5 Vitamins for Glowing Skin

While we can try out a whole lot of external treatments to bring life and shine to the skin, nothing works like eating right. A lot of us might not know it but it is very likely that the reason why your skin is dull is that it is not being fed with all the vitamins that it needs. The right vitamin intake can do wonders for your skin and bring about a certain glow to it.

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But how do we know what vitamins the skin needs and what are the foods that are rich in these vitamins? To help you with just that, we made a list of vitamins that your skin needs to shine bright.

5 Vitamins for Glowing Skin

1. Vitamin C

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With all the anti-oxidant properties that Vitamin C has got, it is great for the skin. It helps brighten skin by removing dead skin cells and repairing the skin in general. It also helps fight ageing by reducing wrinkles and dullness that come with ageing of the skin. Vitamin C, is hence a major constituent in most brightening creams and lotions lately.
Foods that are rich in Vitamin C – Citrus fruits are a great source of Vitamin C. Drinking a whole of lot of citrus fruit juices like orange juice and lemon juice regularly can help add a lot of vitamin C to your diet. Non citrus fruits like papaya, pineapple and strawberries are also known to have a good amount of vitamin C in them.

2. Vitamin A

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Vitamin A, also called Retinol has got some good anti-ageing properties to it. Along with that, it is also known to protect the skin against sunburn, acne, eczema, wrinkles and discoloration. While direct application of Vitamin A onto the skin can cause some irritation, it is being processed and used in a lot of cosmetics lately.
Foods that are rich in Vitamin A – Unlike many other vitamins, vitamin A luckily is found in abundance. Carrots, milk and dairy products, eggs, papaya, broccoli, fish and apricots are some foods that are rich in vitamin A

3. Vitamin E

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Vitamin E has got a whole lot of uses for the skin but is especially noted for its action sun damage. Skin has got its own defense against sun damage and this mechanism gets a major boost with the help of Vitamin E. This is probably why you’ll see a whole lot of sun screens having Vitamin E as one of its ingredients. Along with that, Vitamin E has an anti-dryness effect on the skin and thereby helps retain skin’s moisture.
Foods that are rich in Vitamin E – Seeds and nuts are great sources of vitamin E along with nut butters and vegetable oils. Olive, spinach, capsicum and papaya are great sources of Vitamin E as well.

4. Vitamin B3

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Vitamin B3 is yet another vitamin that can benefit the skin greatly, especially in coping with irritation and redness. When mosquito bites or other insect bites or some other kind of allergy causes rashes on the skin, Vitamin B3 ointments when rubbed onto the skin reduce the itching and also help hydrate the region thereby preventing it from drying up. It is also known to act against pigmentation and dark spots.
Foods that are rich in Vitamin B3 – Peanuts, mushrooms, green peas and avocados are some foods with an abundance of vitamin B3 along with chicken and fish. Dairy products have got plenty of Vitamin B3 as well.

5. Vitamin K 

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Although it is seldom used for brightening the skin, Vitamin K helps fight the dark circles under eyes quite effectively and thereby render our eyes beautiful and bright. Blood clotting and slower circulation of blood under the eyes is responsible for dark under eye circles and this can be put to a stop by the usage of vitamin K. Melanin which is responsible for thickening the dark circles can also be broken down by Vitamin K supplements. Vitamin K supplement works best when applied under the eyes just as we go to sleep.
Food that are rich in Vitamin K – Most leafy greens are highly abundant in Vitamin K, spinach and kale being some of them. Broccoli and Turnip greens are two other sources that are rich in Vitamin K.

Who knew that skin needed so many vitamins right? Constant intake of supplements of these vitamins or their sources, however, has been known to have a definite brightening effect on the skin.

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