Many clients and friends come to me and say, ‘I’m doing my skincare ritual every morning and evening, but I’m still breaking out.’ My first question to them is ‘How’s your diet?’ The bottom line is that whatever’s going on inside your gut will eventually show in your skin.”
Food is one of the most powerful resources we have to enhance our beauty and increase our overall wellness. Consuming nutrient rich foods aid and support our skin’s essential functions such as the regeneration of your skin cells, unlike processed foods, chemical toxins and low nutrient diets, which actually accelerate the aging process. Foods get digested and broken down into vitamins, minerals and amino acids that your body can use to build healthy skin. If you crash diet or eat highly processed foods, your skin won’t be as strong and supple as it could be. For example, if you don’t eat enough protein, you are depriving your skin of the amino acids that go into making collagen (which makes your skin strong) and elastic tissue (which makes it supple).
For integrated beauty and wellness, we believe that a whole food and plant centric diet---meaning a diet comprised mostly of whole, unrefined (or minimally refined) plants, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains, lays the best foundation for healthy skin, and there is ample scientific evidence that agrees.
The foundation of your meals should be seasonal organic vegetables and fruits, with a smaller amount of proteins and healthy fats, which help you absorb essential beauty nutrients. The exact quantity of carbs, fats, and proteins you eat varies with your individual needs, and with different dietary theories and practices.
No one way of eating can work for everyone. As you begin thinking about food and how you can feed your skin, consider your unique tastes, preferences, and nutritional requirements.
For inner beauty you can see, as with all wellness practices, it’s the culmination of efforts that will eventually lead you to become your healthiest self. Recognizing the connections between your skin health and nutrition will be vitally important in achieving and maintaining optimal skin health.