Reduce cellulite - foods to eat and foods to avoid

If you want to get rid of cellulite it's essential to take care of what you eat. Besides exercising, cellulite massages, all sorts of treatments and creams you have to know what foods you should eat so that you can alleviate cellulite.

I know that you're tired of hearing about all of these eating rules, but at the end of the day it's your decision if you want to consider them or not. Bare in mind that if you want to lose the cottage cheese look of your skin and lose weight though, you're going to need to be careful with what you eat and be careful to avoid some damaging foods. These foods are not only going to help you get rid of cellulite but they will also help you shed some pounds. Nutrition has a big say when it comes to cellulite.

Food that cause cellulite

To successfully treat cellulite, you should try to avoid as much as possible foods that are known for their capacity to increase cellulite:

1. Sodas and excess fresh fruit juices

2. Excess coffee

3. Excess alcohol

4. Fried foods and fast - food products

5. Meat and other animal fats industrially prepared (canned, cooked, pate )

6. Sweets and refined foods.

Respect these rules of healthy eating:

• limit or reduce the amount of alcohol, coffee, saturated fats, cigarettes, salt

• do not drink extremely cold fluids taken out from the refrigerator, because they contract the stomach and esophagus, preventing the flow of digestive enzymes in the stomach

• give up sweets, carbonated drinks, fried foods and sausages

• eat more vegetables and fruits as much as possible raw - don't overdo it with fresh fruit juices though

• drink at least 8 glasses of water daily

• drink natural diuretic teas : green tea, elderberry tea, hibiscus and rose hips, cherry tails, nettle tea

• do not forget the healthy fats which reduce the appearance of cellulite

Include in your daily diet foods rich in healthy fats:

• almonds

• cold pressed olive oil

• avocado

• nuts

• raw Sunflower Seeds

• flax seeds

• raw pumpkin seeds

• raw hazelnuts