| Hi Everyone | | | | from amino acids and glucose. |
| Ladies did you know the greatest thing to help keep | | | | The volume of fat cells in certain areas of the body |
| cellulite to a minimum is through a good healthy diet, | | | | is increased with higher levels of estrogen and |
| as this keeps your liver working at its potential, | | | | progesterone, whereas testerone does the opposite. |
| reducing storage of HDL - bad cholesterol. | | | | So ladies we are all bound to have some cellulite, but |
| | | | by eating a healthy diet and eating slowly can help as |
| I believe as we get older we do take this 'on board', | | | | this allows the enzymes that break down food to |
| but we need to encourage the younger generation | | | | work efficiently enabling proper absorption of |
| that they need to instill this as a way of life now, and | | | | nutrients and digestion of the food. |
| not something they can just put right later on, as | | | | As we get older- the pancreas that produces |
| cellulite can start to form at puberty - although it is | | | | enzymes to metabolise food starts to diminish, so |
| generally later. | | | | this can also lead to fat gain. Aging is not the only |
| French doctors coined the term 'cellulite' - the bain of | | | | factor for of the pancreas producing fewer |
| all women, believing it is a certain form of fat that | | | | enzymes, our diet can be a cause when high in |
| accumulates under the skin, leaving the affected area | | | | processed foods and trans fatty acids. |
| looking lumpy and dimpled, like orange peel. | | | | When your liver is healthy it produces bile that breaks |
| As with any health problem, there is generally no | | | | down fat. If your body is lacking certain nutrients the |
| such thing as a single cause, but different life | | | | bile cannot do its job properly, or if the liver is |
| situations combined with co-factors and causative | | | | clogged with toxins, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. |
| agents that interact and promote an effect or | | | | So drinking plenty of fluid and eating a varied diet of |
| symptom, and cellulite is no different. | | | | good food will give you many of the different |
| Today most doctors do not believe cellulite to be a | | | | nutrients, vitamins and anti oxidants needed to keep |
| special form of fat, but believe it is simply ordinary | | | | the liver working at full potential. |
| fat that is pulled down by gravity. | | | | Fruit and vegetables are excellent, and you can |
| I hold my hand up to the fact that over the years I | | | | always make them into a smoothie if you prefer to |
| have checked in the mirror for tell tale signs, and yes | | | | 'drink' them rather than eat them. |
| I do have some, I first noticed it when I was half | | | | Beetroot juice is said to help the liver break down |
| way through my first pregnancy and nearly had a fit, | | | | stored fats, you can make it fresh with an extractor |
| only being 28. | | | | or buy it from your local health food shop and drink a |
| Before this I had always thought cellulite was an | | | | small glass daily. |
| 'older' thing that happened to us when we became a | | | | Seaweed is rich in minerals, proteins, iodine and |
| certain age, unlike nowadays when the paparazzi | | | | vitamins and is said to promote smooth skin and to |
| show pictures of stick insect models sporting it. | | | | gets fats moving in the body. Seaweed - Kelp tablets |
| Cellulite can affect any woman of any size at any | | | | are available in most health stores, and there are |
| time. I really wish that when I was younger I knew | | | | many seaweed-based products that are great for |
| what I know now about eating 'good food for good | | | | the skin. |
| health', as this has a great bearing on what we are, | | | | Skin brushing is claimed to remove toxic waste by |
| and how this really does affect our health and its | | | | stimulating the lymphatic system, directly through the |
| effect on our body. | | | | skin. Brush your whole body once a day, I often do |
| Many studies have been carried out on cellulite and its | | | | this in the shower, start off gently then gradually |
| causes, and weak functioning of the liver was found | | | | increase pressure to a firm stroke as you become |
| to be common in women prone to it. | | | | used to it. |
| So it cannot be stressed enough ladies that we really | | | | Begin brushing with the soles of your feet, moving up |
| do need to eat a varied diet of good food, so that | | | | your legs with firm sweeping strokes - I always linger |
| the liver can work effectively. When we eat a poor | | | | a little longer on the thighs, then brush up the arms, |
| diet that is high in saturated fats, our liver becomes | | | | across the shoulders and down your back to the |
| sluggish and clogged. | | | | buttocks - another area I linger on, then softly across |
| Fatty degeneration of the liver is caused by | | | | your tummy and chest with light circular strokes to |
| excessive fat build up and impairs the ability to | | | | your neck |
| function and handle fat properly, this allows fat to be | | | | I believe massage is the best way of making cellulite |
| stored around the body accumulating often around | | | | look less obvious, it does not go away but the |
| the waistline or being deposited as cellulite under the | | | | surface becomes less dimply with regular massaging. |
| skin. | | | | There are many products today claiming to reduce |
| When the liver is impaired by fatty degeneration | | | | cellulite, whether these are effective or not is a |
| cholesterol levels are hampered allowing 'bad' LDL | | | | matter of opinion, but if they make you feel better |
| cholesterol to build up instead of manufacturing 'good' | | | | about your cellulite then they are worth it. |
| cholesterol - HDL. | | | | Skin firming lotions are great for massaging all over |
| Also it revealed that a poor lymphatic system, bad | | | | your body and especially in areas where cellulite is |
| circulation and constipation were thought to help with | | | | prone. |
| the formation of cellulite. Hormonal in-balances could | | | | Almost twenty years on since having seen my first |
| also be a determining factor. | | | | signs of cellulite, I am really lucky as it has not |
| Therefore poor dietary choices and nutritional | | | | increased much at all, and my friends and family have |
| deficiencies- where diets are rich in processed foods, | | | | noticed this too. |
| fats, alcohol and toxins such as additives and | | | | I have never been a great exercise freak, but yoga |
| colourings affect our biochemical processes and | | | | and walking are my passion and my dog appreciates |
| digestion, that hinders and prevents natural | | | | the walks! This combined with a healthy diet most of |
| detoxification. | | | | the time - like everyone eating a little of what you |
| Because of the fast food lifestyle undertaken | | | | fancy does not hurt- but continually on a regular base |
| nowadays - obesity is alarmingly on the rise, and is an | | | | can cause problems- is all I do. |
| underlying cause of several illnesses, as the dietary | | | | I have not yet bought into buying expensive creams |
| factors with these types of foods are causing | | | | and lotions, but I do body brush a couple of times a |
| congestion of vessels and ducts of the circulation and | | | | week and massage an ordinary body lotion all over |
| eliminations systems including the bile ducts of the | | | | every day, I feel this keeps my skin in excellent |
| liver and the digestive tract. | | | | condition and really helps with circulation by improving |
| Unfortunately for us females hormones and fat are | | | | blood flow. |
| very much related, and after reaching puberty we | | | | It may take a few minutes longer every day doing |
| carry twice as much fat due to the body becoming | | | | this, but it has the advantage that you really get to |
| ready for the event of pregnancy. This stored fat is | | | | know your body and notice when there are little |
| very resistant to the effort of weight loss. | | | | changes, which us women should all take care of, |
| Fat or fat cells are formed from - fatty acids in food, | | | | especially the breast area. |
| lipoproteins in the liver, chylomicrons in the intestine | | | | Let us know how you have improved your cellulite. |
| and from insulin dependant triglycerides that come | | | | So remember good food is good health. |