### Human:\nwhat foods and nutrients are essential for maintaining healthy skin?\n\n### Assistant: most people who have a well-rounded diet will be able to maintain healthy skin. however to really brighten the skin i recommend ingesting plenty of beans berries and citrus foods which are high in vitamin c and other antioxidants. lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that can combat damaging free radicals in the skin. it can be found in raw tomatoes watermelon pink grapefruit and papaya among others.