Healthy glowing skin through diet and skincare.

Having a healthy skin care regime and treatments which help stimulate collagen production is important for healthy youthful glowing skin. To achieve real results with your skincare choose a skincare that has pharmaceutical grade ingredients – these products are known as cosmoceutical will go a long way to helping you put off the appearance of ageing.
Remember that the type of diet that you choose to eat will affect how you look also- and if you eat well, you can help yourself stay looking and feeling younger; inside and out.
Ageing is an Inflammatory Process
The ageing process is basically a chronic inflammatory state which impacts your internal organs as well as your skin. Poor-quality foods, like refined, processed, fatty foods, cause inflammation. This means if you eat junk regularly, you’re going to look older. Most of us are aware that eating too much sugar and processed carbohydrates (like pasta, bread, and sweet treats) is bad for our weight; impacting insulin levels and how the body stress fat.
However, the same foods can also lead to damage in your skin’s collagen, which is what keeps your skin springy and resists wrinkles. What’s more, these inflammatory things called AGEs — advanced glycation end-products — put your overall health on the line. They are tied to diseases like heart disease and diabetes, as well as being bad for your skin. One main causes of visible ageing is glycation, which occurs when excess glucose molecules bind to collagen and elastin fibres and prompt the formation of advanced glycation end-products (A.G.E.s) that lead to severe skin wrinkling. A.G.E.

With this in mind Skinceuticals have designed AGE Interrupter moisturiser, this is a unique treatment formulated with 4% blueberry extract, 30% Proxylane™ and 0.2% phytosphingosine to help prevent the glycation process and correct severe signs of ageing in mature skin.
Ingredients;
•Blueberry extract helps slow down the process of advanced glycation end-product (A.G.E.) formation, preventing collagen and elastin fibres from becoming rigid
•Proxylane™ stimulates GAG synthesis, restoring water and nutrients to the skin
•Phytosphingosine helps protect the skin’s barrier to alleviate discomfort associated with dry, ageing skin
There is an eye cream within this line also with similar ingredients to address wrinkling around the eye area.
Foods to Limit
•Fried things: Anything that’s fried in oil can add to inflammation throughout your body. Trans fats like those found in crisps or chips will raise LDL “bad” cholesterol and lower HDL “good” cholesterol. Check food labels on and “partially hydrogenated oils” and “vegetable shortening.”
•Sugary sweet foods: We know it’s bad for our weight; but it’s also bad for your digestive system, and will produce the wrinkle-generating AGEs.
•Rashers and sausages: The traditional Irish breakfast contains processed meat, high in saturated fats and nitrates. Both of those can lead to inflammation.
•Fatty meats: High protein diets have become fashionable for weight loss, but the key with meat is to keep it lean. Tenderloin cuts tend to be leaner; look for mince that is 95% leans and stick to turkey or chicken breast.
•Alcohol: Moderate drinking may be good for your heart, but heavy drinking can rev up the aging process. “Moderate” is one drink per day for women (such as a 5-ounce glass of wine or 12-ounce glass of beer) and two for men.

Foods that is good for you.
•Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and low-fat dairy and lean protein can help fight inflammation and keep you looking your best. Whole foods – ones in as natural a state as possible, without overcooking – are a good choice.
•Leafy greens like romaine lettuce are high in vitamins A and C, which curb inflammation. Also try broccoli, spinach, arugula, watercress, escarole, kale and endive.
•Tomatoes are rich in a nutrient called lycopene. So are watermelon, grapefruit, guavas, asparagus, and red cabbage.
•Salmon and tuna are high in omega-3 fats – the ‘good’ essential fatty acids, which fight inflammation.
•Lentils and beans are great sources of protein and are loaded with fibre and nutrients. Try black beans, chickpeas, and cannellini beans.
•Oatmeal and other whole grains help curb inflammation, as well as being rich in B vitamins like thiamine and riboflavin. If you don’t get enough vitamin B, it makes skin look dry and scaly, and rash-prone.