It’s time to give your skin a break from the stress of everyday life. Natural vitamin and mineral formulas can help you do that. It’s a known fact that you can’t escape the toxins that come with everyday living.  However,  you can give your beautiful black skin a break with vitamins and mineral that are known to lift your skin.

Your skin is your body’s largest organ and two of the functions it serves are:

• To create a barrier that keeps moisture in and germs and toxins out.
• To rid your body of toxins by way of detoxification. Did you know that you take in toxins on a daily basis by way of cosmetics, the weather, pollution … even your food.

Where Do You Find Skin Foods

Mother nature hold the key when it comes to healthy skin cells and beautiful skin. A holistic approach to skin care allows you to look at the inside and the outside of what you take in. A healthy complexion and glowing skin is the result of healthy skin cells.

Vitamin B3 helps to regulate oil secretion and can decrease blemishes. It’s been known to prevent dermatitis and scaly skin. It’s been also used for acne treatments. You can find Vitamin B3 in foods such as cranberries, tomatoes and green peas.

Vitamin B5 helps to increase the amount of moisture in your skin and hair. Vitamin B5 is found in foods such as cranberries, sunflower seeds and tomatoes.

Vitamin C is known to stimulate collagen production. This gives your skin elasticity. It helps protect your skin from UVA/UVB rays and help heal scare tissue and bruising. Vitamin C can be found in citrus fruits, peaches, strawberries, cranberries, mangoes, green and red peppers, mustard greens, broccoli, spinach melons and parsley.

Vitamin D has strong moisturizing properties and encourages tissue development. In addition to the sun , Vitamin D is found in egg yolks, salmon, sunflower seeds and oils.

Zinc – Because zinc can help reduce the amount of sebum (natural oil) your skin produces, some research has found that those with acne have a lower intake of zinc in their diet than those without acne. Zinc can be found if foods such as pumpkin seeds and lamb.

Selenium is a powerful antioxidant. This mineral along with others can be heavily dependent on the quality of the soil that the food is grown in. Did you know that just 2-3 Brazil nuts will give you your daily intake value of selenium?

These are just a few tips on how vitamins and minerals are here to help you. If you’ll just focus on the foods you eat and get rest, you’ll see a tremendous improvement in your stress level and the beauty of your skin.

That’s it for this week.  As Always …

Dedicated To Your Beauty,

Juliette Samuel

Esthetician/Author/Publisher

Nyraju Skin Care