Ananda Mahony
NaomiThe 7 day skin detox for Summer
October 25th 2008 04:46
Have you been indulging in too many wines, take away or just too much stress? All of these factors can play havoc with your skin. If your complexion suffers when life becomes a little stressful, there are solutions to help you improve dark circles, dry or red blotchy skin, breakouts and puffy eyes.
Making some simple changes to your diet and lifestyle will result in significant changes in skin health. Skin cells start to respond immediately to positive changes and changes in skin tone and colour will start to occur within 3 days. By the end of 7 days your skin will already start to look and feel better. Follow these simple guidelines and expect changes:
Step 1:
Avoid foods that increase aging and skin inflammation…
Diet is one of the key factors in skin health. What we eat either supports our overall health including our skin or it damages it. Significantly there are certain foods and food groups that contribute to inflammatory based skin changes promoting skin conditions in those that are prone and ultimately leading to accelerated skin aging. The enormous variety of foods available to us coupled with often contradictory information in the media about diets, making good food choices can be a confusing process.
While no single food is the cause of skin inflammation, there are groups of foods that have a pro-inflammatory and therefore pro-aging effect. In addition many foods that we consume also play havoc with our blood sugars, are nutritionally deficient and overload our digestion system and liver. Fortunately there are also foods that do the exact opposite!
What foods should I avoid to feel and look great?
They key foods to avoid are those that cause inflammation and cause blood sugar inbalances as these spark a whole range of biochemical changes in our bodies which in the short term makes us feel tried and lacking in energy and in the longer term, advance rapid skin inflammation and aging.
I am a huge advocate of moderation in all things, including dietary changes. To really see a difference in your skin however, I recommend following a 90:10 ratio of anti-inflammatory to inflammatory foods. Treats are necessary but once they become part of every day, they cease to become treats. Keep them to 10% of your overall diet and when you do have them, REALLY enjoy them. Lastly go for quality - eat real chocolate rather than a confectionary bar, have real espresso coffee and drink expensive red wine!
Avoid these pro-inflammatory foods over the next 7 days:
o sugar - not only avoid adding sugar to drinks and cereals but also sugary foods such as soft drinks, sweets, jams, many cereals, biscuits, cakes and desserts
o refined carbohydrates such as any foods containing white flour - bread, biscuits, cakes, pastries, pastas
o chemicals added to food which includes most canned, preserved or processed foods
o fried foods and those containing trans fats such as margarine, ice cream and dairy desserts
o processed foods - most processed foods contain trans-fats and sugar
o preservatives, artificial colours & flavours – read food labels and if it has more than 5 ingredients or has ingredients you can’t identify as foods, put it back on the shelf.
This seems like a big list but one way of avoiding these foods is by avoiding the middle aisles of the supermarket and gravitating towards those on the periphery as this is where you will find REAL foods. Tomorrow you will receive guidance on the foods you can eat in abundance.
Take home tip:
See if you can go one day without any of the above foods. All it takes is 24 hours to start making change. Even better, try three days and then you will really start to see a difference in your skin.
Step 2 is due in my next blog post...
Making some simple changes to your diet and lifestyle will result in significant changes in skin health. Skin cells start to respond immediately to positive changes and changes in skin tone and colour will start to occur within 3 days. By the end of 7 days your skin will already start to look and feel better. Follow these simple guidelines and expect changes:
Step 1:
Avoid foods that increase aging and skin inflammation…
Diet is one of the key factors in skin health. What we eat either supports our overall health including our skin or it damages it. Significantly there are certain foods and food groups that contribute to inflammatory based skin changes promoting skin conditions in those that are prone and ultimately leading to accelerated skin aging. The enormous variety of foods available to us coupled with often contradictory information in the media about diets, making good food choices can be a confusing process.
While no single food is the cause of skin inflammation, there are groups of foods that have a pro-inflammatory and therefore pro-aging effect. In addition many foods that we consume also play havoc with our blood sugars, are nutritionally deficient and overload our digestion system and liver. Fortunately there are also foods that do the exact opposite!
What foods should I avoid to feel and look great?
They key foods to avoid are those that cause inflammation and cause blood sugar inbalances as these spark a whole range of biochemical changes in our bodies which in the short term makes us feel tried and lacking in energy and in the longer term, advance rapid skin inflammation and aging.
Avoid these pro-inflammatory foods over the next 7 days:
o sugar - not only avoid adding sugar to drinks and cereals but also sugary foods such as soft drinks, sweets, jams, many cereals, biscuits, cakes and desserts
o refined carbohydrates such as any foods containing white flour - bread, biscuits, cakes, pastries, pastas
o chemicals added to food which includes most canned, preserved or processed foods
o fried foods and those containing trans fats such as margarine, ice cream and dairy desserts
o processed foods - most processed foods contain trans-fats and sugar
o preservatives, artificial colours & flavours – read food labels and if it has more than 5 ingredients or has ingredients you can’t identify as foods, put it back on the shelf.
This seems like a big list but one way of avoiding these foods is by avoiding the middle aisles of the supermarket and gravitating towards those on the periphery as this is where you will find REAL foods. Tomorrow you will receive guidance on the foods you can eat in abundance.
Take home tip:
See if you can go one day without any of the above foods. All it takes is 24 hours to start making change. Even better, try three days and then you will really start to see a difference in your skin.
Step 2 is due in my next blog post...
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