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Can eating well make you more beautiful? It is not that you are eating cosmetic products, but that eating particular foods can improve your skin and hair. ¡°If you stop eating fast food and eat in-season fruits, you may see your skin trouble disappear,¡± says associate professor of Oriental Medicine at Kyung Hee University Kim Yoon-bum. ¡°Eating too much of them, though they are good for your health, can harm you, and it is important to make sure that you take an appropriate amount.¡±
Preventing Cellulite
Cellulite is the dimpling of skin caused by the protrusion of subcutaneous fat into the dermis, and it is easily happens both when you gain weight and lose weight, which makes it difficult to deal with it.
Chinese matrimony vine
Madonna, Elizabeth Hurley and Kate Moss are big fans of Chinese matrimony vine. It has more vitamin C than oranges, more beta-carotin than carrots and more than five times the iron usually found in steak. It is known for its effects in preventing wrinkles and increasing libido. You can eat dried matrimony vine, but usually it is drunk as tea or juice. Recommended daily intake is between 15 and 30 g. Its efficacy does not change that much when heated, so it is good to make matrimony vine tea by boiling a liter of water with 15-20 g of matrimony vine in a pot for four hours.
Coffee beans
Cindy Crawford says her unique method to address cellulite is to directly rub coffee beans around her thighs. The caffeine dissolves fat, and the natural polyphenol ingredient prevents skin from aging and makes it more flexible.
Pomegranates
Pomegranates prevent wrinkles and make skin firmer. They are good for fatigue, appetite loss and indigestion and even improve menopausal symptoms such as facial flushing or dry mouth as its structure and functions are similar to plant estrogen. The best way to take pomegranates is to eat them whole including the seeds.
For Clearer Skin
Salmon
Salmon, tuna and mackerel have plenty of unsaturated fatty acids such as omega-3 fatty acids. Kim Cattrall, who became famous for her role in the U.S. sitcom ¡°Sex and the City,¡± reportedly eats plenty of salmon, and people say that is the reason why at 50 this year she looks younger. Salmons tastes best just about 80 percent cooked.
Apricot
Apricots have plenty of lutein, which helps skin tired from too much sun regenerate. One or two apricots a day are good. Mulberry leaves, meanwhile, are known for their skin whitening effects, so drink mulberry tea for your skin.
For Healthy Nails.
Clams and pumpkin seeds
Clams and pumpkin seeds have lots of zinc, which makes your nails healthier. Oysters and red fish have the same effect. Zinc also prevents prostatism. Pumpkin seeds are known as ¡°Viagra for women¡± in the UK. The recommended daily intake of clams is 70 g and of pumpkin seeds is 20-30 g. Avocado contains plenty of vitamin E and iron, which is good for your nails and hair. You can eat half an avocado a day.
Sardines
When your nails are brittle, you need to eat not only calcium but also plenty of vitamin B2 and vitamin D. Fish with lots of fat such as tuna, salmon and mackerel are good sources of vitamin B and vitamin D and they also help improve your hair.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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