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5 Skin-Aging Foods To Stop Eating Now
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Soft Drink
It's the leading source of added sugar in the average American's diet (we consume a whopping 22 teaspoons of the sweet stuff a day). "They're pure sugar, which reaches the bloodstream fairly quickly and causes a surge in blood sugar that speeds up glycation," Katta says. Stay away from diet drinks, too: They're high in caffeine, which can make skin look temporarily worse by dehydrating it. (The jury's still out on artificial sweeteners. "We don't know the effects long-term of aspartame and other sweeteners on the skin," Katta adds.)
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