With the advent of Eid al-Fitr, after weeks of abstaining from drinking water throughout the day, during which we ate foods rich in fats, sugars and starches as part of the celebration of the holy month of Ramadan, what is the solution to a complexion that has been stressed by fasting, high temperatures and lack of care?
It is no longer possible to deny the relationship between diet and skin health, and dairy products, processed foods, salt, sugar and soda cause dry and inflamed skin, acne breakouts, pimples, or cracked skin as a result of collagen deficiency, so it is important to compensate the skin for what it has lost over the past month, and reduce Pigmentation, signs of aging and pimples, and starting every meal with a drink suitable for your skin to achieve quick results that the most expensive moisturizers will not achieve.
Mulberry for pigmented skin
If you're a fan of clear Japanese skin, here's how without spending extra on cosmetics and skincare.
The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine published a study that proves the ability of antioxidants to prevent skin pigmentation, stop the production of fat cells on the skin, hormone-related skin disorders and hair loss. In the peels of red grapes, peanuts and berries, the experiment also proved the ability of resveratrol to exterminate the germs that cause skin damage.
Blueberries, black berries, and yellow plums will give your skin what it needs in terms of antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and nutrients. These elements speed up your skin's recovery from sagging, stress, dullness and skin discolorations such as brown spots, suntan, fine lines around the mouth, and dark and blue circles.
You can benefit from the antioxidant properties and reduce the bitterness of green tea by mixing two teaspoons of matcha green tea powder with half a cup of blue or black berries, strawberries or yellow plums and two peeled and frozen bananas with a spoonful of peanut butter.
Add all ingredients to a blender, mix well until smooth, then add dark chocolate chips, chia or flax seeds and fresh berries to your taste.
Blue and black berries give your skin the antioxidants and anti-inflammatory it needs to treat sagging and dullness (pixels).
Oats for oily skin
Selenium has attracted the attention of the largest cosmetic and skin care companies due to its ability to prevent acne formation, protect against skin cancer, purify the skin from the effects of pollution, and has a key role in the metabolism process.
Selenium is found in the soil, and it is naturally available in water, some vegetables and meat, and oats, as well as walnuts, contain the highest proportion of selenium.
The National Library of Medicine published a study confirming low levels of selenium in the blood of acne patients, and in a study of 47 women and 42 men suffering from acne, it was found that they ate foods containing vitamin E. And selenium has improved the condition of their skin.
When thinking about fruits and vegetables that should be added to a drink that fights acne and pimples, think of the orange, yellow, red and green colors, all of which contain high levels of vitamin A, such as red, orange and yellow peppers, carrots, cantaloupe, and spinach. Lettuce, apricot, mango, grapefruit, watermelon, and tomato.
You can mix two tablespoons of oats with spinach leaves, frozen apricots, carrots and walnut milk without sugar, then soften the mixture in a blender, and add grapefruit slices for garnish.
In oats and walnuts the highest content of selenium (Pixabi)
Avocado to combat dehydration
Plant oils, such as almond, jojoba, and avocado, when applied directly to the skin, may moisturize dry, sensitive, chapped, and inflamed skin.
It forms a protective barrier for the skin so that it does not lose its moisture, but it clogs the pores at the same time, and remains mostly on the surface of the skin without deep penetration of its layers.
These oils contain monounsaturated fatty acids, as well as phenolic compounds and the antioxidant trocopherol, and you can benefit from eating them to stimulate collagen, reduce the number of inflamed cells and restore skin moisture.
To prepare the best drink for moist skin rich in natural oils, you can mix half a cup of unsweetened coconut milk with two frozen peeled bananas, and half an avocado, smooth the mixture in a blender, and add flax seeds and pineapple pieces to the drink.
You can add more coconut milk if needed, or replace it with natural almond milk, or water, with the addition of almond shells.
The vegetable oils in avocados may moisturize dry, sensitive and chapped skin (Deutsche Welle)
Mango for sagging skin
Vitamin C plays a major role in stimulating collagen, fighting the signs of aging, and preventing and treating UV damage.
Sesame resists 30% of UV rays, and coconut, peanuts, olives and cottonseeds block about 20%, and ancient medicine in Eastern and Central Europe and the Middle East has proven the benefits of these ingredients in treating a range of skin damage, pigmentation and inflammation conditions.
To reach the highest levels of protection and lightening and rebuild your skin, you can mix a quarter cup of pineapple with an orange, a quarter cup of mango with slices of fresh ginger and a frozen peeled banana.
After smoothing the mixture in a blender, you can add sesame seeds, pumpkin, pumpkin, or wrinkle-fighting pomegranate seeds.