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     Increased consumption of carotenoid containing fruit and vegetables is associated with measurable and perceptibly beneficial effects on skin appearance within six weeks, say researchers.
     The study – published in PLoS ONE – investigated whether the amount of fruit and vegetables eaten affects skin colour. Led by Professor David Perrett of the University of St. Andrews, UK, the research team monitored the fruit and vegetable intake for 35 individuals over six weeks, finding that skin redness and yellowness increased with increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.
     Changes in skin colour associated with increased fruit and vegetable consumption were also found to be correlated with higher levels of attractiveness, said the researchers who suggested that the skin tone changes could be perceived as reflecting improved health.
     “In addition to a positive correlation between fruit and vegetable intake changes and skin yellowness changes, we find that when all measured skin areas are combined, an increase in fruit and vegetable consumption correlates with an increase in skin redness,” said the researchers.
    

“Such coloration is held to contribute beneficially to the appearance of health in human faces as is the case with skin yellowness,” they added.

By nutraingredients.com