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LOOK YEARS YOUNGER IN SIX WEEKS
REMEMBER that radiant glow you had way back in your younger days? The clear skin, untroubled by redness, dryness or fine lines?
Well, it needn’t be a distant memory. With my help, you can eat your way to fabulous skin in just six weeks.
No doubt you’ll already have seen the first two parts of my delicious food and skincare plan, which took in the first four weeks.
The next part of the plan, which is taken from my new book Skin, and covers weeks five and six, is exclusively serialised here in today’s Mail.
Today, we’re going to focus on balance and maintaining our new radiance. I’ll show you how food combining — where you don’t eat carbohydrates and protein at the same time — can help your skin, and give you a guide to juicing to supercharge your radiant glow.
By the time you’ve been following my advice for four weeks and eating the mouthwatering meals I’ve created, your skin should be looking more youthful than ever. But after weeks five and six of my plan, it’ll look the best it ever has…
MY FOOLPROOF RECIPE FOR PERFECT SKIN
SOME people swear by food combining, not only as a way of losing weight, but also for better digestive balance and energy. At its most basic, food combining means not eating foods that ‘fight’ at the same meal — like proteins and carbohydrates.
Many of the recipes in my plan — like my crustless quiche and veggie risotto — follow this concept.
Food combining was first developed back in the Twenties by Dr William Hay to treat his own health problems. His theory is that protein and carbohydrate are difficult to digest together, so by separating them and eating them in different meals the body uses food more efficiently and the digestive system is less stressed.
There’s little hard scientific evidence to prove this but, in practice, many people discover that after a couple of weeks on a food- combining regime they notice weight loss, better energy levels and healthier-looking skin.
Dr Hay believed that food combining was of great benefit to patients suffering from conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and allergies. It can also be helpful with skin conditions such as cellulite, psoriasis and eczema.
FOOD COMBINING THE EASY WAY
THE main rule of food combining is to not mix carbohydrates (such as grains, bread, cereal, potatoes and sugar) with proteins (such as meat, fish, eggs and cheese) and acid fruits ( grapefruits, oranges, lemons, etc). The following are the basic guidelines:
MAKE sure that vegetables, salad and fruit form the bulk of your diet.
DON’T eat starches and sugars at the same meal as proteins and acid fruits. Meals should be either starch-based (such as a baked potato and salad) or protein-based (such as fish and green vegetables).
AVOID processed and refined foods such as white flour, sugar and processed fats.
SWAP refined carbohydrates for wholegrains, such as wholemeal bread and pasta, or wholegrain brown rice.
Eat protein, starches and fats in moderation.
EVERY day, have one wholly alkaline meal. See yesterday’s exclusive pullout for more information on acid and alkaline foods), one protein meal and one carbohydrate meal.
IDEALLY, leave a four-hour gap between a starch-based meal and a protein-based meal.
TRY to have a day a month when you eat only one kind of fresh fruit, such as apples, pears, kiwi or grapes.
This is a great way to ‘detoxify’ and give your digestive system a rest.