When you think of skin damage, you likely think of too much sun, not enough moisturizer, and other harmful things like artificial tanning or smoking.
But did you know that besides your diet playing a large part of your health inside your body, it also is key to skin health too?
Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has a look at six types of foods to avoid to keep your skin looking healthy and youthful.
- Foods With a High Glycemic Index
These foods include ones that have added sugar or simple carbohydrates, including sugary foods, sugary soft drinks, white break, white potatoes, and white rice.
- Foods With a High Glycemic Load
Glycemic load is a measurement that estimates how much a specific food will raise the glucose level in the body after eating it. A high glycemic load is any food that has a number greater than 20, which includes Corn Flakes, jelly beans, candy bars, potatoes, and even some fruits like raisins.
- Dairy Products
Dairy products, especially full fat ones like ice cream, can cause acne problems in some people.
- Fast Food
Most fast food has a high glycemic load, and high blood sugar levels can make skin drier and thicker, and dry skin blocks pores.
- A Diet Lacking Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are loaded with antioxidants that help protect the skin from damage at the cellular level.
- Chocolate
The sugar and fat in chocolate can bring on inflammatory responses in the body that can increase the risk of skin breakouts. Much like what it’s fast food making it bad for your skin, it’s the same thing here—it’s what’s in the chocolate that has adverse results to your skin, not the chocolate itself.
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