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Ingredients For Beauty Found In Your Grocery Store

Tamsen Fadal

Reporting

(CBS) NEW YORK Is there really such a thing as food that will make you beautiful? You may be surprised to find out, but you really are what you eat. That means if you're looking for fewer wrinkles, healthier nails, or stronger teeth, you'll want to head straight to the grocery store where you'll find all you need for the "Beauty Diet."

According to Self Magazine editor Beth Janes, you could get a total body makeover just by strolling through the aisles of your favorite grocery store. For exapmle, if it's wrinkle-free skin you're after, go fishing for wild salmon, Atlantic mackerel, sardines, and herring.

"All of these things are really packed with Omega-3 fatty acid and that's wonderful for your skin," Janes tells CBS 2 News' Tamsen Fadal.

Janes says eating fish three times a week is more than enough, but to keep yoru skin smooth, add some beta carotene to your shopping cart.

"You want to look for rich colored vegetables like carrots, leafy green vegetables, sweet potatoes, butternut squash and tomatoes," Janes says.

Strawberries, citrus, broccoli, and red bell peppers should also be part of your diet as they're filled with vitamin C for healthy collagen.

"And you really will see a difference. If you start making just a couple of changes to your diet you will look amazing, but you will feel amazing too," Janes says.

And of course, a great smile always compliments nice skin. Janes say calcium filled foods such as skim milk, lowfat yogurt and lowfat cheese will brighten your whites.

If you are spending too much money on hair, nail and skin products, put your wallet away and head to tje meat department. Lean beef, oysters and fortified cereal have all the iron and zinc you'll need.

While it sounds easy enough to head to the grocery store and try the beauty diet, experts say that even though some items can be healthier than others, concentrating on a balanced lifestyle can make a big difference as well.

"A balanced diet, hydration, exercise, good sleep, reduced stress, sunscreen -- it's a combination of several things. It's never one specific item that is going to make the biggest difference," says Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank, a dermatologist.

And that's just another reason not to skip dessert. Janes say on the beauty diet, dark chocolate, sunflower seeds and green tea are packed with antioxidants to protect your skin from the sun.

For more information on the Self Magazine Beauty Diet, and a sample eating plan, click here.

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