BLUEBERRIES:
Beautifying Compound: Anthocyanins
Beauty Benefit: Boosts Skin Elasticity
When it comes to blues, go easy on the eye shadow and fill up on the berries. On the surface, blueberries may not look powerful, but their deep blue skins contain a stable of anti-agers that keep you looking, thinking, and seeing yourself, at least 10 years younger! Specifically, anthocyanin pigments boost skin's elasticity and connective tissue (bye-bye sagging) and protect against UV damage, while catechins defend against wrinkles. Vitamins C and E top the list of the more common beauty nutrients in blueberries (they are even more powerful together, since C helps regenerate E in the body), and their healthy does of potassium boosts the circulation of nutrients and oxygen. They may even help reduce fat storage in your body, thanks to their ability to decrease insulin resistance. Eat them fresh or frozen, but not dried, for the biggest benefits.
CANTALOUPE:
Beautifying Compound: Vitamin A
Beauty Benefit: Protects Against UV Damage
Cantaloupe combines two major beauty vitamins, A and C: just 1 cup/170g has more of both A and C than you'll need in a full day! Vitamins A and C are powerhouse prevention against acne, wrinkles, sun damage, lackluster skin, and dry scalp. Cantaloupe also has plenty of potassium to keep your body hydrated and your beauty nutrients circulating, aided by vitamin B, which keeps sodium and potassium balanced in your body. Those B vitamins are also key for healthy, lustrous hair. cantaloupe is superoxide dismutase that supports mitochondrial health. For optimal digestion, eat your cantaloupe by itself, or at least thirty minutes before a meal.
CELERY:
Beautifying Compound: Sodium
Beauty Benefit: Maintains Electrolyte Balance
It's healthy balance of sodium and potassium makes it a natural diuretic, with the power to cool, detox, and flush your body of excess fluid. Celery is just what you need when you're feeling a little too hot and heavy in the summer heat. And as you're cooled by celery, you're calmed, too, thanks to the phytochemical coumarin and its blood pressure-lowering properties. Celery's content of silicon supports skin elasticity and hydration, plus healthy hair growth. As you crunch away, remember that celery also defends against inflammation and wrinkles.
CUCUMBER:
Beautifying Compound: Silicon
Beauty Benefit: Boosts Skin Elasticity And Moisture
When it's hot outside, cucumbers are like a cool breeze for your body and beauty. they're rich in silicon, a beauty mineral that's essential for healthy connective tissue and skin moisture and elasticity; and they're packed with water (95 percent!) for a hydration and detoxification boost. The potassium in cucumbers keeps beauty nutrients circulating, while magnesium keeps you calm (and together, research shows, these two chemicals may lower blood pressure). Cucumbers are anti-inflammatory, kidney-cleansing foods that prevent water retention and keep your body slim. They're a surprisingly good source of vitamin K, and super low in calories (an entire cucumber contains only 45). It's worth buying organic cucumbers so you can eat them with their skins, which are a good source of vitamin C and chlorophyll.
PAPAYA:
Beautifying Compound: Lycopene
Beauty Benefit: Defends Against UV Damage
It's no surprise that this sunny orange fruit bursts full of age-fighting vitamin C; there's about one and a half times your recommended daily intake of vitamin C in 1 cup/225g of the tender flesh. Together with it's natural does of vitamin E, beta-carotene, and lycopene, papaya protects skin from signs of sun damage, like wrinkles and brown spots. Even more beautifying: papaya contains a digestive enzyme that reduces aging inflammation and promotes healthy digestion of proteins, as well as phytochemicals thought to protect from cancer. Papaya seeds are said to cleanse the intestines.
- Danie J
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