Does our skin reflect what we eat?

YES!!!

I became a Vegetarian about 3 years ago. If was a dietary choice that I just felt I wanted to make for my own health. I do not think its right for everyone to not eat meat (as long as they eat free range hormone free), but it felt right for me.

Well at the beginning of this journey I decided to detoxify myself and eat raw for awhile. That is giving up sugar, flour, and all processed foods. I ate uncooked veggies and fruits, seeds and nuts. I ate like this for about 8 weeks. Well I lost a ton of weight and was pretty thin. BUT the first thing I noticed was that my skin was clear and looked so much younger!

I gradually adjusted my diet to include some lightly cooked veggies and added some cheeses also. I found it very hard to eat everything raw and I knew if I was going to continue to eat healthy I was going to have to modify to what I was comfortable with. Well this last year I gradually started to slip into some old habits. Like eating sugar and some processed foods again. Well what has happened? My skin lost that clear look it had when I was not eating sugar! I started to break out around the holidays, when I was eating my worst and I even looked a bit bloated.

So my goal for the year, besides this blog has been to get back on track again. Along with that vow was to purchase this,

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This is a juicer. I used to juice many years ago and I really am not sure what got me away from it. I always felt full of energy while juicing and I looked great! So it arrived today and I have it all set up and ready to use. I will be stocking up on some veggies and starting this weekend.

So to answer the question. Does our skin reflect what we put into our bodies? Yes. Our skin can tell us allot actually. If we are sick or if we have allergies. So when we wonder why we are breaking out in a rash or why that batch of pimples is on our chin we need to look inward as well as outward for the reasons. If we are not taking good care of our health and eating well our skin will reflect this. Many people with food allergies have problems with their skin. It is well known in the industry that one of the most common skin conditions, Rosecea is affected greatly by diet. I will be addressing Rosecea in a post all its own sometime in the future.

So to sum up. Eat healthy! We can slather on all the expensive creams in the world but if we are not eating healthy our skin will not look its best!