The second approach to cellulite treatment is to stimulate the production of the matrix (GAGs) that make up connective tissue in your body. Providing your body with an ample supply of the essential nutrients that create and restore this matrix gives you the ability to form firm, defensive connective tissue. Having a strong dermis is essential in preventing and repairing cellulite and stretch marks. As you remember from Chapter 1, it is weakened or corrupted connective tissue in your skin, more specifically damaged dermis, that allows the fat cells that form cellulite to float to the surface and become bumps and dimples.
There is another very important reason to have strong, healthy connective tissue. The primary water reservoir for your entire body, and especially your skin, is the dermis. Whenever an organ in your body needs hydration, it can extract it from your dermis, which houses extra water. A strong dermis, with ample GAGs, can help keep all of your cells, from your liver to your skin, supplied with their ideal component of water, thereby functioning at their optimal level.
Three internal ingredients are necessary to form GAGs in your body. The first and most important is glucosamine, which is the primary building block of GAGs. It is B vitamins and trace minerals that your body employs to metabolize glucosamine into GAGs. Make sure your body has an ample supply of these nutrients in order to fortify your dermis.
Stimulate the Production of Collagen and Elastin
The third method of reversing and repairing cellulite is to ensure that your body has plenty of collagen and elastin to fortify your connective tissue and keep it strong. As you know, when the dermis is strong and structurally sound, fat cells are unable to break through it and show through the surface. In order to promote the production of collagen and elastin, you need to provide your body with the raw materials for their production. The building blocks for collagen and elastin are amino acids.

Attract Water to the Cells
The fourth important component to effective cellulite treatment is making sure that all of your cells are fully hydrated. When cells do not have enough water, they are severely weakened and are unable to stand up to the pressure of fat that is fighting its way to the surface of your skin. If you rehydrate and revitalize your cells, they can become strong and firm enough to push the cellulite-forming fat cells back where they belong, below the visible layers of your skin.
Healthy, hydrated cells make up skin that feels smooth and looks beautiful. Dehydrated cells have lost their barrier ability and can no longer keep toxins out and nutrients in. This is not true just of skin cells. This applies to cells all over your body. Proper water infusion helps you look beautiful and dimple-free. It also helps you to become healthier and less susceptible to disease.