“I never understood how food which is bad for the body can be good for the “soul”, especially when consumed not as an exception but rather as a rule. The fact is that food high in fat, seed oils, excessive carbs and sugar, all cooked at high temperatures (e.g. fried or excessively grilled) is not good for body health, including skin health and cellulite. Comfort food can potentially be wholesome if cooked with clean ingredients and in a healthy way but that requires a culture change away from our “just eat” takeaway culture and towards cooking at home with body health in mind - and such food is also good for the “soul”.”
How London’s comfort eating, ‘soul’ food and street food trends cause cellulite
Soul food, street food and comfort food vs metabolic inflammation and cellulite
How Western diet and lifestyle causes cellulite
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Soul food, street food and comfort food vs metabolic inflammation and cellulite
Food “good for the soul”
Overcast weather In London most of the year, and at least in the winter in most places in the world quite often results in fatigue and low mood, which prompts us to consume more caffeine to stay stimulated and alert and fatty/sugary/stodgy food to derive comfort.
This sugar/caffeine rush may fight fatigue but they also increase the waistline, create lots of fresh cellulite and, ultimately, lead to exhaustion. This means more sugar, more caffeine and more fatty/sugary/stodgy “comfort” food, for a never ending vicious circle.
Not to mention all the “comforting” alcohol (well, more on that on another article)...
A little bit will not harm, but the fact is that continuous consumption of comfort food for years results in overweight, obesity, civilisation diseases and, yes, cellulite.
The same applies to the so-called “soul food” and street food, which usually mean fried, charred and smoked food comprising saturated fat, seed oils, sugar, lots of refined carbs and few vegetables - clearly not the best type of food for your blood vessels, brain, liver, joints, skin and, yes, cellulite again.
I do not understand what makes unhealthy food, cooked unhealthily, good for the “soul”. Yes, it is comforting and occasionally food comfort is important. But consuming comfort/soul/street food continuously - as many people do these days with London’s rampant takeaway “just eat” culture - is detrimental to health.
Indeed, ‘soul food’ and ‘street food’ played a role in the past, when people who mainly did heavy manual labour for a living needed a source of thousands of concentrated calories to get them through the day. In fact, millions of hard working people still depend on it today. It is not the healthiest food but provides needed calories.
Sure, these were/are still unhealthy calories but the amount and quality of fat, sugar, carbs and overall calories was/is partially compensated by the amount of manual labour (i.e. physical exercise) undertaken throughout the day.
Today, few of us work manually for 8 - let alone 12 or 16 - hours a day, so continuously consuming fatty/sugary/starchy/calorific food, all fried up and quite often smoked up and charred up makes no sense: it can only cause damage to our whole body health, skin health and thigh and butt health and appearance (i.e. cellulite).
Sure, occasionally eaten street/comfort/’soul’ food - can be relatively healthy, especially when made with fresh, ‘clean’ ingredients and cooked without frying, charring or smoking but this is usually the exception rather than the rule.
How Western diet and lifestyle causes cellulite
The effect is always the same: adhering to the typical Western diet, activity patterns, stress and lifestyle (which more and more people around the world do, even in developing nations), has a negative effect on overall health, and specifically on the skin.
Metabolic inflammation, oxidative damage, poor circulation, glycation are all hallmarks of this lifestyle and are directly responsible for cellulite, skin laxity, water retention and skin ageing.
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