The focus on outward appearance and interest in improving your skin's health is not to be narcissistic. The desire to feel your best and see your beauty at its full potential is vanity, but the good kind.
Proper eating practices and the consistency with which you carry them out are key when trying to make a positive and lasting impact on your Skin's Health. As simple as they can be, they will give you a boost towards a major change.
In this publication we dedicate a broader and more extensive look at various elements of food to emphasize their importance and detail how they positively influence the health of your skin.
A good motivation to start tuning into your healthy vanity is to use the seasons of the year as a guide. People experience the change of seasons differently, according to our position on the planet. Seasonal foods are usually cheaper, fresher, and rich in nutrients. Adjust your diet as these seasonal changes appear.
Your body responds to the increase in nutrient density of these foods by feeling more satisfied with less. This means making some changes to the types of foods you eat and how they are prepared. It also helps you tap into your intuition to strengthen your skin's needs as they arise, and as they change over time. They give you energy, your skin glows, and keep you looking and feeling young.
First: A look, by season, at the top challenges you may encounter but take advantage of to support your skin's health year-round.
- Spring: the season of detoxification and renewal. Eat plenty of fresh, alkaline vegetables and fruits. Prefer foods with a bitter taste (this indicates cleanliness).
- Summer: season of activity, hydration and sun protection. Prioritize hydration with foods naturally rich in water. Protect your skin with a safe sunscreen and eating colorful, typical summer foods that provide natural UV protection.
- Fall: the season of healing and balance. Opt for root vegetables for their natural balancing effects that also reduce cravings for sweets. Support detoxification with high-fiber foods and plenty of fluids.
- Winter: season of rest and feeding. Prevent dryness, inflammation, and skin sensitivity with foods that boost the immune system. Keep your skin hydrated with healthy fats and warm liquids.
Our environment and its seasonal changes greatly influence the needs of our skin. Take note of what's available around you each season and look for those foods first.
The foods that beautify you have the same characteristics that we admire in people we consider beautiful: freshness and vitality.
Second: Remember these qualities and you will always be able to choose which foods you should eat in the name of beauty.
- Color: The shades of bright colors they naturally present are signs of the powerful chemical compounds found in plant foods, phytochemicals. Eat as many different colors as you can. They protect against UV rays, increase skin elasticity and block the formation of wrinkles.
- Freshness: We know that fresh is best. It is the living fuel that maintains the engine of your body and therefore your beauty. Prefer perishable and lightly cooked foods. They work hard to prevent inflammation and are a contributing factor in eliminating skin sensitivity, premature wrinkles, and unwanted blemishes.
Mix different categories of foods on your plate for a meal with full benefits. Consider adding ingredients daily as a small investment in your beauty.
Many of us agree that perfection does not exist and there is no need to strive for a perfect life. That said, the same goes for your daily eating routine.
Third: Nurturing your beauty isn't always "one size fits all."
- Start listening to your body in relation to portion sizes.
- Practice eating until you're almost 80 percent full.
- Eating at regular intervals helps prepare your body to maintain a steady balance of energy and blood sugar throughout the day and breaks old eating patterns.
- Give your body time to rest and digest between meals.
- Chewing consciously at mealtime is an opportunity to further support strong nutrient assimilation.
- Pay special attention to planning your meals and snacks in advance.
- Choose organic products free of unwanted chemicals.
- Eliminate several false nutrients this season. Do you have doubts about what the False Nutrients are?
When we establish that we are all unique, we take the opportunity to get to know our bodies better and adjust our eating routine based on our personal needs and lifestyle, not perfection. Adjust it, rearrange it and add components to meet the demands of your skin.
While you can, add a few extras to your eating routine that will help you achieve that splendid overall beauty.
Fourth: Add these daily extras (as many as you can).
- Probiotics and/or fermented foods: for better digestion and even more benefits for intestinal strengthening.
- Fresh herbs and spices: Incorporating them is one of the easiest and most delicious ways to add instant antioxidant and anti-aging power to what we eat.
- Frequent hydration: Your body needs this essential fluid to perform some of its key beauty functions, such as nutrient absorption, metabolism, and waste elimination.
- Supplements: For extra nutrients, take them on a regular schedule so you don't forget them.
When setting simple but powerful goals to boost your beauty, you should consider including cooking a new healthy meal this week or trying new foods this month.
Use the list below to identify foods that will support your efforts.
Fifth: A reference of multiple essential foods combined with their most powerful beauty benefits.
By adding essential nutrition you're adding many benefits to your life to age beautifully, from head to toe. For a general Beauty, eat avocado, pomegranate, pure cocoa, strawberries, asparagus and salmon, drink green tea and add cinnamon and turmeric to your meals or drinks. In addition...
- For a healthy head of hair: oatmeal, banana, egg, radish, sardine, green vegetables.
- To keep the skin well hydrated: mushroom, pickle, walnuts, flaxseeds, hemp seeds.
- To soothe redness or hypersensitivity on the skin: ginger, honey, hemp seeds, onions.
- For a blemish-free complexion: lemon, pumpkin, sweet potato, oysters,
Rate the areas of your beauty that may need more attention, consider the features you like and don't like about yourself, and recognize the immense power you have to shape your beauty every day.
Get rid of certain mindsets or beliefs that might be holding you back from including a new healthy habit that plays an active role in your appearance.
Take control of that power.