Something to touch a little on and that is pretty important if you want to make sure you have that "long lasting beautiful skin" is to take care of it. You want your skin to look beautiful in your photos and over all. Take care of your health, your skin, from the inside out. So often we think that taking care of our skin is just an external job. Moisturizers, concealer, coconut oils, etc. What about all those healthy things like blue berries and avocado for healthy skin? What you eat directly effects what you look like.
Here are some tips from the amazing Orting Chiropractic Center in Orting, WA owned and ran by the wonderful Dr Troy Munson. He and his staff have been providing care for years and taking care of people from the inside out. Please take a moment and enjoy these tips and a little insight on what we really need for our bodies.
SKIN CARE + MONTHLY GUEST BLOGGING FROM
ORTING CHIROPRACTIC AND WELLNESS CENTER
With
summertime approaching people race to their closets and dig out their
long unseen, but not forgotten, summer wardrobe. Shorts, tank tops,
sundresses and bathing suits are given a temporary new lease on life.
But with this renewed attire comes the reveal of a lot of skin. We
want to protect it, care for it and reveal soft, healthy skin. The
best way to achieve this is from an inside out approach. Lotions and
potions can only help to a certain extent. But what we put in our
bodies can dramatically affect the radiance of our skin.
Often,
skin integrity issues have to do with poor calcium utilization. Now,
before you say “But I take calcium.” let me clarify. It isn't low
calcium levels it's low availability to the cells. Calcium requires
Omega 3 fats to 'carry' it into the cells. Namely, flax seed oil and
beef fats. These fats increase blood iodine levels which is required
for calcium use as well. Those that are iodine sensitive most likely
have calcium issues. Iodine and calcium are interdependent in the
cells of the thyroid, prostate and every layer of the skin along with
the above fats. For this reason, flax seed oil has become known as
the 'cosmetic vitamin.' Common other symptoms of this type of
nutritional deficiency are; hypothyroidism,
tremors, fast heart rate, fever blisters, acne, dry skin, prostate
issues, digestive issues, stomach pain and nervousness.
So, the basics for better skin is flax seed oil, beef fats and
iodine. These support calcium usage and healthy thyroid activity
leading to proper hormone balance, endocrine function, heart function
and healthy, younger looking skin and hair.
And
with the increase of sun rays, this basic dietary change also helps
in preventing sunburns. A sunburn is hypervitaminosis D. In other
words the sun's rays create vitamin D in the skin faster than your
body can remove it, thus 'burning' the skin. So when getting sun
there are two things that will help; first, know your limit to get
you to the edge of pink and stick to it. And second to help remove
Vitamin D from the skin faster requires calcium and ALA/GLA oil or
flax seed oil, as described above. So, if you know you are going to
be in the sun you can prepare our skin as well as help your body
store Vitamin D for the dark winter months. In addition, studies have
shown that Vitamins C, E and A may help protect against burns as
well.
Until
next time, drink plenty of water, eat proper foods, cover up as
necessary and enjoy the beautiful sunny days that the Pacific
Northwest puts on display.
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