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"Okay, this is possibly going to sound crazy, but I made a yummy curried carrot soup last week, and not only was it the perfect way to out-cozy this frigid weather, but I swear it acted like bronzer-from-within. When I realized the recipe required two whole bags of carrots, I was already jazzed thinking about all the antioxidants I&amp;#x27;d be getting. Sometimes, in winter, I can start to feel slightly malnourished due to the sparseness of fruits, ya know? So that was a perk. Then, a few mornings after I made the soup, when I was washing my face, I was like, why does my skin look so nice today? My cheeks were rosier, and my complexion had more color. After pondering the reason (had I tried a new treatment? No. Gone for a jog? Unfortunately not.), I remembered the soup, which I&amp;#x27;d been eating leftovers of for a couple days. It must be the major dose of beta-carotene that boosted my skintone. I&amp;#x27;m no scientist, but I&amp;#x27;ve read that if you eat enough carrots, your skin can, in fact, take on an orangey cast--and I ate about a pound and three quarters over the course of three days. The undertone must have been just enough to take my skin from see-through to flushed. Regardless of whether this is simply me hallucinating, though, the slightly spicy soup is amazingly easy to make and so delish/nutrish/inexpensive--you could make a batch this weekend. If carrots aren&amp;#x27;t your thang, check out lots more ideas for eating your way to better skin. And keep on chugging that green tea! Photo: Everyday Food/Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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