My Body

By Elizabeth27

24 January 2008 09:00

Is it possible to be thin and line-free? What can I eat to lose weight and wrinkles?

Yours Expert Answer

By Yours Answers Team

Good news! You don’t have to choose between being slim and having a wrinkle-free face! Follow these anti-aging diet guidelines from our friends at closerdiets.com and you can strike a perfect balance.

A well-balanced diet slows down ageing in all tissues, including the skin. Fruit and vegetables are particularly important for preventing premature skin ageing because they contain a wide variety of antioxidants, which help protect skin cells from damage by free radicals.

Here's our list of the top eight anti-ageing foods:  

DAIRY PRODUCTS - Aim for at least three portions of calcium-rich foods every day. It is important to keep your bones/tendons and ligaments as strong as possible for the structure of the face and support of the skin. If you're not healthy underneath anti-aging foods and creams will not live up to their full potential.

WATER - Drink 10 glasses of water a day. It prevents dehydration and keeps the skin looking plump, soft and smooth.

AVOCADO - Avocados are packed with monounsaturated fats, which help stop wrinkles forming and keeps skin looking tauter and younger.

GREEN LEAFY VEG - Vegetables like spinach, rocket and watercress are full of antioxidant-rich carotenoids, which can protect the skin against sun damage and stop it looking wrinkled.

BERRIES - They’re packed with the vitamin C, which is essential for healthy collagen – the building blocks that keep skin firm and plump.

NUTS AND SEEDS - They’re a good source of selenium and contain vitamin E, which hydrates and moisturises the skin to help it look smooth and plump.

OILY FISH - Oily fish like salmon, trout, sardines and mackerel contain selenium, an antioxidant that helps fight free radicals (molecules which damage your skin and cause wrinkles). They also contain essential fatty acids, which hydrate skin and make it glow.

OLIVE OIL - Extra virgin olive oil contains an anti-ageing antioxidant called hydroxytyrosol, which helps protect the skin from free radical damage.