Healthy Fats For Glowing Skin

Winter is already a difficult season on the skin so including essential fatty acids can help heal and alleviate the discomfort of dry, itchy skin. Eat your fats and feed your skin some nutrients. My favorite way of getting healthy fats into my diet is by eating an avocado a day. I blend in my smoothies and use  coconut oil another wonderful source for healthy fat. Avocados are rich in monounsaturated fats and contain lots of fiber, rich in vitamins and minerals, such as B-vitamins, vitamin K, potassium, copper. Avocados also contain vitamin E and vitamin C which help stimulate collagen production improving the skin’s ability to absorb moisture. You can also feed your face by drinking a smoothie blended with avocado.

You can get healthy fats and omegas in these foods as well:

Omega-3s

• Salmon

• Mackerel

• Flax

• Walnuts

• Sardines

• Fortified eggs

• Bone Broth

Omega-6s

• Flax

• Nuts and seeds (pumpkin seeds, pistachio nuts, pine nuts, sunflower seeds)

• Olives and olive oil

• Whole-grain breads and cereals

• Poultry

• Eggs

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• 1/4 avocado

• 1 teaspoon of raw or manuka honey

• 1 teaspoon of coconut oil

• 1/4 teaspoon apple cider vinegar ( acv)

• half a lemon wedge

• optional (5 drops of clary sage, 5 drops of lavender, 3 drops of roman chammomile)

• Mash the avocado. pour in honey and vinegar. Blend coconut oil with essential oils. Blend all together. Squeeze lemon in mixture. Mix well and apply to the skin. Leave on 20 minutes.

Avocado? Yes avocados for breakfast, lunch or dinner! One of my favorite foods with benefits! You will be getting a load of vitamin E and anti-oxidants, more magnesium and less sugar than bananas, they make a great base ingredient for many breakfast smoothie recipes not mention they create a luxurious smooth and creamy texture in smoothies. They are helpful when you’re making a dairy-free smoothie. If you love yogurt or milk in your smoothie but are wanting to cut out dairy, chuck an avocado in instead. You can add blueberries,  strawberries, nuts, raw cacao or just about anything to any of the smoothies. If you perform high intensity workouts  having a smoothie with an avocado is a great post workout drink. And, it turns out, that adding avocados to your smoothie actually boosts nutrition absorption.

Avocado Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of fresh or frozen organic blueberries or any other berries or fruit of choice.

• small piece of ripe avocado – about 1/5 of a large avocado or 1/4 of a small one

• 1 cup coconut water, or 1/2 cup filtered water and 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk

• 1 banana

• sweeten to taste with either raw honey (natural sugar alternative)

Directions:

• Blend in a blender until smooth and creamy.

• For a thinner shake, add a bit more water or milk of choice.

• (Optional for post workout )1 packet or about 3 tbsp *whey protein (whey is from dairy but it is the casein or lactose in dairy that causes problems, not the whey, so most people tolerate it quite well)