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"Sugar Makes Your Skin Age Faster, & Why Low Glycemic Foods Will Help You Have Younger Looking Skin"

Want to look younger?

Then you've got to know about low glycemic (low GI) foods. Studies have now shown that sugar and other high GI carbs in your diet actually make your skin age faster, whereas low glycemic foods will not do so.

So make sure that when you use an effective wrinkle cream that works, that you also have a great diet to go along with it!

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As explained by Fredric Brandt MD, a dermatologist in private practice in Miami and New York City, that when we have sugar in our diet, there's a process called glycation, where the sugar in your bloodstream attaches to proteins, to form new molecules called "advanced glycation end products" (or AGEs for short).

And the more sugar and refined carbohydates you eat, the more AGEs are formed.

And you know what, the collagen and elastin in your skin is susceptible to this process. According to a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology, this damage to your skin caused by these AGEs starts at about the age of 35, and increases quickly after that.

Brandt also explains that a high sugar diet also causes another change in your skin. There are 3 types of collagen in your skin, type 1, 2 and 3, with type 3 being the most resilient. A high sugar diet causes type 3 collagen in your skin to turn into type 1 collagen, making your skin less supple and resilient.

There's another thing that happens.

The AGE proteins floating around causes your body's natural antioxidants to be deactivated, which means your skin prone to damage by the sun, stress or other causes of free radicals.

A double whammy for your skin!

An example of these AGE proteins in very high levels is in people who are diabetic.

According to Karyn Grossman, MD, a dermatologist in New York City and Santa Monica, a diabetic can have up to 50 times the number of AGEs in their skin compared to people who aren't diabetic.

So what should you do?

Well, you firstly need to realise that sugar and refined carbohydrates in your diet is causing damage to your skin, which you now know. These 2 tips will help:

Tip 1

Firstly be aware of your sugar intake, and cut down if needed.

According to a MSN report on these findings, it was recommended that you should keep added sugar to no more than 10% of your daily calories, or 10 teaspoons a day for an average person.

The average American consumes 31 teaspoons a day in fact.

Sugar is found in obvious sources such as adde sugar, fruit juice, soft drinks, cakes and biscuits.

But also watch out for hidden, or less obvious sources of sugar.

According to the report, hidden sources include these ingredients which are bascially sugar: corn syrup, dextrose, fruit juice concentrate, maltose, barley malt, maple syrup, turbinad and mollases.

And how do you tell how much sugar is present?

You divide the number of carbohydrates by 4. So if there's 12 grams of carbohydrates on the packaging, this means you're getting 3 teaspoons of sugar.

So stick to less than 10 teaspoons a day if you can.

Step 2

Have low glycemic foods.

Make sure that the carbohydrates that you do have are less dense in calories, and are low GI foods (low glycemic index foods).

We all need carbohydrates every day. The secret is to have the ones which are the "good" carbs that are low on the glycemic index in your meal or food plan. Why? These carbs results in stable blood glucose levels (great for skin) instead of high, fluctuating ones (bad for skin).

And it's quite simple.

Here are the high GI foods (avoid these if you want younger skin) on the left column.

Substitute them for low GI foods intead.

High GI Foods (avoid these) Low GI Foods (have these)

White bread, Bagels

White Turkish bread

Most types of rice (except Basmati)

Rice pasta

Refined breakfast cereals such as Cornflakes, Rice bubbles, Cheerios, etc

Biscuits and cakes

Pretzels and rice cakes

Sugar

Soft drinks

Fruit juice

Potatoes, radishes

 

 

 

 

Multigrain (whole grain, soy and linseed) or sourdough

Wholemeal Turkish bread

Basmati rice

Durum wheat pasta

Muesli, All Bran cereal, All Bran Fruit and Oats cereal

Cakes with ricotta cheese content eg ricotta and blueberry crumble (due to protein) can be lower GI

Yogurt

Unprocessed honey

Water

Plums, pears, apples and peaches

Green leafy vegetables, beans and lentils

Fish and lean meats (these have little carbs)

Eggs (these have little carbs)

Avocado (these have little carbs)

So what to do?

Look carefully at this list and if you're having anything on the high glycemic list, switch to the equivalent on the low Gi list.

It's that simple.

And the benefits?

There are plenty:

1. Less aging of skin and therefore younger looking skin

2. Get your ideal weight (fat loss)

3. Stable moods and better concentration levels and mental performance

4. Less risk of prediabetes and diabetes

5. Lower cholesterol (high GI foods stimulare cholesterol production)

So there are plenty of benefits.

Another tip here: watch out for the high density carbs

The carbs that are high in calorie density are bread, rice and pasta.

So have less of these foods. Why? Because if you have large servings of these dense carbs, even the low GI versions, it can overwhelm your system's ability to keep blood glucose stable and they can end up behaving like high Gi carbs.

So if you do have them, have the low GI version, and a sensible serving.

You now know the story of how sugar affects our skin, and what to exactly look out for in your diet to avoid the harmful sugars and to have the better carbs (low glycemic food) instead.

And remember, as you combine a healthy diet with an anti aging wrinkle cream that works, this is when you get the most impressive results.

You'll look years younger, and feel years younger as well.

So go for it and get your diet spruced up.

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