Your skin is your second mouth. It is also the largest organ of the body. As your second mouth, your skin readily absorbs everything you apply to it. It will absorb into your internal body the nutrients and chemical compounds applied to it, so consider what you’re feeding it. When we talk about health and wellness we do not usually mention the skin. The skin gets looked at more from a beauty or vanity perspective. Here is what you need to know…
What you put on your skin matters as much as what you eat!
Really?
All the time we spent focusing on what we eat, and we forget about what we feed our skin!
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1.Hydrate. Hydrate. Hydrate.
2.Commit to a Daily Regime
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4.Optimize Your Digestion
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6. Breath and Meditate.
7.Avoid Environmental Toxins.
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We need to consider what we’re putting on our skin because this essential barrier is not as impermeable as we’d like to think. Passive absorption of whatever is on the skin occurs quite readily.
For example, you wouldn’t want to put the ingredients in your favorite lotions, potions, creams and cosmetics in your mouth. When you look at topicals from this perspective, if you’re like me, you might make some drastic changes to your skin care routine!
In PART 2 I will be covering how skin problems can be an indication that something is wrong within your body – like toxicity, gut imbalances, hormone imbalances, food allergies, leaky gut, low thyroid function and nutrient deficiencies. Unfortunately, most people inflame the situation by treating it externally with harsh chemicals that can make you even more toxic than before.