What should a 40-year-old woman eat to maintain her beauty

After women are over 40 years old, various signs of aging will appear, especially skin aging, which will become more and more obvious. So if you want to beautify your skin, you must pay attention to the use of some methods. In addition to using some beauty and skin care products, in fact, if female friends can pay attention to the choice of some food, they can also achieve good beauty and skin care effects. The following are foods that women can eat that are beneficial to beauty.

1. Red dates

Known as "hard-core crop" and "woody grain", it is also known as jujube. It is called the "five fruits" together with peach, plum, apricot and plum (or chestnut). It has a very high vitamin content. There is a folk saying that "eat three jujubes a day, and you will never look old in your life." It is also known as "natural vitamin pills". Patients who eat red dates continuously recover three times faster than those who simply take vitamin pills.

2. Longan

"Longan in the south and ginseng in the north", also known as longan (Guiyuan, Yuanrou), "is a great tonic for qi and blood, better than ginseng and astragalus", "litchi is the most expensive food, and longan is the best for health benefits" (Compendium of Materia Medica). Different from the dampness and heat of litchi, it can be used as medicine to strengthen yang, invigorate qi, nourish blood and calm the mind. It is suitable for tonic after childbirth (illness), and can inhibit uterine cancer cells.

3. Wolfberry

The content of vitamin C, β-carotene, and iron is higher than that of oranges, carrots, and steaks. "In spring, the leaves of wolfberry are picked, which is called Tianjingcao; in summer, the flowers are picked, which is called Changshengcao; in autumn, the seeds are picked, which is called wolfberry; in winter, the roots are picked, which is called Digupi." There is a folk saying that goes, "If you travel a thousand miles, do not eat wolfberry." It can greatly stimulate sexual function. It is not suitable for traveling far away from home, but is suitable for recuperation at home.

4. Carrots

Also known as sweet bamboo shoots and "wild ginseng", it has a mild and continuous sweating effect, stimulates skin metabolism, enhances blood circulation, and makes the skin tender, smooth and rosy. American scientists believe that eating two or three carrots a day can reduce cholesterol by 10-20%, which helps prevent heart disease and tumors.

These foods are not expensive, because we can actually eat them in our daily lives, so they are more economical than buying some beauty and skin care products ourselves. Such beauty and skin care methods are relatively effective. I hope everyone can use them correctly in life.