What is the best diet for cellulite?

What is the best anti-cellulite diet? What are the best foods for cellulite?
Cellulite and diet
How do you define the ultimate cellulite diet?
Overall healthy nutrition
Anti-water retention diet / skin firming diet
The ideal cellulite diet (worst and best foods for cellulite)
In addition to an anti-cellulite diet have an anti-cellulite lifestyle
And that’s it
Get organised and start now - don’t wait to read thousands of pages first
Will my cellulite disappear with this diet?
Will I prevent cellulite from ever happening with this diet?

Cellulite and diet

How important diet is for cellulite? Diet is probably the most important thing.

Sure, you also need estrogen for cellulite (most men don’t have it for this reason). And inactivity makes things worse. And genetics do play a reason.

But without excess glucose (from starches and sweets) and fatty acids (from oils and fats) derived from diet, and without lack of polyphenols in the diet, hypodermal adipocytes (cellulite fat cells) cannot enlarge and retinaculae cutis (collagen bands) cannot pull skin down to reveal the familiar cellulite pattern.

And without lack of protein and polyphenols, dermis (the most important part of the skin) cannot become weak to allow skin to become deformed and allow the familiar cellulite pattern to be established.

It’s simple: diet, nutrition or whatever else you call it, is THE most important aspect of cellulite.

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So what is the best anti-cellulite diet? What are the best foods for cellulite?

The best diet for cellulite is one that, together with exercise, acts on all aspects of cellulite.

Such a diet is also naturally anti-ageing and can help prevent most of today’s degenerative diseases.

The main principles are:

High fibre, protein, polyphenol and omega-3 intake
Low sugar, starch, other fat, alcohol and processed food intake

Full analysis (16+10 points) follows below.

How do you define the ultimate cellulite diet?

Cellulite is an aesthetic condition that comprises seven physiological changes:

Hypodermal fat accumulation
Fibrosis
Connective tissue laxity
Impaired microcirculation
Collagen glycation
Free radical damage
Inflammation

A diet that can help prevent or improve most or all of those changes, is the ideal cellulite diet.

The diet components described below address all seven facets of cellulite - always together with exercise / physical activity.

Overall healthy nutrition

As the same things that cause cellulite are also responsible for most whole body skin ageing and degenerative diseases of the Western world, the ideal cellulite diet is also the ideal healthy diet and the ideal anti-ageing diet.

Anti-water retention diet / skin firming diet

The same principles listed below will also ensure skin stays firm - always in combination with physical activity and/or exercise.

So this diet is also a skin firmness preserving diet too. And the same diet principles will also help prevent / fight water retention too.

The ideal cellulite diet (worst and best foods for cellulite)

High in protein: fish, lean meat, poultry, game, eggs, pulses/legumes, tofu (and optionally whey protein / vegan protein / collagen protein powders)
Low in starch: potatoes, rice, wheat, corn, barley, rye etc
Low in dairy foods or in gluten, if sensitive
Very low in sugar: sugar (even raw cane sugar), honey, dates, fructose, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), rice syrup, agave syrup, maple syrup, fruit juices, fruit smoothies (except berry smoothies, which you can consume more of), fruit syrups and the foods that contain them, such as cookies, biscuits, ice cream, cakes, muffins, pastries, desserts etc
Very low in sweeteners: sucralose, aspartame, stevia etc
High in omega-3 fatty acids: flax seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, oily fish, fish oil (EPA and DHA), vegan EPA and DHA from algae
Low in other fats/oils, especially saturated fat: butter, fatty meat, cream, cheese etc (unless you follow a keto / very low carb diet). You can have avocados - and some extra virgin olive oil in moderation.
Very low in fried food, overcooked or charred food, hydrogenated/trans fats
Very high in fibre, polyphenols and carotenoids: vegetables, herbs, herbal teas, spices, berry fruits, berry smoothies, whole fruits
Low in fruit smoothies, other than berry smoothies
Low in sweet fruits
Medium in nuts and seeds (except chia and flax seeds, which you can consume more of)
Low in alcohol
Low in anything too processed: e.g. chickpea crisps, lentil puffs, soya milk, charred cauliflower “steaks”, fried watermelon “steaks”, ultra processed vegan “t’na” or “chik’n” and other similar abominable junk food that passes as ethical or healthy food just because it is vegan (not all junk food is obvious)
If you follow a low carb diet, you must follow points, #5, #8, #9, #10, #13 and #14: do not avoid fibre and polyphenols or eat junk because you went “low carb”
If you follow a vegan diet, ensure you get enough protein, folic acid, vitamin B12 and iron (most vegans don’t) and avoid vegan junk food, such as mentioned on #14. Stick to real veganism, i.e. lots of veg, fruit, herbs, pulses and nuts cooked healthily, not imitating meat and dairy.

(Example of an ideal anti-cellulite meal here.)

In addition to an anti-cellulite diet, have an anti-cellulite lifestyle

Drink lots of water: 2-4 litres a day, according to your body size
Sunbathe (without overdoing it); or at least take 3,000-5,000 IU of vitamin D per day (according to body size)
Discuss with your doctor about stopping the contraceptive pill / patch / injection
Do not smoke / vape
Do not take recreational drugs
Do not drink more than 3 cups of coffee day
Exercise - and keep physically active (e.g. walking), IN ADDITION to exercise
Take a good multivitamin / multi-mineral supplement (with enough iron and magnesium in it)
Sleep at least 7 hours a day
If in doubt about anything, consult your doctor first (this article does not constitute medical advice)

And that’s it

We could write a series of 300 page books on this, hiding this simple information behind hundreds of thousands of words, anecdotes, BS, fluff and “inspiring” recipes. However, we wanted to keep it straight to the point.

You can always look up low carb recipes online. And you can always read more about all the above points and justification of this diet on separate articles on this website.

But the hundreds of thousands of words would stop you from starting.

Get organised and start now - don’t wait to read thousands of pages first

So, most importantly, act on it now, instead of reading about it for years before you start acting.

Get organised. Dump all the unhealthy food you have stored in your cupboard, fridge and freezer, replace with all the healthy stuff, and start immediately.

Will my cellulite disappear with this diet?

Of course not. Established and/or extensive cellulite is impossible to eliminate completely with ANY method of ANY kind, including some extortionately priced “one-off” miracle treatments (especially not with those “miracle” treatments).

But such a diet, together with exercise and physical activity, will reduce cellulite on its own.

And in addition, this diet will form the basis of further and faster cellulite reduction with a strong cellulite treatments (deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and high-power ultrasound cavitation) and a real cellulite cream real (i.e. one with multiple, high-purity anti-cellulite actives in high concentrations), as part of an overall healthy lifestyle.

Will I prevent cellulite from ever happening with this diet?

Again, nothing biological can be guaranteed, especially guaranteed “forever”.

But such a diet, together with exercise and physical activity, is the best way to help you minimise your chances of developing cellulite.

And if cellulite develops, it will minimise its extent, as part of an overall healthy lifestyle.

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