Beauty Food

Subject: Beauty Food Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:52 pm

Beauty Food

Beauty Food 210

There is no doubt that all of us want to look beautiful, slim and fit. One has to exercise sufficiently to look good. But it is important to eat the right kind of diet to look beautiful. There are a number of beauty foods that are healthy and help in enhancing your looks.
Given below some foods that you can add to your diet if you want to look beautiful.

Apple Cider Vinegar: This vinegar has a number of healing properties and it makes the skin soft and supple. Apple cider vinegar is concentrated with enzymes and these help peel off dead skin cells. It breaks down fat and helps food digest properly.

Carrots: Help to maintain the outer layer of the skin to prevent premature aging. It works just like Retin A.

Cheese: Make a slice or two of hard cheese a part of your diet. Cheese helps to prevent bacteria from growing in the mouth and prevents cavities. Choose between Swiss, cheddar or Gouda.

Citrus Fruits: These fruits hold the skin cells together by forming collagen. Collagen cannot be added to the skin topically and hence fruits and juices must be made an integral part of your daily diet.

Cranberries: These berries keep the urinary tract lining healthy.

Garlic: Helps to combat wrinkles and restores tissues.

Nonfat Yogurt: Is high is calcium and helps to keep your smile white and your teeth cavity-free.

Sweet Potatoes: These potatoes are full of vitamin A and vitamin A is known for being an anti-wrinkling agent. The result of eating this vegetable is smoother skin.

Tomatoes: This vegetable does wonders to your skin. Tomatoes are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium.

Wheat Germ: To get rid of pimples efficiently include two or three tablespoons of wheat germ in your diet. You add this to your cereal, yogurt and cottage cheese.

Here are some general tips about a beauty diet:

Vegetables: you should have three to five servings of vegetables daily. Include one serving of raw, leafy greens.

Do not have more than three-ounce servings a day. Take off all the fat. Try to include two servings of turkey or chicken and a serving of fish a day is ideal.

Fruits: Have two to three servings everyday. ½ cup of chopped or sliced fruit is one serving.

Dairy: Have at least two servings daily. One serving is eight ounces of milk or yogurt.

Fats: Salad dressing, cooking oil, butter and mayonnaise should be limited to two servings a day.

Eat these foods for beauty and follow the beauty diet and you will notice that over a short period of time you are looking better than you did before.

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