SKIN FOOD

Your skin health is important not only for your appearance, but more importantly because your skin performs so many essential tasks for your body. Your skin protects your body from the many viruses and bacteria you are exposed to daily. It also protects you from the sun’s rays – specifically ultraviolet light – that can damage cells. Healthy skin produces vitamin D when exposed to the sun, and vitamin D is important for many body functions. Having healthy skin also helps your body keep its temperature at a constant level. Healthy skin also helps you react better to important changes around you by feeling pain or pressure.    

Greens

Recipe 

Apples, pears,Grapes, avocado, broccoli, Brussels, kale, spinach, sprouts

Benefits – Vitamin E, necessary for the growth of human tissue: Carotenoids and flavonoids: which provide antioxidant benefit

Yellow

Recipe

Yellow peppers, Squash, corn Nectarines, banana

Benefits – Beta Cryptoxanthin: In the human body, cryptoxanthin is converted to vitamin A (retinol) and is, therefore, considered a provitamin A. Which help intracellular communication

Red

Recipe

Raspberries, strawberries, cherries, watermelon, grapes, beets, tomatoes, red peppers, wine

 Benefits – Lycopene, promotes hair growth, treating scalp diseases, and slowing down aging process

Orange

Recipe

Oranges, apricots, grapefruitCantaloupe, papayas, mangoes, orange peppers, sweet potatoes, carrots

 Benefits – Alpha carotene and Beta Carotene: whichprotect the sin from UV free-radical and DNA damage