Forget anti-aging products: if you want to retain a youthful look, avoiding certain foods could help.
We did some research on foods you should avoid if you want to age gracefully. Below we compiled a list of 11 foods that, if consumed frequently, will age you.
As a beverage high in sugar, soda tends to dehydrate the body. This fatigues the body and makes you look tired. “A good rule of thumb is to drink half your body weight in ounces. So if you weight 130 lbs, you need 65 ounces of water a day — just over eight cups,” according to GalTime.com.
There are several reasons why a sugar-filled diet makes you look older. When there is excess sugar in the body, it attaches itself to collagen, making the skin look stiff and inflexible. According to “Diet Myths Busted; Food Facts Not Nutrition Fiction” by Ann A. Rosenstein, “losing this elastic resilience of young skin will give the skin deep wrinkles and make it look old.”
Like sugar, excess trans fats make the skin look stiff and inflexible. “Trans fats clog and stiffen the arteries and smaller blood vessels,” which makes the skin look old, wrote Rosenstein.
Salt dehydrates the body. When you are dehydrated, you become fatigued, which makes you look tired and worn out. In addition, excess salt contributes to kidney disease, high blood pressure and interferes with bone metabolism.
Coffee and caffeinated products also dehydrate the body, making you look tired and worn out.
The sugar in candy causes inflammation in the body and can make skin look wrinkled and old.
Artificial sweeteners such as aspartame are associated with headaches and joint pain and can make you crave sweets.
Consuming too much alcohol dehydrates your body and causes wrinkles, loss of collagen, redness and puffiness, according to “The Dr. Oz Show.”
Energy drinks damage the enamel in your teeth eight times more than soda does. This erosion makes your teeth look yellow and unhealthy, according to Dr. Oz.
An overconsumption of carbohydrates can damage the collagen and fibers in your skin, according to WebMD.
Fried food contributes to collagen break down in the skin, making one’s skin look wrinkled and worn out, according to GalTime.com.
Read more: Huffington Post
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I will be concious of what I eat henceforth
Thanks 4 reminding us again, God bless u.
Nah true talk o, but else can we eat?
this is amazing. thanks to you guys. good work.
if we dont eat all you’ve written here,then what do we eat
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