Can any foods help make my skin healthier, younger, and smoother?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz answered:To ensure healthy skin, you need to eat right. Avocados, soybeans, and nuts all contain biotin, an essential vitamin for healthy skin. A lack of biotin has been known to cause dermatitis -- swollen, itchy, or extremely dry skin.
Add salmon for skin elasticity, pomegranates to help produce more collagen and keep the skin looking young, and plenty of tomatoes. Studies have shown that lycopene in tomatoes can protect your skin from aging by preventing sunburns. The most important thing with tomatoes is to make sure they're with oil. If you heat them up and mix them with oil, that's called pasta sauce.Helpful? 18 people found this helpfulTo ensure healthy skin, you need to eat right. Avocados, soybeans, and nuts all contain biotin, an essential vitamin for healthy skin. A lack of biotin has been known to cause dermatitis -- swollen, itchy, or extremely dry skin. Add salmon for skin... More -
Dr. Michael Roizen answered:Here's a surprising way to get smoother, younger-looking skin: Eat plenty of beans. For more tasty ways to improve your skin, watch this video from RealAge's Dr. Mike Roizen.
Here's a surprising way to get smoother, younger-looking skin: Eat plenty of beans. For more tasty ways to improve your skin, watch this video from RealAge's Dr. Mike Roizen. More -
RealAge answered:Happily, yes. Scientists have pinpointed 5 delicious inflammation-fighting, antioxidant-spiked foods that not only can boost your skin's defenses but may even help heal sunburns and undo deep-down damage. You still need sunscreen year-round, but these age-proofing edibles can pick up where your SPF leaves off.
- Spinach. People who eat three servings of spinach a week slash their risk of skin cancer by 55 percent! That's because spinach contains an amazing cocktail of protective nutrients (including folate; vitamins A, C, and E; and two carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin) that boosts skin's resistance to sun damage.
- Tomatoes. Lycopene-loaded tomatoes reduce your risk of sunburn and skin cancer. Prefer marinara sauce to popping cherry tomatoes? Great! The biggest lycopene bang comes from cooked tomatoes.
- Black raspberries. While all berries are good cancer fighters, black raspberries are all-stars. They're so good at preventing the Big C on a cellular level that scientists have lab-tested a black raspberry skin gel that takes the sting out of sunburn, slows the growth of squamous cell skin cancer, and squelches inflammation from UVB rays.
- Pomegranates. Bright red, flavanoid-rich pomegranate seeds have proved their sun-strength in the lab: They too can shield skin cells from inflammation and UVB damage.
- Dark chocolate. Its happy effect on taste buds makes your brain release feel-good endorphins, improves blood flow (good for all of you), and may be the only thing that gets many women through PMS. But can chocolate help your skin? You bet your dark-fudge sundae it can. It can take the red out of sunburn. It boasts more cancer-fighting chemicals than green tea and red wine. And in a study that thrilled chocolate lovers, women who drank a daily cup of cocoa made from 3 ounces of very dark chocolate (70% or more cacao) had thicker, moister, smoother skin that was more resistant to sun damage . . . in just three months, thanks to chocolate's potent flavonols. Sweet.
Happily, yes. Scientists have pinpointed 5 delicious inflammation-fighting, antioxidant-spiked foods that not only can boost your skin's defenses but may even help heal sunburns and undo deep-down damage. You still need sunscreen year-round, but... More
