Feed Your Skin, Starve Your Wrinkles: Eat Your Way to Firmer, More Beautiful Skin with the 100 Best Anti-Aging Foods (Paperback)

~ Allison Tannis MS (Author)
Key Phrases: fight acne and psoriasis, feed your skin, puffiness and inflammation, Percent Daily Values, United States, North America (more...)

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“At long last, a book that tells all about the connection between diet and health and the look of your skin. Everyone interested in beautiful skin should read this book!”

—Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., best-selling

author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth

 

Beets. Pumpkin Seeds. Mangoes.

 

What do these foods have in common? They are some of the very best foods for fighting aging and keeping your skin beautiful.

 

How? The nutrients in these foods—from vitamins A, B, and C to the minerals iron and zinc—act as powerful antioxidants, neutralizing the free radicals that form in your skin due to sun exposure, environmental toxins, and a poor diet. The entire body needs these antioxidants in order to work properly and give us the glowing, healthy appearance we crave.

 

Inside, you’ll learn more about how the three superstar foods above—and ninety-seven others—can do more for your skin and overall beauty than any expensive night cream, facelift, or Botox injection. Nutritional scientist Allison Tannis will walk you through the many layers of your skin and reveal what actions you can take to prevent wrinkles, eliminate existing ones, and improve your complexion. No waiting lists, risky surgeries, or astronomical costs—just delicious, healthy food. You’ll discover:

• Which well-known foods in your fruit bowl and fridge are best for fighting puffiness, sagging, acne, and more (think apples, pears, carrots, and potatoes)
• What new-to-you foods you can introduce to your diet to keep you looking fresh-faced and glowing (mackerel and mangosteen included)
• Why some surprising foods—like chocolate, eggs, and maple syrup—don’t deserve all the bad press and why your skin needs them
• What foods you should stay away from to avoid oily-looking, inflamed, or wrinkled skin

 

In addition, you’ll also find fifty delicious recipes specially formulated to improve your complexion. Each recipe contains at least one of the 100 featured foods, making it easier than ever to get your skin-healthy lifestyle started. Become your most beautiful the natural way—with Feed Your Skin, Starve Your Wrinkles.

 

About the Author

Allison Tannis is a nutritional scientist and educator of nutrition and food. She is the author of Vitality: Quest for a Healthy Diet and Probiotic Rescue: How You Can Use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More and host of the radio sensation Healthy Living in southern Ontario. Allison is dedicated to making the science of health easy to swallow. She writes for numerous national health magazines and can been seen as a guest on health-related television and radio shows across Canada. Allison is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist with a practice based in Newmarket, Ontario. Her specialty is helping people discover how to arm themselves with the tools they need to live healthier.

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Product Details Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Fair Winds Press (January 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1592333427 ISBN-13: 978-1592333424 Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #353,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #81 in  Books > Health, Mind & Body > Beauty & Fashion > Skin Care

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47 Reviews 5 star:  (26) 4 star:  (17) 3 star:  (2) 2 star:  (2) 1 star:    (0)           Average Customer Review 4.4 out of 5 stars (47 customer reviews)		Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, with useful information and tasty recipes!, February 23, 2009 By  Leanne (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)       (What's this?) I love reading about makeup and skin care, and have a small collection of books on this topic. Tannis' book, however, approaches skin care from a novel and interesting perspective: instead of looking at skincare products or cosmetic procedures that ensure better skin, she focuses instead on 100 "superfoods" that will help your skin improve itself from the inside out. The book opens with two chapters that explain the make-up of the skin (including the various layers, such as the epidermis, etc.), the key ingredients that the skin needs for better health (such as collagen and elastin), and how the various nutrients she will later recommend help your skin. From there, the book delves more deeply into the 100 power foods, which are divided into their respective benefits as far as skin health. (Although the title suggests that the book focuses on anti-aging foods, it actually covers many skin complaints.) These chapters are entitled: Foods that Fight Wrinkles; Foods that Moisturize; Foods that Tighten, Smooth, and Fight Sag; Foods that Brighten Your Complexion; Foods that Fight Puffiness and Inflammation; and Foods that Fight Acne and Psoriasis. Because of the way that these chapters are broken down, a reader can start incorporating all of the superfoods into her or his diet, or just incorporate those foods that will best treat her or his particular skin condition. Each chapter opens with some background on that particular skin condition or complaint, before moving into a discussion of the foods that will help heal it. When Tannis explains each food, she clearly explains why and how the food will work on your skin, citing research from the latest scientific studies to back up her claims. Her explanations are thorough and detailed, and most of the foods are those (like blueberries, eggs, various nuts, barley, fish oil, etc.) that are generally considered healthy and good for the entire body, not just the skin. The book closes with a section that includes 50 recipes using these foods. The recipes include things like fruit smoothies, breakfast bulgur, various snack mixes, soups, salads, stuffed mushrooms, main entrees, and desserts. They are all healthy and low in fat, and don't require any exotic or strange ingredients that are hard to locate. So far, I've made one of the fruit smoothies and the Chocolate Yogurt Mousse, and both were easy to make and delicious! Overall, this is an excellent book, and was interesting to read. While you may already know that many of these foods are good for you, it was very helpful to have them broken down by the ways in which they will benefit your skin. Great read! 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing New Here, June 18, 2009 By  Xoe Li Lu "xoelilu" (Sea Girt, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews    (What's this?) I received this book as part of Amazon's Vine Program. I am 43 and look quite young for my age, and I am very interested in preserving my skin as I grow older, so I was excited to read this book. It was a disappointment - I didn't learn anything new (just a basic rehashing of standard beauty magazine advice, really) accompanied by a lot of recipes I would either never make or are so basic that I didn't need a recipe. It does provide the basic info that is currently available regarding anti-aging foods, but nothing you couldn't find by leafing through Vogue or any of the "healthy living" magazines. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK for beginners on the road to health / alternative health..., October 22, 2009 By  Christina "Mommy to my two wonderful little o... (Texas) - See all my reviews (What's this?) I love that books like this that provide info on healthy eating, getting adequate sleep and such are mainstream now. In a society where it's so easy if you just have the money to get a facelight or bariatric surgery is so common place, it's wonderful that there are people out there like Allison Tannis are trying to get the message out there that, YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!!! I'm a Wellness Coach so within the first few seconds of seeing someone, although I obviously can't tell what they eat, I can tell if their body looks 'inflammed' (puffiness), if they aren't getting enough sleep (saggy 'jowels' by their nose and mouth), etc, etc. This book is great if you are starting your journey in researching healthy foods and nourishing your skin from the inside out. For others who have been eating 'healthy' and have been studying for a while, I'd say that this book just may be a bit too basic for your needs since much of the information has been well circulated amongst inner health circles.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 4.0 out of 5 stars Motivational and, Above All, Fun If you are looking for a breakthrough, or even just to learn something new, this is probably not the book for you, unless your knowledge of nutrition is beyond minimal. Read more Published 3 months ago by Sian Montrose 4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, But Too Much Filler Material For Me Even though I am a guy, I still take an interest in skin health because a) my wife is concerned about it, and b) the skin is an important part of the body, and any holistic... Read more Published 4 months ago by David Bennett 5.0 out of 5 stars Food for you skin, anyone? Would you love to have smooth, blemish-free, wrinkle-free, healthy skin, but you don't want to resort to chemicals and/or surgery? Read more Published 5 months ago by J. Nusz 3.0 out of 5 stars Basically tells you what fruits to eat Kind of interesting to see what effects different kinds of foods have on your skin. Gives recipes and recommendations. Pretty informative Published 5 months ago by momofmany 5.0 out of 5 stars Very good advice Not much that I hadn't read in snippets here and there, but well written and all in one easy to reference volume. Would recommend. Published 5 months ago by Just Me 5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference Book for 100 Super-Foods and Skin Feed Your Skin, Starve Your Wrinkles is an excellent book on skin, aging, and 100 foods that are so healthy, full of vitamins and antioxidants that they are great for your skin... Read more Published 5 months ago by D. Dorsey 2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new These days it feels like everybody is trying to capitalize on other people's breakthroughs. So following the trend, this book seems to want to be included in the "get... Read more Published 6 months ago by Elisa 4.0 out of 5 stars Without research to backup claims According to the Author Allison Tannis, M.S., R.H.N., of Feed Your Skin Starve Your Wrinkles, there are 100 Best Anti-aging Foods that will prevent wrinkles, moisturize, tone,... Read more Published 6 months ago by Rizzo 4.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Designed and Produced Book This is a beautiful-looking book; high quality glossy paper and lovely, enticing photographs. The photos of the foods, mostly fruits and vegetables, discussed in the book are so... Read more Published 6 months ago by Jan 4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference for Beauty & Health I really enjoyed this book because it really breaks down how the foods you eat can not only affect your health, but can affect your skin and how rapidly one ages. Read more Published 6 months ago by M. Waters Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592333427
• ISBN-13: 978-1592333424
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #353,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, with useful information and tasty recipes!, February 23, 2009

By	Leanne (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

(What's this?)

I love reading about makeup and skin care, and have a small collection of books on this topic. Tannis' book, however, approaches skin care from a novel and interesting perspective: instead of looking at skincare products or cosmetic procedures that ensure better skin, she focuses instead on 100 "superfoods" that will help your skin improve itself from the inside out.

The book opens with two chapters that explain the make-up of the skin (including the various layers, such as the epidermis, etc.), the key ingredients that the skin needs for better health (such as collagen and elastin), and how the various nutrients she will later recommend help your skin.

From there, the book delves more deeply into the 100 power foods, which are divided into their respective benefits as far as skin health. (Although the title suggests that the book focuses on anti-aging foods, it actually covers many skin complaints.) These chapters are entitled: Foods that Fight Wrinkles; Foods that Moisturize; Foods that Tighten, Smooth, and Fight Sag; Foods that Brighten Your Complexion; Foods that Fight Puffiness and Inflammation; and Foods that Fight Acne and Psoriasis. Because of the way that these chapters are broken down, a reader can start incorporating all of the superfoods into her or his diet, or just incorporate those foods that will best treat her or his particular skin condition.

Each chapter opens with some background on that particular skin condition or complaint, before moving into a discussion of the foods that will help heal it. When Tannis explains each food, she clearly explains why and how the food will work on your skin, citing research from the latest scientific studies to back up her claims. Her explanations are thorough and detailed, and most of the foods are those (like blueberries, eggs, various nuts, barley, fish oil, etc.) that are generally considered healthy and good for the entire body, not just the skin.

The book closes with a section that includes 50 recipes using these foods. The recipes include things like fruit smoothies, breakfast bulgur, various snack mixes, soups, salads, stuffed mushrooms, main entrees, and desserts. They are all healthy and low in fat, and don't require any exotic or strange ingredients that are hard to locate. So far, I've made one of the fruit smoothies and the Chocolate Yogurt Mousse, and both were easy to make and delicious!

Overall, this is an excellent book, and was interesting to read. While you may already know that many of these foods are good for you, it was very helpful to have them broken down by the ways in which they will benefit your skin. Great read!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing New Here, June 18, 2009

By	Xoe Li Lu "xoelilu" (Sea Girt, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

(What's this?)

I received this book as part of Amazon's Vine Program. I am 43 and look quite young for my age, and I am very interested in preserving my skin as I grow older, so I was excited to read this book. It was a disappointment - I didn't learn anything new (just a basic rehashing of standard beauty magazine advice, really) accompanied by a lot of recipes I would either never make or are so basic that I didn't need a recipe. It does provide the basic info that is currently available regarding anti-aging foods, but nothing you couldn't find by leafing through Vogue or any of the "healthy living" magazines.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK for beginners on the road to health / alternative health..., October 22, 2009

By	Christina "Mommy to my two wonderful little o... (Texas) - See all my reviews

(What's this?)

I love that books like this that provide info on healthy eating, getting adequate sleep and such are mainstream now. In a society where it's so easy if you just have the money to get a facelight or bariatric surgery is so common place, it's wonderful that there are people out there like Allison Tannis are trying to get the message out there that, YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!!! I'm a Wellness Coach so within the first few seconds of seeing someone, although I obviously can't tell what they eat, I can tell if their body looks 'inflammed' (puffiness), if they aren't getting enough sleep (saggy 'jowels' by their nose and mouth), etc, etc.

This book is great if you are starting your journey in researching healthy foods and nourishing your skin from the inside out. For others who have been eating 'healthy' and have been studying for a while, I'd say that this book just may be a bit too basic for your needs since much of the information has been well circulated amongst inner health circles.