Forget Tanning Beds - Get Glowing Skin from Food Instead (1:11)
The best way to get glowing skin is from the food you eat, says Dr. Oz. In this Health Smarts video, he shares delicious foods rich in vitamin C and beta carotene to nourish healthy skin.
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Hi! I'm Dr. Oz. You want beautiful skin? Forget the tanning bed. For a healthy glow, you have to do more than splurge onexpensive cosmetics and sunless tanning sprays. You need to nourish your skin with, you guessed it, healthy fruits vegetables. Eating lots of fruits and vegetables gives your skin a healthier golden glow, compared to people who don't eat enough produce.
Start with at least five servings a day, but nine is ideal. To get a real golden glow scoop up fruits and veggies high in Vitamin C and beta carotene, the carotenoid that gives food that red orange shield. Gobble up carrots, sweet potatoes, red chili peppers, cantaloupe, winter squash, apricot, and cherries.
As a bonus, these goodies also ease information and protect your vision. There're many other fruits and veges that can get your to get a healthy inside-out make over. Avocados, lentils, and beans, spinach, kale, and pomegranates, are also skin superstars. So dish up a big plate bowl, get ready, set, glow.
I'm Dr. Oz, for more ways to be healthy and beautiful, watch all of our smart tips right here.
Your skin, hair and nails say a lot about your health. Experts share skin care and beauty tips, from nutrition to nourish glowing skin and shiny hair to anti-aging benefits of exercise and how to find beauty products that deliver results.
