Healthy skin: What role does diet play? A healthy diet can help promote healthy skin. In particular, antioxidant-rich foods seem to have a protective effect for the skin.
Good-for-skin foods include:
-Fruits, especially cherries, berries, melons, apples and pears
-Vegetables, especially spinach and other green leafy vegetables, eggplant, asparagus, celery and onions
-Legumes, especially broad and lima beans
-Fish
-Nuts
-Olive oil
On the flip side, some foods seem to be associated with skin damage. For example...
