If you are trying to decide what stretch marks treatment is best for you then don’t forget the importance of diet in the contribution towards stretch mark development.
You’ve probably heard it a million times but you really are what you eat. What you feed your body directly relates to the what your body displays to the world. Skin conditions such as stretch marks is your bodies way of fighting back at you.
When you eat unhealthily people can tell from the condition of your skin. Your diet can play a major role in whether or not you will get stretch marks. People mistake this as not being allowed to eat any junk food, but it’s all about moderation.
Whether or not your trying to improve a condition or not, you should aim to eat a healthy balanced diet. When you want to reduce stretch marks it is no different.
When we read that vitamin E, for example, is beneficial for our skin we run out and try and find a cream that contains vitamin E. It never seems to register that we can get vitamins from the food we consume too, thus improving from the inside out as well as the outside in.
There are certain vitamins you should include in your diet that are directly linked to improving your skin. These are vitamin A, C, E and zinc.
Vitamin A:
Vitamin A is important for the growth of skin, and helping you in maintaining healthy bones, nails and hair. It also helps to repair injured skin, and improve dry skin.
• Broccolli • Liver • Apricots • Carrots • Grean leaf vegetables • Sweet potato • Mango • Pumpkin • Liver • Tuna • Cantaloupe
Vitamin C:
One of the most important roles of vitamin C in improving stretch marks is to help heal wounds and scar tissue.
• Oranges • Kiwi • Guava • Strawberries • Papaya • Chili peppers • Cantaloupe • Broccoli
Vitamin E:
Another very important vitamin that you should consume when you are trying to prevent stretch marks is Vitamin E. Vitamin E is needed in order to maintain the use of normal body metabolism and in the protection and healing of body tissues and skin.
• Polyunsaturated oils and seed • Almonds • Sunflower • Peanut butter • Safflower • Wheat germ • Canola • Tomato puree • Corn • Peaches • Avocados • Fortified cereals like sunflower seeds • Oat bran
Zinc:
Zinc is the most essential supplement that you should take as part of a stretch marks treatment. The most important property of zinc is the production of collagen which is great for firming the skin. It is the most abundant structural protein and makes up somewhere around 80% of all connective tissue. Collagen is not available in food, so it’s very essential to supplement with zinc.
• Bananas
• Raisins
• Legumes
The above list are the best source of vitamins to be found in foods when it comes to diet as part of a stretch marks treatment.
