To Your Health
July, 2024 (Vol. 18, Issue 07) |
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Eating for Skin Health
By Editorial Staff
It's well-established that your eating habits can affect your skin – but do you know how much of an impact it can have? This conversation goes far beyond whether that fast-food meal you just ate will lead to an extra pimple or two. We're talking about how a healthy diet can promote skin health on multiple levels, from skin aging to pigmentation to skin cancer.
In a recent study, researchers reviewed data on four specific skin conditions and evaluated how specific dietary factors impacted their development: skin aging, skin pigmentation, cutaneous melanoma (cancer that starts in the pigment-producing cells of the skin) and keratinocyte skin cancer (the most common form of skin cancer).
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Eating oily fish was associated with a lower risk of skin aging and skin pigmentation.
- Eating salad / raw vegetables was associated with a lower risk of ketatinocyte skin cancer.
- Drinking tea was associated with a lower risk of skin pigmentation.
- Drinking coffee and eating pork were associated with a higher risk of skin aging.
- Eating beef was associated with an increased risk of cutaneous melanoma.
- Eating bread was associated with an increased risk of ketatinocyte skin cancer.
Care about your skin? We're all looking for ways to keep our skin young – and healthy – as we age. Keep these dietary factors in mind and you'll be taking an important step to promoting skin health for a lifetime. Talk to your doctor for more information on the profound impact diet can have on your health and wellness from head to toe.
