How your diet could be ruining your beauty 'tweakments'
Have you ever had a ‘tweakment’? With around 7.7 million people in the UK, or roughly one in 10 of the population, having had botox, filler or another aesthetic treatment in the past year according to recent research, it’s like you may have.
Tweakments, which is ‘tweak’ and ‘treatment’ combined and refers to minimally invasive procedures such as botox or fillers, has seen a steady rise in popularity over the past few years.
In fact, a 2022 audit from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPs) found that the demand for botox grew by 124% in the past year alone - but did you know your diet could be hindering these beauty efforts?
"When people have a sculpting treatment, they automatically think they can go back to their lifestyle and still keep up with the positive changes that their treatments have had," Lumenis practitioner, Dr Saleena Zimri, says.
"However, proper nutrition is important to achieving and maintaining your face and body contouring goals."
With this in mind, Dr Zimri outlines the best - and worst - food to consume following a tweakment.
The worst foods to eat after a tweakment
Dr Zimri says it’s best to consume a healthy diet to help make your tweakments more beneficial, including limiting the amount of fizzy drinks, sugary cereals and fast food you consume.
The foods to limit include:
Fizzy drinks
Sugary cereal
Fast food
Ice cream, chocolate, donuts, biscuits and desserts.
Coffee made with sugar syrup and cream
Alcohol
Pizza, fries, burgers and crisps
The best foods to eat after a tweakment
Eating a balanced diet of three nutritious meals a day is the best way to maintain your tweakment results, Dr Zimri says. These include:
Whole grain bread, such as dark rye, barley, or whole wheat breads
Grains, such as oatmeal, brown rice, wild rice, or quinoa
Fiber-rich fruits include bananas, mangoes, oranges, apples, strawberries or raspberries.
Dark coloured vegetables such as spinach, asparagus, green bell peppers, broccoli, avocados, artichokes, potatoes, corn
Beans and legumes like navy beans, black beans, pinto beans, lentils, or chickpeas in your meals.
Nuts and Seeds such as sunflower seeds, ground flaxseed, chia seeds, and pistachios
Oils such as olive oil, coconut oil, flaxseed oil, and avocado oil
Fatty fish like salmon, sardines, mackerel, trout, and tuna
Lean protein like turkey, chicken, and seafood
Dr Zimri also advises drinking plenty of water as "proper hydration is essential for flushing out toxins released by destroyed fat cells and helping with overall detoxification".
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