What to eat for younger-looking skin
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What to eat for younger-looking skin

Experts say eating colourful vegetables, healthy fats and fermented foods can help protect your skin from ageing from the inside out.

Plants, fats, and fermented foods can reduce wrinkles, boost collagen and improve the texture of our skin.

The Long Sip
What happened

Nutrition and dermatology experts have outlined the foods most likely to slow skin ageing, from carotenoid-rich vegetables to fermented foods and healthy fats.

The detail

Carrots, peppers and tomatoes contain carotenoids that experts say protect against UV rays and help skin cells produce collagen and hyaluronic acid.

What it means

Adding a small amount of olive oil to those vegetables helps your body absorb the antioxidants more effectively, experts say.

For you

Professors cited in the article say regularly eating carotenoid-rich foods like carrots and tomatoes provides a continuous baseline UV protection factor of roughly two to three all year round.

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What readers are saying

Tash
The finding that eating nearly 300g of mango daily actually increased wrinkles due to the sugar content is really surprising. It shows how easy it is to overdo even healthy foods ❤️
lynnel
Eight to ten weeks is a long time.
young68
The bit about applying sunscreen only during prolonged outdoor exposure rather than daily is the real takeaway - it explains why eating carotenoid-rich foods consistently matters, since you're getting baseline UV protection year-round instead of relying on occasional cream applications.
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