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Lifestyle tips for taut skin

Lifestyle tips for taut skin

This information comes from InStyle magazine. (‘Lifestyle tips for taut skin’, by Alysia Poe and Naomi McGee)

Here are some ways to tighten up your skin – and improve your health.

Eat

• Blueberries, broccoli and pomegranates and drink green tea (organic).

Don’t smoke

• Cigarettes decreased the skin’s ability to fight off the free radicals, and the repetitive pursing of lips exacerbates wrinkles around the mouth

Stress less

• High level of the stress hormone cortisol can lead to thinning of the skin. Keep cortisol levels in check with meditation, yoga or moderate exercise. Also get plenty of sleep and take a fish-oil supplement every day.

Cut down on sweets

• When excess sugar binds to collagen and elastin fibres (a process called glycation), they become brittle and the skin sags. Cut out simple sugars such as white bread and fruit juice.

See related article ‘What are free radicals and antioxidants’ or watch the video

See related article ‘Antioxidants in our food or watch the video

Read more about collagen and elastin or watch the video

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