After a winter full of long wool coats and doubled-up scarves, you are ready to let your skin breathe. Unfortunately, the cold weather brought more than just an uncomfortable amount of clothing: it also dried up the skin that clothing protects. Before you bare your skin, you probably want it to get back some of its warm weather glow. So you hustle to the beauty aisle and start loading up your grocery cart with creams and soaps that promise to rejuvenate and hydrate your parched skin. We’re here to tell you that you may want to head to the produce aisle instead.
“Skin is the largest organ of our body, and, since your body is your temple, you must treat it right by eating nutritionally — fortifying your skin with all of the vitamins and nutrients it needs to stay healthy and glowing,” says Dr. David E. Bank, a board-certified dermatologist, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, author of Beautiful Skin: Every Woman’s Guide to Looking Her Best at Any Age, and founder and director of the Center For Dermatology, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery in Mt. Kisco, New York.
But it isn’t just a matter of eating healthy and drinking water, though both certainly help. Rather, maintaining healthy skin through proper nutrition is about eating and even applying the proper foods that have specific benefits to really combat dry and irritated skin. Read full article here.