For the most part, to have great skin your diet needs to be based around fresh fruits/veggies, healthy fats, and lean proteins. If you can, buy organic foods in order to avoid putting more toxins in your body (most of us already get more than enough just from the air we breath!). Avoid "dead" processed foods - especially those containing white flour, sugar, and trans fats - as much as possible. These include:
- All "white" foods, including white bread, pasta, and baked goods
- All high-sugar junk foods and soft drinks
- Alcohol (except for small amounts of red wine occasionally)
- Processed, high-fat and/or high-sodium meats
- Greasy, oily, fried foods
- Fresh organic fruits (bright colored with phytonutrients and anti-oxidants preferred)
- Raw and lightly steamed organic vegetables (bright colored with phytonutrients and anti-oxidants preferred)
- To make sure your diet includes plenty of vitamin C, eat citrus fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C such as bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, and leafy greens. These foods can replace the loss of the vitamin through the skin.
- Oily, cold-water ocean fish
- Flax seeds and flax-seed oils
- Extra-virgin olive oil and macadamia nut oil
- Raw, organic nuts (including almonds, walnuts, and brazil nuts)
- Raw, organic seeds (especially sunflower seeds)
- Small amounts of whole-grain foods
- Organic, hormone free low fat beef, and poultry