Foods That Give You Fresh, Younger-Looking Skin

3. Turmeric

Commercially prepared mustards  get their yellow colour from turmeric. Turmeric is also the source of some surprisingly potent chemicals collectively known as curcumin. Exciting ongoing research published in Clinical Cancer Research shows that curcumin might work to thwart the progression of an increasingly common skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma. Curcumin also reduces inflammation and works as an antioxidant to reduce skin damage.

If you don’t know what turmeric is, Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native in southwest India and looks very much like ginger but with yellow flesh.

Turmeric is also used outside the body as it is an excellent exfoliating agent and can help you defeat the signs of ageing. It helps removes wrinkles, acne and helps lighten out stretch marks.