A diet rich in saturated fat and hypercaloric is not only bad for your health, it also ages your skin. These foods are even more harmful for those who have oily skin, because if in addition to generating it naturally we inject them an extra ration, they will tend to aggravate their skin problem.
Karen Fischer, nutritionist and author of Younger Skin in 28 Days , argues that "the key is to eliminate aging products from the diet and incorporate those with nutrients that promote the health of your skin."
According to the author, many foods not only accelerate the aging process in the skin, they also cause other problems to increase, such as discoloration, the appearance of deep lines and sagging skin.
So, what foods deteriorate our skin?
Meats cured
Like bacon or sausages. The sausages are basically made with fat and salt. Consuming food with lots of salt not only ages, but also sickens, kills tissues and cells, altering their metabolism and biochemistry.
Excess salt
Salt is a necessary mineral for our body, without However, as always indicated, "excesses are never advised". It generates swelling, causes fluid retention and affects the elastin, so the skin stops being smooth and promotes cardiovascular affections.
Milk
The truth is that it produces more acne because the seborrheic glands "work" more. The best, in these cases, is to opt for vegetable milks.
Alcohol
I am not talking about moderate amounts of red wine, but excessive amounts of alcohol. The main point is liver toxicity when we exceed our limits and this causes excess free radicals.
Junk food
To be more specific, hamburgers clog the arteries because of their high fat content trans, which obviously will result in your skin showing a careless appearance, with excess oiliness, opacity and also you will reduce energy and dynamism.
Beverages
It is a poor way to obtain fluids in the short term and an important way to develop diabetes in the long term. Sodas are full of sugar or artificial sweeteners and often contain caffeine, artificial colors and flavors.
Caffeine
This substance, which is included in hundreds of products, will cause you to have spots in the skin, more wrinkles, marked lines of expression, an opaque complexion and also subtract hydration to your skin in general. In addition, and as if that were not enough, it may interfere with the hours of natural sleep and then you will age even more; because it is already known that if you do not sleep and rest well, the skin cells do not regenerate properly. It also stains the teeth.
Sugar
Sugar is necessary to provide energy to cells, however when its consumption is excessive, glucose binds to proteins, including elastin and the collagen, to be able to be transported to the cells, and this produces a kind of collagen stiffness that causes the loss of its properties, resulting in sagging skin.
Frozen food
Frozen food is very useful, but when eaten daily, it brings terrible consequences in your health. They are not fresh foods and have large amounts of sodium, mineral that in excess damages the kidneys and makes you retain liquids brutally.
Vegetable oils
Those allowed and that can fall into the category of foods that rejuvenate are coconut oil or olive oil, the rest will only contribute to skin problems and weight gain.
Fried foods
All fried food causes us to lose collagen on the skin, and we begin to see ourselves withered and wrinkled if we eat it too much.
Cakes
The industrial confectionery and the sugar it contains incredibly weaken the skin; for that reason, and although we know that it is difficult not to eat a sweet anymore, at least reduce its consumption to the minimum and allow small quirks, avoiding processed foods.