Give your body an antioxidant boost!

Give your body an Antioxidant boost!

These 5 types of antioxidants will help acne fight age spots, wrinkling, sagging and UV damage. These foods will help to protect the damage already done.

Lycopene: Found in red fruits and vegetables, watermelons and pink grapefruit. This is the most potent and is most effective to prevent sunburn and skin cancer.

Bet-carotene: Found in orange vegetables and leafy greens .Some of the foods includes; Carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, winter squash, cantaloupe, peaches, nectarine, mango, papaya, spinach, kale, collard greens and romaine lettuce.

Flavonoids: Concentrated in berries, onions, teas (white, green and black, not herbal) and dark chocolate.

                             

Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C): is richly found in oranges, Papaya, Kiwi, Strawberries, Red peppers, Brussels sprouts, Kale and Broccoli.

Vitamin E: Nuts, Eggs, Green leafy, Vegetables, Avocado, and Whole grains

Source: Feed your face, (2011) Eat to protect skin (and reverse damage you've already done). New York: St. Martin's Griffin.

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