...often oily skin, surprisingly! Your diet plays a major role in oil secretion and skin health. Here are 6 foods to help tackle your oily skin woes.
Oranges, grapefruits, lemons, yuzu, and other citrus fruits, all contain vitamin C, which helps the skin get rid of excessive oil.
Cucumbers are rich in water, which helps immensely in hydrating the skin and cleansing it of surplus oil.
This green veggie is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and antioxidants, all of which help control excess oil production and secretion.
The flavonoids and minerals in this bittersweet treat made from cocoa beans, help prevent inflammatory acne, and overall reduce excessive skin oil.
Chickpeas, also known as chane or chhole, help maintain the skin's natural level of sebum or skin oil production.
Also from the legume family, yellow lentils have a similar regulatory effect on skin sebum, to that by chickpeas.