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The Top 10 Beauty Foods

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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Are you a hottie on a budget, who wants a great face without being forced to buy ridiculously expensive products? If so, nature has everything you need to help you be a goddess/god of great, glowing skin. So glow on!!!

Wild Salmon 

Foods heavy in omega-3 fatty acids like salmon, herring, and trout play a key role in keeping skin smooth. They provide our skin with oils that lubricate and reduce inflammation, which often leads to redness, acne, and scaly skin

Sweet Potatoes 

Sweet potatoes are rich in beta-carotene and, when ingested, are converted into vitamin A, a prime factor in keeping skin kissable & soft. Not a potato person? Carrots will do the trick, too.

Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Mangoes 

These juicy melons are heavy in carotenoids, which help protect your skin from sunburn. Don't let fruit be your only protection though, sunscreen still reigns supreme.

Kiwi 

Any food with lots of vitamin C, like kiwi, oranges, and grapefruit, are big skin savers. Vitamin C stimulates collagen synthesis and protects against wrinkles. In a study done by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, women who had a diet high in vitamin C foods had noticeably less dryness and fewer wrinkles.

Strawberries

This sweet little fruit will make you skin look sweet & delicious as well.  A cup of strawberries has up to 130% of the DV of vitamin C, which is an extremely potent antioxidant that boosts production of collagen fibers that help keep skin smooth and firm. Strawberries also have something called ellagic acid which is an antioxidant that protects the elastic fibers that keep skin from sagging.

Apples

An apple a day keeps skin cancer away with Quercetin,

  

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By Chauncie Burton, BDO Contributing Writer

27 Jan 2012 , Copyright © 2005-2012, BlackDoctor.org. All rights reserved.

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