Take a look at what foods (and drinks) may be prematurely aging your skin, according to Yahoo! Beauty and nutritional therapist Petronella Ravenshear.
Sugar
Sugar takes the cake as the worst food if you're looking to slow down the aging process. It packs on pounds at the waistline, but it also interacts with collagen to dehydrate and make our skin less flexible.
Potatoes and grains
Alcohol
Alcohol is a diuretic, meaning it dehydrates us rapidly, stealing away essential B, A and C vitamins -- all of which help skin look healthy. Drinking too much depletes magnesium and zinc levels, as well as fatty acids.
Fried foods
These contribute to collagen breakdown in the skin, making it wrinkled and worn out. They also reduce the fluidity of cells, burden the liver and add to inflammation of the skin.
Processed meats
These foods are often high in sodium, which causes puffiness, and are often high in sodium. They also suck up valuable vitamin C.
Artificial sweetners
Ravenshear says artificial sweeteners are toxic to our livers, and we need our livers to flush out toxins over the long-term.
Caffeine
Ravenshear recommends that coffee drinkers drink an extra glass of water for each cup of coffee in order to balance out caffeine's dehydrating effects on the body.
Milk and cheese
The milk protein casein can trigger skin inflammation.
Take a look at what foods (and drinks) may be prematurely aging your skin, according to Yahoo! Beauty and nutritional therapist Petronella Ravenshear.
Sugar
Sugar takes the cake as the worst food if you're looking to slow down the aging process. It packs on pounds at the waistline, but it also interacts with collagen to dehydrate and make our skin less flexible.
Potatoes and grains
Alcohol
Alcohol is a diuretic, meaning it dehydrates us rapidly, stealing away essential B, A and C vitamins -- all of which help skin look healthy. Drinking too much depletes magnesium and zinc levels, as well as fatty acids.
Fried foods
These contribute to collagen breakdown in the skin, making it wrinkled and worn out. They also reduce the fluidity of cells, burden the liver and add to inflammation of the skin.
Processed meats
These foods are often high in sodium, which causes puffiness, and are often high in sodium. They also suck up valuable vitamin C.
Artificial sweetners
Ravenshear says artificial sweeteners are toxic to our livers, and we need our livers to flush out toxins over the long-term.
Caffeine
Ravenshear recommends that coffee drinkers drink an extra glass of water for each cup of coffee in order to balance out caffeine's dehydrating effects on the body.
Milk and cheese
The milk protein casein can trigger skin inflammation.
Take a look at what foods (and drinks) may be prematurely aging your skin.
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