A Great Dryness Cure For Your Skin

Beth Bender — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:45:43 +0000

As I mentioned in one of my previous post on the benefits of Flaxseed in your diet . Studies have recently shown that taking flaxseed can really improve dry and sensitive skin. Researchers assigned 45 nonsmoking women with these skin issues to take 2.2 grams of flaxseed oil for 12 weeks.

After the initial 12 weeks all experienced improvements to their skin, including sensitivity, redness, hydration, scaling, and roughness. Flaxseed oil is rich in fatty acids which help to reduce inflammation to the skin. I continue to include flaxseed in my diet everyday and have already started to feel the benefits.

Here’s to beautiful skin in 2009!

xx,

Beth

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Beauty Foods – Those Essential Fatty Acids

SP Bragg — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:06:00 +0000

“* Essential fatty acids: Certain polyunsaturated oils are called “essential” because they must be included in our diet. EFAs, like omega-3 and omega-6, may reduce inflammation that can clog skin and lead to wrinkles. Sources include seafood – such as salmon, sardines, trout and flounder – as well as almonds, walnuts and flaxseed.”

Well, I’m doing my best to eat them and I would be a lot better off if I liked fish. Problem is, I can’t stand the stuff. How anyone can eat something that looks back at you is beyond me. Even if it’s processed like Salmon in a sauce… still don’t like it. Unfortunately, everyone else in the family is big fish eaters, so I force myself to at least eat salmon. Sardines and pilchards, you can forget those. My British husband tried to introduce me to pilchards on toast… where do English people come up with this stuff?

Now walnuts I can handle… but they are fattening! Just can’t win.

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A Great Dryness Cure For Your Skin

Beauty Foods – Those Essential Fatty Acids