Eat Well, Live Simply, Laugh Often
I wrote this blog for a friend of mine about diet and how to obtain that beautiful healthy glow.
Here is the first of 3 blog posts for you to meander through. Perhaps you already know this but if you are anything like me a little reminder of the importance of Eating Well every so often is always a good thing.
Beautiful Skin Starts on Your Plate Part 1
If you really want to improve the condition of your skin you need to take your awareness to what is on your plate every day and in your glass as well.
When it comes to skin health, food is just as important, if not more important, then the plethora of anti-aging products on the market for maintaining supple radiant skin.
Lets begin with how you are hydrating your body. Today, in any given corner store and market, you will find an array of drinks to quench your thirst. Often, even with best intentions, water has been loaded with sugar, carbonized into a fizzy drink loaded with an array of additives that you cannot even pronounce. Lets face it, all that sugar and who knows what, isn’t really helping you in achieving beautiful glowing skin or great health for that matter.
So what should you be drinking? Quite simply, its the one thing that nature has provided for us, its pure, its natural and makes up 50-65% of our body weight. Its called water.
We know that there are many benefits to drinking plenty of water. Water helps clear toxins and byproducts of metabolism out through our liver and kidneys, but what can it do for our skin? Our skin is one of the largest organs in our body and its made up of millions of cells that are made up of mostly water. Drinking enough water allows our inner organs to function at their best so why wouldn’t we want that for our skin. Since its the most superficial organ, its the last to get what it needs as it is important for the body to hydrate important organs first such as heart, liver, kidneys etcetera. Improper hydration might leave your skin feeling dry, brittle, tight and over time may lead to premature aging...yes, wrinkles. Studies have shown that women who do not normally consume enough water in their diet can improve skin physiology by getting enough.
Are you consuming enough water? 2L of water daily is recommended by the Mayo Clinic and other authorities.
To keep things simple the 8x8 rule was suggested, which is 8 glasses of water of which each glass is a total of 8 ounces. We can also account in the 8x8 rule water that is naturally in the food we consume such as fruit and vegetables and the water we use to prepare our meals.
If you are living in warmer and dry climate areas you should consider increasing water intake to offset the dehydration from perspiration. One rule to follow in these climates is to look at your pee, yup your pee. You know you are getting enough water if your pee is pale yellow in color. A deep yellow color is a useful indicator that you aren’t getting enough water in your diet. So keep an eye on that and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!
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