Consumption of fruits and vegetables several times a day has a beneficial effect not only for maintaining overall health. It also contributes to the acquisition of a golden glow on the skin and makes us more attractive, according to research.
Vegetables and fruits contain a high concentration of different types of carotenoids. These plant pigments are over 600.
According to scientists, the effect of their consumption, associated with a healthier and golden glow of the skin, is due to the yellow-red pigments that give color to fruits and vegetables such as mangoes, carrots, tomatoes.
Researchers at the University of St. Andrews have found that eating even two extra servings of fruits and vegetables a day is enough to achieve a change in skin color within 6 weeks.
Additional tests show that the skin color of participants who consume large amounts of fruits and vegetables on a regular basis also looks more attractive and attractive than those who consume small amounts.
Each variety of fruit or vegetable has its own unique composition of carotenoids. Tomatoes owe their color to lycopene, which according to recent clinical studies has anticancer properties. Lutein and zeaxanthin in adults are thought to prevent optic nerve degeneration and protect against blindness.
Carotenoids have high antioxidant activity and are actively involved in the body's immune defenses. They regulate the communication between the cells, which takes place through special signals. The communicative abilities of cells are especially important in the immune system, which, in order to function effectively, must find a working way to exchange signals. It is because of these properties that carotenoids are defined as important immunomodulators.
Beta carotene, which gives carrots their specific orange color, produces vitamin A in the liver, which plays an important role in the proper functioning of many processes in the body.