Start The New Year with a new Healthy Skin Diet

Let’s start the New Year with a 7 day or more Cleanse and Body Break.

We are all aware of the pollutants in the environment and the wear and tear on our bodies through the festive season. So maybe January is a good time to give our body’s liver and organs a well-deserved break. Take some early nights, healthy eating, exercise and abstain from alcohol, it’s just for a few weeks. If you smoke my advice to you is to give up now if you want to grow looking younger, it’s very detrimental to your skin and accelerates the ageing process, along with too much sun exposure I am sad to say.

Detoxing will bring a sparkle to your eyes, boost energy levels, and shift a few unwanted kilos. Bonus your skin will look glowing. Diet does affect our skin and new evidence shows changing the way you eat can help clear up acne, keep your skin firm, soft and supple.

Foods to avoid.  Alcohol – Cigarettes- Dairy Products- Refined Sugar products like sweets and chocolates -Artificial Sweeteners-Coffee- Wheat (bread, biscuits, cakes, pasta) rye, barley, oats, spelt and rye.­- Dried Fruit-Processed meals, Processed fruit juices-Margarines- rule if you can’t read don’t eat it.

Cutting back on sugar. Refined sugar causes a process called glycation, which can damage the collagen and elastin that keeps the skin firm and youthful.

Foods to Enjoy.  Fruit any and all fresh fruit- Vegetables any and all fresh vegetables- Fish fresh, canned in water or olive oil- Lean meat and poultry (without skin) limit 2 servings a week. Legumes dried or canned such as kidney beans, chickpeas, lentils- Eggs preferably organic- Olive oil preferably virgin Coconut oil (unprocessed)- Nuts raw unsalted, sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds- Green tea, tea decaffeinated. Water from one to three litres per day

Hormones found in meat and poultry have been associated with acne so try and source organic and grain-fed beef and poultry. Fish is a great alternative particularly salmon and other oily fish, rich in omega oils fantastic for the skin.  

Start the day with a liver cleanse using juice of a fresh lemon in a cup of hot water First thing in the morning before breakfast.  

Eat for alkalinity. Cleansing your body from inside out eat more alkaline-forming foods, such as parsley, almonds, kale, pears, lemons and apples. If your body is to acidic which can happen with an unbalanced diet, it leaches the alkaline minerals such as calcium, potassium and magnesium, that allow us to have strong hair, bones and teeth.

So let’s get started - it’s quite simple to follow basically healthy eating, try to rest and get plenty of beauty sleep. Drink plenty of pure water too.    

Note When you reduce certain foods within your diet you may experience headaches or loose bowel activity. Do not detox if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, elderly, have high blood pressure, are under weight. Seek medical advice if you have any medical conditions.

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A detox helps to rejuvenate the body and mind. It improves energy and mood, aids weight loss, clears the skin and improves digestion – with all those benefits, who wouldn’t want to give it a go?

Toxins damage the normal functioning of our cells, and therefore prevent us from reaching optimal health. We are exposed to an array of toxins on a day to day basis, and with approximately 4000 chemicals used in food production our food can be a major source. Toxins we consume include preservatives, artificial colourings and flavourings, pesticides, fertilisers, antibiotics, growth enhancers, caffeine and alcohol. As the majority of these are relatively new man-made substances it’s not surprising that our body isn’t designed to process them, and overtime can leave us with fatigue, headaches, skin problems, cellulite, digestive problems and weakened immunity.

If this sounds familiar, give your body a well deserved January cleanse. Experience the benefits of increased health, energy and vitality by following our top ten tips for a minimum of 7 days:

1. Start the day with a cleansing mug of hot water with ¼ squeezed lemon, slice of root ginger and a pinch of cayenne pepper.
2. Eat a fruit-based breakfast, such as stewed or fresh fruit salad with natural yoghurt, or a freshly made smoothie.
3. Avoid black tea, coffee and alcohol and replace with herbal tea, such as nettle to support the kidneys, or dandelion root coffee to aid liver function. It’s important to stay well hydrated, so drink at least 1 litre of water daily. Fresh juices, such as carrot, beetroot, apple and cucumber are also fantastically nourishing and cleansing so aim to drink one fresh juice daily – ideally on an empty stomach for maximum benefit.
4. Avoid all processed and prepared foods – this really means anything that has been manufactured and comes in a packet e.g. ready meals, savoury snacks, biscuits. Instead eat food in its natural unprocessed state and cook by steaming, lightly boiling or poaching rather than frying.
5. Chose organic food over non-organic food to minimise your intake of toxic pesticides.
6. Eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables per day, aiming for more. For lunch and dinner, cover at least 60% of your plate with vegetables and eat as much variety of colours as possible, aiming to cover the whole spectrum of the rainbow.
7. Avoid wheat (e.g. in bread, pasta, pastries and biscuits) and replace with wheat-free alternatives such as brown rice, buckwheat noodles, quinoa, rye bread and oat cakes.
8. Eat snacks, but replace sugary treats such as chocolate and cake with supportive foods such as fresh or dried fruit, vegetable sticks with houmous , half an avocado or mixed seeds.
9. Reduce consumption of animal products. Avoid dairy products, except natural live yoghurt, and replace milk with soya or nut milks. Avoid processed and fatty meats and replace with fish, eggs, lentils, beans, tempeh (fermented tofu), quinoa, seeds and nuts as good protein alternatives.
10. Incorporate lifestyle factors into your regime to support the process: get a good nights sleep, take a yoga class, treat yourself to a massage or sauna, try dry skin brushing before showering and use natural organic skin products.

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