According to recent reports, the beverage
industry spent a lot of money to defeat soda taxes in four American cities, but
it lost in all. It means San Francisco,
Oakland and Albany, Calif., and Boulder, Colo. join Berkeley, Calif., and
Philadelphia will plan to tax sugary beverages.
The measures have been advanced by health
experts looking for methods that might combat obesity, diabetes and tooth decay
— all linked to soft drink consumption. Consequently, sales are down, and many
people now avoid sugar added products. Health experts determined that 50 grams of added
sugars should be the upper dietary limit, or daily value, for adults and
children aged 4 and older.
As
experts in skin care, Herbally Radiant advises customers to reduce sugar
intake. A diet high in sugar is a disaster for the face. ‘There is no point in
spending lots of money on expensive skin creams if you are eating a diet high
in sugar,’ says Dr Aamer Khan, a cosmetic dermatologist, and medical director
of the Harley Street Skin Clinic. 'Yes,
you can protect and moisturise your skin from outside, but you need to feed and
stimulate the growth of good strong skin cells from inside too and sugar will
sabotage that.’
According
to Dr. Ross Perry, a cosmetic physician at Cosmedics Clinic, London, the
problem with sugar is that it makes the skin lose the plump, elastic qualities
that underlie a youthful appearance. ‘This is due to a process called
glycation. Essentially what happens is that sugar attaches itself to any
protein in the body and produces harmful molecules called ‘advanced glycation
end products’. These reduce the
effectiveness of elastin and collagen, proteins in the skin that help maintain
its youthful appearance. ‘Normally collagen bulks out the skin and gives it a
younger plump look,’ says Dr Perry. ‘Elastin gives the skin recoil so that when
you smile or frown your skin goes back to how it was. If you persistently eat a high-sugar
diet, then the collagen and elastin will become more rigid, so it will become
easier for wrinkles to form and the skin will lose that youthful plumpness. It
also makes it harder for the cells in the skin to repair normal damage.’
A
high-sugar diet reduces the quality of the collagen in the skin too. ‘There are
different types of collagen, known as I, II and III, and for healthy
looking-skin you need the correct blend of all of these,’ says dermatologist Dr
Perry. ‘Sugar encourages type III collagen to become type I which is more
brittle. Consequently, the skin breaks down and looks thinner and more wrinkly.
It also becomes more prone to the damaging effects of the environment and UV
rays.’
Aging
signs and breakouts: Those suffering from frequent break outs, sugar causes
increased inflammation. “Most people don’t realize that skin directly
correlates to our digestive system,” says Joanna Vargas, celebrity facialist of
Joanna Vargas Salon and Skincare Collection. “If we eat something we can’t
digest or have trouble digesting, there are consequences.” However, not
everyone is affected the same way. “Some people claim their acne gets worse
when they have chocolate or sugar and others notice no change,” says Dr.
Elizabeth Tanzi, Co-director of the Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery,
Washington, D.C.
Long-term
effects of excess sugar include premature aging and scarring. Sugar
attaches to proteins in the bloodstream, forming new molecules, called advanced
glycation end products (or AGEs), that damage both collagen and elastin,
contributing to sagging and wrinkles. AGEs also deactivate natural antioxidant
enzymes, leaving the skin more susceptible to sun damage. According to a
2007 study in the British Journal of Dermatology, these effects increase
at the age of 35 and continue rapidly as you age.
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