In a past post I mentioned how stretch marks can happen to anyone and not just to pregnant women. I also mentioned how it can be caused by a deficiency in our diets. Here's some information about combating stretch marks with vitamins.

There are specific vitamins that you should be looking to consume that are directly related to your skin. These vitamins should include vitamin C, E, A and zinc in specific.

Remember we use zinc to combat sun at the beach; why wouldn’t we want to consume it as well? So what we have is that there are specific foods that will provide these vitamins. Here is a specific foods list that you can consume to help you in battling stretch marks.

Vitamin A foods include:
•    Liver
•    Carrots
•    Sweet potato
•    Pumpkin
•    Apricots
•    Green leafy vegetables
•    Mango
•    Cantaloupe
•    Tuna

Vitamin C foods include:
•    Oranges
•    Guava
•    Papaya
•    Cantaloupe
•    Kiwi
•    Strawberries
•    Chili peppers
•    Broccoli

Vitamin E enriched foods include:
•    Polyunsaturated oils and seed
•    Sunflower
•    Safflower
•    Canola
•     Corn
•    Almonds
•    Peanut butter
•    Wheat germ
•    Tomato puree
•    Avocados
•    Peaches
•    Oat bran
•    Fortified cereals like sunflower seeds

Zinc enriched foods include:
•    Bananas
•    Raisins
•    Legumes

These are the best sources of these vitamins to be found in foods when it comes to combating stretch marks. You should try to incorporate them into your daily diet.

In another post we'll continue talking about how to prevent or cure stretch marks with nutrition.