Youthful Skin and Water - Less of a Connection than you May Think: Notes from a San Francisco Bay Area Dermatologist

For those of you who are downing glasses, canteens or bottles of water to improve your skin and for those that beat yourself up daily because you don’t, you may be interested in the following information.

The UK’s Telegraph (11/20) reports that “drinking lots of water doesn’t give you a clearer complexion, according to” a new report called “Food For Skin.” The report, from the British Nutrition Foundation, “highlights a lack of any robust studies backing up the popular advice that water makes the complexion glow.” The report’s author said, “Just drinking water for the sake of drinking water really has no effect on improving the appearance of skin.”

What has been shown to keep your skin looking younger is a healthy diet including lots of fruits and vegetables and wearing sunscreen daily.

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