6 Foods That Can Damage Your Skin

We all want and cherish a beautiful skin. Just as there are foods that help improve the quality of our skin, there are also foods that ruin our beautiful skin.

It’s important you watch what you eat if you don’t want to ruin your beautiful skin.

Here are 6 food habits that ruin your beautiful skin

1. ALCOHOL

Excessive alcohol consumption isn’t good for your skin as it can lead to premature wrinkles, loss of collagen, elasticity, redness, dehydration and puffiness.

Excessive alcohol consumption isn’t good for the skin as it leads to dry skin due to reduction in absorption of nutrients from foods by the skin.

2. REFINED CARBOHYDRATES

Refined carbohydrates like bread, juice, pasta, and candy isn’t good for the skin as they could lead to acne and wrinkles due to their tendency to spike blood sugar levels.

Substitute refined carbohydrates with whole grains, protein and vegetables to protect your skin.

3. SUGAR

A diet high in sugar isn’t good for your skin as it degrades the quality of collagen leading to a skin which is more prone to wrinkling and sagging.

4. COFFEE

A high coffee consumption isn’t good for the skin as it leads to increased cortisol in the body.

Excess cortisol in the body is bad for the skin as it causes fine lines and wrinkles in the skin. Moderation in the consumption of coffee is important.

5. SALT

Excessive salt consumption can lead to puffy eyes and dark circles.

This is because excessive salt in the body causes tissues to swell, making your face seem puffy and tired.

Minimize your salt intake if you want to protect your skin.

6. INADEQUATE HEALTHY FATS

Skipping good fats can lead to dry skin and wrinkles.

Healthy fats such as omega-3 fatty acids are needed by the skin as they help the skin maintain hydration and prevent wrinkles.

Foods such as fish, walnuts and soybeans provides the body with healthy fats.

It Is An Advice

Source: DirectGist.com

*Be good and share this with friends and family via the social media of your choice below*

*Your Comments Will be Highly appreciated*

Comments

Health Benefits of Sweet Melon

Sweet melon ( Cucumis melon ) Sweet melon also known as honeydew or honeymelon is one among the fruits cultivated and consumed largely in Northern Nigeria. Sweet melon though not extremely sweet as one may think, is really delicious fruit packed with numerous nutrients. A 100 g of sweet melon can provide the body with a whole essential nutrients. Sweet melon have a lot of health benefits some of which include: 1. Prevent Cancer: Nutrients like vitamin C, Vitamin A, beta- carotene, and bioflavonoids which are antioxidants occur in significant amount in sweet melon. These nutrients, due to their anti-oxidative properties can help in eliminating or neutralizing free radicals which can cause cancer. 2. Improve Heart Health: Sweet melon contains significant amount of dietary fiber, potassium, vitamin C, and choline all which support heart health. Potassium acts as a vasodilator (can cause dilation of blood vessels) hence consumption of potassium-rich foods like sweet m...

Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT), A Clinical Use of Maggot

"Nothing is really useless, and nothing is really too useful" - Emmanuel Okoli Advancements in the field science and technology is really moving at a high speed. The field of medical sciences is not left out. There are a lot of advancements in the medical field due to the surge in diseases such cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. Due to these advancements, many unconventional treatment methods of diseases have evolved. Today, we are discuss one of such unconventional methods. Have you heard of Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT)? OK Let's... Go What is Maggot Debridement Therapy ? Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT) is a clinical method for wound treatment (or healing) using maggots. It involves the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound(s) of a human or animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement) and disinfection. Note : Viewer d...

TYPHOID AND MALARIA: Their difference

In counties where self medication is still prevalent, signs and symptoms are usually used to identify diseases before drug prescriptions are made either by the individual or by their local untrained dispensers. In the case of prescribing drugs for typhoid challenges are encountered because the similarities between the symptoms of typhoid and malaria. In this post the difference between typhoid and malaria will be clarified. 1. The both have different causes. Typhoid is caused by Salmonella typhi which is a Gram-negative bacterium. While malaria is caused by different species of protozoa belonging the genius Plasmodium such as P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae. 2. The both have different means of transmission. Typhoid is transmitted by consumption of foods and water contaminated with feces of infected person. While malaria is transmitted by bites from female Anopheles mosquito which is its vector. 3. The...

Medorate

Search This Blog