in vitamin c are involved in the formation of collagen and protein that bind cells and tissues together keeping your skin firm and wrinklefree the trick one of the important food item in this connection is brewers yeast even the person whose skin seems smooth and healthy usually notices improvement in texture and glow a week after adding two or more tbsp of brewers yeast to the daily diet take a tbsp of yeast stirred into citrus juice or water after each meal between meals and before retiring also citrus foods like oranges grapefruit strawberries kiwis and broccoli play an important role in keeping your skin looking young culprits foods like white flour sugar and eatables made with them also tea coffee and soft drinks deplete energy and dehydrate your skin replace refined carbohydrate foods like white bread cookies and pasta with their whole grain cousins that work as fibre as well as antioxidants whole grain helps eliminate toxins and acts as a detoxified agent for your bodytake care of your lips lips become easily chapped during weight loss soften them up and pamper them throughout the time you are trying to lose weight use a lip balm to keep the lips moisturized and prevent them from drying out you can also use milk creams in the night for the samequit smoking smoking decreases blood flow and depletes the skin of oxygen and nutrients such as vitamin a that are important to skin health in addition the repetitive facial expressions you make when smoking such as pursing your lips when inhaling and squinting your eyes to keep out smoke may contribute to wrinkles the best way to protect your skin is to quit be gentle limit bath time hot water and long showers or baths remove oils from your skin limit your bath or shower time and use warm rather than hot wateruse mild soaps avoid strong soaps that can strip oil from your skin instead choose mild cleansers with minimal fragrancepat dry after washing or bathing gently pat or blot your skin dry with a towel so that some moisture remains on your skinmoisturize dry skin find a moisturizer that fits your skin type and makes your skin look and feel soft apply your moisturizing cream immediately after bathing and towelling dry this will seal in the moisture for your day cream choose one that contains zinc oxide and provides spf30 or more protection you can also use baby oil to moisturize the skincleanse it well very often your skin looks superficially clean but its really not dirt and dust particles hide in the pores of the skin and clog sweat proper cleansing not only removes all the makeup which accumulates during the day but also stops the oilsecreting sebaceous glands from getting clogged go for a neutral ph face washnatural aids face mask for dry and rough skin take an egg yolk and mix in a few drops of lime and olive oil apply and leave it