Is my favourite pasta giving me acne? 10 kitchen staples that will give you great skin

  • Date: 13-Jun-2021
  • Source: Gulf News
  • Sector:Industrial
  • Country:UAE
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Is my favourite pasta giving me acne? 10 kitchen staples that will give you great skin

Shopping online for that expensive serum to make your skin glow? Close the internet browser, the answer might be in your kitchen. We often think skincare is all about what we apply to our face, but nutritionists and dermatologists across the world say that what you eat, significantly matters. "You are what you eat,“ is a commonly used phrase for weight gain, but it is equally true for your skin. From premature wrinkles to acne, your skin could be giving you hints about whether or not your diet is skin-friendly. Well, stop worrying about wrinkles it actually makes them worse, instead take a look at what you could change in your diet. We spoke to three UAE-based nutritionists to find how these 10 commonly eaten foods impact our skin, and which foods we need to include in our diets. Love your morning bowl of cornflakes? "Beware, as most breakfast cereals are loaded with sugar and refined grains," warns Dubai-based nutritionist, Saumya Mishra. "High sugar in processed breakfast cereal leads to over secretion of insulin hormone, which can, in turn, cause an imbalance in the secretion of other hormones, including IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor-1) and IGFBP-3 (insulin-like growth factor binding protein