Awakening and so given to us with difficulty, and if we also see in the mirror swollen eyelids and puffy face, the mood will definitely spoil for the whole day. This effect can occur not only because of lack of sleep.
The appearance of swelling provokes the consumption of some products at night.
We tell about them in more detail so that you know the enemy in person.
1. Sweets
Even a small piece of doughnut can cause swelling.
We know, a cup of tea and favorite sweets at night in the form of sweets, cookies, waffles, cakes - it's sacred. However, we advise you to feel sorry for your figure and the person for whom evening tea parties are a real test. Confectionery contains a large amount of sugar and fat, and as you know - it is a real rattlesnake mixture, provoking the accumulation of fluid in the body. Fat needs water to process sugar, that's from it and delays, and the result, in the truest sense of the word, on the face. If you can not resist the sweet before going to bed, prefer fruits and berries, then you will wake up with fresh and beautiful skin.
2. Semi-finished
Dumplings are better to eat for lunch.
A variety of sausages, dumplings, fast-food cutlets are dangerous for the reason that fast food: they have a lot of salt and harmful additives, which negatively affect not only the stomach, but also other organs. So leave the doctor's sausage sandwich for breakfast, and for dinner prepare baked fish or boil a piece of chicken fillet. This food is much more useful, plus it is low-calorie.
3. Conservation
There's a lot of salt in pickles.
Whatever canned product we take, it will be either oversalted or oversaturated. Jam, corn, pickled cucumbers and tomatoes - all these products are better not to eat before going to bed. If you go on about their desires and taste preferences, you can get an increased load on the kidneys or on the pancreas. As a result - dehydration, loss of skin tone, expansion of the vascular mesh and puffiness of the face, which is so desirable to avoid. To wake up in the morning fresh and rested, replace pickled cucumbers with fresh, and jam - berries and fruits. Just note that some of them, such as bananas or grapes, are very caloric.
4. Gas-forming products
Rediscus and cabbage provoke the formation of gases.
Another reason why the face swells is the formation of gases. Therefore, immediately exclude from the evening menu cola, lemonade and similar drinks, as well as some vegetables: corn, broccoli, eggplant, radish, Brussels and white cabbage. Despite the large amount of vitamins and nutrients they contain, these vegetables produce intestinal gas, provoking swelling. Girls in premenstrual and menstrual periods are in a special risk zone.
5. Fast Food
The burger will negatively affect not only the figure, but also the face.
The next time you go for a walk in the evening with friends, bypass McDonald's party, otherwise you will not be able to restrain yourself and be sure to order a burger with fries. Do not argue, it is very tasty and avoid such dishes should not always, but if you eat them before going to bed, in the morning will have to "enjoy" their reflection with swollen eyelids and bags under the eyes. The fact that fast food contains a lot of salt, and to resist its attack, the body has to hold water. Hence the appearance of unpleasant swelling.
6. Alcohol
Refrain from wine, even dry wine.
Another forbidden fruit that is very sweet. Sometimes, the desire to drink a glass of dry wine at dinner or enjoy the taste of cold beer while watching your favorite TV series is so irresistible that we spit on all the recommendations of doctors. But alcohol also provokes the appearance of swelling, as it disrupts the distribution of fluid in the body. Alcohol molecules through cell membranes get from the bloodstream into soft tissues, each of which pulls several water molecules. This is how the liquid accumulates in the tissues and creates swelling.
7. Dairy products
The cottage cheese has a lot of sodium, which breaks the water-salt balance.
And you, Brutus? Dairy products are also better not to consume at night, as they contribute to the accumulation of fluid in the body. They contain a large amount of sodium, especially in cottage cheese. And as we know from the school chemistry course, salt is sodium chloride. And there is such a thing as water-salt balance, the violation of which leads to the accumulation of fluid and, as a result, puffiness. If you want to avoid it, replace regular milk with almond or soy, but without additives in the form of banana or strawberries. As for yoghurts and coffee, they are also better to take on alternative milk. It is good that on the shelves of supermarkets such products in abundance.
8. Bread and baked goods
Don't cut bread for dinner.
There is a feeling that absolutely all the products that we love cause swelling, because bread is also among them, just like buns, pies, pizzas, etc. Nigma Talib, nutritionist and naturopath, claims that gluten, which is contained in bread and white flour products, can be the main cause of swelling. Scientists even use a special term that perfectly describes this condition - gluten face. Fortunately, wheat products do not always provoke puffiness - people with individual gluten intolerance are most vulnerable to it. In the morning they can swell their eyelids, swell and blush cheeks.
Also, experts believe that excess gluten can harm even a perfectly healthy person, so you need to be extremely careful with the number of baked goods consumed. Try though for two or three weeks to give up bread in the evening, and you will notice that in the morning from the mirror you will stop looking swollen face.
How to deal with swelling
Reflection with swelling is not very happy.
If you do include banned foods from our list in your evening diet, the situation can be corrected. There are several ways to neutralize their action:
To expel excess fluid from the body, you need to... drink more water, that's the paradox. The fact that heavy drinking makes the kidneys work harder and, thus, faster to wash out of the body salt and sugar.
Another option is to have a cup of chamomile or mint tea. The main advantage of these drinks in this context is that they prevent the formation of gases in the body.
Urinary preparations are better to postpone until they are prescribed by a doctor, but a good alternative will be a bunch of fresh parsley. Our ancestors used it as a diuretic, and in this role the greens performed very well. The same effect has cranberry juice without sugar and compote of dried apricots.