Pregnant women should avoid taking vitamin A supplements. Vitamin C is needed for several detoxifying enzymes. Copper is required for the formation of melanin pigment in the skin and hair. It also teams up with iron to form red blood cells. Oysters, crab, lobster, mussels, liver, kidney, nuts, yeast, cocoa powder, bran and dried fruit.
Iron gives skin good colour.
Iron is sometimes known as nature's blusher. Certainly a lack of iron leaves you looking pale and washed-out. It is a component of many enzymes. Lean red meat, liver, kidney, heart, chicken, fish, dark green leafy vegetables, iron-fortified breakfast cereals, wholemeal bread, legumes, eggs, cocoa powder, and dried fruit. Essential fatty acids can dampen inflammatory problems and thus help with itchy dermatitis and eczema.