Eat Beautiful: Nourish your skin from the inside out by Wendy Rowe

Author:Wendy Rowe [Rowe, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473529342
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Published: 2016-06-22T21:00:00+00:00

SKIN-FEEDING NUTRIENTS

• Dietary fibre

• Minerals:

calcium

copper

iron

magnesium

manganese

phosphorus

potassium

selenium

sulphur

zinc

• Phytochemicals:

allicin

• Vitamins:

B1 (thiamine)

B2 (riboflavin)

B3 (niacin)

B6 (pyridoxine)

B9 (folate)

choline

C

ROASTED GARLIC SPREAD

GHEE

THE AYURVEDIC BEAUTY TREATMENT

It seems most cultures have their beauty cure-all: in Greece it’s olive oil, in the Middle East it’s argan oil – and in India it’s ghee. Ghee is butter that’s been clarified – melted down and its milk solids and any impurities removed, leaving just the refined fat. It’s been used for centuries in India in cooking, medicine and skincare. Easy to digest and great for cooking because of the stability of its chemical structure, even at a high temperature, ghee should be a staple in everyone’s kitchen cupboard. (As long as it’s kept in an airtight container, it doesn’t even need to be refrigerated!) Clarifying butter removes the protein (casein) and sugar (lactose), making ghee a pure fat that’s super easy to digest, even by those who are lactose-intolerant. Ghee is wonderful for the skin and general health, too. Used in Ayurvedic medicine, the nutrients in ghee have long been said to cool the body (decrease inflammation), refresh the eyes and enhance vision, fire up the digestion and metabolism, and boost stamina. Ghee is said to sharpen the mind, improving memory, and to protect the body from disease and skin conditions like eczema – plus it’s known to increase the lustre of the skin and hair, reduce shadows under the eyes and has an aphrodisiac effect into the bargain. A bit of a multi-tasker, you might say! While you might instinctively feel that a pure fat like ghee would cause weight gain, quite the opposite appears to be true – by increasing energy levels, it actually helps you to lose weight. It should be consumed in moderation, of course, using a small amount for frying or flavouring a dish.

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