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Must Eat Collagen Foods To Prevent Loose And Thin Skin!

We all want a firm, tight and younger-looking skin, irrespective of our age. To get an ageless skin, we have to focus on some foods that are important for building skin proteins such as collagen and elastin .

These skin proteins make our skin wrinkle free and also prevent a sagging skin. They act just like a botox injection, but the only difference being, they are natural and promote the growth of skin proteins naturally.

Collagen is a skin protein, which maintains a proper skin structure. But with the advancing age, this skin protein, along with other protein elastin, starts to get damaged, thus causing an aged skin with wrinkles and fine lines.

The absence or weak collagen in the skin makes it too thin, loose and sagging. Apart from ageing, some other factors that damage the skin collagen are sun rays, smoking, stress, pollution, etc.

Apart from topical skin care regimen, you must eat these foods mentioned in the article to reduce skin ageing, as they help in the formation of collagen.

Hot Peppers

Hot Peppers

They are rich in vitamin C that stimulates the formation of collagen in the skin. They are also rich in many vitamins and minerals. You must eat chillies along with vegetable salad, as vitamin and mineral content of hot peppers decrease with cooking.

Berries

Berries

Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries make your skin younger by fighting with the free radicals that damage your skin. This will also help in building collagen in your skin.

Soybean

Soybean

It is rich in plant hormones that act as antioxidants, and thus help in the collagen production in your skin. Soybean also helps in removing all the toxins and enzymes from your skin, which contribute to the ageing process.

Garlic

Garlic

It is rich in sulphur, which promotes collagen production in the skin. It also contains other collagen-building substances such as lipoic acid and taurine that help in repairing the damaged collagen of your skin.

Kidney Beans

Kidney Beans

They help the body to produce hyaluronic acid, which prevents face wrinkles and other ageing signs. You must eat a lot of beans to make your skin appear younger and healthy from the inside.

Red Vegetables

Red Vegetables

You can eat beetroots, tomatoes, peppers, etc, as they are rich in an antioxidant named lycopene. It also removes all the toxins from your skin, and thus promotes collagen growth. These vegetables also protect your skin from sun damage.

Oysters

Oysters

They are a rich source of zinc, a mineral that is important in the formation of collagen in the skin. It is also rich in iron and vitamin B12, which further boosts the beauty of your skin.

Salmon Fish

Salmon Fish

It is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which help build collagen and elastin, thus making your skin tight and youthful with the growing age. You must eat salmon, mackerel, tuna, etc, once a week to make your skin appear younger.

Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe

It is rich in vitamin A that makes your skin glow and young by building up collagen in the skin. You can eat cantaloupe with yogurt or cheese during breakfast for the production of collagen in your skin.

Story first published: Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 14:15 [IST]
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