Wedding Diet: 10 Foods to avoid before the big day

Karen GEORGE

08 Jul 2015

updated the 6 October 2015 à 22:54

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Dairy products
Yoghurt, cheese, milk and other dairy based products should be avoided at all costs a week or two before the wedding as they contain an enzyme called lactase, which our bodies struggle to break down. This indigestion leads to hours of uncomfortable gas and bloating, so consider yourself warned!
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Junk food
It might be tempting (and convenient) to reach for fast food when you’re busy planning your wedding and don’t have time to plan a well-cooked meal but the fat, sodium and sugar packed into junk food certainly doesn't bode well for your weight. Unless you want to walk down the aisle with a food-induced baby bump beneath your dress, it’s best to banish junk food from your diet once and for all – or at least 1 month before the wedding.
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Cruciferous vegetables
We’re usually throwing our support behind the consumption of leafy greens but in light of your upcoming wedding, it’s best to avoid cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli and brussel sprouts as they’re loaded with cellulose, a type of fibre that requires our stomachs to go into overdrive to digest. The result? A bloated belly with accompanying gas that might last the entire duration of your wedding!
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Onions
Don’t get us wrong – we love onions, just not two or three days before our wedding. These tasty little vegetables will leave you with an unmistakable onion odour that isn’t very pleasant to say the least. You’re going to be greeting guests and most importantly kissing the groom on your big day, so stay clear of the onions – whether in salads or sandwiches and you’re good to go!
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Spicy food
Unless you’ve been genetically bred for spicy food, it’s best to save the hot stuff for after the wedding. Spicy food will heat up your body and cause unnecessary sweating. Also, you have no idea how your stomach might react to the spiciness. To ensure you survive that walk down the aisle without the urgent need to make multiple pit stops at the restroom, it’s best to avoid chili and all things spicy a week before the wedding.
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Chewing gum
Lose that pack of chewing gum or risk being a bloated bride on your big day! Most gums contain sugar alcohols, where much like artificial sweeteners, they’re a major cause for bloating. Plus, every time you chew, you’re swallowing more air to puff up your belly!
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Alcohol
You might want to tone down the toasting and bachelorette party cocktails until the big day as most alcoholic beverages are high in calories and are known to increase your appetite, resulting in unnecessary weight gain. Alcohol also causes water retention and puffiness and did we mention the pounding headaches you’ll get the morning after? You should start avoiding alcohol 2 week before the big day, but if you don’t want to be the party pooper, opt for a low calorie drink like a gin and tonic and make sure you don’t go beyond 2 glasses.
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Carbonated drinks
We already know fizzy drinks are bad for us on any given day, but more so when we’re on wedding watch. Soft drinks have a reputation for making you bloated and when you throw in the gas and belching, it certainly doesn’t sit well on our wedding approved diet list. You don’t want to be belching out your “I do’s” now do you?
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Salty food
Cheese, potato chips, bacon, you know the drill. Salty foods may be enjoyable but in the days leading up to your wedding it’s best to stay clear of these sodium rich foods as they only cause you to retain excess water and give you a puffy, bloated face, a look no bride wants to spot on her wedding day
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Caffeine
Your daily Starbucks routine is not only messing with your sleep, it’s also puffing up your belly! Caffeine is a diuretic which means it reduces the amount of water in your body. Lack of water can lead to dehydration, oily skin and a puffy face as the cells in your body struggle to retain all the moisture they can find, which in turn leads to water retention in the form of a bloated face and body.

Here’s everything that you should skip to avoid looking like a bloated bride on your wedding day.

Your wedding is going to be one of the most memorable days of your life – hopefully for the right reasons and not because you couldn’t squeeze into your wedding gown or you had an allergic reaction to last night’s seafood dinner. Or worse still, you couldn’t even make it down the aisle because of a severe case of food poisoning.

Like it or not, the food you eat has a consequence on your physical health which in turn can wreak havoc on your big day if you don’t keep the food intake in check. So as tough as it is, it’s time to go on a wedding diet so you can enjoy a healthy, medication-free ceremony.

Our gallery holds a roundup of the 10 foods to steer clear of so you can arrive at the alter looking and feeling your absolute best.

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