Nigella Lawson is apparently the picture of youth
Here's some news which is likely to make you rejoice and reach for the chocolate- apparently dieting make us look older.
New research has suggested that women over 40 who lose 10lbs, can be aged as much as four years, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Apparently if you have soft features and chubby cheeks, like domestic goddess Nigella Lawson then you look younger, reports Marie Claire.
American researchers monitored the body mass index and apparent age of 200 pairs of identical twins for two years, to see the effects of dieting.
"A BMI higher by four points was found to result in a younger appearance of between two and four years in women over 40 years old," said Dr Bahaman Guyuron of Case Western Reverse University in the US.
Rajiv Grover, secretary of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, told the Daily Mail that the problem can be compounded by irregular or yoyo dieting.
"The more fat that is preserved in the face, particularly the cheeks, the more you will preserve the facial proportions of youth," he said.
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