Food for beautiful skin, nutritious for pregnant women

(Eva.vn) During pregnancy, common skin problems during pregnancy are tanning, melasma, dry skin, acne, etc. The use of lotions or beauty products during pregnancy is are not recommended as they may have adverse effects on the unborn baby. So how to improve skin for pregnant women?
According to experts, a scientific and reasonable diet during pregnancy can help pregnant women improve their bad skin condition. Pregnant women should choose foods that are good for the skin and provide nutrients for the fetus to supplement regularly.
Avocado
Vitamin E in avocado helps to neutralize harmful agents on pregnant skin and according to researchers, no fruit contains as much of this nutrient as avocado. Avocados are also rich in the antioxidant glutathione, which helps prevent premature brain aging of the skin.
Green Tea
Green tea is full of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents. Drinking water cooked with green tea leaves not only cools the body but also helps pregnant women prevent skin inflammation caused by acne and prevent the growth of cancer cells.
Sweet potatoes are foods that are recommended to use during pregnancy. (illustration image)
Sweet potato
Sweet potato is a food recommended to be used during pregnancy with effective anti-constipation and hemorrhoid effects. In addition, this food is also rich in vitamins C, E, and beta-carotene, which is good for the skin, especially effective in reducing wrinkles.
Blueberries
Blueberries contain many antioxidants, vitamin C helps synthesize collagen - one of the main structural proteins of the skin. This type of food is loved by many pregnant women.
Flaxseed
Omega -3 fats found in flaxseeds help maintain smooth skin pigmentation for pregnant mothers. In addition, this food also contains linolenic acid that helps keep the skin smooth and soft. These nuts are always recommended to use during pregnancy because they are rich in omega-3 - good for the brain development of the fetus.
Tomatoes
Not only rich in vitamin C, tomatoes also contain lycopene compound - an antioxidant that helps prevent sun rays from affecting the skin. Should add tomatoes to the daily diet of pregnant women.
Walnuts
Walnuts are known to be rich in beta-carotene and vitamin E and alpha linolenic that help keep the skin soft and smooth. In addition, walnuts also contain an abundant amount of zinc, which helps the skin to heal quickly. These nutrients are also essential for the unborn baby.
Lemon is used by many pregnant women for beauty because it is very safe. (illustration image)
Lemon
Lemon has a high antioxidant capacity with high citric acid content, which helps prevent pigmentation darkening, helps to clean the skin and exfoliate dead cells, while removing get stains. In addition, a daily lemon bath also gives you a smooth and soft skin.
Soybean
The high content of vitamin E in soybean helps inhibit the chemical activity of free radicals that cause skin aging and prevent black pigmentation in the skin. Cooking tea with soybeans, green beans and red beans for daily use is also very good for removing melasma.
Milk
Use milk daily to stimulate the activity of skin cells, enhance skin elasticity, stimulate metabolism and keep skin moist. Every day in the mornings and evenings, eating a small bowl of tea cooked from 20g of almonds, 300ml of milk, 20g of pureed black sesame mixed with 20ml of soy milk will also be very effective in treating melasma.