We receive many questions about skin and skin problems. To tackle skin issues, it’s important to identify the cause. It’s not enough to just relieve symptoms on the surface of the skin.
Common symptoms can include acne, eczema, rosacea, redness, inflammation, dry skin, or premature aging. These symptoms may indicate an imbalance in the body that needs adjustment.
To achieve younger, firmer, clearer, and radiant skin, there are things you can add to your lifestyle.
4 things to consider for younger skin
1. How is your gut feeling?
In nutritional medicine, skin health is often linked to gut health.
2. How do you manage stress?
Stress affects overall health, including digestion and the skin.
3. What do you eat daily?
Most of us need to review our dietary choices to keep our skin happy. That doesn’t mean you have to be super strict; it’s the daily, consistent choices that matter most.
4. Do you use natural skincare without harmful ingredients?
For the healthiest skin possible, we need to minimize harmful additives.
7 foods, supplements, and superfoods that support healthy skin
1. Healthy gut bacteria
…because health starts in the gut!
We get many good gut bacteria from the right diet and fermented foods like sauerkraut, miso soup, tempeh, kefir, and some from yogurt.
But that’s not always enough; if you have a severe imbalance or have taken antibiotics for a long time, it’s recommended to take a probiotic supplement (lactic acid bacteria), which can be one of the most important supplements you can choose.
2. Omega fatty acids
Enjoy healthy fats like avocado, olive oil, coconut oil, algae oil, avocado oil, hemp oil, flaxseed oil, borage oil, sea buckthorn oil, black cumin oil, and other oils you like daily.
Omega-3 fatty acids can counteract red, dry, or itchy skin. Omega-3 helps improve the skin’s barrier function and inflammation, which is a common problem with acne and psoriasis.
Many swear that Omega 3 helps with eczema, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis.
3. B vitamins
We’ve all probably heard that B vitamins are good for both skin and hair. AFA blue-green algae and spirulina are rich in B vitamins, as are spinach, parsley, peas, broccoli, asparagus, avocado, legumes, yogurt, eggs, and shellfish.
You can also take a B-complex supplement.
Several B vitamins are used therapeutically for various skin issues, which you can read more about in Cecilia's (Morotsliv) blog here.
4. Zinc
Zinc is required for the production of collagen, a connective tissue necessary for skin repair and regeneration.
Zinc is a powerful mineral in preventing wrinkles, sun damage, inflammation (acne, rosacea), and pigmentation disorders (melasma).
Eat zinc-rich foods like pumpkin, sunflower, and sesame seeds, various nuts, chickpeas, kidney beans, cocoa powder, spinach, and spirulina. Or you can take zinc supplements.
Remember: Eczema and acne can be caused by a deficiency of zinc and B vitamins in the body.
5. Sulfur
Sulfur gives the skin radiance and glow. Many use sulfur to combat acne.
Where do we find sulfur? In lovely greens like arugula, kale, watercress, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and also in maca.
Or you can take a sulfur supplement like MSM, often called the beauty mineral.
MSM is not sulfur itself, but an organic compound that contains sulfur. It is the same sulfur naturally found in the body and in vegetables.
MSM is said to support healthy bones and promote skin, hair, and nails.
6. Silica
Silica is a crucial mineral that keeps the skin happy.
Silica-rich foods include green beans, nettles, oats, millet, artichokes, asparagus, beets, romaine lettuce, baby spinach, herbs like horsetail, and mineral water.
We can also take mineral supplements or mineral drops. Mineral drops contain both silica and sulfur.
Other mineral-rich products are AFA algae, spirulina, and seaweed.
7. Antioxidants
Everyone has probably heard that antioxidants mean "anti-aging" and that they counteract skin aging.
Important antioxidants include carotenoids, Q10, resveratrol, astaxanthin, vitamins E and C.
How do you get a lot of antioxidants?
We can eat carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, cabbage, and dandelion leaves for vitamin A.
Yellow bell pepper, kale, papaya, pineapple, berries, acai, camu camu, kiwi, goji berries, and broccoli for vitamin C.
Hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, spinach, avocado, and vegetable oils for vitamin E.
Yes, choose all the colorful ones!
We can also get these nutrients through supplements to consume larger amounts. For example, astaxanthin is found in the amazing Biosuperfood.
Drinks that support healthy skin
Feel free to drink organic green tea, horsetail tea or Spring Dragon tea, 1-2 cups a day.
Green tea protects the skin from sun damage and studies have shown it reduces redness – but it's important to choose a high-quality organic green tea without sugar.
And don't forget, clean water is also very important for the skin's hydration and detox!
