The old adage “you are what you eat” could not be more true when you see the evidence displayed in the mirror when you look at your skin. Your skin is the body’s largest organ, and therefore what you eat affects your skin like it affects every other organ in your body. It would be naive to believe that changing your nutrition is going to wipe out all your wrinkles or completely stop skin aging, but it is also naive to think that you can eat (or neglect to eat) whatever you want without any effect on your skin.

Your skin is the fingerprint of what is going on inside your body, and all skin conditions from aging to acne are the manifestations of your body's internal needs. The healthier you are, the healthier your skin will be and healthy skin is much less susceptible to damage.

At TréSkinRX, we advocate the proper balance between highly effective, therapeutic products that improve the health of your skin from the outside coupled with a highly nutritious eating plan to improve the health of your skin from the inside. This will ensure all around skin wellness.

Good Skin Nutrition – Inside and Out

Advantages of good skin nutrition from the inside:

• Nutrients are essential for every cell in the human body. Some of these nutrients come from the food you eat, like vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids. Others are produced by the body provided it is healthy and properly nourished.
• As you eat foods that are highly nutritious, the vitamins and minerals are absorbed into your bloodstream and delivered to your skin cells.
• The aging process is affected by your body’s overall health. Proper nutrition helps to slow down physiological aging, including the aging of the skin.

Limitations of good skin nutrition from the inside:

• Skin aging is also a result of environmental damage from sun, wind and pollution. Proper protection for your skin from the outside world must be achieved by limiting sun exposure and the use of effective skin care products that improve the health of your skin and protect it from outside assaults.
• Oral intake of certain ingredients that improve the skin is limited to levels that are safe for ingestion. TruGlyC for instance has a high concentration of Vitamin C which is very effective topically but would not be good in high doses in your body.

Bottom line

Balanced nutrition is important for maintaining healthy skin. It compliments an effective skin care regimen that includes products that improve the health of your skin. The result is beautiful skin – inside and out.

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