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Healthy Skin Diet: 6 Yummy Foods That Prevent Wrinkles
This season's hottest anti-aging ingredients can be found in the grocery aisles. Add them to your healthy skin diet now
Tomato Paste
Protect your skin from sun damage by feasting on lycopene-full tomatoes. "Research has shown that daily consumption of lycopene in the form of tomato paste results in less sunburn," explains Drayer. And cooking tomatoes actually boosts absorption of lycopene. Other foods that do similar jobs include sweet potatoes, spinach and fruits like watermelon, cantaloupe and mangoes. "Like tomatoes, these foods also contain carotenoids, which protect against sunburn, so keep these on your shopping list too," says Drayer.Meal idea: Fire-roasted tomato soup
Ingredients:
1½ pounds plum tomatoes
1 small onion, peeled and cut into 6 wedges
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons thyme leaves
1 14.5-ounce can vegetable broth
Directions: Preheat your broiler. Core and halve the tomatoes and place in a bowl with the onion and garlic. Toss with the oil, salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and broil until softened and charred, 12–15 minutes. Let cool slightly; then place in a blender with the thyme leaves and puree until slightly chunky. Pour into a saucepan, add the broth, and bring to a boil. Simmer until thickened, 25 minutes.
Yield: 4 servings (about 1¼ cups each)
Per serving: 80 calories; 2 g protein; 11 g carbohydrates; 3 g fiber; 6 g sugars; 4 g fat; 0.5 g saturated fat; 0 trans fat; 0 cholesterol; 190 mg sodium; 35 mg calcium; 0.03 g omega-3 fats; 1,309 IU vitamin A; 23 mg vitamin C; 1.3 mg vitamin E; 1 mg iron; 0.3 mg zinc
Recipe from "The Beauty Diet: Looking Great Has Never Been So Delicious" (McGraw-Hill, 2008), by Lisa Drayer, MA, RD
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