The
secret to healthy youthful looking skin lies in the food you eat,
which will keep you looking younger than your years!
Obviously avoiding nicotine and excessive sunlight will help but
dermatologist, Dr. Nicholas Perricone says, “the wrong food choices
cause inflammation down to the cellular level.
And while you can’t see it, that inflammation leads directly to
wrinkling, sagging, and premature aging.”
So what
foods can we eat to avoid the wrinkling and premature aging?
Here are Five Super Foods to Eat to Make You Look Younger:
1. WILD SALMON
Astaxanthin is the pigment that makes salmon pink and powerfully
helps fight against free radicals. These free radicals are molecules
that damage cell membranes and DNA, causing your skin to age. A
study found that eating only one serving every five days can
prevent actinic keratoses- Those ugly rough patches that are
precancerous.
2. SWEET POTATOES
Beta-carotene, which makes these potatoes orange helps balance your
skin PH, combat dryness, and promotes cellular turnover, which all
result in smoother skin.
3. TOMATOES
Lycopene, the red pigment in a tomato, is a potent antioxidant that
shields skin from sun damage, like sunscreen, but from the inside
out.
To best
absorb lycopene eat tomatoes with olive oil as the fatty acids help
the body make use of the lycopene. This is one of my favorite sides
with lamb chops or fillet Mignon, giving you the protein, healthy
fats and nutrient dense carbs, creating a great meal following the
Rapidly Ripped
Eating Strategy!
4. CITRUS FRUITS
Vitamin
C is essential to building collagen, a vital component to young
looking skin, which starts breaking down in your twenties.
Bioflavonoids, which protect skin from UV rays and help prevent cell
death are also found in citrus fruits.
5. LEAFY GREENS
Lutein,
which is found in spinach, kale and other greens, helps protect skin
from sun-induced inflammation and wrinkles.
Bonus Tip to Prevent Wrinkles:
Stay
away from white refined foods! Here is another reason to avoid white
breads, pasta, rice and other refined grain products – they’re
quickly broken down to the ultimate white food: SUGAR!
Once in
the blood stream, sugar bonds with protein and creates advanced
glycation end- products, which cause collagen to become inflamed and
stiff, leading to wrinkles!
These are just five of the myriad anti-aging foods, which also
happen to be great fat burning foods. You can find 100 more in our
Rapidly Ripped
Program, which not only will help you get a leaner body
but will also help you to continue to “improve with
age!”
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