If you are interested in improving overall skin health, have sun damaged skin, want to minimise wrinkles or have trouble making Vitamin D during the warm months due to excessive use of sun screen or are afraid of sun exposure as a result of having fair skin.. then this little pearl that I am going to share with you may well help increase your skin health.
Did you know that the coral pigment colour present in wild salmon, shellfish and krill is down to a tiny algae that they eat.
Astaxanthin, made in nature by this algae, is a powerful anti oxidant that is several thousand times more effective in “quenching” value then the likes of Vitamin E, CoQ10, Beta Carotene and even Vitamin C. It is a powerful anti oxidant that helps to heal damaged skin and increase skin resiliency.
Skin protection begins from within and goes way beyond sunscreen.
Get adding wild salmon, lobster, crayfish, prawns, and crab in to your diet, or maybe consider for targeted benefit a supplement for those months when you are applying lots of sunscreen.
Skin is a reflection of our systemic internal health, especially gut…that is something to cover on its own. but there are many key dietary choices that we can make to support our long term skin health.
- Drinking more plain water
- Avoiding excessive coffee and black tea
- Keeping alcohol consumption moderate
- Consuming less refined sugars and sweeteners
- Saying NO to processed foods and refined foods, i.e. foods made in an industrial plant
- And getting regular and sufficient sleep
All of these will make a huge difference to our skin health and our overall health, as our skin is our largest organ. If the cells that are making up our skin are healthy and nourished, guess what our skin is a reflection and it also will be healthy and nourished.
If you want to take a functional approach to your health but are struggling with where to start, get in contact.
Being healthy doesn’t have to be hard.