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It goes without saying that the foods you consume impact your health and weight. However, your chosen meals can also affect your skin’s condition. Ultimately, your dermis is a reflection of your diet; a healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner will keep your complexion clear and glowing, but an unbalanced diet will present itself in the form of pimples, wrinkles, and dullness. Below, we reveal the worst foods for your skin, and the guilty pleasures to scratch off your grocery list for good.
The Culprits:
Sodas, juice, white bread, and confectionaries
The Crime:
Wrinkles
Foods that contain an abundance of sugar can speed up the aging process. A high sugar intake can result in a reaction called glycation, where excess sugar molecules bind to collagen fibers. In other words, glucose that isn’t broken down by the body attaches itself to wrinkle-fighting proteins (elastin and collagen) and damages them—leaving you more susceptible to lines and wrinkles.
The Culprits:
Chocolate, dairy, spicy and fried foods
The Crime:
Breakouts
If you feel like you’ve tried almost every acne-fighting product on the market and you still can’t seem to avoid breakouts, then you may want to examine your diet. While foods affect different people in different ways, the common trigger foods that have been proven to cause pimples are the ones that contain dairy, excessive amounts of oil, and sugar.
The Culprits:
Caffeine, flour-based foods (such as bagels, pizza, bread), and dairy
The Crime:
Dullness
Those who maintain a diet that lacks in vitamins and omega-3s usually have dull, sallow skin that not even thorough exfoliation can salvage it. Replace the salty, processed foods in your diet with alternatives that contain antioxidant-rich nutrients, such as blueberries, cranberries, pinto beans, and citrus fruits.
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