Billions Of Dollars Are Spent Every Year
On Beauty Products And We Often Treat
Our Skin From The Outside But Our Skin
Is Our Body's Largest Organ And A Large
Part Of Its Health Comes From Taking
Care Of It From The Inside
Each Of Us Is Perfectly Imperfect And
It's Nothing But Natural To Collect A
Scorecard Of Pimples Scars And Wrinkles
Over The Years Being Kind And
Compassionate To Ourselves As We Weather
Different Seasons Is One Of The Greatest
Acts Of Self-love And Kindness That We
Can Practice But At The Same Time It Can
Also, Be Incredibly Challenging When It
Feels Like Her Skin Just Isn't
Cooperating There Are Certain Factors
That Influence Our Skin-Like Aging
Hormones And Genetics Often These Things
Are Out Of Our Control But Nutrition
That's One Thing That Is Within Our
Control And So Today We're Going To Dive
Into Some Common Skin Concerns And How
We Can Consider Food To Help Shower Our
Skin With Love From The Inside Out As
Usually, We've Created An Article With Even
More Information And Winks To
Research Papers That Help To Support
What We're Sharing In Today's Video If
If You Want To Check Out The Article, I'll
Leave It For You Below But For Now, Let's
Dive In
Foreign
Layers And We Want The Structure Of
These Layers To Be Strong For Firmness
And Elasticity Collagen Is The Main
Structural Protein That Helps To Support
Our Skin Because It Creates This Fibrous
A Network That Reinforces The Tissue So It
Gives Our Skin This Firm And Smooth
Appearance Unfortunately Though As We
Age Our Body Makes Less Collagen And It
Gets More Easily Broken Down As A Result
We Start To Lose About One Percent Of
The Collagen In Our Skin Per Year
Starting At Around The Age Of 20 And So
Over Time, This Is What Ages Our Skin So
Let's Explore Three Ways In Which We Can
Support Our Skin's Collagen Through Our
Food Choices There's A Lot Of Hype And
Buzz Right Now Around Collagen
Supplements But You Know Our Philosophy
At Pickup Lines Is Foods First When
Possible Because Collagen Itself Is A
The Protein, Helps To Make Sure That We
Just Eat Enough Protein-rich Foods So
These Are Things Like Beans And Lentils
Tofu Tempeh Nuts And Seeds So Protein
Helps To Ensure That Our Body Has Enough
Of The Building Blocks That It Needs To
Create Collagen, But Then What Happens If
Our Existing Collagen Gets Damaged
Damage That Can Come For Example From
Excess Sun Exposure Pollution Or When
There Are Too Many Free Radicals In Our
Body, So When It Comes To Food vitamin C
And E is Are Key Players In Repairing
Damaged Collagen They Stimulate Collagen
Production And Help Maintain The
Strength Of Its Network Of Food Sources
That Is Rich In vitamin E Are Things
Like Almonds Sunflower Seeds Leafy
Greens Peanuts And Avocados Well vitamin
C You Probably Already Know You Can Find
These In Foods Like Citrus Fruits And
Vegetables Like Bell Peppers And
Broccoli
When Our Skin Sustains An Injury Or A
Wound, Our Body Really Quickly Tries To
Heal It And Zinc Plays An Essential Role
In This Whole Healing Process Because
Zinc Also Has Anti-inflammatory
Properties It's Really Useful In The
Management Of Skin Conditions Like Acne
Psoriasis Eczema And Rosacea Food
Sources That Are Rich In Zinc Are Things
Like Nutritional Yeast Seeds Especially
Pumpkin Sesame And Hemp Seeds Legumes
Like Beans And Lentils Tofu And Whole
Grains It Is Also Important To Mention
Though The Absorption Of Zinc From
Plant Foods Can Be Reduced By Certain
Compounds In The Same Foods Called
States, But If We Soak Our Beans Grains
And Even Our Nuts And Seeds Before We
Eat Them This Helps To Increase Our
Body's Ability To Absorb Zinc Sprouting
And Fermenting Can Also Help If
You'd Like To Learn More About How To
Sprout Your Seeds And Legumes We've Made
A Video On It And I'll Link That For You
Here
If You've Ever Experienced Dry Skin You
Know It Does Not Feel Very Nice And Our
Skin Can Dry Out For A Number Of Reasons
Like Exposure To Dry Air Prolonged
Exposure To Hot Water Abrasive Soaps
Medications Things Like That One Of The
Main Ways That We Can Hydrate The Skin
It Is By Using The Right Moisturizers That
We're Putting On The Skin, But When It
Comes To What We're Putting Inside Of
Our Body's Fats Can Really Help
Specifically, Omega-3 Fats Omega Is
Important Because It Helps To Improve
Our Skin Barrier Function, Which Helps
Our Skin Better Holds, On To Water Plant
Foods That Are Rich In Omega-3 Fats
Include Walnuts Hemp Seeds Chia Seeds
Ground Flax Seeds And Even Omega
Supplements Made From Algae Drinking
Enough Water Can Also Help With Skin
Hydration, But Only If You're Dehydrated
To Begin With, In General Though Drinking
Enough Water Is Important For Overall
Health And When We're Overall Healthy It
Tends To Have A Trickle-down Effect On
Our Skin
Foreign
So Let's Talk About Sebum Is An
An Oily Substance That's Needed To
Lubricate Our Skin But If Our Bodies Are
Creating Too Much Of It Is Can Increase
The Chances Of Developing Acne And
Blackheads' Natural Fluctuations In Our
Hormones This Ca
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