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Nutritious food

Your skin projects the overall health of your body and hence, any disturbance inside the body affects the skin.

Eating right is of utmost importance. It sends the right nutrition to your blood, purifying it, which in turns helps the body.

Do cut fat completely from your diet; it is the lubricating factor and also gives glow to your skin.

Exercise

Exercise often, you lose toxins from your body, which should be substituted by right balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.

Water

Our skin comprises of 60 per cent water. Thus it is imperative to drink enough water to keep that level to avoid unhealthy and dry skin

Hope this is useful...

Vitamin A repairs body tissue prevents skin dryness and ageing.
Sources: Yellow and orange vegetables, carrots and apricots

Vitamin B improves circulation and skin color.
Sources: Vitamin B5-rich foods like raw milk, cheese, natural plain yogurt and green leafy vegetables.

Vitamin C provides support and elasticity to your skin thus delaying the onset of wrinkles.
Sources: Citrus fruits, lemon, amla, berries.

Vitamin D is widely used to treat psoriasis. It plays a role in skin cell metabolism and growth and hence relieves itching and flaking of the skin. Sources: It is produced inside our body when the skin comes in contact with sunlight. Other sources include egg yolk, butter and cheese.

Vitamin E avoids cellular damage by preventing the formation of free radicals. It also enhances healing and tissue repair process. It slows down cellular ageing and prevents formation of wrinkles.
Sources: Almonds, asparagus, avocados, fish, corn, soy bean oil, spinach and walnuts.

Vitamin K promotes healing of skin discolorations, improves the healing and appearance of scars and corrects skin imperfections.
Sources: Green vegetables, lettuce, spinach, lentils, egg yolk, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage

nice thread...thanks for this discussion... I love my skin and take full care of it.

I need to drink more water! Just turned vegetarian and need to remember the vitamin aspect.

I just need to drink water more that will be the best for the skin.