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Juicing For Healthy Skin

by Joe Boone

Perhaps there are benefits to juicing fruits and vegetables to help your skin? In a word: yes. It's no secret a change in your diet could benefit you. It's also true that eating the right foods will promote healthier skin, inside and out. But add the component of juicing to get accelerated results.

If there were foods that could be good for your skin, what if you were juicing them? What would happen if you juiced what doctors respect as good foods for your skin? What positive changes might you receive, and how could they present themselves?

It has been said that dermatologists (healthy skin specialists) consider antioxidants reduce risks and problems for your skin. Vitamin A, C, and E can help decrease problems from the sun or environmental damage from, free radicals, which without getting into scientific terminology, is ultimately bad for your skin. There are other considerations you might want to avoid such as smoking cigarettes or cigars, tanning, and drinking alcohol, too. But foods rich in these vitamins can work wonders for your skin.

Vitamin A Now, you certainly can get too much vitamin A, which is why you may want to have a chat with your doctors about juicing benefits. Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin;that means your body can store it. When you eat vitamin A or nutrients that your body can change to vitamin A, you're probably getting more antioxidants than if you do not.

Here are some foods that are full of vitamin A which you can also juice: carrots, pumpkin, kale, sweet potatoes, mangoes, spinach leaves, cantaloupe, and Swiss chard.

In the future, I will write about how you can juice these and other foods.

Vitamin C. Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin; that means your body cannot store it. Many doctors have told me that you get Vitamin C each and every.

Additional foods for juicing for Vitamin C include: oranges, broccoli, papayas, red peppers, mangoes, cauliflower and dark greens, such as kale. Yes, these will be full of Vitamin C.

Down the road, I will write about how you can juice these and other foods.

Vitamin E. This is an additional fat-soluble vitamin. Your body does store it. Many people put vitamin E upon their skin. Here are some juicing options for vitamin E: most nuts, seeds, and asparagus. Again, these will be high in Vitamin E. But you do not have to get fanatical about it since you'll be better off drinking the juices, rather than putting each on your skin.

Sure, before adding juicing to your healthy skin diet, consult your doctor. Say, Yes to having healthy skin, more youthful skin. You'll get antioxidants, vitamins A, C and E, and it certainly tastes so good.

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Published February 26th, 2008

Filed in Fitness, Health