PAPAYA Another key to making your skin look youthful and happy is boosting its elasticity. Papaya contains many important vitamins and minerals — including lots of antioxidants — that are key to making your skin smoother and firmer. For instance, it contains high amounts of vitamins A, C, E, and K, as well as potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium. However, to find papaya, you will likely have to visit a health foods or natural grocery store.
beta-carotene. If you are a salad eater, spinach is actually much healthier to use in your salads than romaine or iceberg lettuce. Furthermore, it makes a good topping for pizzas and sandwiches.
WATERCRESS Promoting the circulation and delivery of key nutrients throughout your body is one of the best defenses against aging. That’s because it improves the oxygenation of the skin, making it healthier and firmer. Watercress is a vegetable that’s known to increase circulation throughout the body. Watercress is a popular ingredient in salads. Unfortunately, it’s harder to find in grocery stores than more well-known vegetables like kale and spinach. Therefore, you will likely have to visit a natural grocer or specialty health store to find it. SESAME SEEDS Calcium is necessary to maintain healthy, strong bones and teeth. In addition to dairy products, sesame seeds are high in calcium content. Furthermore, sesame seeds contain high amounts of other important minerals that promote healthy bone growth, for example, fiber, iron, and magnesium. Many people munch on sesame seeds in bar form as a tasty, healthy snack. However, they make a great topping on salads too. In short, if you want to age gracefully and maintain a youthful appearance, you need to eat a healthy diet that contains the key vitamins and nutrients to help you look and feel younger, longer. Replace the unhealthy foods from your diet with these superfoods to promote better health, wellness, and youthfulness. Not only will doing so help you look younger, but it can help you live longer as well.
PINEAPPLES
You can also boost the strength and elasticity of your skin by eating pineapples. Pineapples contain a key nutrient that helps produce collagen by activating the prolidase enzyme. Collagen is what makes your skin stronger and look younger. POMEGRANATE Pomegranate is one of the most powerful
anti-aging superfoods that help make your skin look and feel younger. In fact, many people use it as an ingredient for their health shakes and smoothies.
Pomegranate is rich in ellagic acid and punicalagin. Ellagic acid can help repair damaged skin cells. Punicalagin is another nutrient that can boost the production of collagen. (Remember, collagen makes your skin stronger and look more youthful.) You can buy pomegranate juice to drink, as well as seeds to use in salads and other meals. SPINACH If you have noticed a theme when it comes to anti- aging, it’s keeping your skin healthy and smooth. Spinach is another superfood that can help promote the health and youthfulness of your skin because it contains high amounts of
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