Even a few weeks of eating fruit and vegetables could improve your skin color, it is claimed. University of St Andrews researchers monitored diet in 35 people, finding more coloration in those eating more greens.
It has been known for some time that certain yellow and red pigments called carotenoids, found in many types of fruit and vegetables, can have an effect on skin tone.
The St Andrews scientists recruited 35 students, mostly white, who were quizzed on their fruit and vegetable intake over a six-week period. The volunteers were told not to use sunbeds, fake tan or make-up. An instrument was used to analyze their skin tone before, during and after the test period.
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The results suggested that changes in fruit and vegetable consumption might be related to changes in skin tone, with more fruit and vegetables contributing to a deepening of natural red and yellow skin coloration.
Earlier research by the team had found links between the perceived attractiveness of faces and even subtle changes in these skin tones. “It is possible that even smaller dietary changes are able to produce perceptible benefits to skin coloration,” they wrote.
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研究宣稱,食用蔬果即使只有幾週時間,都可改善妳的皮膚色澤。英國聖安德魯斯大學研究人員觀察三十五人的飲食發現,吃較多蔬菜者,皮膚較有色澤。
眾所周知,多種蔬果中的黃色與紅色素「類胡蘿蔔素」,對皮膚色調有影響。
聖安德魯斯大學科學家招募三十五名學生,多數是白人,詢問他們六週內的蔬果攝取。志願者被告知不要使用日光浴床、防曬、或化妝。一種儀器被用來分析他們的皮膚在測試前、測試中與測試後的皮膚色澤。
研究結果顯示,蔬果攝取量的改變,或許與皮膚色調的改變有關,攝取較多蔬果,會讓皮膚自然的紅色與黃色加深。
稍早此團隊的研究發現,臉蛋的迷人度與皮膚色調即便只有細微的改變有關,他們寫道:「即便是稍稍改變飲食,都可能對皮膚顏色產生可察覺的好處。」
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