How to Keep Your Skin Healthy

Who doesn’t want a healthy, radiant, younger-looking skin? Of course, each of us, especially women, wants to have such great looking and healthy skin! Who doesn’t want to look great and feel great?

What you put inside your body eventually shows on the outside. So, if you want to keep your skin healthy, then you have to take care of your body as you take care of your body’s largest organ—the skin.

More than 100 dermatologists analyzed the skin of about 4000 women ages 40 to 74 and uncovered anti-aging diet secrets.

Dermatologists looked at:

• Eating habits 

• Weight

• History of sun exposure

• Whether the women had hit menopause

Anti-Aging Diet Secrets

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is the key in the formation of collagen, which repairs damage and keeps skin strong and elastic. It keeps teeth, gums, blood vessels healthy, improves iron absorption and resistance to infection. A person with higher intake of vitamin C has lower risk to have wrinkles.

Vitamin C-rich Foods

• Citrus fruits

• Orange juice

• Tomatoes

Other Foods Rich in Vitamin C See Vitamin C in Foods

Linoleic Acid

Linoleic acid is known to help skin maintain moisture. Those who eat plenty of this nutrient will have a less dry and fragile skin.

Linoleic Acid is found in:

• Green leafy vegetables

• Nuts 

• Plant-based oils

Excess Carbohydrates and Fat—a No No!

Excess carbohydrates and fat can speed the aging of the skin. Women, in particular, who consume more carbohydrates and fat, have a higher risk to develop wrinkles. 



Reference: Feed Your Skin, p. 140 Reader’s Digest September 2008