48 Foods for Glowing Skin –  Balance Your Hormones & Give You Glowing Skin

Foods for Glowing Skin – Feeling blahhhh, stressed, sluggish, irritable and lost that glow?

Let’s get you sorted! So that smile creeps back, you feel in your flow, energy is up and the glow has returned.

Whether we like it or not, hormones control our mood, digestion, energy, libido, metabolism, and how our skin looks.

Eating certain nutrient dense foods is one step on that path to recovery. If we don’t eat foods that provide the building blocks for these, they just don’t happen or there isn’t enough of them. Read on to see what Foods for Glowing Skin.

Beauty from the inside out is what we’re going for with a healthy lifestyle. – Huffpost

Remember, whatever you’re eating is either helping hormonal production or causing unpredictable imbalances.

The human body needs a balance of all three macronutrients, carbohydrates, protein, and especially fat.

Fat is one of the most crucial elements for hormonal balance. For years, we’ve been told that fat-free is good, while cholesterol and saturated fat are bad. This is a fallacy. Healthy fat is the raw material that we need to produce and maintain proper hormone function.

Here’s why: hormones are produced using certain fatty acids and cholesterol, so if we’re missing these nutrients, hormone problems arise simply because the body doesn’t have the nutrients it needs to make them. Our body needs certain fats for rebuilding cells and stabilizing hormones. This is especially important for the female reproductive system.

48 Foods for Glowing Skin – How to eat for hormonal balance

Basing meals off clean protein, hormone-balancing healthy fats, antioxidant-rich vegetables, and healing herbs will help your body thrive. Choose one food from each category for an easy, hormone balancing, skin healing, meal.

1. Clean protein

• Nuts
• Beans
• Seeds
• Quinoa
• Lentils
• Organic pasture-raised/grass-fed chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, kangaroo, eggs
• Wild caught fish

 

2. Hormone-balancing healthy fats

• Coconut oil (and all coconut products for that matter). It contains lauric acid, which is incredibly healing to the skin and extremely beneficial for hormonal production. It also kills bad bacteria and viruses in the body, provides a quick source of energy, is easy to digest, and speeds up metabolism.

• Avocados.They’re rich in healthy fat that helps our body absorb and use nutrients They are also full of fiber, potassium, magnesium vitamin E, B-vitamins, and folic acid – all essential for maintaining hormonal balance in the body.

• Raw butter/ghee. They provide a rich source of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K2. These nutrients are key building blocks for hormonal production. Butter provides great amounts of short- and medium-chain fatty acids, which support immune function, boost metabolism and have anti-microbial properties; meaning, they fight against bad bacteria and viruses in the body.

• Egg yolks. They’re rich in countless vitamins and minerals including: A, D, E, B2, B6, B9, iron, calcium, phosphorous, potassium and choline which all contribute to a healthy reproductive system, hormonal balance, and healthy skin. The choline and iodine in egg yolks are also crucial for making healthy thyroid hormones.

• Nuts and seeds. Soaked nuts and seeds, olives and olive oil,  hemp seed oil, flax-seed oil, and raw cultured dairy products.

 

3. Antioxidant-rich vegetables

• Look for anything dark green: asparagus, broccoli, spinach, collard greens, cabbage, cucumbers, kale, coriander, etc.

• Opt for brightly coloured veggies: green, red, yellow, and orange bell peppers, red cabbage, red/white onions, tomatoes, and carrots.

• Don’t overlook starchy vegetables: sweet potatoes, spaghetti squash, beets, artichokes, butternut squash, and turnips.

 

4. Healing spices & herbs

• Cinnamon
• Turmeric
• Cayenne
• Cumin
• Garlic
• Ginger

If your body has the nutrients it needs to be in hormonal balance, it will be. You’ll experience glowing skin, stable moods, fertility, and consistent energy.

Our bodies have an incredible ability to heal and be in balance, when given the nutrients they need to flourish.

Do you have any more questions about our list of 48 Foods for Glowing Skin? Get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.