Is vegan diet good for cellulite?

Veganism and cellulite

• “Vegan diet is healthy, so it must be good to help get rid of cellulite, right”?

• Sugar and hydrogenated fats are vegan - but nobody would call them healthy

• Junk vegan food causes cellulite, doesn’t reduce it

• A real vegan diet is a great cellulite diet

• Have a vegan protein shake too, for skin firmness’ sake

• Fresh and healthy food means beautiful and healthy body

• Check our professional consultancy for a masterclass in radiofrequency, ultrasound cavitation, cellulite and skin tightening

“Vegan diet is healthy, so it must be good to help get rid of cellulite, right”?

This is a question I often hear at the clinic and my answer is: “Not necessarily”.

Indeed veganism, or at least vegetarianism is good for the planet, and indeed both can potentially be good for your health and appearance, but not necessarily.

Sugar and hydrogenated fats are vegan - but nobody would call them healthy

Sugar for example is vegan, but it is the opposite of healthy. The same applies to hydrogenated fats. Or white bread and white rice. Or french fries, made with oil fried 20-times-over.

Those foods are definitely NOT good for your health, skin, your circulation or, for that matter, cellulite.

Junk vegan food causes cellulite, doesn’t reduce it

Not to mention the ghastly plant milks, factory processed and packed in cartons with polyethylene lining.

Paying for 99% water and 1% almonds in it is utter stupidity. Plus there is the carbon footprint of transporting basically water in a plastic container for hundreds or thousands of miles. And no, 99% of people do not bother to make their own almond “mylk” at home.

Not good for the planet, not very nutritious and not good for health either. Unless you think ultra-processed food with polyethylene microplastics floating in it is good for your health or your cellulite.

And of course there is the other category of ultra-processed factory foods, those animal food imitations.

If you are serious about being vegan, why do you need to think about animal products all the time, with stupid animal food imitation names such as chik’n, t’na, mylk etc? That’s a mockery of true veganism.

And what’s with the chargrilled (basically burned) cauliflower “steaks” to imitate a charred beef steak? There is no goodness in a burned vegetable covered with burned soy sauce - just pure cancer.

Just eat some nice aloo gobi or cauliflower salad with lemon and olive oil instead of trying to recreate an animal steak from a vegetable.

And the same applies to watermelon steak, an extremely unhealthy recipe, involving frying the natural sugars of the watermelon and leading to advanced glycation end products and zero protein. There is no goodness there, just nutritional junk.

The above are examples of what I call ‘vegan junk food’ and that kind of veganism is not good either for your health, your cellulite or the planet.

A real vegan diet is a great cellulite diet

Personally, if I feel like having some vegan food, I cook or buy some time-honoured, delicious Indian, Greek, Italian, French, Lebanese, Thai, Mexican, you name it, TRADITIONAL plant-only dishes, instead of ultra-processed, chemical cr’p (excuse the pan), laden with salt, sugar and questionable oils and fats, made in a factory and packed in plastic - or worse, in a BPA-laden tin/can.

In fact up until a few decades ago the vast majority of the world’s population was eating wholesome vegan food 90% of the time, simply because they couldn’t afford animal food.

So there is a huge repertory of wonderful traditional vegan recipes from around the world to choose from, instead of consuming chickpea “t’na”, “mylk“ and burned cauliflower “steaks”.

So if veganism means consuming lots of vegetables, berries and other fruits, pulses, nuts, herbs and spices, all fresh and cooked minimally at low temperatures (instead of canned, ultra-processed, charred or fried), then, yes, a vegan diet is great for cellulite prevention and reduction, as well as for overall health.

Just make sure you avoid frying, charring and consuming trans fats, too little protein, too much fat (even healthy fat) or too much sugar.

Have a vegan protein shake too, for skin firmness’ sake

If you are a vegan or vegetarian make sure you have a vegan protein powder shake every day to make up for the vegan protein shortfall:

• No, you can’t eat pulses every single day

• Nuts have way too much fat to consume in high quantities

• And no, the “you don’t need much protein” mantra is totally wrong - you do need protein to maintain firm skin

Better still, have a “vegan collagen” protein powder, i.e. a vegan protein powder with extra glycine, proline and hydroxyproline aminoacids, necessary to make skin collagen.

Fresh and healthy food means beautiful and healthy body

For a beautiful and healthy body you need physical activity and a diet rich in fresh foods packed with fibre, polyphenols, vitamins, protein and some healthy oils. It doesn’t matter if it is vegan or not.

But if it has to be vegan for ethical reasons, it better be fresh and real vegan, not ultra-processed and animal food imitation vegan.

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