Eating For Health

Are there foods that promote healthier skin?   Students in my class often ask what foods they can eat for healthier skin.   As it turns out there are lots of foods that promote skin health.   Environmental Nutrition recently had an article, “Eat to Glow” and they outlined many foods for eating to glow.   WebMD and other sites also provide guidance on eating for healthy skin.   What are some of their recommendations? 1.  Fruits and Vegetables – “eat the rainbow”.   Many people know that fruits and veggies are healthy but many don’t know the different colors of fruits and veggies pack different antioxidants that are good for you.   For great skin, focus on vitamin A and carotene which turns into vitamin A in our bodies.   Think dark green and dark orange like spinach, sweet potatoes, carrots, green peppers, broccoli and cantaloupe.   Interesting, foods that are red – not only provide carotenes but also the healthy antioxidant, lycopen...

Does what you eat affect your vision?   Do the foods you eat or don’t eat affect your eye sight?   Recently I was at a restaurant and a couple sat down in the table next to us.   The man asked the server for a flashlight as he was not able to read the menu in the dim light.   It was a little dim in the restaurant but most people would be able to read the menu.   I didn’t know what his vision problem was, but one thing came to mind, vitamin A deficiency.   One of the first systems of vitamin A deficiency is night blindness.   This results in poor vision at night or in dim light.   Perhaps this gentleman had trouble reading the menu in the dim light because he was deficient in vitamin A.   What are the vitamins and nutrients that promote good vision?   The March 2016 issue of Environmental Nutrition has an article, “ Eat to See Clearly ”.   Choose a Rainbow of Colors:   – Eat the colors of the rainbow for healthy eyes.   ...