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Help Winkled,
Dry Skin by Changing Your Diet
Research
Shows What You Eat May Make A Difference in Your Skin
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Healthy Food May Help to Prevent Wrinkles
A 2001 study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition found the food people consumed correlated with the amount of skin wrinkles, measured in a sun exposed area of their skin. It should be noted that this study showed association, rather than cause and effect. Many of the foods the people with better skins ate are known to be healthy foods anyway, so they may have made other healthy choices in their lives which helped to account for their healthier skin besides just their diet.
However, since most of the foods people with less wrinkled skin ate are known to be nutritious, inexpensive, energy dense whole foods, such as apples and asparagus, for most people there probably isn't a lot of downside to incorporating more of the foods associated with less wrinkled skin into one's daily diet. Many of the foods associated with the more wrinkled skin are foods health experts often tell people to avoid or consume in moderation anyway, such as sugar, margarine, jam and pastries. As such, this study just give people one more reason to make healthy food choices.
Of course,
people with restricted diets due to medications, allergies or other
health concerns should consult with their healthcare providers before
making any diet changes. Personally, I don't do well with whole
grains, so I would not add these to my diet even though they are
foods that correlated with less wrinkles in the study.
Among other foods,
study subjects with the least wrinkles had diets high in:
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Vegetables in general
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Olive oil and monounsaturated fat
- Fermented milk products, such as yogurt
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Legumes, especially broad beans and lima beans
- Tea
- Eggs
- Leafy green vegetables, including spinach
- Eggplant
- Onions / Leeks
- Garlic
- Nuts
- Olives
- Grapes
- Melon
- Dried fruits / prunes
- Asparagus
- Celery
- Water
- Cherries
- Apples
- Multigrain bread
- Pears
Study subjects with more wrinkles had diets high in:
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Whole milk/milk products
- Ice cream
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Butter
- Red Meat
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Margarine
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Sugar
- Processed meat
- Mashed potatoes
- Soft drinks / cordials
- Coffee
- Jam
- Pastries
- Cakes
Besides specific food findings, study subjects with less skin damage also had higher intakes of nutrients such as zinc, iron, calcium, phospurous, magnesium, retinal and vitamin C.
Here is a link to the complete chart of foods and their correlation in the study to wrinkled skin. (The lower the number next to the food means it was associated with less wrinkled skin, and higher numbers denote an association with more wrinkles.) According to the study authors. "Overall, our finding suggest that subjects with a higher intake of vegetables, olive oil and monounsaturated fat and legumes, but a lower intake of milk/milk products, butter, margarine and sugar products had less skin wrinkling in a sun-exposed site."
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