Simply Health ME E47 – Skin – Simply Health of Maine

The Vanity Episode!

Skin

The largest organ in your body
Lots of meds are absorbed
Same with environmental toxins
Your internal health is often reflected by skin
You can fix skin issues by topical stuff alone
Don’t put anything on your skin with ingredients which you don’t know what they are
Just like food…If you can’t pronounce it, you should not use it
Or at least look it up first

Check out “SKIN DEEP” for ingredient review

Acne

The strongest evidence to date on dietary triggers for acne is for high-glycemic-load diets
By lowering inflammation
Lowering testosterone availability
People who inject steroids often have acne
altered skin sebum production
One small study suggest omega 3 supplementation helps
Possibly improving omega 6: omega 3 ratio and dec inflammation
Topical Zinc can help (use zinc sunscreen! Less chemicals and endocrine disrupters
weak association between acne and dairy consumption, possibly more so with skim milk (skim milk is low in fat and high in sugar)

Aging skin

Higher levels of blood sugar can result in the production of advanced glycation end products (known as AGEs) via glycation and cross-linking of collagen fibers, which ultimately results in a loss of elasticity.
Perceived age increases with increase glucose levels even if no DM
Avoid oxidative stress or increase antioxidants
AVOID VEGGIE OILS
Eat leafy greens maybe some berries
This also protects in part against UV damage

AUTOPHAGY

Glow 15 is a book all about how to maximize Autophagy for skin health
- By Niomi Whittel
Autophagy, micro needling, vitamin C, resveritrol
Calories restriction and fasting accepted as method for anti aging

What about taking Collagen??

Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)

Foods may trigger an AD flare via three main mechanisms

Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergy, also known as Type 1 or immediate-type hypersensitivity, may trigger a flare within minutes to hours

six common trigger foods are milk, eggs, wheat, soy, seafood, and nuts.

due to the same trigger foods, may cause an AD flare up to 48 hours later
Systemic contact dermatitis, screened for by patch testing, is a T-cell mediated reaction. In balsam of Peru allergy, some persons allergic to fragrance additives may experience a cutaneous flare following ingestion of certain foods, including tomatoes, citrus, and cinnamon.
a single food elimination diet for 6 weeks may be attempted in adults.
8 weeks of probiotics plus elimination might help