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Unless you were born with the perfect combination of genetics, wrinkles are an unavoidable fact of life: all skin will eventually form wrinkles. But that doesn’t mean you can’t put off developing wrinkles for a long time. Skin is more prone to damages that cause signs of aging as we reach our mid-twenties and continue aging, but developing the right skincare habits can help prevent wrinkles from forming. There are many routine mistakes a lot of people make that cause wrinkles. The one that surprises most people? Drinking iced tea.
The most common beauty mistakes that cause wrinkles are directly related to your skincare routine - forgetting to moisturize, use sunscreen or cleanse daily will cause wrinkles to form prematurely,according to experts. But topical mistakes aren’t the only things that cause wrinkles. Remember: skin is an organ, so it reacts to foods and drinks you consume.
Eating too much sugar can cause wrinkles to develop. In fact, sugar fast tracks the aging process on skin because it dehydrates it. This means that sugar can cause wrinkles, fine lines, dark spots and a dull texture if consumed too regularly. Now, we’re not saying that you must forgo all sugar from your diet to ensure a youthful complexion for as long as possible, but you should cut sugar out wherever you can.
Sugary drinks are the first thing you should eliminate from your diet because they just aren’t necessary. There are many tasty beverages made without sugar, so why waste your daily sugar intake on a drink? Even if you’ve already cut soda drinks out from your diet, you might still be drinking a lot of sugar because iced tea has just as high of a sugar count.
Most people would assume that iced tea is a healthy drink, but most bottled iced tea brands put as much as 42 grams of added sugar into each serving. That is 59% of your daily recommended intake! Instead of risking wrinkles, you can try to brew your own iced tea and flavor it with honey and lemon to keep your sugar intake as low as possible.
