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Best foods to get a blemish free skin

To achieve glowing skin, most of us directly run after various skincare products. These skincare products are quite important for skin health as they cleanse, exfoliate and hydrate the skin.

On the same side, it’s also essential to be aware of what we put into our bodies.  A meal high in sugar and fat can cause dry skin, acne, oily skin.  However, a meal full of proteins are best for supporting healthy skin.

Avocados

Avocados are high source of healthy fats which are essential to help keep skin elastic and moisturized. They are also contains vitamin E, which acts as an antioxidant that helps protect your skin from oxidative damage.

Walnuts

Walnuts contains essential fatty acids like omega-3 fats which helps in reducing inflammation on your face and keep it smooth and moisturized. Walnuts is also rich in zinc which helps the skin to act as protective barrier, and it helps settle wounds by fighting inflammation and bacteria.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes contains a good amount of vitamin C and major carotenoids, including lycopene, beta carotene, lutein, and lycopene which helps to protect your skin against damage from the sun.

Tomatoes can be paired with carotenoid-rich foods like source of fat, such as cheese or olive oil. As fat helps in increasing your absorption of carotenoids.

Dark chocolate

Dark chocolates contains antioxidant known as flavanols which helps in reducing roughness in the skin and provide sun protection, protect the skin from oxidative stress and also reduce inflammation. Flavonoids also helps in fighting free radicals to protect skin from UV radiation.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes contains Beta carotene which helps to keep your skin healthy by acting as a natural sunblock, protecting from UV radiations. And also helps in preventing sunburn, cell death, and dry, wrinkled skin.

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