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Cellulite and Salt - Understanding The Connection

While a link between cellulite development and smoking is one that few are going to be surprised to hear about, the connections between cellulite and a basic ingredient in our daily diet is far less obvious. Salt is so integral to the cooking of many foods and it is frequently added separately to cooked food.

The importance of salt to our health has been well-known since ancient times when Roman soldiers received their wages in salt – hence the English word salary. It is hard to accept the fact that salt intake can also have a negative impact on skin condition.

Doctors and alternative medicine expects agree on the importance of removing fatty food from the diet as a way of reducing cellulite but studies also suggest that reducing the amount of salt/sodium used is also relevant to cellulite reduction.

The cellulite and salt intake relationship is rooted in how salt causes the body to retain fluids. If you absorb more salt than you really require, this fluid retention is also going to be excessive and cause the areas affected by cellulite to bloat and thus become more prominent. Adopting a low fat, limited salt diet combined with drinking increased amounts of water therefore helps to reduce cellulite.

To cut salt intake demands an awareness of which foods contain the highest salt content. Some of these foods are quite obvious, for example, processed meats, pickles and potato chips (known as crisps in England).

You will also need to check the ingredients listed on food packets to help you know which foods you ought to eat less or perhaps cut out entirely. Removing the salt from the kitchen table is another practical way of ensuring you consume smaller amounts of salt.

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