Healthy Skin Care 101

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Healthy Skin Care 101

• The Approach to Good Nutrition
• What your skin needs internally for the optimum
  healthy glow

Rebekah Kelley, HHC, AADP Eat.Live.Thrive!
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Areas to be covered

• Origins of Problem Skin/Skin Communication
• The Skin Organ Eliminating Toxins
• Skin Imbalances What can you do?
• Hormones
• Digestive Health
• Diet Imbalances
• Environment
• Feed Your Skin
• Supplements
• Good Skin Checklist
• Resources

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What causes problem skin?

• Factors that contribute to acne and other problem
  skin issues include heredity, oily skin,
  hormonal imbalance, monthly menstrual cycles, and
  candidiasis (digestive imbalance).
• Other contributing factors can be allergies,
  stress, certain types of drugs, steroids,
  lithium, oral contraceptives, and some
  anti-epileptic drubs.
• Nutritional deficiencies and or diets high in
  saturated fats and hydrogenated fats.
• Exposure to industrial products/or other
  environmental hazards are some of the things that
  can effect skin.
• If body pH that is too acidic or too alkaline
  also fosters the nesting and breeding of
  acne-causing bacteria (do a pH urine test to
  determine).

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How your skin communicates

• Your skin is the barometer of your health and
  wellbeing, you can tend to the larger health
  issues by eating right
• Problem skin is a message from your body that
  something may be wrong with your body chemistry,
  diet, or skin care routine.
• Proper diet, nutritional supplements and skin
  care routine may be all that is needed to correct
  the problem.

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Skin Is the Largest Body Organ

• In fact some doctors call the skin the third
  kidney. Flushing out toxins is a key factor
  behind many skin disorders including acne. For
  the average adult skin can reach up to 20 square
  feet of skin.
• Sweating of its jobs is to eliminate a portion
  of the bodys toxic waste products through
  sweating.
• Assists Kidney Liver If the body has more
  toxins than the kidneys and liver can effectively
  discharge, then the skin takes over. As toxins
  escape through the skin the skins health
  integrity is disrupted.
• Toxin Elimination A sluggish colon can cause
  disruption of the skin.

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What can you do to help your skin eliminate
toxins?

• Exercise, or other healthy things that make you
  sweat.
• Decrease caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, eliminate
  the bad fats, environmental pollution, excess
  cholesterol, (all broken down and sometimes
  stored in your liver),
• Minimize or find alternatives for over the
  counter medications that have to be processed in
  your liver
• Drink plenty of water to assist in flushing
  toxins out of your body.
• Make sure things are moving at least 1-3x day.

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Skin issue may reflect Imbalances in Hormones

• Have your hormone levels checked, to see if this
  is an issue.
• Decrease/Eliminate Dairy Dermatologist F.W.
  Danby, MD, writes in the 2005 study that milking
  pregnant cows unavoidably results in "taking the
  hormones into your diet as milk, cream, ice
  cream, butter, cheese, yogurt, pizza, lasagna,
  cheeseburgers" and "the hormones being absorbed
  into your body, going to the oil gland receptors,
  converting to DHT, and turning on the cellular
  activity that creates acne."
• Organic dairy products contain significantly
  fewer hormones and less iodine, but they still
  have small quantities of both. If you're prone to
  breakouts, try eating soy- or rice-based "dairy"
  products and see if your complexion improves.

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Skin issues may reflect Imbalances in Digestive
Health

• Proper levels of Hydrochloric Acid and intestinal
  bacterial is critical
• Acidophilus replenishes essential bacteria to
  reduce outbreaks
• Test your elimination efficiency by doing a stool
  transit test
• Bad breath can be an indication of poor digestive
  health
• Elimination at least 1-3x daily for those on a
  whole foods diet.

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Skin issues may reflect Imbalances in Diet

• Lots of raw veggies. Helps clean the blood and
  thus the skin. Also it gets the best nutrition
  (vitamins, minerals, enzymes) to the skin.
• Elaine Wilkes, a Los Angeles-based nutritionist,
  recommends drinking one to two veggie smoothies a
  day. "Fresh green juices create radiant skin,"
  she says. "There's a reason why celebrities
  'juice' before an event. The chlorophyll and
  vitamins in the greens nourish the blood, which
  in turn nourishes your skin."

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Skin issues may reflect Imbalances in Diet

• Eat fresh fruits rich in alpha-hydroxy acids
  (AHAs) like grapes, strawberries, pineapple.
  These acids help to exfoliate skin by removing
  the dead skin cells that clog the oil glands.
• Note that canned juices and fruit do not fulfill
  this category, no enzymes and nutrition is
  decreased in processed, considered a sugar by the
  body.

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Skin issues may reflect Imbalances in Diet

• Zinc Deficiency
• Eat foods rich in zinc like, whole grains,
  sunflower seeds, small amounts of raw nuts daily.
  
• Zinc is an antibacterial agent and necessary
  element in the oil producing glands of the skin.
• A diet low in zinc may cause flare ups.

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Skin issues may reflect Imbalances in Diet

• Be sure your diet contains foods rich in Vitamins
  A, C, E, and essential fatty acids.
• Eggs, liver, sweet potatoes, carrots, mangoes,
  spinach, cantaloupe, and dried apricots can help
  keep your vitamin A level high.
• Flax seeds, Brazil nuts, sesame seeds, avocados,
  some dark leafy green vegetables (kale, spinach,
  purslane, mustard greens, collards, etc.),
  salmon, all can help provide Essential Fatty
  Acids (EFAs).

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Skin issues may reflect Imbalances in Environment

• Your skin absorbs the environment around you
• Be aware of what products you put on your skin
• Be aware of household and cleaning products
• Introduce Plants they clean the air (book)
• Be aware of dry cleaning chemicals air outside
  before you wear them.
• Do not microwave in plastics or saran
  wrapchemicals leach from the plastics into the
  food.

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Feed Your Skin

• How to stock the Healthy Skin Kitchen
• Nutrition dense and high quality
• Protein free range, hormonal free chicken or
  turkey, Alaskan wild salmon
• Good Fats Nuts, Fish, Olive Oil
• Antioxidant rich Vegetables Fruits
• Organic Beans Whole Grains
• Frozen Foods flash frozen veggies and fruits
  with no additives for emergencies
• Beverages water herbal and green teas
• Fresh herbs and spices

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Skin Supplements

• Acidophilus replenishes essential bacteria to
  reduce outbreaks
• Omegas Essential fatty acids (EFAs) keep skin
  smooth and soft and repair tissue and dissolve
  fatty deposits that block pores
• Potassium deficiency has been associated with
  acne
• Zinc heals tissue and prevents scaring
• Garlic destroys bacteria, enhances immune
  function

• Vitamin A/Beta Carotene antioxidant, strengthens
  skin
• Vitamin B complex anti stress, improves blood
  flow to the skin
• Vitamin C promotes immune function and reduces
  inflammation
• Vita D3 many of us are deficient, promotes
  healing and tissue repair
• Vitamin E antioxidant, healing and repair

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Good Skin Checklist

• Drink plenty of water.
• Make sure you have good digestive health
  absorption.
• Make sure you are elimination properly, 1-3x
  daily.
• Regular Exercise flushes your lymph system,
  unblocks pores via sweat, gets out toxins.
• Feed your skin from the healthy kitchen list.
• Eliminate processed foods (has no enzymes and
  lots of preservatives for the liver to take care
  of) and fried foods.
• Eliminate foods and products that are known to
  cause allergiestest to see if you are having a
  reaction.
• Aware of Environmental factors makeup, skin
  care routine, shampoo conditioners, toxins in
  environment.
• Eliminate smoking, caffeine and alcohol give
  your liver and kidneys a break from toxic
  overload.
• Make sure you are getting your basic skin
  supplements and EFAs
• Decrease your stress load and/or learn ways to
  manage stress.
• Balance body pH.

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Aging Premature Aging

• When new cells no longer replace the ones who
  have died or suffer damage.
• As we age our bodies do not assimilate as many
  nutrients.
• Our systems slows down and become less efficient
• Repair and regeneration of cells is vital.

• Many researchers say that there is no reason to
  age, that it is diet and lifestyle choices.
• Make sure you get adequate amounts of protein,
• Digestive health and nutrition absorption is key,
  
• Make sure to address key supplement support for
  cell regeneration.

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Age Spots

• A result of build up wastes, know as lipofuscin
  accumulation, a byproduct of free radical damage
  to skin cells.
• Factors leading to age spots include, poor diet,
  lack of exercise, smoking, poor liver function,
  and in gestation of oxidized oils (fried food,
  rancid raw nuts) over a period of time, and above
  all, excessive sun exposure.
• Also deficiency of a number of important
  nutrients. including vitamin E, selenium
  glutathione, chromium, and dimethylamino-ethonol
  (DMAE).

• Eat a diet high in raw fruits and vegetables, at
  least 50 of food intake.
• Avoid caffeine, fried foods, saturated fats, red
  meat, processed foods, sugar, tobacco.
• Exercise, eliminate fried foods, increase
  anti-oxidants,
• Limit sun exposure
• Follow a fasting program to cleanse the liver and
  rid the body of toxins, make sure this is done
  while under the care of a professional.

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Dry Skin

• A balance of oil and moisture is critical for
  healthy attractive skin.
• Simple dry skin results from lack of natural
  oils.
• Complex dry skin results from lack of both oil
  and moisture.
• If eczema and psoriasis have been eliminated for
  the cause of dry skin, heredity, vitamin
  deficiencies and poor nutrition are the driving
  cause.

• Make sure to drink enough water and take your
  EFAs.
• Avoid alcohol and caffeine these tend to be a
  diuretic with skin
• Vitamins A, E, B-Complex, and Zink are key.
• Be careful that you arent contributing to the
  condition by using harsh products or
  over-moisturizing.

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Eczema Psoriasis

• While too in-depth to go into as part of this
  presentation, diet has been key in healing these
  frustrating skin conditions, where typical
  treatments have failed.
• Current research has focused on building the
  immune system is key success for issues with
  psoriasis.
• Although causes vary per individual, allergies to
  foods has been key to many for Eczema.

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Resources

• The Perricone Prescription Nicholas Perricone, MD
• Your bodys many cries for water Dr. Fereydoon
  Batmanghelidj
• Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing Phyllis A
  Balch, CNC
• Digestive Wellness Elizabeth Lipski, PhD., CCN