Foods to Avoid for Skin

Skin is the expression of our soul. When we feel happy and healthy it reflects on skin also. However, when we are feeling low and ill, our skin is among the first to be affected and show warning signs! Eating right food and staying away from harmful foods is one effective way to ensure skin always looks clear and glowing. Our diet plays a important role to improve the functionality of different organs to make our skin healthy. Surely, a lifestyle change can improve skin quality. So, read to know which foods to avoid to have glowing skin. While their consequences may not be visible immediately, they do persistent and continuous damage in the long run. Here are listed foods to avoid and to watch out before using:

Foods to Avoid

Alcohol

Alcohol is bad for health and everyone knows it. It is known as a diuretic, which causes dehydration in our skin and makes it dry and rough. It can also cause premature ageing of your skin.

Street foods

You love those deep-fried foods which are sold near your place on the streets but they are very harmful to your health as well as your skin. They slow down the blood circulation which damages the skin health.

Coffee

It is good that you love coffee but drinking more than two cups of coffee a day makes your skin dull. Caffeine can damage the skin and it makes it thin, which contributes to premature ageing.

Sweets

Sweets are definitely delicious but they can affect your health as well as your skin. Excessive consumption of sweet things can cause acne on the skin and it can also take away your natural glow.

Chips

Chips are tasty but they can be very harmful to your skin. Most chips are loaded with salt, which causes skin inflammation. So, the next time you are having a bag of chips, just remember that it is not good for your skin.

Canned Soup

Packaged soup has made things so much easier for busy moms. Just heat them up and you have a warm, calming meal at hand. However, canned soup is full of sodium and bis-phenol that make your skin retain water and look bloated and dry. Canned soup can also cause problems with hormones which is the top cause of skin-related issues.

Grilled Meat

A non-vegetarian loves grilled meat. It tastes amazing and makes for a good change from regularly prepared meat in the cooker. However, please keep this in mind that when meat is grilled for too long, it can creates AGE’s (Advanced Glycation End). These products can be harmful for the skin and make it appear older.

Cow’s Milk Cheese

Cheese adds its own unique, yummy flavor to regular foods, which is why many of us have a weakness for cheesy sandwiches and spreads. However, cheese made of cow’s milk can also be a trigger for skin problems such as acne. This is because cow’s milk cheese is naturally infused with hormones from lactating cows, which can lead to hormone-induced acne. This is particularly so if you already have acne-prone skin or a history of lactose allergy in the family.

Packaged Juice

Juice seems healthy and wholesome as a food. However, this is true only when you are consuming freshly made juice from whole fruits. Packaged juice can be infused with too much sugar and also lacks the natural fibers found in whole fruits. Consuming too much sugar directly increases your acne risk.

Cold Drinks/Soda

Come summer and our intake of refreshing soft drinks goes high. These sodas and cold drinks are one of  the culprits of skin problems. Soda is full of sugar and artificial chemicals – things that produce inflammation inside the body. Plus, it also interferes with the healthy bacteria found in your gut. In fact, experts say that if you are fighting with skin issues such like acne, it is a direct evidence of imbalance in your gut bacteria.

Foods to watch out

Everyone is in the race to hit the gym, eat diet food and get ‘healthy’. However, these foods that you think are super healthy for you, can actually be causing some underlying damage to your skin.

Low-Fat Foods

Not all fat is bad for you or your skin. When fat is removed from any food, manufacturers tend to add some ‘flavor’ to up the taste or the appeal of the product, and most times that involves sodium or sugar. In a nutshell, low-fat can potentially mean ‘high-sugar’! Sugar is known to negatively impact collagen fibers and leaves them incapable of repairing themselves. Always opt for good fat like avocados or nuts. They are tasty too!

Skim Milk

Skim milk contains lactose, hormones and bio-active molecules that tend to adverse skin conditions. Switch skim milk with almond milk instead.

Healthy Breakfast Cereal

While whole grains are overall slightly lower on the glycemic index (a measure of how a food affects the overall blood sugar level), many breakfast cereals that claim to be healthy are highly refined and full of added sugar. This leads to wrinkle-inducing glucose spikes. Choose eggs or homemade oatmeal as they are relatively healthy.

Takeaway

Always remember what is healthy and what is not for your skin’s quality and  assure you will have glowing skin throughout your life!

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