Have you been wondering why your skin is losing its radiance? Are you looking for ways to boost your skin health beyond expensive skin treatments?
You’re not alone!
Many people over 30 start to notice aging of the skin. Because of movie stars and celebrities, the first thought is a cosmetic clinic for Botox and facials. The reality is, your inner health affects your outer radiance.
Your gut health is the secret to skin and overall health. When you create healthy and beautiful skin from the inside, you need fewer skin treatments. The treatments you choose to do last longer, overall saving you a lot of money.
Does Gut Health Affect Skin?
The short answer? Yes, absolutely!! The Gut-Skin axis is now a well known connection. At Live younger, we focus on a holistic approach to skin, helping you get better results that last longer.
Your microbiome:
There are trillions of gut bacteria, more specifically referred to as microbiome. These little organisms are the most important to your continued total health, and in this case, vital to skin health.
They affect your digestion, immune system, and skin. If you aren’t healthy in your gut (‘ gut dysbiosis’), inflammation occurs and you’ll notice signs of inflammation on your skin – redness, breakouts, rashes, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea etc.
Leaky Gut:
Intestinal permeability is the medical term for gaps between your delicate gut lining cells that remain open longer than it should. The lining of your gut needs to be secure and tight. The cells have junctions called ‘tight junctions’ that open for microseconds. Many foods and environmental factors affect the tight junctions and when this happens, you have ‘leaky gut’.
This also leads to inflammation in your body and it shows in your skin as well.
Gluten, sugar, alcohol, dairy, stress, medications are the most common causes of leaky gut.
Other foods/ environmental factors also cause leaky gut.
That’s why improving gut health and skin are so closely related.
What Hurts Your Gut—and Your Skin?
Diet! Anything in a box, bag, or can is processed food, which is heartily packed with chemicals, unhealthy fats, and sugar, killing your gut bacteria.
Always choose natural whole foods as the key to supporting your microbiome and gut health. High protein and lots of fibre, with good fats are the key to healthy skin and a healthy gut.
Stress is another culprit. Stress can hurt your gut and make your skin look as bad as it is making you feel—it doesn’t matter the cause. Cortisol from stress upsets your gut bacteria, increases leaky gut and takes the glow off your skin.
Pollution and pesticides are environmental toxins that can stress your gut microbiome and affect leaky gut which worsens dull, uneven skin.
One huge source of toxins that affect your rate of aging comes from skin care products. They are loaded with chemicals and preservatives, fragrance and petroleum derived molecules.
All toxins that enter your body increase oxidative stress. You require antioxidants to combat the free radicals released by oxidative stress. Diet alone is not enough. For healthy skin (and a healthy YOU – because free radicals damage all your cells, not just your skin, thereby causing chronic diseases like cancer, autoimmune diseases, and overall accelerated aging), you must take supplements. Our first choice is Youth Tx.
How to Support Skin and Gut Health
Caring for your skin and gut is more connected than you might think, as both play a vital role in your overall health and well-being. You can achieve a glowing complexion and a balanced digestive system by adopting simple lifestyle habits and nourishing your body from within.
Diet:
Avoid processed foods and fast food, and all sugary foods including sides and juices. They fuel the growth of bad bacteria and promote inflammation.
Garlic, onions, asparagus, beans and green bananas are examples of prebiotic foods. These promote good bacteria in your gut and promote healthy skin. Prebiotics are essentially food for the probiotics/ good bacteria in your gut.
Protein and collagen-containing foods provide the building blocks for collagen and skin firmness. Bone broth is used to heal leaky gut. Drink bone broth and soups made with bone broth while eliminating all the common causes of leaky gut mentioned above to help heal a leaky gut.
Supplements:
Probiotics are one of the first recommendations to restore the microbiome. If you have ever taken an antibiotic, start with Super Pro 1. High quality supplements that contain many strains of bacteria, like Super Pro 2, is the next step in rebalancing the gut bacteria.
Another important supplement to decrease inflammation is omega-3 fatty acids, which positively impacts skin moisture. Omega is a highly potent, high dose omega 3 free from toxic heavy metals, microplastics and other contaminants. When you have low Omega 3 fatty acids, you will also suffer from Polaris keratosis and bumps on the back of your arms.
If you have constipation, increase your fibre intake with lean, above the ground vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, asparagus, artichokes. When you are constipated, toxins that should be eliminated start to recirculate. This makes your skin dull, and increases cellulite.
Digestzyme helps the breakdown of food when your gut is stressed and making less digestive enzymes. The symptoms are increased bloating, gas and irritated skin.
Youth Tx is the ultimate supplement for skin. It lowers inflammation, improves skin elasticity, decreases redness and provides internal protection against sun damage.
Lifestyle Adjustments:
Get enough sleep. Poor sleep impacts your gut and skin, making you look and feel tired.
Reduce stress by doing yoga, meditation, or mindful walking. A happier gut and better skin also come with lower stress levels.
Stay hydrated. Water helps flush toxins that can dull your skin and process nutrients in your gut.
Exercise daily. Weights, swimming, or yoga must be practiced daily. Exercise enhances blood flow, bringing nutrients and oxygen to your skin.
It helps to practice mindful eating. This has been shown to help balance a stressed nervous system.
Chewing food well. This is one of the most overlooked steps for a healthy digestion.
At Live Younger, we offer specific support for all areas of your health that affect your aging and gut-skin health.
Acupuncture is very effective in improving sleep, decreasing anxiety, improving digestive system issues and treating pain; all of which accelerate aging of your skin and deteriorates your health.
Sound bathing and Sound Wellness calms the nervous system. It brings relief to those suffering from PTSD, anxiety, pain, stress and irritability.
Naturopathic medicine helps restore gut health using nutrients, tinctures and natural methods. There are many other benefits to your health, including hormone health, with naturopathic medicine.
Book your appointment with our client care specialist to help you find the best treatments and products to help you improve your inner health and outer beauty.
Why It’s Worth It
You’re not just addressing your digestion or decreasing inflammation when caring for your gut health. You’re opening the secret to truly beautiful skin.
The gut-skin connection is well established; modifying your diet and lifestyle can make you feel and look younger. Your skin will glow and your energy will improve. With the above steps, you will lower blood pressure, lower heart disease risk, improve your immune system while creating beautiful skin from the inside, out.
When you support your body appropriately, it can heal itself best. Your gut is the foundation. The rest, including your skin, will follow when you care for it.
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