The Best Foods to Boost Your Looks, According to Experts
Eat good, feel good, look good. If you’ve been feeling down in the dumps over your looks, giving yourself a positivity jumpstart could be as simple as making room in your diet for the right foods, experts say.
While new research reveals that eating carbs makes you appear unattractive, there are lots of natural foods that actually have appearance-boosting effects, improving the quality of your skin and even making you smell better.
For starters, seek out foods rich in carotenoids – a substance that gives many fruits and vegetables their vibrant hue. They’re not just making your meals look good – a 2012 report associated carotenoids, and the golden tint they give a person’s skin over six weeks of regular consumption, with making people more appear attractive. Study authors claimed carotenoids could “be used as a motivational tool in dietary intervention.”
Fruits and vegetables that are rich in the supermarket beauty supplement include sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, and dark leafy greens like spinach and kale.
Others are orange peppers, corn, asparagus, tomatoes and tomato products, watermelons, grapefruit, and guavas. Both egg yolks and pistachios are also good sources, per the university.
Believe it or not, carotenoids – which also protect from harmful ultraviolet