Food – Just Fuel or More Important?

Medical Professionals and mothers all over the country have been telling us for centuries that “we are what we eat”. What is meant by this is that everything goes into our stomachs will have a knock on effect, however small, on our appearance, health and even personality. Because of this, we are forever being ordered to eat certain things, drink certain things and avoid lots of things. It is not always easy to know which advice to follow though and which is the most import, so lets examine some of the most important foods to control.

Salt. It is only reasonably recently that we have been made aware of the harm that salt can do to us. 6g of the stuff is what the UK Food Standard Agency states we should not be exceeding per day if possible. If you are very active then you will need more salt in your diet as it is lost via sweating and important to muscle function but most people should cut down as high in salt intake is closely linked to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.  Rather than put it in your body, salt is good at conditioning skin and is in fact an ingredient in numerous skin care products

Fats. We do actually need fats in order to maintain health skin, hair, and lots of other things. However these are unsaturated fats and not the saturated fats (also known as trans fats) that are unfortunately too prominent in lots of people’s diets. In basic terms, you will not only become overweight if your saturated fat intake is too high, but you’ll be putting yourself at risk of getting blood pressure and heart problems, joint problems and many more. It won’t matter how many times you have a manicure, inside and out will not be great if you don’t watch your fats

Water. This is not something you eat of course, but you should not underestimate the power of the H20. Ideal water intake levels are dependent on factors such as temperature, body size, age, humidity etc, although most experts recommend taking in 1-2 lts per day if possible.Water is not only very important for internal processes of the body, but additionally it has a large influence on external appearances, so if your a big water drinker you wont need to have skin firming treatments as frequently