If you have cellulite, you may be looking in the mirror wondering whether or not you are healthy. You may be a little self-conscious, perhaps from a comment you overhead two senior citizens say about your legs when you were at the beach concession stand! You may be second-guessing and beating yourself mercilessly over nothing or you might have a valid reason. >>><<< Having cellulite does not necessarily mean you are unhealthy. Great, now since that’s out of the way, we can concentrate on other possibilities that may be out of your immediate control. Notice I said “immediate” and not “permanent”! You may be eating all the right foods, getting plenty of exercise, and living a healthy stress-free life. And yet, you still have cellulite. There are plenty of people with very little fat on their bodies who still have cellulite so don’t feel like you are all alone in the fight. If on the other hand, you feel as if you can do a whole lot better in the health and nutrition part of your life,you may want to assess where you are and what you can do to improve your body’s appearance. If you follow a poor diet and consume too many carbs and saturated fats, you can easily set yourself up for getting cellulite if you aren’t careful. With excess fat on your body, some experts say toxins can build up in the layer of fat beneath the skin and cause little gaps and bumps which give the appearance of cellulite. So, it is imperative that you stay away from fatty foods and unnecessary weight gain. There are other theories as to what causes cellulite. Some have to do with plain old hereditary factors as well as hormone imbalances. Others have to do with lack of circulation and lymphatic drainage problems. Whatever the case, you will be hard pressed to find out what is causing your cellulite until you really sit down and take inventory of yourself. For example, if you are in pretty good shape and you still have it, it’s probably due to hereditary factors. In this case, the problem issimply cosmetic and you may want to try something non-invasive and easy like body brushing. If you are slightly overweight, you can possibly get rid of a lot of your cellulite by exercising and getting rid of some weight. It’s time to be honest with yourself! Taking it one step further, if you have cellulite it doesn’t hurt to try to get in the best shape you possibly can by working out regularly, taking a multivitamin, and following a sensible, fairly low-carb and high protein diet to eliminate as much fat as possible from your body. At the same time, explore all the possibilities with different .