If you want to avoid
cellulite, you may need to start at quite a young age
as cellulite can develop as early as 15 and usually
continues to worsen as you grow older. This is because
the skin gets thinner, which makes the cellulite more
visible and looser, which allows more of the adipose
fat cells to press towards the skin surface.
Other causes of cellulite as we grow older are that
our bodies become less efficient in getting rid of
waste products, our circulation may not be as good
and of course we often put on weight. Cellulite is
a well known and common condition in women appearing
mostly on the hips and thighs but also on the back
below the shoulders, on the ankles and on the inside
and the back of upper arms as well as the stomach.
The most effective way to avoid cellulite is through
lifestyle changes especially if your mother or your
grandmother was prone to cellulite.
Here are such lifestyle changes which you should
consider if you wish to avoid cellulite:
• Diet – your diet should be healthy
and balanced with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables,
lean meat, fish, whole wheat breads, cereals and rice.
Include some dairy products but try to avoid all processed
and refined foods, white flour, sugar, salted and
roasted nuts, chocolate, sweets and pastries, carbonated
drinks etc. Steer clear of fat and cream as well as
fried and oily food.
• Eat slowly and chew your food well. Stick
to regular meal times and try not to snack in between.
• Liquid – drink plenty of clear clean
water preferably 6 to 8 glasses per day or more. This
is invaluable in helping to eliminate waste. Keep
coffee and tea to a minimum.
• Limit your salt intake as sodium tends to
increase water retention.
• Exercise – this will stimulate circulation,
speed up your metabolism, improve your muscle tone
and firm the tissue. It will also help the next two
points regarding sleep and constipation.
• Get sufficient sleep and learn to relax and
rest. In order to get your entire body working properly,
you need to reduce any stress in your body and your
mind.
• Work on any constipation or digestion problems
– your diet and exercise will in time redress
these problems but if constipation is a real problem,
use a stool bulking laxative for a few days to put
you on the right track.
• Breathing – proper breathing will also
help to expel toxins and waste products as you will
be assisting the lungs to function efficiently.
• Give up smoking.
• Limit your alcohol intake to the minimum.
• We need to ensure the proper elimination of
waste products from the body so they cannot become
trapped in our tissue. If you follow all the points
in this article, such elimination will follow naturally.
• Be careful to avoid over the counter medication
such as diet liquids and pills; stimulant or pep pills;
sleeping medication and diuretic pills.
• Cellulite sometimes appears after pregnancy
or when taking birth control pills. This is because
the system is flooded with estrogen. So extra attention
to the other points in avoiding cellulite are necessary
at such times.
• Check out a natural healing product on line
which you can order and use to massage any vulnerable
areas, such as the inside of the knees and the upper
thighs, against the development of cellulite.
To understand what cellulite is and how it is formed,
you need to know that all the muscles in the body
are covered with a fatty padding which varies in thickness
and which is surrounded by a liquid. This liquid supplies
the padding with nourishment and takes away the waste
products. The tissue made up of this fatty padding
is held together by a network of fibers and with everything
in place and working well, our body takes on smooth
curves.
However, things can start to go wrong if the waste
products are not being removed properly. The waste
products can then start to build up, saturating the
fatty padding with liquid. This liquid then thickens
and hardens into pockets called adipose fat cells
which puff up to produce that “orange peel”
look which is so familiar to many of us.
No one will tell you that it is easy to avoid cellulite.
Only you can decide on whether you will make that
effort needed to keep those smooth cellulite free
curves on your body.
