4 – The fat and skin. If your skin is oily limits you eat fatty foods especially fried foods, fatty meats, whole milk, cheese and so on.
If your skin is dry, mature or likely to develop fine lines keep a healthy intake of fat. If you do not eat enough fat the skin may become dry, sensitive, flaky and light tarnish and making the person look older age.
Preferably these fats should be monounsaturated or poly-unsaturated fats but not as hydrogenated vegetable shortening, hydrogenated vegetable oils or margarine. These fats may help cause acne.
Healthy Fats. Among the healthy fats are: olive oil, canola (non-hydrogenated) peanut and avocado these are monounsaturated fats, including saturated fats are poly-fish oil, salmon, cod, walnuts, soybean oil and other .
Fish oils and fish are in the same or capsules help to have beautiful skin. Dr. Perricone recommends eating salmon or taking fish oil capsules.
5 – Water. Takes at least 64 ounces of water daily (8 glasses)
6 – Sugar. Lower your intake of sugar and refined foods including white flour. According to dermatologist and author Dr. Nicholas Perricone sugar and refined flour cause inflammation that can cause outbreaks of acne, wrinkles and fine lines and premature loss of skin luminosity. A soda has 10 teaspoons of sugar and sweetened soft drinks are no less natural. Read more about sugar
7 – Vitamins. Take a multivitamin daily to make sure you’re getting all the essential vitamins
How do you know how much and how are you eating?
Point it. Write down everything you eat for a week or two and have a real idea of your diet. Most people do not estimate correctly what they eat. The dermatologist and author Dr. David E. Bank in his book “Beautiful Skin” recommends you keep a diary of your food to determine if you have gaps or eat foods that may be affecting your skin.
