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injections, it makes sense to eat your way to fewer wrinkles, pimples, age spots and other beauty plagues!

 Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables in Skincare

81.     All fruits and vegetables are great for the health of the skin as well as the body – one just can’t have enough of these. One of the best ways to increase body’s immunity and thereby avoid or fight skin and other diseases and enhance your health is to include plenty of nutrient/antioxidant-rich fresh seasonal fruits and raw or steamed vegetables in your diet.

82.     Fruits and vegetables with easy digestibility, are superb for healthier skin, hair and eyes; heart health and better blood circulation and also for nervous and respiratory systems; and for tackling obesity. Antioxidant vitamins A, C and E in fruits and vegetables mop up excess “free radicals” that damage cells and tissues of the body. The alkaline salts present in fruits and vegetables neutralise most stomach acids and thus promote intestinal elimination of toxins and wastes. The fibrous matter in fruits and vegetables helps reduce cholesterol and keeps the digestive track running  smoothly.

83.     With the consumption of fresh fruits and raw/steamed vegetables, the elimination of toxins and cleansing capacity of the 24-hour workers, namely liver, kidneys, lungs and the skin, is greatly improved. Almost all the vital nutrients, minerals and vitamins of fruits and vegetables are assimilated directly in the blood stream, thereby affording much needed rest to these digestive assimilative 24-hour worker organs.

 Food-Vitamin-Mineral Connection with Skin

84.     Perhaps your skin’s biggest enemies are free radicals, produced by sun’s ultraviolet rays as well as wrong diet, sedentary lifestyle, stress and pollution. These nasties lead to skin inflammation, as well as the degradation of collagen – the support structure for your skin. But nature has designed some pretty clever foods that, if eaten regularly, act as natural wrinkle fighters. Antioxidant vitamins A, C and E; B-Vitamins; minerals like selenium and zinc; essential fatty acids, lycopene, work in their own way to create a safety net for your skin by reducing or neutralising skin damaging free radicals and environmental onslaught. If you care about your complexion, do yourself a favour and patronise the fruit and vegetable