Beautiful and nourished skin

- If you want smooth, rosy, and elastic skin, you must prioritize adjusting your diet and skincare routine to achieve "nourishment from within, beauty from without."

Skin can reflect a person's living conditions and physical state. If you want smooth, rosy, and elastic skin, you must prioritize adjusting your diet and skincare routine to achieve "nourishment from within, beauty from without."

Diet and skin types

Healthy skin:

Key characteristics: non-greasy, non-drying, not prone to acne breakouts, and moreover, smooth, rosy, and highly elastic.

People with healthy skin simply need to avoid picky eating, absorb nutrients comprehensively, and ensure a balanced diet. Normally, eating plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits enhances the body's and skin's resistance to external factors.

Oily skin:

Main characteristics: excessive oil secretion, very shiny appearance, even in dry seasons like autumn and winter, there is no shortage of oil. Not prone to wrinkles, but prone to acne.

Beautiful and nourished skin

People with oily skin should eat a light diet, consuming plenty of fresh vegetables, fruits, and dried berries. When choosing meat, lean pork, beef, chicken, and duck are best. Seafood such as fish and shrimp, buckwheat flour, beans, and bean products should also be consumed in large quantities. These foods are rich in vitamins and fiber, which do not clog sweat glands, aiding in sweat excretion and reducing oily skin. Fiber ensures regular bowel movements, reducing oil secretion on the face. People with oily skin should eat plenty of rice, either in soups or porridges. Rice grains have a detoxifying effect, helping to eliminate fat and toxins from the body, preventing acne and boils. People with normal oily skin should avoid fatty foods such as pork fat, beef fat, butter, fatty meat, walnuts, peanuts, and fried foods, as these fatty foods easily clog sweat glands, hindering sweat excretion and increasing oil secretion, leading to acne. It's also important to limit your intake of sweets to avoid sugar converting into fat, which can cause acne on your face.

Dry skin:

Main characteristics: low sebum secretion, excessive peeling, lack of smoothness and radiance, lack of natural nourishment, the facial skin feels tight in autumn and winter, and is prone to cracks and wrinkles. People with dry skin can eat more foods containing fats and collagen such as animal fats, dairy products, egg yolks, peanuts, walnuts, cashews, dates, sesame seeds, and corn kernels. These foods protect the skin and delay aging. However, except for those with dry skin who have high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, and gallbladder inflammation, they should also consume more cooling and nourishing foods such as mung beans, lotus root, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, and white wood ear mushrooms.

Eat plenty of carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, lettuce, bananas, oranges… These foods are rich in vitamin A, which helps prevent dry, flaky, and cracked skin, nourishing and strengthening it. Eat plenty of animal liver, soybeans, malt, mustard greens, and vegetable oils; these foods contain vitamin E, which helps the skin metabolize and maintain its elasticity.

In addition, you should eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, as they are rich in vitamins that help to keep your skin fair and radiant.

People with dry skin should avoid eating too much chili, garlic, ginger, pepper, dog meat, goat meat, and fried foods, as these foods are considered "heating" foods that can easily cause internal heat, deplete moisture in the skin, and make it dry and rough.

Allergic skin:

Pores are slightly enlarged, and sebum secretion is somewhat excessive. Symptoms of allergic skin are diverse; some people are allergic to cosmetics, while others are allergic to foods such as onions, garlic, chili peppers, mustard, and curry. People with allergic skin should eat a bland diet, choosing foods high in plant-based fats such as pine nuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, cashews, and peanuts. They should also eat plenty of beans and bean products, and foods rich in vitamins C, E, and A. People with allergic skin should try to avoid foods that easily cause allergies such as fish, shrimp, eggs, and dairy products. Furthermore, during an allergic reaction, they should avoid spicy and stimulating foods such as fish, shrimp, crab, rabbit meat, garlic sprouts, chives, peaches, and strawberries.

Skin of elderly people:

Main characteristics: As age increases, the sweat glands in the dermis of the elderly become dehydrated, the glands degenerate, the sebaceous glands and secretions decrease, the skin lacks moisture, the epidermis and subcutaneous tissue gradually atrophy, the skin loses elasticity, becomes loose, dry, rough, dull, peels, cracks appear on the hands and feet, wrinkles appear, and due to pigment changes, age spots appear.

People with "aging skin" need to consume enough protein daily, including plenty of eggs, dairy products, soy products, and lean meats. They should also eat plenty of cod liver oil, honey, royal jelly, carrots, tomatoes, and green leafy vegetables. They should eat plenty of fish, shrimp, liver, wood ear mushrooms, and pollen, as these foods are rich in nucleic acids, which promote protein production. Among foods beneficial for aging skin, Chinese cabbage is a good choice because it's inexpensive and rich in vitamin E. Vitamin E helps inhibit the oxidation of fats, which leads to age spots; regularly eating Chinese cabbage can delay the appearance of "aging skin." Elderly people should avoid hot drinks such as strong alcoholic beverages, coffee, Coca-Cola, and strong tea. They should also avoid stimulating foods like curry, mustard, pepper, chili, garlic, and onions, as these foods constrict blood vessels, affecting blood circulation. Slow blood circulation leads to insufficient nutrient supply to the skin, accelerating skin aging, causing rough skin, and reducing skin elasticity and smoothness.

Darkened skin:

Main characteristics: dark, dull complexion, often seen in thin or emaciated individuals or those suffering from wasting diseases (diabetes, tuberculosis, etc.).

People with dark skin should eat plenty of sesame seeds, pine nuts, chestnuts, goji berries, lotus seeds, ducklings, duck eggs, oysters, lotus root, water chestnuts, rice, loofah, radishes, daylily greens, lettuce shoots, eggplant, cucumbers, hawthorn berries, watermelon, pears, oranges, bananas, mung beans, etc. These foods help nourish kidney energy and address liver deficiency, achieving the effect of nourishing the liver and strengthening the kidneys.

Skin-nourishing foods

Oily skin:

You can use watermelon rind, cucumber rind, or lemon peel to scrub your face every morning and evening. Method: Use the inside of the peel to rub on your face, massaging gently for about 10 minutes, then rinse with water. This helps remove excess oil from the face and makes the skin smooth.

Dry skin:

- Mix egg whites with honey and apply as a face mask every night. Method: Wash your face with cold or warm water below 40°C, then apply the egg white and honey mixture to your face, massaging gently. After half an hour, wash your face thoroughly with warm water. This helps maintain skin elasticity and delay the appearance of wrinkles.

- Beauty treatment using rice bran. Method: Grind rice bran into a very fine powder. Fill a cloth bag with the fine powder and soak it in water. The powder will gradually dissolve. Then, gently pat the bag onto your face, and rinse with water. Long-term application helps strengthen the skin's natural defenses.

Allergic skin:

Rub your face with watermelon rind or banana peel every morning and evening.

Method: Use the inside of the peel to rub your face, massaging for about 5 minutes. After half an hour, wash your face thoroughly with warm water below 40°C. This helps prevent and treat allergic skin reactions.

Skin of elderly people:

- Apply fresh egg whites to your face every morning and evening.

Method:Apply egg white to your face, and after half an hour, wash your face thoroughly with warm water below 40°C.

Egg whites have a sticky texture that helps to tighten sagging skin. With long-term application, they help reduce wrinkles and make the skin brighter and smoother.

- Drink one dose of "Goji Berry Three Immortals Tea" daily. The recipe consists of 50g of goji berries, 50g of hawthorn berries, and 50g of Alisma orientalis, decocted and drunk. Long-term use delays aging, reduces wrinkles and age spots, and also helps lower cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis, and promote longevity.

Darkened skin:

Rub your face with fresh cow's milk or cucumber peel, massaging gently. After half an hour, wash your face thoroughly with water. This will help whiten your skin and leave it smooth and radiant.

Vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, and skin health.

Vegetables and fruits contain many nutrients that protect and beautify the skin, such as vitamins and inorganic salts.

Dehydrated, dry skin is a major cause of facial wrinkles. Flavonoid hormones help maintain skin elasticity and retain moisture; many skincare products contain flavonoid hormones. Fresh vegetables and fruits contain vitamin C, a fundamental component of flavonoid hormones.

Vegetables and fruits contain a lot of water, usually over 80%, which moisturizes the skin. Vitamin C also helps prevent the formation of dark pigments, making the skin fair and smooth. Dried fruits (such as sesame seeds, walnuts, peanuts, melon seeds, sunflower seeds) contain many nucleic acids, which help reduce facial wrinkles and make rough skin smooth and shiny. Dried fruits also contain many unsaturated fatty acids, which are important for elasticity. In addition, reduced subcutaneous fat is one of the main causes of wrinkles. Vitamin E helps ensure the beauty of the face and figure. Beta-carotene helps the skin become smooth, shiny, and elastic. Vitamin B1 makes the skin smooth, straightens wrinkles, reduces dark spots, and eliminates blemishes.

According to the Health and Life newspaper.