Lutein is an antioxidant found in low levels in a vast variety of plant foods, and high levels in an exclusive handful (spinach, kale). It’s part of the 600-member carotenoid antioxidant family alongside beta-carotene, but unlike that compound, lutein cannot be converted to vitamin A. One of its claims to fame is providing the yellow […]
Alcohol is an indulgence which you can easily maintain in a skin-friendly diet with a few modifications. Some strategies are more secretive, like eating broccoli and cucumber (which enhance your detoxifying enzymes), while others are simple things which you can implement into your life then completely forget about, like swallowing a magnesium capsule each day.
Every year, it seems like more unique compounds are being discovered in plant foods, from fruits to vegetables to spices. Many are filed under “antioxidants” but have far more specific powers, from boosting collagen to reducing oil production. Many create a food’s signature taste, like curcumin in turmeric, yet took millennia after ancient kings first
The vast majority of acne patients have a feeling, a sixth sense that sugar is involved somehow, but few realise just how well mapped out the connection is. Likewise, many are oblivious as to how easy the problem is to solve, how large improvements can be made from just modest modifications. The subject of sugar
Generally, it isn’t a huge tragedy that very few studies have tested diet and its endlessly theorised connection to acne. In fact, if no more studies were ever conducted, I wouldn’t be slightly concerned for the future of acne-covered teenagers all over the world. Why? Because most of the connections are easy to deduce through
