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Food experts and parents up and down the country have been warning us since the beginning of time that “we are what we eat”. What is meant by this is that everything goes into our stomachs will have a knock on effect, however small, on our appearance, health and even personality. Because of this, we are forever being ordered to eat certain things, drink certain things and avoid lots of things. However, if you are not an expert its pretty hard to filer out the really important info, so here is is for you, the foods with the biggest influence on our insides and out.

Salt. For a long time, people didn’t even know about the harm that salt can do to the body. 6g of the stuff is what the UK Food Standard Agency states we should not be exceeding per day if possible. More salt might be needed by people who lose a lot through sweating or by diluted body salt levels by drinking lots of water. For 90% of people however, a reduction in salt levels is advisable as it has been closely linked with heart, blood and liver problems.  Rather than put it in your body, salt is good at conditioning skin and is in fact an ingredient in numerous skin care products

Fats. We need different types of fat in our diets in order to maintain healthy cells and for all the various functions of the body. They are generally unsaturated fats that we need and not the type that most people get far too much of, which are saturated fats (AKA trans fats). In basic terms, you will not only become overweight if your saturated fat intake is too high, but you’ll be putting yourself at risk of getting blood pressure and heart problems, joint problems and many more. It won’t matter how many times you get a manicure, inside and out will not be great if you don’t watch your fats

Water. Although water is not something you strictly eat, it’s still something that should be on your radar. Ideal water intake levels are dependent on factors such as temperature, body size, age, humidity etc, although most experts recommend taking in 1-2 lts per day if possible.Water is not only very important for internal processes of the body, but additionally it has a large influence on external appearances, so if your a big water drinker you wont need to have skin firming treatments quite so often