]

Hey James,
I always find my skin looks better when I eat a lot of foods that contain healthy fats - olives, coconut, and avocados, especially.

Processed food, greasy food, and sugar have the opposite effect. I don't find that food with "skin" helps my skin, but the fibre does keep your system cleaned out!

xo
kb

[aggie]

in addition to above good advice:
hydrate...lots of good ole h2o

[InnerChallenge]

You could try flax seeds. They cost next to nothing and you can eat easily 25 to 50g a day. It would still cost you less than $20 a month. They contain a lot of omegas (healthy fats) and they contain a lot of fiber!
If your overal 'diet' isn't to unhealthy flax seeds will definately make those spots go away!

[JRhodes]

Originally Posted by Virtue121

Hi Everyone,

I have a few spots on my face and I would like to improve the quality of my skin there. I think that I should cut down on refined sugar but what food specifically helps to nourish and protect the skin?

Has anyone heard of the idea of eating more foods with 'skins' on them such as apples and peaches etc? I wondered if maybe there might be something in the fruit skins that would help human skin but I haven't tested out the theory yet.

Maybe eating a 'meal of peelings' every day would help?

Best Wishes,

James

I eat a lot of fresh fruit and veg and I have good skin. I don't necessarily know if it's the skins so much as the nutrients within the whole fruit and veg that have this effect though.

I'd also suggest drinking plently of water to hydrate the system too if you're looking to improve your skin. Basically keep your eating and drinking habits as "natural" as possible.

[ginkgo]

I would say that the best food would be avocados which is 60% fat. Healthy fats lubricate your skin, brain and arteries. Flaxseeds are a good source of the omega-3 fats that are good for all the above also. But a better source of this is chia seeds. You can digest the whole seed whereas if you swallow the itty, bitty flaxseed whole, you cannot digest it.

Eat more healthy food and less unhealthy foods that clog the pores like junk food, food with trans fats like in fast food restaurants, dairy and meats. Eat more foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds and get plenty of sunlight. Do not put chemicals on your skin like sunblock. For soap use Dr Bronner's soap sold in health food stores. Get the one with tee tree oil in it. The other ingredients are like olive oil, coconut, hemp and jojoba oils (all fats in foods) and citric oil (from fruits).

Here is a question for you. Which is more nutritious? Large potatoes, large apples and large peaches or the small potatoes, small apples and small peaches. Pound for pound, the latter is more nutritious. That is because the smaller ones have a higher ratio of skin and under skin to the rest of the fruit. Potatoes and fruits have more of the nutrition in the skin or right under the skin than the center of the fruit.

[Creative]

I have noticed that my skin looks its best in the summer when I am drinking lots of water and eating lots of berries. Like you say less/ no refined sugar is the way to go!

[KtotheB]

Originally Posted by InnerChallenge

You could try flax seeds. They cost next to nothing and you can eat easily 25 to 50g a day. It would still cost you less than $20 a month. They contain a lot of omegas (healthy fats) and they contain a lot of fiber!
If your overal 'diet' isn't to unhealthy flax seeds will definately make those spots go away!

Two thumbs up for Flax seeds. This is another one of the healthy fats I eat daily.

Flax seeds have to be ground just before consuming in order for you to derive the benefits of them (otherwise they just pass through your system). I use a coffee bean grinder, grind about a tablespoon and add it to my morning smoothie.

[Daffy Duck]

The best way is to have a healthy diet full of vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and water.

Everyone is different though. There have been months when I've eaten well and other months when my diet was "average," and either way my skin didn't behave much differently. I sure felt good when eating the healthier food though!

[carenkh]

When I did my raw trial, in just one day, my skin was smooth and soft, and in just a couple of days, blemish-free. I ate mostly green smoothies with spinach or kale and fruit (pineapple, blueberries, kiwi, bananas, mango, raspberries), and mixed green salads with sliced apples and raw nuts.

[shasah]

I'll be trying some of the above to see how it helps me so thanks for this post. There's one that I didn't see that has results within a week, if you smoke - quit.

[joelr]

Yes good fats helped my skin.
Buy the flaxseed in the bottle, it's way cheaper and easier to get a tablespoon. The 1G tabs are a rip off since it's good to have 1 or 1/2 TBS daily.
Supplement that with a small amount of primrose oil (for that I just use 1 tab, I can't find the bottles and only a gram is needed).

This gives the perfect ratio of Omega 3, 6 and 9. 1 T flax in a protein shake or whatever and a primrose capsule.

Also like someone said water is important.

Vitamin A or Beta Carotene is also high on the list.

I found that lack of sleep over a period of months also caused me flare ups. I could reverse it by going to bed early for like 5 days in a row.