Fruits are a great group of foods that are delicious, good for you, and they provide you so many benefits for all parts of your body! Certain fruits are particularly good for you skin, whether it’s providing soft supple skin or some fruits even provide a clear complexion. Here are a few that are especially good fruit for your skin!
Banana – Most people already know that bananas are a good source of iron and potassium but a lot of people don’t know that bananas are also FULL of vitamins A, B, and E. With the combination of all of these fruits they work as a great anti-aging agent. You can make your own fresh mashed banana facial and trust me it will provide AMAZING benefits for your skin after you leave it on for a few minutes!
Lemons – Another really good fruit for your skin is the lemon! Lemons are full of Vitamin C, the juice from a lemon will help to keep your skin looking gorgeous! The lemon juice contains a ton of astringents and these can be used to lighten the skin tone and help to diminish any terrible acne scars you have been left with from your awful teenage years!
Apple – The Apple has a lot of antioxidants in them; therefore eating apples can be great for your skin. Antioxidants make your skin strong and prevent cell and tissue damage!
Oranges – Another great fruit that benefits your skin is the orange! Oranges contain a rich amount of vitamin C that helps to improve your skin texture. This will also help to clear any skin blemishes and leave your skin looking and feeling soft!
Papaya – The papaya is another fruit that is rich in antioxidants and papayas contain a special enzyme called papain that can kill and dead cells and cure skin impurities. Papaya is a great fruit to eat if you have a lot of wounds or scabs, its enzymes will help to heal these skin abrasions. You can eat the papaya or simply just put it directly on the skin!
Mango – One final fruit that is good for your skin is the Mango. The mango is full of Vitamin A and contains a ton of rich antioxidants! The mango fights against any skin aging, helps to regenerate skin cells, and restores the elasticity of the skin!
As you can see a lot of fruits are really beneficial for your skin and also your overall health! Start eating!
Do you eat certain fruit for your skin? What’s your favorite?
Anne Consolacion says
December 8, 2013 at 4:15 pmThanks for this post! We make it a point to always have fruits in our house, usually it’s bananas. 😀
Nicole @ Three 31 says
December 9, 2013 at 11:09 pmThis is AWESOME stuff …… I want to make a smoothie with all of these fruits right now!!!!! I’ve always been a fruit eater but I definitely had (and occasionally have) issues with acne. The health benefits are just too obvious to ignore. Thanks for sharing, I’m pinning too so I’ll have this bookmarked. =)
Ann Cohen says
May 30, 2014 at 9:36 amI eat apples, bananas, oranges, mangos. Everyone says that I look like I’am forty I ‘am going to be fifty seven this August. You eat healthy food you look eat junk you look like junk.