• 24Aug

    It is a proven fact that what you eat has an affect on, not only your overall health, but it has an affect on your outer appearance as well, including your skin. So you ask, “Does eating junk food cause acne?

    “It should be noted that “junk” foods are not necessarily the cause of acne. However, the benefits of consuming “good” foods can certainly help your skin to be healthy, vibrant, and younger looking.

    Here are six “key” food source groups to help promote having healthy, clear skin.

    Low-Fat Dairy Products – This is an excellent way to get your vitamin A, which is essential to healthy skin. Vitamin A promotes healthy skin cells.

    Blackberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, Beans, and Pecans – These delicious treats have high antioxidant contents, and the benefits of eating these foods are good for your total health, including healthy skin. The antioxidants in these foods can protect the skin cells from free radicals (which can cause cancer), and from cell DNA damage (which causes the skin to deteriorate).

    Salmon, Walnuts, Canola Oil, Flax Seed, and Soy Milk – These foods are a good source of the essential fatty acids Omega 3 and Omega 6, and we must have a good balance of both. These foods are also essential for healthy cell membranes. Healthy cell membranes build barriers to keep things that are harmful to the cell out. These membranes also play an important role in serving as a passageway for the cells to receive needed nutrients, and that same passageway allows waste products to get out of the cells. Healthy cell membrane barriers also hold in water that keep your cells moist and your skin looking plump and young.

    Whole-wheat Foods, Turkey, Tuna, and Brazil Nuts – These foods are excellent sources of the mineral selenium, which is good for healthy skin cells and fewer breakouts.Green Tea – This beverage contains polyphenols, which have anti-inflammatory properties, and is very protective to cell membranes. This is a great benefit to overall skin health. Studies show it may also help prevent or reduce skin cancer risks.

    Water – The real fountain of youth. Keeping yourself hydrated with plenty of water plays an important role in keeping the skin looking healthy, and also helps to flush out poisons from the body and skin. The human body is made up of 70-80% water. If we do not drink enough, then our cells do not regenerate and remove waste the way they should. This causes poisons and impurities to build up in the cells, which can cause acne, as well as other conditions and even disease.

    So you see, along with an effective facial regimen, it is also very important to eat and drink a good, balanced diet to get rid of waste that can cause acne and “bad” skin.

    I’m Audrey Malone and I have been acne-free for over 4 years now, and you can get more information on what is causing your acne and how to eliminate it with my Acne Control Treatment Guide to clear skin just by visiting my website at: AcneControlTreatment.com, a popular site that addresses how to get rid of acne problems for good.

  • 05May

    What do you mean by junk foods?

    These are foods which are low in nutrition but high in calories. They contain a high amount of fat, oil, salt or sugar. Examples can include too much chocolate or candies, potato chips, over-fried items etc.

    Needless to say they can be bad for your weight loss efforts and even bad for health if you eat too much of these junk foods. For better health, we need to stay away from eating junk food as much as possible because they come with so many bad effects.

    While it may not be so easy to completely cut down on eating junk food, we can certainly lessen our consumption with a little bit of determination. By lessening consumption of junk food we can also curb over-eating to a certain extent thereby helping in proper weight management.

    Instead of eating junk food we can then develop the habit of eating healthier foods and eating food in moderate quantities. Below are some tips to help you stay away from eating junk foods.

    How to Avoid Eating Junk Food? 5 Tips to Help You:

    1. Don’t buy junk food: Avoid buying junk food while shopping for your monthly or weekly grocery at the store. If you don’t buy junk food then it can be easier to stay away from them.

    Try to keep your fridge free from tons of junk and unhealthy or fattening foods. So sometimes even if you feel like having some junk snacks or gulping down a coke, you will not be able to do so because its not available now. You have to go out and buy it which may prevent you from giving in to the temptation.

    2. Developing healthy eating habits early: If we can teach our children to eat healthy foods right from childhood, then they may grow up to become healthy eaters. They may be less prone to eat junk food later on in life.

    And it is all the more important to teach children healthy eating habits because they are more likely to be attracted to junk food. So we may need to pay more attention in teaching them healthy eating habits.

    Also as adults we need to lead by example. So we too will have an added incentive to stay away from junk foods because we don’t want to set a bad example for our kids.

    3. Educating yourself about junk food: Many people do not fully realize the negative effects of junk food not just for weight loss but also for the health in general. By fully educating yourself and others about the negative and bad effects of junk food, it can become relatively easier for us to stay away from them.

    4. Keeping a food journal: This tip can be very handy to curb eating junk food and to curb overeating. Write down in a journal what you eat everyday – whether its healthy eating or bad eating, note everything down.

    At the end of the day if you look at your journal you may be shocked to see your very own eating habits. If you keep doing this for few days you may realize how bad your eating habits really are and may find a new inner determination to overcome this bad habit at all costs!

    5. Substitute healthy foods for junk foods: Write down the common junk foods you frequently consume like soft drinks, sweets, chips, fried and oily items etc. Next make a list of healthy foods that you can eat instead of the junk items. This list can include carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, fruit and vegetable juices etc.

    Most of the times, we do not eat either for taste or due to hunger. We just want to munch on something which can lead to eating junk food. In such cases, we can munch on healthier and low calorie items like carrots, cabbage etc instead of eating junk food.

    Replacing your junk food snacks with healthier options can be one great way to avoid eating junk food and staying healthy, lean and fit! With the help of the above tips you can overcome this bad habit and finally be able to say a firm no to junk foods!

  • 20Apr

    Do you want your very own set of chiselled, ripped abs, but don’t have the willpower to stick to a diet? Well, you are in luck. In this article I’m going to explain to you how you can lose belly fat and get ripped abs eating absolutely anything you want, including junk food!

    Before I start I want to clear up a common myth. We all have six pack abs right now. Problem is the majority of us can’t see them because they are covered by a layer of fat. This is why doing endless ab exercises don’t work. You will never see your abs until you lose all of your belly fat which is covering them up. Hence, this article will show you how to lose fat and reveal your ripped abs.

    I know it sounds outrageous to recommend eating junk food to get ripped abs, so let me clarify. I don’t recommend eating nothing but junk food. That is obviously unhealthy. However, if you want to lose belly fat and get ripped abs you should eat junk food whenever you want.

    4 reasons why…

    1. HELPS KEEP OUR CRAVINGS IN CHECK

    By allowing yourself to eat whatever you want, you are no longer depriving yourself of having anything. This goes a long way in keeping your cravings under control. Let’s face it, the reason why so many of us fail, is because our cravings become unbearable. Usually these cravings are for the foods that we are depriving ourselves from having.

    So the key here is, to not deprive yourself of anything. Doing so only encourages your cravings to intensify, to the point that sooner or later, you will succumb to the pressure.

    2. IT IS MUCH EASIER AND IT WORKS

    The absolute bottom line to successfully losing your belly fat is to simply eat less food than you burn off. Pretty obvious I know, but it’s true. Forget the thinking that a certain food is making you fat, because it doesn’t. Too much food makes you fat!

    A calorie is a calorie. There is no difference between a calorie from a carrot, and a calorie from a donut. It is all a form of energy that can be burnt off, or stored as fat if not used. Knowing this, wouldn’t it make sense to eat foods you enjoy? Wouldn’t this make losing fat a hell of a lot easier?

    Let me ask you this. Why do you think people lose fat on all different kinds of diets? Because the one thing all these diets have in common is that there total calorie intake is usually less than we need a day. That’s all there is to it. However, the author pinpoints the success of his program down to his very own, special and unique manipulation of protein, carbs or fats, or avoiding this food, and only eating these foods.

    So just remember, as long as you eat less calories than you burn off a day, you will lose belly fat and eventually will be sporting your very own ripped abs.

    3. EAT HEALTHIER

    Believe it or not, but allowing yourself to eat junk food can actually help you eat healthier. This is because it reduces our cravings for junk food. This will result in less binges on junk and may even reduce the amount of junk you actually eat!

    I know from personal experience that I eat less junk now then when I was following those strict diets. Eating super strict for a few weeks created such unbearable cravings that I was always bingeing on junk food.

    Now that I can eat whatever I want, my emotions are a lot more intact. If I crave something, I have it, but I don’t feel the urge to eat massive quantities of it to make up for weeks of deprivation. I also enjoy eating healthier now, but if I crave a piece of chocolate, you better believe I’ll have apiece. (If not, a week from now I might explode and eat 10 pieces!)

    4. CONSISTENCY

    You will never lose your excess belly fat and get ripped abs if you lack consistency. You need to able to stick to a program long enough to lose the amount of fat necessary to see your abs. The general rule of thumb is to lose 1-2 pounds of fat a week. Therefore if you need to lose 20 pounds, you want to be consistent for 10-20 weeks.

    This is the reason why I recommend eating whatever you want. It will make it a lot more enjoyable, and a lot easier to maintain the consistency required. And contrary to what others may think, it does work. Isn’t it obvious, eat less food than you need and you will lose fat. Simple huh?