Skin Care
The skin is the outer reflection of your inner health. Skin that is clear of blemishes, soft, and
glowing usually indicates a good diet. Dry, flaking or oily skin results when the diet is not
balanced. Many people are spending more and more time in the sun. Basking in the sun,
especially without protecting your skin, can lead to unsightly wrinkles, premature aging and
worst of all, life-threatening skin cancer.
Vitamins make beautiful skin
A Good Oxygen Supply
Healthy skin needs a constant supply of water and oxygen to keep it moist and glowing.
A healthy blood supply is required to supply these nutrients to the skin. In turn, protein, iron,
copper, folic acid and vitamins C, E and all the B vitamins are required to build blood cells and
keep them healthy. A deficiency of any of these, especially iron, reduces the oxygen-carrying
capacity of the blood. This suffocates the skin and leaves it dry and looking tired.
Repairing Damaged Skin
Repairing damaged skin requires zinc and vitamin C, vitamin A and vitamin K.
Linoleic acid, a fat found in vegetable oils also help restore damaged skin and maintain
smooth moist skin. Beware of consuming too much oil and fat, as a high fat diet has links to
skin cancer. The best advice is to eat an over-all low fat diet with some good fats included:
sunflower oil, olive oil, olives, and nuts.
Antioxidants: fighting aging and cancer
Much of the aging of the skin is really a result of long-term exposure to sun and tobacco smoke.
Pollution generates damaged oxygen molecules, called free radicals. These free radicals
erode the skin in the same way that water rusts metal. Free radicals also damage collagen, the
skin’s “glue” that helps keep skin firm and supple. The result is photoaging, a condition that
includes dryness, loss of skin elasticity, and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Sun exposure generates the free radicals (damaged oxygen), which damage the structure of
the skin cells, contributing to the development of cancer. Antioxidant nutrients: vitamins C, E
and beta carotene (the active form of vitamin A) show promise in slowing down the damage
done by free radicals to the skin.
Of course, the antioxidants are effective only of you combine them with a healthy diet and
practice other risk-lowering habits, especially wearing sunscreen during daytime. Sunscreen is
especially important to lower the damage done to the facial skin, which results at the very least,
in lines and wrinkles.
Guidelines for healthy skin - Using your Diet
Ultraviolet Radiation:
Understanding UVA, UVB and UVC
With all the recent news about sunscreens, there is still a huge amount of misinformation
surrounding ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Before you can select an effective sunscreen, you should
know something about UV. UV light can be classified into three specific wavebands – UVA, UVB
and UVC.
They differ in their effect on the body and how deep they penetrate into the skin.
UVA
UVA is the longest of the UV wavelengths and accounts for up to 95% of the solar UV radiation
reaching the Earth’s surface. It can penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin and plays a
major part in skin aging and wrinkling. Recent studies strongly suggest that it may also initiate
and accelerate the development of skin cancers. UVA rays can be 30 to 50 times more
prevalent than UVB rays and are present during all daylight hours, year round.
Furthermore, UVA radiation can penetrate glass and clouds. Thus, we are exposed to large
doses of UVA throughout our lifetime.
UVB
This middle-range of UV is responsible for burning, tanning, the acceleration of skin aging, and
also plays a key role in the development of skin cancer. The intensity of UVB varies by season,
location and time of day. UVB rays do not penetrate glass.
UVC
The shortest and highest energy UV, UVC is filtered by the ozone, so its wavelengths do not
reach the earth’s surface. As such, UVC does not contribute to skin damage in humans.
While clearly the differences between UVB and UVA need to be explored further, it’s proven
that exposure to the combination of UVB and UVA is a powerful attack on the skin. It can
create irreversible damage that ranges from sunburn to premature aging to skin cancer.
Protection from these rays is the only way to avoid these problems.
glowing usually indicates a good diet. Dry, flaking or oily skin results when the diet is not
balanced. Many people are spending more and more time in the sun. Basking in the sun,
especially without protecting your skin, can lead to unsightly wrinkles, premature aging and
worst of all, life-threatening skin cancer.
Vitamins make beautiful skin
- Vitamin C: helps build collagen, the “glue” that holds the body’s cells together. Poor
intake of this vitamin can cause loss of skin elasticity; dry skin and poor healing of cuts
and bruises. Just one orange or bowl of strawberries contains all the vitamin C you
need in a day.
- B-vitamins: these vitamins help speed wound healing and prevent dry, flaky or oily skin.
They are found in whole grain breads and cereals, and milk.
- Vitamin A: maintains the outer-layer of the skin, helping to prevent premature wrinkles or
bumpy, sandpaper-like skin. Vitamin A is found in leafy, dark green or bright orange
vegetables (like spinach or carrots) and in fruits with orange flesh (like mangos)
- Zinc: aids in the healing of cuts. Zinc is found in meat, seafood, beans and chickpeas.
A Good Oxygen Supply
Healthy skin needs a constant supply of water and oxygen to keep it moist and glowing.
A healthy blood supply is required to supply these nutrients to the skin. In turn, protein, iron,
copper, folic acid and vitamins C, E and all the B vitamins are required to build blood cells and
keep them healthy. A deficiency of any of these, especially iron, reduces the oxygen-carrying
capacity of the blood. This suffocates the skin and leaves it dry and looking tired.
Repairing Damaged Skin
Repairing damaged skin requires zinc and vitamin C, vitamin A and vitamin K.
Linoleic acid, a fat found in vegetable oils also help restore damaged skin and maintain
smooth moist skin. Beware of consuming too much oil and fat, as a high fat diet has links to
skin cancer. The best advice is to eat an over-all low fat diet with some good fats included:
sunflower oil, olive oil, olives, and nuts.
Antioxidants: fighting aging and cancer
Much of the aging of the skin is really a result of long-term exposure to sun and tobacco smoke.
Pollution generates damaged oxygen molecules, called free radicals. These free radicals
erode the skin in the same way that water rusts metal. Free radicals also damage collagen, the
skin’s “glue” that helps keep skin firm and supple. The result is photoaging, a condition that
includes dryness, loss of skin elasticity, and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Sun exposure generates the free radicals (damaged oxygen), which damage the structure of
the skin cells, contributing to the development of cancer. Antioxidant nutrients: vitamins C, E
and beta carotene (the active form of vitamin A) show promise in slowing down the damage
done by free radicals to the skin.
Of course, the antioxidants are effective only of you combine them with a healthy diet and
practice other risk-lowering habits, especially wearing sunscreen during daytime. Sunscreen is
especially important to lower the damage done to the facial skin, which results at the very least,
in lines and wrinkles.
Guidelines for healthy skin - Using your Diet
- Consume fresh foods every day: fresh fruit and vegetables for maximum vitamin
content, whole grain and whole wheat breads and cereals, dried beans, low fat milk and
milk products and small amounts of fish and meats.
- Include servings of antioxidant rich foods on a daily basis. For example, have a small
glass of orange juice (for vitamin C) with breakfast, spinach at lunch with a little olive oil
(for beta carotene and vitamin E). Enjoy an afternoon snack of dried apricots (for beta-
carotene). Start your evening meal with a salad of tomatoes and lettuce.
- Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water daily to keep skin smooth and moist and to remove toxins
from your system.
Ultraviolet Radiation:
Understanding UVA, UVB and UVC
With all the recent news about sunscreens, there is still a huge amount of misinformation
surrounding ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Before you can select an effective sunscreen, you should
know something about UV. UV light can be classified into three specific wavebands – UVA, UVB
and UVC.
They differ in their effect on the body and how deep they penetrate into the skin.
UVA
UVA is the longest of the UV wavelengths and accounts for up to 95% of the solar UV radiation
reaching the Earth’s surface. It can penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin and plays a
major part in skin aging and wrinkling. Recent studies strongly suggest that it may also initiate
and accelerate the development of skin cancers. UVA rays can be 30 to 50 times more
prevalent than UVB rays and are present during all daylight hours, year round.
Furthermore, UVA radiation can penetrate glass and clouds. Thus, we are exposed to large
doses of UVA throughout our lifetime.
UVB
This middle-range of UV is responsible for burning, tanning, the acceleration of skin aging, and
also plays a key role in the development of skin cancer. The intensity of UVB varies by season,
location and time of day. UVB rays do not penetrate glass.
UVC
The shortest and highest energy UV, UVC is filtered by the ozone, so its wavelengths do not
reach the earth’s surface. As such, UVC does not contribute to skin damage in humans.
While clearly the differences between UVB and UVA need to be explored further, it’s proven
that exposure to the combination of UVB and UVA is a powerful attack on the skin. It can
create irreversible damage that ranges from sunburn to premature aging to skin cancer.
Protection from these rays is the only way to avoid these problems.
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