Maintaining a healthy diet before your wedding

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If you’re thinking of crash dieting for your wedding day, then stop right now! Crash diets have been known to cause serious fatigue and delivering non-uniform results. Hence, Wedding Affair suggests adding some superfood jam-packed with nutrition in your daily diet. The superfoods that we have enlisted will definitely make your skin visibly better in a matter of a few days! So, brides-to-be, what are you waiting for? Start eating cleaner and achieve that gorgeous skin for your wedding day!

Avocados

Avocados contain a secret ingredient: Vitamin E. This nutrient is the key to improving your skin’s health with diet. Unfortunately, you shouldn’t order a side of guacamole just yet. Eating them isn’t necessarily the ticket to a clear, glowing complexion. “Avocadoes are more effective when applied directly to your skin,” says Jessica Wu, M.D., a Los Angeles-based dermatologist and author of Feed Your Face. “That’s because they contain fatty acids that help replenish the skin’s natural protective barrier.” (Source: How stuff works)

Tomatoes

dietCollagen, the connective tissue in our skin that helps with firmness, suppleness, and constant renewal, is vital for skin elasticity. This is what keeps you looking like you drink from the fountain of youth. But collagen depends on vitamin C to help it out. Vitamin C protects our skin from harmful UV rays, sun damage, pollutants, and cell-damaging free radicals. To up your vitamin C game, one cup of tomato juice has around 45 mg of vitamin C or about 74% of your DV. Quercetin and kaempferol, two main compounds found in flavonoids, which are like super antioxidants, are mega concentrated in tomato skins. These two flavonoids have been studied for their ability to counteract inflammation. (Source: Legion Athletics)

Quinoa

Quinoa diet contains high levels of vitamin E that neutralize the oxidant effect of free radicals—molecules that damage collagen—from sun and pollution exposure. Dr Tsippora Shainhouse, a dermatologist based in Beverly Hills, California, explains quinoa may help restore damaged skin because it can theoretically stimulate new collagen synthesis.

Proteins contain peptide chains that are a popular source of amino acids. Shainhouse explains that “amino acids and peptides that get into the dermis [deeper skin] can trick the body into thinking collagen is broken, and stimulate it to create new, healthy, young collagen.” (Source: Newsweek)

Spinach

The vitamin A in spinach diet can protect the skin from UV radiation. It fights oxidative stress occurring on the dermal layers and promotes skin health. Therefore, consuming spinach regularly may give you healthy skin.

Spinach contains vitamin C. Several studies show that vitamin C can promote collagen synthesis. It also is a fact that the magnesium and iron in the vegetable may also promote hair health. Iron deficiencies often find a link to hair loss. Spinach, being a rich source of iron, may help combat hair loss. Some studies show that spinach may suppress hunger. Overweight women hence showed a 43% greater loss in body weight after consuming 5 grams of a spinach extract for 3 months. (Source: Stylecraze)

Oats

It’s no coincidence that oats can be found in numerous skin care products. Makers of these products often list finely ground oats as “colloidal oatmeal”. Not only is oatmeal (porridge) a delicious diet breakfast food — it’s also very filling. Eating filling foods may help you eat fewer calories and lose weight. By also delaying the time it takes your stomach to empty of food, the beta-glucan in oatmeal may increase your feeling of fullness. Beta-glucan may also promote the release of peptide YY (PYY), a hormone produced in the gut in response to eating. This satiety hormone has hence been shown to lead to reduced calorie intake and may decrease your risk of obesity. (Source: Healthline)

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