Anti Aging Solutions

Talking vitamins and minerals to the skin is the best way to nourish it properly if you do not want to deteriorate and may appear dry skin, etc.

This is probably the most vitamin helps maintain healthy skin and help the tanning process, and that favors the development of pigment in the skin. The beta-carotene or vitamin A precursors do not accumulate, ie, the body absorbs only the amount you need and the rest is discarded. As vegetable sources of pro-vitamin A have pumpkin, tangerine, carrot, tomatoes, apricots, carrots, spinach, sea vegetables, egg yolk, spirulina and alfalfa sprouts.

Vitamin C is necessary for healthy skin, activate their defenses and confer resistance to aggression, particularly intense in summer, and is involved in the synthesis of collagen, a protein that forms the skin tissue and gives support. Raw white cabbage salad, fresh parsley, pepper oil, kiwi, strawberries and citrus fruits are excellent sources of vitamin C.

The zinc and selenium are essential to keep skin young and elastic, but other minerals are also involved in the beauty of the skin, nails and hair, lack of which should be avoided to delay the effects of aging.

Sulfur
It is essential even have hair, nail and skin healthy. Part of the amino acids that help build tissues, beautify the skin and makes your hair shinier. It abounds in protein-rich foods in the onion and cabbage. Can be found at the composition of many creams, ointments and soaps suitable for a variety of skin problems.
Natural sources: lean meat, dried beans (beans), eggs, onions and cabbage.

Sulfur
Let our body can use tyrosine, an amino acid that affects the pigmentation of hair and skin, and its deficiency can lead to inappropriate formation of elastin (a component of connective tissue of the skin). It is also essential for the synthesis of hemoglobin, iron transport, and for the use of vitamin C.
However, an excess appears to lower the levels of zinc and may cause, among other things, hair loss and depigmentation of this and of the skin. Its abuse appears to favor oxidation phenomena, and therefore the premature aging of the skin.
To meet the needs of copper consuming enough whole grains and their derivatives, as well as green vegetables.
Natural sources: dried beans, whole wheat, prunes, beef liver and seafood.

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The body uses vitamin C to make collagen, which is important for formation of skin, bones and teeth. Another important function that vitamin C plays in the body, working as an antioxidant, which protect cells against free radicals.

There are also people who claim that vitamin C counteracts the aging and protect against many chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer by binding of free radicals. Really good scientific evidence for this is still not delivered. But some scientific studies seem to point out that vitamin C helps to combat carcinogenic compounds released during the consumption of smoked, processed and stored long meat, like ham, sausage and hot dogs. It is also very interesting to see that many old European recipes preserved meat combined with vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables, like apples or stewed tomato and fried onions. (more…)