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7. Poor Nutrition
Eating sufficient calories is not the same thing as providing your body with proper nutrition. In order to fight the effects of premature aging, your body needs plenty of antioxidants, which are found in abundance in fresh fruits and vegetables. Soluble dietary antioxidants such as beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene, and vitamin E are all found in fruits and vegetables. These types of antioxidants reach into the deepest layers of the skin, more than any cream or lotion could, and neutralize the damage that is caused by sun exposure and free radicals. Vegetables and fruits that are high in vitamin C also help the body make collagen. Berries, such as blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries, are all high in both vitamin C and antioxidants. Eat a diet rich in the foods provided by Mother Nature, including some type of berry every day for your most beautiful skin ever.
8. Excessive Alcohol
Although a moderate amount of alcohol (One drink per day for women and two drinks for men) is good for you and provides your body with health benefits, excessive alcohol causes damage to both the skin color and texture, especially around the eyes and nose. Excessive drinking causes permanent dark circles under the eyes, bulging eyes, a bloated face, and broken capillaries around the nose, giving it a rather red, bulbous appearance. Excessive drinking breaks down the tissues deep in the skin and causes permanent damage. Limit your alcohol intake, and save your skin from further damage.
9. Stress
Everyone experiences stress on some level, but chronic levels of high stress increase the production of stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol, which accelerate the aging process. Stress hormones can inhibit the normal synthesis of connective tissue, cause damage to bone density, and cause other types of changes in the bone structure. Excessive, chronic stress can permanently alter your features! Learn to limit your stress and find ways to manage the stress you cannot avoid, such has through meditation or yoga.
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