Daily TribuneWhat you eat reflects on your complexion. If you eat fresh, less processed food, your body will benefit from this, especially your skin.
It’s “you ask, I answer “ time again.
Here are some of your important questions and natural remedies culled from countless interviews with health experts.
• Cut back on saturated fats. These are sourced from animals.
Trim the fat from beef, pork, duck and chicken. Avoid the skin.
• Take more fiber.
• Increase vegetable intake.
• Exercise daily for 30 minutes.
• Hydrate.
• Drink one to two teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil before bedtime.
• Replace meat intake with nuts whenever possible.
• Go vegan three times a week.
How do I bring down my glucose levels?
• Learn how to fast moderately. Once a week is a good start. Refrain from carbohydrates and meats. Limit food to vegetables only.
• Eat less refined carbohydrates like cakes, etc.
• Avoid desserts after dinner.
• Burn the sugar through exercise. It is the only way.
• Get a good night’s sleep. Loss of sleep causes one to eat more the next day.
• Have regular meals. Have dinner three hours before sleeping.
• Skip midnight snacking.
• Exercise daily.
• What you eat reflects on your complexion. If you eat fresh, less processed food, your body will benefit from this, especially your skin.
• Say no to junk food.
• Avoid products that have additives, artificial coloring and preservatives.
• Drink 10 glasses of water daily.
• Sleep seven to eight hours nightly.
• Avoid the sun from 9 a.m. to 4p.m.
• Wear a sunblock daily.
• Increase vitamin C rich foods like citrus fruits, papaya, guava and leafy greens.
• See a dermatologist once a month for cleaning and exfoliation.
• Try a VCO-sugar scrub all over your body and face. Mix three teaspoons raw sugar with three teaspoons of VCO. Rub gently. Rinse with warm water then bathe.
The regimens listed will allow you to make easy lifestyle modifications that can assure you of a healthier and more radiant you.
Remember always to be kind to yourself. If you love your body, then your body will love you back in visible ways that will make you look and feel better.
Affirmation: I am my best self.
Love and light.
