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Don't let cellulite ruin your summer!!

It's getting to that time of year where we get our bikinis out and stand in front of the mirror turning round and round trying to see what our best side is and poking at the bits that we don't want. "If only" are words we use whilst stood in the mirror then summer comes and we start stratigically position clothing to cover our sensitive areas. The truth of the fact is that cellulite affects 80-90% of post pubertal females. One of the main contributing factors to cellulite is the production of a certain hormone called Estrogen, which men have very little production of!! Another hormone which we need to control is Insulin and this is directly related to our poor eating habits and the most common one is constant changing of metabolism through yoyo dieting! The most common areas cellulite forms are abs, pelvis, bum and thighs.....as you read them I could see you mentally ticking them off in your head!

Cellulite is formed by fat herniating under the skin causing water retention and breaking of the skin. If we don't move the body and exercise hormones like insulin causes our body to store fat, the more fat we have the more water we retain and the more cellulite we will get.

The first steps to improving and preventing cellulite has to be to clean up our diets and take control of our insulin levels. Insulin is produced when we eat a high carbohydrate meal in fact on average 70% of our diets are carbohydrate based. We should be looking at a balanced 40% Carbohydrates 30% Protein and 30% Fat. As of today DIETS are a thing of the past as well this is a big contributing factor to our ever changing metabolism. Good healthy eating needs to take over and be consistent.

Not exercising from an early age is a big factor, are bodies are designed to move, we have to move! If we went back 50,000 years ago there was no gyms, sofas, cocktails, cellulite.....because we were active and we had to catch our food. Now i'm definitely not suggesting catching your food, after all that was the male's job!! Just start being more active it will help reduce insulin levels and stop us from storing fat, which is the main reason for cellulite.

Estrogen is a hormone that makes us who we are but there are bad forms of estrogen called Xenoestrogens which cause our body to become toxic meaning we retain water and effects our fat burning organ the liver! Theses can come from hormones in the food we eat, pesticides, chemicals, commercial dairy products, those long names that we can't pronounce on our shampoo bottles and diet products.

Natural supplements like omega 3, which look after the skin and makes it more supple and less likely to break under pressure from stubborn fat. It also helps to regulate insulin levels by up to 30% per meal and switches on your fat burning glands! Gotu Kola is known as the miracle herb and actually helps reverse cellulite issues by strengthing connective tissue and skin whilst improving circulation. Gotu Kola is not a flash in the pan magic pill, it has been around for thousands of years and is used for all skin diseases. Its also very good for reducing stretch marks after pregnancy. With natural supplements it will never work over night and we always recommend a minimum of 3 months to see the big benefits.....in 3 months that will take you nicely into the summer. Visit our supplement part of the website for more info on Gotu kola.

Steps to take

• Exercise
• Clean healthy nutrition
• Avoid diet products
• Detox yearly
• Supplement with Omega 3 and Gotu Kola