Foods that can Make Our Skin Glow

Slathering a whole lot of creams and lotions on the skin cannot make it glow. It is balanced and nutrient-rich diets that can bring a soft incandescence to the skin making it look beautiful. Vitamin A, C and E are increasingly important because of their antioxidant capabilities. Free radicals are thought to be the cause of many diseases from cancers to colds. The free radicals damage a person’s DNA, causing unwanted changes in the basic building blocks of the cells. This damage can often be prevented, and sometimes be reversed, with the healing properties of antioxidants.
Vitamin A works as an antioxidant of invaluable worth. It disarms molecules called the free radicals. These are unleashed by white blood cells whenever the skin is irritated by sun, smoke or pollution. If left unchecked free radical molecules cause damage to healthy skin collagen, which brings firmness to the skin. Damaged collagen causes wrinkles, slacken the skin and can lead to skin cancer. Vitamin A is found in many yellow and green vegetables, egg yolk, butter, liver and fish oils. Retinoids, the active ingredients in vitamin A, can reduce and prevent wrinkles, brown spots etc and bring about improvement in skin texture and tone.
Beta-carotene contained in carrots, leafy vegetables, sweet potatoes, squash, cantaloupes, meat, butter and cheese, also contains agents that act as free radical scavengers and protect the body cells. A combination of vitamin A and beta-carotene can work wonders in protecting the skin from harmful effects of free radicals.
Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is found in vegetables and citrus fruits. It acts as an antioxidant by scavenging and quenching free radicals throughout the body. The harmful effects caused by sunlight’s UVA and UVB rays can be nullified by vitamin C and this can control skin damage.
Vitamin E like vitamin A and C, is an antioxidant. When combined with Vitamin C, it acts as a powerful protective factor against the UVB rays of the sun. Vitamin E is present in vegetables, oils, seeds, corn, soy, whole-wheat flour, margarine, nuts and some meats and dairy products. Vitamin E is also used on the skin for protection against sunburn.
To find the required amount of antioxidants, it is necessary to eat a varied diet.