What is the biggest cause of cellulite?

“TL;DR: In today’s Western world sugar is the most important cause of cellulite, with the contraceptive pill, fried food, excess calories overall, inactivity, smoking and alcohol, also being important contributors.”

What is the most important cause of cellulite?

• Sugar is the biggest cause of cellulite today

• What about all the other causes of cellulite?

• Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment in London with the experts

• Advanced, infrared / blue / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia

• The Cellulite School™: Get advanced training in cellulite reduction and skin tightening

Sugar is the biggest cause of cellulite today

Cellulite has multiple causes, both genetic, hormonal and lifestyle-related so for each person there can be a different cause. Also, in all health and aesthetic conditions, usually 3-4 factors coincide to bring them about. So for most people there are 3-4 causes coinciding.

However, today in the Western world we can safely say that sugar, in all it guises is the number one cause of cellulite today:

• white sugar, brown sugar, high fructose corn syrup, sucrose, glucose/dextrose, maltose, fructose, honey, corn syrup, apple syrup, maple syrup, rice syrup and all other kinds of different “syrups”

• and of course all the different pastries, desserts, cakes, cookies, croissants, confectionary and other foods that contain te above forms of suga

• unfortunately, artificial and natural sweeteners do not help and some of them are detrimental to health

So all in all, to put it simply anything sweet causes cellulite or is not good for you. This is not to say that we should never consume a ‘treat’ but we should treat ‘treats’ for what they are - treats - and consume them rarely.

I know this is difficult for most people but life is all about choices and outcomes. We can consume more sugar and ‘treat’ ourselves and get cellulite, weight gain, skin and blood vessel ageing and inflammation or we can consume little sugar and have better health and better skin. There is no other way.

What about all the other causes of cellulite?

For some people or some groups of people other major causes of cellulite are equally or more important, depending on their lifestyle:

• For young people the contraceptive pill is a very important cause, as it stimulates hypodermal fat accumulation on the thighs and quite often affects blood circulation

• Fried food is lethal for both skin and blood vessels, plus provides excess calories, so cultures who consume too much fried food may be affected more

• Inactivity is a major cause of cellulite, as it leads to skin laxity, poor circulation and fat accumulation

• Overall excess calories, even derived from “healthy” carbs or “healthy” fats will also lead to fat accumulation and cellulite

• And for many people, sugar consumption is combined with fried oils and too many calories (a donut is a good example of all 3 evils in one place) plus inactivity plus hormonal contraception, which is a good example of 3-4 lifestyle factors colluding to cause cellulite

• If you add alcohol drinking and smoking/vaping to all the above factors, cellulite is guaranteed - perhaps not immediately but in a few years definitely so

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