Sunday, November 28: Snack for a Beachy Glow
Want that just-back-from-the-beach look all year, without the sun damage? Today's challenge: Snack your way to a beachy glow.
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XLoad up on produce containing carotenoids such as oranges, sweet potatoes, and spinach; they enhance skin tone and attractiveness, suggests research from the University of Bristol, in England. These substances are deposited in the skin, making it appear more golden. Start snacking and perk up your complexion in a month.
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XLoad up on produce containing carotenoids such as oranges, sweet potatoes, and spinach; they enhance skin tone and attractiveness, suggests research from the University of Bristol, in England. These substances are deposited in the skin, making it appear more golden. Start snacking and perk up your complexion in a month.
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Comment by Whole Living Action Plan on November 28, 2010 at 12:41pm -
Hi Susan! You can think of a serving as about one cup of sliced or chopped (or baby) carrots. You should cook them with olive oil (the healthy fats will help your body better absorb the nutrients) or steam them. If they're overcooked though (think mushy carrots), they can lose some of the beta-carotene that makes them so healthy. Here's some more info about buying, eating, and cooking carrots: http://www.wholeliving.com/article/power-food-carrots
Thanks!
~Amanda
Editor, WholeLiving.com
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Comment by Dawn Yilek on November 28, 2010 at 12:21pm -
I don't buy iceberg lettuce anymore. I substitute spinach in almost every place I used to use it. Raw carrots are a great substitute for chips when I want a crunchy snack. A 1/2 cup is about 1 serving.
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Comment by Susan Saylor on November 28, 2010 at 10:03am -
I know I should eat more carrots, how much is a serving and are they as healthy cooked?
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Comment by MK Gately on November 28, 2010 at 9:50am
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This is a great idea for most people, however, I worked for a hepatologist [liver doctor] who had a patient who ate so many carrots that they gave themselves hepatitis, a very serious liver disease with lasting consequences. Carotenoids are very high in Vitamin A, which is toxic to the liver in *high* doses. Again, most people will act with moderation, but there is always the except to the rule. Please use moderation and enjoy normal portions.
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Comment by Marie-Anne Steele on November 28, 2010 at 9:45am -
We eat the sweet potatoes instead of the regular ones throughout the year. We got hooked on the crunchy baked sweet potato fries :D
We add spinach to our burritos instead of any other kind of green leaves :D
Easy challenge indeed :D
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Comment by Victoria Klein on November 28, 2010 at 8:39am -
I've got oodles of carrots in the fridge; they taste even better when dipped in peanut butter :)
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Comment by Linda Lalonde on November 28, 2010 at 8:38am
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I hope this doesn't mean we'll get a green glow from eating green veggies!! This is an easy one for me too.
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Comment by Anne-Margaret Olsson on November 28, 2010 at 8:24am
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That's an easy challenge! I love carrots, sweet potatoes, and oranges. Lucky me - happen to have all three in the house.
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