“What is your beauty tip/secret you can share with our audience?” - Entertainment Interviewer
“Drink plenty of water and apply sunscreen every day.” –Celebrity
BARF! If I have to read/hear this response one more time…I’m
going to rant. Sorry to those who believe this garbage, but hanging out in the
bathroom all day smelling like coco-nutty chemicals doesn’t make you beautiful.
You don’t need to drink 8 glasses of water a day.
Remember, there is water in food and if you eat healthy food
(whole/unprocessed – NOT GRAINS) you will not need as much water as you would
if you ate a standard American diet. So where did we get the 8 glasses a day
myth? In the 1940’s the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine
stated we needed to drink 1ml per calorie consumed while promoting the need for
2000 calories a day = ~2 liters or 8 eight ounce glasses. What was not as
widely advertised: most of that water comes from our food. It gets better. The more
water sucking grains and carb (sweet tasting) you consume the more water you
will need/crave. Drink water when you are thirsty – don’t guzzle it down to
make your quota for the day.
You don’t need to apply sunscreen every day.
But the sunscreen companies would like you to. So women are
supposed to shower, exfoliate, apply lotion and sunscreen, and then put on makeup?
Every day? Hmm, sounds time consuming and sticky to me. How about a real
answer: eat foods high in lycopene (tomatoes, carrots, watermelons, and
papayas) to protect your skin from the sun rays.
Over the summer I was out on
the lake boating with my family. I’d been consuming tomatoes and carrots for
several weeks and while they were slathering on the sunscreen, I was already
out on the inner-tube soaking up the sun. No sunscreen. No sunburn. In fact, I had a nice tan, but that was
probably built up from spending time outside walking/sprinting/playing. Now I
do think sunscreen has a time and a place. If you have fair skin, haven’t been
outside for a lengthy period of time in a while, or are going near the equator
for a vacation then sunscreen is a good idea. You don’t need it if you are
going to be outside for 10 minutes going to and from work.
You may be investing more money into your food by being
Paleo/Primal, but you are saving on sunscreen and your water bill. Ok, maybe
that’s a bit of a stretch, but it will definitely help you on my next topic:
Makeup.
Krista
