06/10/2022
If you want youthful, glowing skin that ages gracefully with you, here are some key tips to follow so that you can glow from the inside out.
Your skin is your largest organ, making up 16 percent of your entire body. It provides an essential barrier between the outside world and the intensely regulated internal systems in the body. The integrity and functionality of these three layers - like all other organs in the body - depends on internal and external stressors and nutrient availability.
Based on this, here are the diet, lifestyle and skincare tips to follow for glowing skin.
Diet Tips
If you consume healthy, organic, whole foods, you are intaking polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, antioxidants, polyphenols, prebiotics, probiotics, collagen, amino acids and many more key nutrients that will hydrate, replenish, reduce inflammation and heal blemishes and imperfections, resulting in healthy, glowing, youthful skin.
These are the top foods for skin health:
Salmon - is rich in omega 3 fatty acids and amino acids to create collagen
Bone Broth - great source of the key amino acids to increase collagen production
Berries - are fiber-rich, which helps to promote gut health and rid the body of toxins, to reduce inflammation
Garlic - is an antibacterial, antifungal, prebiotic food, which has been shown to minimize breakouts and clear the skin up
Dark Leafy Green Vegetables like Kale and Spinach - these foods are full of antioxidants which fight oxidative stress in the skin, which causes aging skin.
Lifestyle Tips
External stressors may include sun damage, the use of low quality products, exposure to pollutants and chemicals, irritants, weather and humidity, amongst others.
To get glowing skin, it’s important that you minimize your exposure to these external stressors, here are some tips for you:
Avoid being in direct sun for long
Always wear SPF
Avoid being in areas with high levels of air pollution
Only use the highest quality skin products
Avoid being outside on extremely hot or humid days
Check all your home cleaning products for chemicals, keeping only natural products
