Vitamins and minerals play a vital role in our bodies. They maintain our health, beauty and keep everything in balance:
- Good liver functioning
- Body detoxification
- The environment in our intestines
- Aging processes
- Glowing skin
- Inflammation processes and much more.
Without vitamins our body can’t make connective tissues, heal wounds, battle with free radicals and run a healthy immune system.
On this occasion we will discuss the vitamin
B group. This is a large group of vitamins playing a vital role in cell health and the beauty of our main organ: the skin.
Vitamin B6
This vitamin is essential to build red blood cells and cell production.
It takes part in hormonal regulation, keeps the skin clear, reduces inflammation and most importantly it assists in collagen and elastin production.
These last two factors are responsible for amazing, healthy ,supple skin, so basically B6 is the source of your vitality!
To ensure an abundant intake of this vitamin you should eat:
- Bananas
- Sunflower seeds
- Spinach
- Avocado
- Garlic
- Peanuts
- Pepper
- Pistachio
- Pineapple
- Coconut
Vitamin B7
This one is important for achieving a healthy growth and cell-repair, revitalizes the skin and acts like an antioxidant!
It also maintains plump, hydrated skin that becomes less prone to premature aging!
You can find this amazing vitamin in:
- Oats
- Almonds
- Walnuts
- Cauliflower
- Carrots
- Tomatoes
- Onions
- Sweet potatoes
- Mushrooms
- Cheese
- Eggs
You can spot signs of deficiency of this important vitamin if the following apply to you:
- Cracking in the corners of the mouth
- Dry or scaly skin
- Brittle hair
- Hair loss
- Red rashes on the skin.
These signs could appear from time to time, so it is important to keep an eye on your diet to understand how much of everything to eat every day.
Vitamin B3
Another essential vitamin for our skin!
It prevents water loss, increases keratin levels in nails and hair, reduces wrinkles, keeps the skin’s surface smooth, protects our bodies from cellular rusting and sun damage
and even helps in the prevention of skin cancer.
Vitamin B3 can be found in abundance in the following products:
- Yeast
- Meat
- Seafood
- Legumes
- Seeds
- Mushrooms
- Spirulina
- Dates
- Avocado
- Banana
- Peaches and apricots
There are several signs of deficiency for this vitamin too. Irritated or red skin, headaches, changes in your ability to concentrate may all point to a lack of Vitamin B3 intake!
More on vitamins here
https://www.atlantisskincare.com/vitamins-for-glowing-skin-vitamin-c-vitamin-e-vitamin-a/
Finally, it is crystal-clear that these three vitamins are essential to your skin and overall health.
You can easily understand how important it is to keep everything in balance by looking at how much a vitamin deficiency can affect you.
The best steps to take are to follow your diet and check it on platforms like cronometer.com time after time, just to make sure that you are eating everything that your body needs.
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