Five Food that can keep you young

Besides practicing healthy behaviour, we also have to keep an eye on our stomach, to keep young. Why? Because youthful come from our abdomen. How come?
The expert said, some foods help rejuvenate skins, so by eating those foods, will keep our skin firm and smooth. The list of the foods are:

1. Sweet potato
Color from sweet potato comes from beta carotene, chemical compound that keep your skin pH balance. Beta carotene also keeps your skin moist, and enhances skin regeneration. Together, both make your skin softer and younger.

2. Salmon
Pigment that makes this fish looks pink, called astaksantin. This pigment holds free radicals, that can endanger cell membrane and DNA, which can cause skin aging.
Study reveal, consuming one portion of salmon once every five days can prevent keratosis aktinik, skin disease which characterized by small rough spots, and scally.

3. Tomato
Red pigment on tomatoes, lycopene, is anti-oxidant that prevent skin from damage due to sun exposure. To help your body absorbs lycopene optimally, cook tomatoes with olive oil.

4. Orange
Vitamin C in orange is very important to collagen creation, a vital component to keep skin in good condition. Orange also have a lot of bioflavonoid that prevent skin from UV dan reduce cell damage.

5. Green vegetables
Spinach, kale, and other green vegetables contain lutein, which protect skin from inflammation and black spot due to sun exposure.
Nicholas Perricone, dermatologist and author of The Wrinkle Cure, The Perricone Prescription, The Perricone Promise and Forever Young, explained food have greater effect to skin condition, rather than supplement.
“There are still a lot of factor that not revealed yet from food. So, perhaps its effect to the body is much better than supplement,” he said. (kompas)