Protect Your Skin with These Breakfast Recipes
Get more out of your breakfast with these skin-protecting breakfast recipes! The breakfast recipes below feature foods that are high in beta-carotene, quercetin, vitamin C, coenzyme Q10, vitamin E, omega-3 fats, and other skin-protecting nutrients. Enjoy!
However, before you turn loose the culinary prodigy in you and dig into the breakfast recipes below, check out the section Diet for Protecting the Skin From the Sun and the section Best Skin-Protecting Foods which provide more basic information about how certain nutrients and foods can help protect your skin from the potentially damaging effects of the sun.
Omega-3 Omelet with Carrots and Tomatoes
Carrots deliver a great amount of beta-carotene while tomatoes provide a good amount of lycopene. Both beta-carotene and lycopene have been shown to help protect the skin against damage caused by the sun. The omega-3 enriched eggs in this omelet provide additional protection due to their anti-inflammatory properties.
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Wholewheat Muffins with Bananas and Walnuts
Not only are these whole wheat muffins full of flavor, they also contain ingredients that help protect the skin. Bananas provide vitamin C and walnuts contain ellagic acid which is a strong antioxidant. See the Recipe
Antioxidant Muffins
These scrumptious muffins feature blueberries and pecans, two antioxidant powerhouse foods. Blueberries top the list of berries with the highest antioxidant capacity, and pecans—along with walnuts and chestnuts—have the highest concentration of antioxidants in the tree nut family. See the RecipeOat and Wheat Germ Muesli with Apples
Wheat germ is a very good source of vitamin E and an excellent source of coenzyme Q10. Both of these nutrients, as well as the antioxidants in the oats and apples featured in this super healthy muesli, help protect the skin against ultraviolet radiation. See the Recipe
Carrot Muffins
You've probably heard that carrots are good for eye sight, but did you know that they can also boost your skin's natural protection against the sun's rays? Carrots are one of the best dietary sources of beta-carotene—a nutrient that is known to help protect the skin against free radical damage from sun exposure. See the Recipe
Low Glycemic Raspberry Muffins
This muffin recipe is a must-try for those who love muffins but are concerned about the high amount of simple carbohydrates in most muffins. In addition to being low in carbs, the soy and raspberries featured in these muffins ensure that you get plenty of antioxidants. See the RecipeMillet Pancakes with Prune Compote
A study, which assessed the antioxidant capacity of a wide range of fresh and dried fruit and vegetables using the so-called Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) methodology, ranked prunes, or dried plums, the #1 food in terms of antioxidant potential. Prunes had more than twice the antioxidant capacity of other high ranking foods such as blueberries and raisins. See the Recipe
Dairy-Free Blueberry Muesli
Blueberries are one of the greatest health foods of all time, and they can be an excellent anti-wrinkle food. In a laboratory test conducted by USDA researchers, wild blueberries were shown to have the highest Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) rating of more than 20 fresh fruits and berries. ORAC is a measure of antioxidant capacity of foods. The antioxidant properties of wild blueberries were shown to be even stronger than those of cranberries, raspberries, strawberries, plums, or cultivated blueberries. Furthermore, compared to other berries, blueberries (especially wild blueberries) are a good source of vitamin E. See the Recipe
Oat and Buckwheat Muesli with Pears and Grapes
Enjoying a bowl of this skin-protecing muesli for breakfast is a good way to start a day off right. The grapes featured in this skin-protecting muesli contain resveratrol and quercetin, two potent antioxidants that help protect the skin against the free radical damage from sun exposure. See the RecipeOriginal Bircher Muesli
Muesli was developed as a health food by the Swiss Physician Maximilian Bircher-Brenner towards the end of the 19th century. This is the original muesli recipe Mr Bircher-Benner recommended to his patients. See the RecipeSpinach and Mushroom Omelet
The spinach in this easy-to-make omelet provides a slew of skin-protecting nutrients—including beta-carotene, vitamin C, coenzyme Q10, and vitamin E—while the mushrooms provide a good supply of selenium. The potential beneficial effects of selenium on the skin are based on the role of this trace element in the antioxidant system of the body See the RecipeFor more recipes that can help protect your skin, visit the main recipe directory of HealWithFood.org's Guide to Protecting Skin from Sun Damage.
