How To Maintain Healthy Skin

Eating foods found in all three basic food groups-fats,the skin's dermal tissues, keeping the skin healthy and
carbohydrates, and proteins-is the best way tofirm.
support the health of the skin.Vitamin D promotes the healthy and rapid healing of
Applications of vitamins have also been found to bethe skin.  The best source of this vitamin is
useful in nourishing the skin.sunlight(in limited amounts).  Because vitamin D helps
Vitamin A supports the overall health of the skin. to support the bone structure of the body, it has
This vitamin aids in the health, function, and repair ofbeen made readily available in many fortified foods
skin cells.  Vitamin A is an antioxidant that can helpand dietary supplements.
prevent certain types of cancer, including skin cancer,Vitamin E, or tocopherol, used in conjunction with
and has been shown to improve the skin's elasticityvitamin A, helps fight against, and protect the skin
and thickness.  In its topical acid form as thefrom, the harmful effects of the sun's rays.  Vitamin
prescription cream called retinoic acid or Retin A,E also helps to heal damage to the skin's tissues
vitamin A can be used  to treat many differentwhen used both internally and externally.  When
types of acne.used externally in topical lotions or creams, vitamin E
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is ancan help heal structural damage on the skin including
important element needed for proper repair of thesevere burns and stretch marks.
skin and various tissues.  This vitamin  aids in, andIf a person's daily food consumption is lacking in
even speeds up. the healing processes of the body. nutrients, an effective way to provide them is to
Vitamin C is also vitally important in fighting the agingtake vitamins and mineral supplements.
process and promotes the production of collagen in