Top Superfoods for Your Hair, Nails and Skin

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Beauty really isn’t just skin-deep – often, it is just as much a matter of a healthy lifestyle, hydration and nutrient-rich diet as it is about genetics. If you want to beautify your hair, skin and nails, then the best way to do that is from the inside-out, by eating foods that will nourish your body and give you a natural, healthy glow that no amount of make-up can ever hope to imitate. Below, shopping lists are given of foods that can help you achieve this coveted natural beauty.

Glowing Skin

One of the biggest assets to beauty is healthy, glowing skin: it is, after all, the largest organ of the body and the one which often gets the most attention in public. Healthy, beautiful skin happens from within, with a diet which is nutrient-rich and body which is well-hydrated. On the flip side, a poor diet can lead to skin that is sallow, dry, flaky, and more easily becomes wrinkled. If you want to achieve beautiful skin, a diet which includes a variety of fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, beans, eggs, whole grain products and fatty fish is a great start. Of especial importance are foods like carrots, sweet potatoes and pumpkin. These foods are rich in beta-carotene, which gets converted into Vitamin A in the body and slows the aging process of the skin.

Beautiful Body

Especially as summer and warm weather approached, people tend to become more active and also to eat healthier. It can be especially healthy, coming out of a long, cold winter, to flush out some of the toxins that have built up and can cause bloating and problems like cellulite. This is because the winter can cause your body and digestion to become sluggish due to heavier foods and decreased physical activity. Great ways to cleanse your body naturally and to help reduce bloating and cellulite include psyllium husks or flaxseed, which cleanses your digestive tract. Other great foods to help with this include those that are high in dietary fiber like oats, quinoa, barley, brown rice and millet.

Shining Hair

A poor diet, stress or hormone imbalances can lead to hair that is dull and lifeless and can also cause problems like hair thinning. There are ways, however, in which you can improve your hair’s appearance by improving your diet. Apart from a good supplement which is rich in vitamins and minerals as well as amino acids and plant extracts, a diet which includes lean meats, nuts, seeds and fish as well as beans and lentils are great choices; these foods will give you protein and amino acids as well as iron, zinc and biotin, which are all necessary for thick, luxurious hair.

So the next time you go to the grocery store, consider adding the foods mentioned above to your shopping cart. Not only will they improve your overall health, these foods can give you glowing skin, a beautiful body and shining, healthy hair in a natural way that comes from within and which cosmetics cannot hope to imitate.

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Sandeep Godiyal
Sandeep has written many health field articles for both Internet and print publication. His areas of expertise including traditional medicine, alternative and naturopathic and natural treatments, wellness, medical marijuana, diets and fitness.