Eat well
FEAST YOUR WAY TO HEALTHY SKIN
Dr Thivi Maruthappu, the UK’s first and only dual-qualified dermatologist and nutritionist, shares her top five tips:
1 Nutrition is the first step in your skincare routine. A balanced diet is where it all starts, because your skin needs a variety of vitamins and minerals for health, as well as the macronutrients carbohydrates, protein and healthy fats.
2 Focus on eating the rainbow. It may sound like a cliché, but there’s science behind it. Colourful fruits and vegetables are full of athocyanin antioxidants that help counteract the free-radical damage that can lead to premature skin ageing.
That means trying to include fibre-rich foods to feed those all-important gut bacteria, but also probiotic foods such as
