Want Glowing Skin In 3 Weeks?Start With Your Digestion
Want Glowing Skin In 3 Weeks? Start With Your Digestion
If you're working toward more radiant and glowing skin,
you might be surprised to know that the answer lies more in your
digestive tract rather than on how much you're spending on creams and
cleansers. If we look a bit closer at how our digestive system works, it
begins to make a lot of sense. Among other functions, our digestive
system is the main place where we absorb beauty nutrients from our
foods, as well as the main place where we dispel toxins through
elimination. If the digestive system isn't working optimally, breakouts,
eczema, redness and dull skin can ensue.
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When the digestive system
struggles to eliminate toxins effectively, it will partner up with
other organs and eliminate toxins that way. Since your skin is your
body's largest organ, it's no surprise that acne, rosacea, and
dermatitis crop up when something's off internally.
What Causes Poor Digestion?
Suboptimal digestion is quite common today, and is caused by numerous factors including:
Top 6 Digestion Boosters for Beautiful Skin
Great
skin can do wonders for your confidence and pocket book (think, no more
acne treatments and expensive cover-ups)! Incorporating these six daily
tips into your routine, along side enough sleep, will help uncover your
own radiant and glowing skin. After a few weeks of instituting these
changes, you may choose to never go back.
1. Ditch dairy, sugar, gluten and soy (at least temporarily)
Many
people have food allergies, but even more have food sensitivities.
Often skin conditions are caused by these sensitive foods; many people
go for years without ever addressing the core problem. If there is one
thing that you try in this list, this is it. Quit these four common
sensitive foods for three weeks and watch your skin transform. These
foods can lead to intestinal inflammation and affect your healthy gut
flora and thus, overall digestion and skin.
2. Take a daily probiotic
Support
your gut flora by taking a daily probiotic supplement. These “good
bacteria” live in our digestive tract and help keep our pH levels in a
place allowing our bodies to absorb skin-benefiting nutrients and also
help with the removal of wastes. You can also get these good probiotics
in raw sauerkraut and kombucha.
3. Supplement with raw apple cider vinegar
Raw apple cider vinegar
(or commonly referred to as just "ACV") is one of nature’s best
digestive aids. This little miracle is good for a host of functions in
the body, including, the promotion of optimal digestion, cleansing your
digestive tract and helping those friendly bacteria grow in the body.
When you purchase ACV, look for “raw” and “unfiltered.” (Ideally, you'd
buy a label that says “with the mother,” so you can gain all the
benefits). You can add ACV to your salad dressings or even take a
tablespoon mixed with water to get the benefits.
4. Take digestive enzymes
Your
body makes its own digestive enzymes, but often times our bodies do not
make enough to break down everything we consume, especially as we age.
Supplementing with digestive enzymes is beneficial for the absorption of
all the nutrients necessary for beautiful skin. By helping to promote
efficient digestion, digestive enzymes help the body renew damaged cells
while also decrease constipation – a key for glowing skin. Look for
plant-based enzymes to avoid contaminants from non-organic animal-based
enzymes.
5. Eat a whole foods, plant-based diet
What
you put in your body is arguably more important for your skin than what
you put on it. Eating a whole food based diet, rich in vegetables and
fruits, is the best way to promote your digestive tract and skin on the
path to wellness. Supplementing your diet with nuts, seeds, whole
grains (such as quinoa, millet and amaranth) as well as legumes is
great. If you do eat animal products, ensure you’re sticking to organic
pasture-raised and grass fed varieties and consuming meat no more than
once per day. Animal products have no fiber and back up your digestive
tract as a result.
6. Move your body every day
While
you shouldn’t exercise on a full stomach, movement is essential to your
digestive system’s function. By increasing your heart rate once per day
you are helping circulate nutrients to your skin and push toxins out.
Further, certain stretches and yoga postures (such as seated spinal
twists) can help promote elimination. Exercise also helps lower your
stress levels, leading to healthier, younger looking skin.
Three weeks to glowing skin and healthy digestion! Keep me posted on what works for you!
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