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Be Nice to Your Skin
Now what can we do to our skin? Just a little care and consideration. Like the heart, stomach, and brain, your skin is an organ. In fact, it’s the largest organ in your body, but often times we do not care for our skin. Unless there’s a problem, Superkids might never care too much into them. Yet the skin has many important roles in the body, you know Superkids.
Your skin is constantly protecting you. Your skin keeps infections out of your body and keeps you from getting sick. When you take care of your skin, you’re helping your skin do its job. And taking care of your skin today will help prevent future problems, like wrinkles and even skin cancer.
So let’s learn how to take good care of the skin you’re in. Start from the food you eat every day. There are many nutrient rich meals that can help keeping and preventing healthy skin naturally. Eat this kind of meal every day and avoid junk food, too much sugar and any meal with trans-fat and refined carbohydrate, ok?
Salmon
Salmon is a very good food to prevent stress, high anxiety and depression. Salmon also provide most of daily basis vitamin D required by our body. As you know Superkids, Vitamin D is useful to keep the heart, bones, intestines and brain healthy. Salmon is also rich with omega-3, fat acid that has been proven very helpful to fight acnes and skin inflammation. The high level omega-3 is can also help the skin moisturize from inside. Beside, eating Salmon every day also rehydrate the head skin, giving us healthy and strong hair.
Spinach
Mom often asks you not to toss aside the spinach, right? That’s because spinach is a magnificent meal, Superkids. Spinach contains abundant amount of nutrient. It’s the source of iron, folic, chlorophyll, magnesium, fiber, and vegetable protein. The antioxidants is very high, and the vitamin C, E, and A are great for your skin. Spinach is proven to prevent from any skin problem. Just by eating spinach, you are cleaning up the skin from inside and make it look shining from outside. Now, finish the spinach every day from today on, ok Superkids?
Papaya
Papaya is a fruit with so many nutrients. Papaya is a very low calorie (only 39 calorie per 100g!) and free of cholesterol. So, even if you eat a lot every day, obesity is the least of your concern, Superkids. Papaya is also low on fructose and very good for digestion. The antioxidant includes Vitamin C and E and high beta carotene, able to prevent from inflammation skin and acne. In addition, Vitamin C is also helpful protecting your skin from negative effect of sun light.
Carrot
Not only good for the eyes, for skin as well, Superkids. Carrot contains high level of Vitamin A and very good to clean up our face and slowing the cancer cells. So from now on, make sure you eat carrot every day, Superkids. You can make juice, mix it with other meal or for snacking.
Celery
Other meal that you can eat everyday to have perfect skin is celery. They are leaves mom always put in our soup, you know. Maybe we still think that celery is just there as garnish. It turns out, celery contains vitamin K that helps enhancing blood circulation. Celery also reduces stress, dull skin, migraine and even cancer. Celery also has natural sodium, calcium and water and helps preventing dehydration. You do know that dehydration means the skin gets fry, dull, cracked and even acne, right Superkids?
Seeds
Do you often see mom snacking kuaci, Superkids? Try join in sometimes. Kuaci that made from any seed, such as sun flower, water melon or pumpkin is good for skin. It’s rich with selenium, vitamin E, magnesium and protein. Selenium and magnesium make your skin shine, while vitamin E increases skin moisture. You can have it as tasty snack, spread on salad, oatmeal, fruit yoghurt or smoothies, yummy!
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