Just like the rest of our body, our skin evolves as we age. It tells a story of our life through wrinkles, smile lines, stretch marks and scars.
As the largest organ in the human body, your skin is an important protective barrier against germs, also regulating body temperature and enabling the sensation of touch.
You may be wondering, 'how can I improve my skin health? and whilst ageing is a natural process, the right support at the right time can help skin stay healthy, comfortable and radiant through every decade.
How does our skin age?
What are the best foods for your skin?
Your diet plays a key role in supporting skin health. Eating a varied diet rich in seasonal wholefoods helps ensure a natural intake of essential nutrients that nourish skin from within. The Mediterranean diet, which focuses on plant‑based foods and healthy fats, are widely considered beneficial for overall health and can be particularly supportive of healthy, radiant‑looking skin.
If you’re wondering 'what vitamin is best for skin?', it's important to know that there is no one vitamin that's best. Nourishing the body with a diverse, vitamin-rich diet is key to supporting both overall health and radiant skin. Here are a couple of skin‑loving foods to include in your diet - you may be surprised to discover you’re already enjoying some of these foods already!
- Cold‑water fatty fish (salmon, mackerel): Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which support skin hydration, help regulate inflammation, and may protect against UV-induced damage.
- Avocados: Provide healthy fats plus vitamins C and E to support supple skin and antioxidant defence.
- Brazil nuts: A great source of selenium to help protect the skin and support a healthy, radiant complexion.
- Tomatoes: Contain lycopene to help protect against UV damage and support smoother skin.
- Sweet potatoes: Rich in beta‑carotene which supports skin health and contributes to normal skin cell turnover
- Bell peppers: A source of beta‑carotene and vitamin C to support collagen and protect against environmental stress.
- Dark chocolate (70%+): rich in flavonoids, which support antioxidant defence and may help protect the skin from oxidative stress.
- Green tea: Rich in polyphenols, antioxidants to help support healthy, resilient skin.
ADVICE FROM OUR EXPERTS
Why eating 30 plants per week could transform your health!
In this blog, our Nutritional Therapists discuss the importance of filling your plate with an abundance and variety of fruits and veggies, beans and pulses, healthy wholegrains, and essential fats.
What are the benefits of essential fatty acids for my skin?
In today’s world, we’re constantly exposed to toxins, pollutants, and synthetic chemicals, some avoidable, others not. One of the ways we can nourish the skin is by ensuring that we are consuming enough fatty acids.
Back to basics: Why a multivitamin is essential for skin health
A multivitamin is a great place to start for all‑round health support, including for the skin. By providing key nutrients involved in collagen formation, antioxidant defence and skin structure, as well as supporting wider processes such as hormone balance, energy production and detoxification, a high‑quality multivitamin helps lay the nutritional support your skin needs to look and feel healthy at every life stage.
Teen Multi
Teen skin is constantly changing and so a targeted multivitamin can help support balance from within, providing key nutrients like zinc, to help support skin repair, and maintain a healthy barrier.
Advanced Multi
A high-potency, comprehensive multinutrient formula with targeted support for energy production, hormonal balance, detoxification, and antioxidant defence, great for skin repair and ideal for those with higher nutritional needs.
Men's Multi
A high-potency multivitamin tailored for men, delivering targeted nutrients, antioxidants and botanicals to support skin, energy, hormonal balance, heart health, immunity, and prostate health.
Extra tips to help with seasonal allergies
Block pollen
Try to keep windows closed where possible
Why is hydration important for skin health?
Water makes up around 60% of the human body, and is used in virtually every bodily process, so even mild dehydration can really affect how we feel and function. Everyone’s needs are different depending on age, activity levels and environment, but we generally recommend 1.5 to 2.5 litres (roughly 6–8 glasses) a day to help your body perform at its best.
When it comes to skin health, maintaining proper hydration is key to supporting elasticity, which is the skin’s ability to stretch and return to its original shape. It helps skin stay smooth and supple, and can reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles over time.
Optimise your hydration with our Electrolyte Creatine Complex:
Creatine helps draw water into cells, supporting hydration at a cellular level. Combined with key electrolytes to maintain fluid balance, this formula helps support optimal cell function for everyday activity. Contains vitamin C for antioxidant protection, helping to protect skin cells from environmental stress while supporting collagen production.
Many foods can help support skin hydration. Those with a high water content not only contribute to overall hydration but also provide essential nutrients that support skin health. Here are some of our top hydration‑supporting recommendations:
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Food
% Water
Other health benefits
Cucumber
96
Rich in potassium, phosphorus and magnesium as well as vitamin K
Iceberg lettuce
96
Rich in fibre, vitamins A and K, potassium and zinc
Celery
95
Rich in fibre, vitamins A and K, folate and potassium
Tomatoes
95
Rich fibre, vitamins C and K, folate and potassium. Also a great source of protective lycopene
Courgette
93
Rich in fibre, manganese, potassium, magnesium, and vitamins A, C and K
Watermelon
91
Rich in vitamins C and A, several B vitamins, potassium, zinc, copper, and a great source of lycopene
Spinach
91
Rich in magnesium calcium, iron, potassium, vitamins A and K, fibre, and folate
Strawberries
91
Rich in vitamin C, fibre and various antioxidants
Melons
90
Be it cantaloupe or honeydew, melons are also rich in fibre, vitamin C, potassium, folate and magnesium
Broccoli
89
Rich in fibre, iron, potassium, vitamins C and K and a range of antioxidants
ADVICE FROM OUR EXPERTS
Eat your water
In this blog, our Nutritional Therapists explore hydrating foods to eat this summer (and those to avoid).
Why is it so important to stay hydrated?
Discover which areas of health are benefited by staying well-hydrated.
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Traditional performance beverages
adaptogen-powered
YES
NO
All Natural ingredients
YES
NO
low sugar
YES
NO
plant-based
YES
NO
MAde for everybody, everyday
YES
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