Since I personally suffer from bouts of acne, I have learned tips and tricks to keep in control. However, no matter how much in control I think I am, it comes down to what I am consuming on a daily basis. If you want beautiful skin, you have to control your diet. Skin care professionals agree that diet plays a large part in how your skin looks. Ever notice acne pop up after you’ve had a whole Ben & Jerry’s by yourself? Yep, it’s not fair, but the fact is, healthy eats = beautiful skin.
Without further ado, here are 5 things that you need to immediately reduce or cut out of your diet completely so you can be on your way to beautiful, healthy skin.
1. Soda
This one is really hard for most people due to how readily available and cheap it is. After all, you can get soda from the grocery store (24 packs), gas station, fast food, restaurants. It is ridiculously easy to develop this bad habit. In fact, most people substitute soda for water. I have personally struggled with this and have reduced my intake to as low as 1-2 times a week.
2. Diet Soda
You thought you would cut out the sugar with regular soda and switch to diet soda? Pretty slick and I can see why you would turn to diet soda. Common thinking is that soda contains lots of sugar and consuming too much sugar results in unhealthy skin.
How about considering the fact that it’s not all about the sugar but also the ingredients that go in a soda. Grab your diet soda can and read all the ingredients. Bet you can’t pronounce them. Let go of the diet soda can…. just walk away! I will say that if you do get an urge once in a while, opt for diet soda!
3. Fruit Juices
In general, fruits are great for you! Fruit juice can be great for you as well, but not the sweetened kind. Did you take a look at how much sugar is in one cup of orange juice? How about apple juice? Opt for organic, natural juice or even home-made fruit juice. Takes a few minutes and tastes deliciously refreshing! Be sure to blend apple and carrot juice together, 1 cup.. you’ll thank us later!
4. Fried foods
Take a look at what you consume on a daily basis. If it includes 2-3 x at a restaurant or fast food restaurant, you’re in trouble. I don’t blame you: cooking your own meals can take a little bit of time and effort and what’s better than calling a hot pizza for delivery, waiting for you right when you get home? Or how about the $1.00 menu at McDonald’s? Mhmm.
Well, all those fried and greasy foods play a huge role in not only weight gain, but also breaking out your skin. It’s hard to face the fact especially when these eating habits are ingrained in people so deeply. Let go of all fast foods for two weeks. Then the week after, drop the habit of eating at regular restaurants to maybe once a week. It’s hard, but not impossible. Think about the end goal here: healthy, acne-free, beautiful skin!
5. Desserts
Who doesn’t love a banana split sundae or a fudge brownie sundae? These desserts might put you in a blissful mood thank to their high sugary contents, but you won’t feel so beautiful when you see acne breakouts on your face. Cakes, pies, cookies, desserts–all of these delicious foods have a very high amount of sugar in them. The problem isn’t with eating one slice of cake a week; it’s the fact that we don’t think before picking up a slice of cake what’s in it. Soon enough, you’re treating yourself to one dessert a day. Seemingly deserving yet a dangerous habit especially if you get bad breakouts from sugar. Instead, opt for healthy and delicious fruits or fruit desserts you can make yourself.
While it can be hard to face that all these habits are what cause your acne, it’s better if you embrace this and modify your eating habits. At first it may seem like a daily struggle but sooner than later your taste buds will change and you will be able to see the difference in your skin. If your goal is beautiful skin, then you must embrace a healthy diet. Make sure to kill these 5 destructive eating habits asap!