Help your skin: drop the sugar

With an ever-growing buzz around sugar, more people are beginning to understand the damaging effects it can have on our health.
As well as various health issues, sugar can be detrimental to our skin. As sugar is inflammatory, this can effectively break down our collagen and elastin which results in premature wrinkles and sagging. The effects of sugar can also exacerbate skin conditions such as acne.
The problem most people face is that sugar can be very difficult to keep track of – it sneaks into your diet in the most unexpected of places! Something as commonplace as your bread and milk can be hosting more sugar than you might expect. In fact, when you’re buying anything other than items from the outside aisles of your supermarket, you are probably purchasing a product laden with sugar.
But how do you avoid something that’s hiding everywhere?