The skin is the body's largest organ and one of our most important elimination organs alongside the liver, kidneys, and colon.
We receive many questions about skin problems. To overcome skin problems, it's important to first identify the underlying cause. Simply relieving symptoms is not enough.
Often, the underlying problems manifest as symptoms such as acne, eczema, rosacea, redness, inflammation, dry skin, brittle nails, or premature aging. These symptoms frequently point to an imbalance that you can adjust.
Beauty Comes From Within
In nutritional medicine, the skin is often related to the liver and digestive health. When you have an imbalance in these internal organs, it can manifest through the skin. The key to healthy and radiant skin literally goes through the stomach.
Most of us need to review our dietary choices and take the right nutritional supplements to keep our skin happy and radiant. We might also need to do regular detox cures to support the body's cleansing system and reduce the burden on the skin.
Beyond dietary choices, it's also important to:
– Avoid harmful substances from conventional skincare products (by using natural and organic skincare).
– Balance stress in life.
– Exercise and sweat regularly to help the skin stay as healthy as possible.
What Can You Eat for Healthy Skin?
Food for Radiant Skin
What you choose to avoid is just as important as what you choose to consume. Food that disrupts your liver and intestines is ultimately also harmful to your skin. Therefore, avoid or minimize:
Avoid:
Sugar
Wheat flour
Cheap fats such as peanut oil, soybean oil, margarine, etc.
Very fatty, deep-fried or fried food in large amounts
Artificial flavors and preservatives.
Eat More of:
Vegetables rich in beta-carotene, chlorophyll, and antioxidants support the skin by helping the body fight free radicals and protect against external influences from sun, weather, and wind. Especially good are broccoli, tomatoes, green leaves, cucumber, bell peppers, carrots, sprouts, pumpkin, zucchini, celery, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, and beets.
You can also choose green powder mixes if you prefer to get as much green nutrition as possible in a simple and concentrated form. For example: E3live, Green Magic, Barley grass juice and Spirulina.
Fruits and berries rich in life-giving water, antioxidants, and vitamins help transport nutrients to the skin while clearing away waste products. Examples: avocado, papaya, goji berries, schisandra, apples, banana, lemon, lime, kiwi, pomegranate, pineapple, watermelon, pears.
Healthy oils, as the skin needs a certain amount of high-quality fatty acids to be at its best. These are good both to eat and to apply to the skin:
Olive oil
Algae oil
Hemp oil
Hemp seeds
Evening primrose oil
Borage oil
Coconut oil
Black seed oil
Herbs and spices are like concentrated injections of antioxidants and phytonutrients that help the body protect skin cells from external influences. Here are some tips:
Ginger
Chaga
Moringa
Neem
Aloe vera
Dandelion
Nettle
Horsetail
Turmeric
Cinnamon
Red clover
Supplements that Support Skin Health
Certain nutrients are especially important for skin health. In many cases, these coincide with what supports the liver, digestion, and hair and nails, since they are all affected by and interact with each other. The superstars for skin health are: Silica, Collagen, Zinc, Vitamin C, Biotin, Hyaluronic Acid, MSM (sulfur), Omega 3, and friendly gut bacteria. Vitamins E, D, and B-complex also have important functions for the skin. The best supplements specifically for the skin are combination supplements that combine nutrients and herbs in the right proportions to provide optimal support from within the body.Here are some favorites:
Holistic Hair, Skin & Nails: Contains key elements for healthy skin such as silica from bamboo extract, vegetarian hyaluronic acid, soluble keratin, as well as several important vitamins and minerals.
Sunwarrior Beauty Greens: with coconut water, biotin and hyaluronic acid that help moisturize and strengthen the skin from within, while stimulating the body's collagen production, coconut water that contributes electrolytes, silica from bamboo, vitamin C, wheatgrass juice, kale, moringa and spirulina and vegetable blend as well as lactic acid bacteria for digestion.
Terranova Beauty Complex: Terranova Beauty Complex contains a unique blend to support skin and hair health as well as nails. Contains among other things MSM, horsetail, nettles, cocoa powder, pumpkin seeds, Gotu Kola, burdock, vitamin C and zinc.
Other Supplements for Skin
In addition to combination supplements for skin health, the following individual supplements can play an important role for skin health. Here are the most important ones:
Lactic Acid Bacteria: health begins in the stomach and friendly gut bacteria support the entire body. Friendly lactic acid bacteria are one of the most important products you can choose.
Omega-3: The balance between omega-3 and omega-6 in the body plays a crucial role for the skin and the entire body's health.
B-vitamins: B-complex supplements are effective for skin and hair. Vitamin B3 in particular plays an important role for circulation in the body's extremities.
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). Eczema and acne can be caused by deficiency of zinc and B-vitamins in the body.
Sulfur gives the skin luster and glow. Where can you find sulfur? In beautiful greens like arugula, kale, watercress, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and maca. Or you can take MSM supplements.
Silica is another crucial mineral that keeps the skin happy. Silica-rich foods include green beans, nettles, oats, millet, artichoke, asparagus, beets, romaine lettuce, baby spinach, herbs like horsetail and/or mineral drops. You can also drink organic green tea or Spring Dragon tea, 1-2 cups a day. Green tea protects the skin from sun damage and has been shown in studies to reduce redness – but it's important to choose a high-quality organic green tea without sugar.
