As an active woman, you need to have plenty of fuel to stay energized through a busy day and workouts. Yes, eating a well-balanced diet certainly helps, but there are ways to accelerate fat loss and rev up a metabolism.



You have darker skin. Skin pigment reduces the skin's ability to absorb the ultraviolet radiation in the sun. In a bathing suit, a light-skinned person spending 10-12 minutes under peak July sun in Boston can make 10,000 to 20,000 international units of vitamin shoppe coupons (genderkingen.com) D. It will take an Asian Indian person, who has darker skin, about 30 minutes to make as much vitamin D. It will take an African American with very dark skin about 120 minutes to make the same amount of vitamin D.

Vitamin E is an excellent antioxidant, good for skin problems like acne, wound healing, and as an accompaniment to essential fatty acid supplements like flaxseed and omega 3 fish oils. It helps prevent them being oxidized in the body. Dose is 275 mg per day.

I'm here to tell you my take on this whole nutrition thing. As everyone knows, I like to keep things simple. I stay with simple stuff. Getting complicated is for the more advanced people, but not me. (Oh, I can hang with the best of them, but I choose not to) Of course, I enjoy talking about fitness/nutrition, and I always can (and will), but for the people that don't know what to do to start off with, getting to involved and in depth may just shy them away from being healthy, which is something NOBODY in this industry wants, right?

It is easy to follow a treatment based on vitamin C for acne scars as this vitamin is to be found in the majority of fruits and vegetables, but also in pharmaceutical products. Foods that contain high levels of vitamin C include bell peppers, apples, oranges, lemons, broccoli, kiwi, papayas and strawberries. Of course, the list can go on, as the number is far greater than just the examples provided above. If you feel like the dosage you get from these fruits and vegetables does not provide you with enough vitamin C to treat acne scars, you can always ask a pharmacist to give you a bottle of vitamin C supplements.

10a-2p is the best time to make Vitamin D. I mentioned lunch above because you will make a large amount of vitamin D in your skin during this time with your arms and legs exposed.

If your skin is sending any of these signals, ask your doctor for a blood test to check your vitamin and mineral levels. You might need supplements, or perhaps you need to modify your diet to incorporate more nutrients. And if you just want to give your skin an extra boost, remember that broccoli and spinach both contain the nutrients essential to healthy skin: Vitamins A, C and K, iron and calcium and the B-complex vitamins. Steam up some broccoli and spinach, and add them to a stir-fry to bring back your rosy glowing complexion!