Eating Bell Peppers Can Be Good For Your Skin. Here's Why

According to Healthline, red bell peppers and to a lesser degree yellow bell peppers are loaded with both beta carotene and Vitamin C. Beta carotene is sort of like nature's natural sunblock. It helps prevent cell degradation and damage caused by UVA and UVB rays, and in turn, helps prevent wrinkles. It's important to note, however, that simply eating foods high in beta carotene alone is not enough to protect your skin from harmful sun exposure. You need to incorporate a daily sunscreen into your skincare regime for full protection and benefits.

Beta carotene also gets converted by your body into vitamin A. Retinol, a popular anti-aging skincare ingredient, is actually a derivative of Vitamin A, and the more powerful prescription only topical Tretinoin is, as UWHealth.org explains, Vitamin A. This amazing vitamin makes wrinkles virtually vanish by promoting cell turnover in skin which stimulates the production of collagen and elastin.

Bell peppers are also loaded with Vitamin C which is vital in the actual production of collagen. So, bell peppers are doing double duty. They promote cell turnover and stimulate collagen growth, and at the same time provide the building blocks of collagen production. Healthline even reports that according to an observational study, women who eat high amounts of Vitamin C have a reduced risk of dry and wrinkled skin as they age.

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