When it comes to your skin, you really are what you eat.
Studies have shown that eating antioxidant-rich and natural foods such as fruits and vegetables can contribute to a healthy glowing skin, giving you a more youthful, fresh appearance.
The flip side of this is also true: certain foods can sabotage your skin’s radiance and contribute to spots and patchy skin, generally having an unfavourable reaction which shows in the skin.
Foods to avoid
• Alcohol
Apart from the fact that alcohol is a diuretic, which dehydrates the skin and can make wrinkles and lines appear more pronounced, binge-drinking often goes hand-in-hand with hangover-busting junk-food binges, which have an extremely negative effect on the skin.
• Sugar
Foods with a high sugar content raise the blood sugar levels which in turn can weaken the skin by affecting collagen, leading to wrinkles.
• Salt
Foods high in salt can cause water retention, making the skin appear dry and puffy.
• High GI foods
A diet high in starchy foods such as white breads, pastas and cakes causes blood-sugar spikes and has been linked to acne.
Studies have shown that eating antioxidant-rich and natural foods such as fruits and vegetables can contribute to a healthy glowing skin, giving you a more youthful, fresh appearance.
The flip side of this is also true: certain foods can sabotage your skin’s radiance and contribute to spots and patchy skin, generally having an unfavourable reaction which shows in the skin.
Foods to avoid
• Alcohol
Apart from the fact that alcohol is a diuretic, which dehydrates the skin and can make wrinkles and lines appear more pronounced, binge-drinking often goes hand-in-hand with hangover-busting junk-food binges, which have an extremely negative effect on the skin.
• Sugar
Foods with a high sugar content raise the blood sugar levels which in turn can weaken the skin by affecting collagen, leading to wrinkles.
• Salt
Foods high in salt can cause water retention, making the skin appear dry and puffy.
• High GI foods
A diet high in starchy foods such as white breads, pastas and cakes causes blood-sugar spikes and has been linked to acne.