Fight Wrinkles with Your Diet

Wrinkles are an inevitable part of life and all of us are prone to get them one day or the other. In fact no one can completely prevent them, but we can change their severity and time of appearance. With proper skin care, avoidance of ultraviolet rays and good nourishment we can keep our skin healthy, youthful and wrinkle free for a longer period than usual. We know how to take good skin care and how to protect it from ultraviolet radiations and other environmental stress.
But what about the nourishment? Is it always from outside? Does a good moisturizer and a nourishing face mask are enough to keep our skin well hydrated and properly nourished? The answer is simple and it is obviously NO.
All of us believe that what ever we take in affects every organ of our body then how skin could be spared; it is also one of our body organs. Just as we can keep our heart energetic by eating a low cholesterol diet and we can prevent gastric acidity by taking less spicy foods, We CAN keep our skin soft and firm as well as prevent wrinkles by modifying our diets.
In a recent study published by researchers from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia in 2001 in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, the researchers analyzed the relationship between diet and wrinkles. It was concluded that a healthy food diet low in glycemic value and rich in anti oxidants is less likely to cause wrinkles and other aging effects.

Foods That Help to Reduce Wrinkles.

It is found that healthy food rich in anti oxidants particularly zinc, selenium, and vitamins A, C and E are less likely to cause wrinkling. Anti oxidants are the cellular warriors that fight both aging and disease by reducing the amount of free radicals. The above mentioned anti oxidants are particularly important for fighting against wrinkles because they have their primary role on skin cells.
Hence to keep your skin healthy and damage free look for diet rich in these skin friendly anti oxidants. You can get them in;

• Fruits and fruit products like apples, oranges and papaya (paw paw) and mixed berries,
• Vegetables (especially green leafy like, spinach),
• Nuts like walnuts,
• Legumes like lima beans,
• Wholegrain cereals like wheat, whole oats, barley.
• Mono unsaturated fats as olives and olive oil
• Low fat milk and yogurt,
• Garlic and onions,
• Poultry and eggs,
• Fish,
• Tea both black and white,
• Above all water.

Foods Associated with More Wrinkles

It is found that people who skip foods such as butter, red meat and confectionery are less prone to wrinkling. These foods include;

• Saturated fat,
• Processed Meat,
• Dairy products with full fat,
• Sweetened drinks,
• Cakes, pastries and desserts
• Potatoes,
• Butter and Margarine

Recent studies have confirmed the bad effects of sugars on your skin and its tendency to cause wrinkles. Too much sugar in the blood stream damages the protein and reduces the amount of collagen in our skin; the tissue responsible for the elasticity and tone of our skin. The net result is less elasticity and more wrinkles. While saturated fats clog the skin vessels and damage their blood supply leading to poor nutrition and bad health. Again this makes our skin more prone to wrinkles and aging.