What is the first step to making our skin glow radiantly?
Caring for our skin begins from the inside out! The greatest empires in the world throughout history have been decimated from the inside, not from without. They became too large and complicated, and forgot that they were built with basic building blocks of people with like minds. So it is with our skin.
We build our skin daily by supplying it with basic nutrients from the inside. To do this successfully, we should eat simple, unprocessed foods which provide a wide variety of nutrients as much as possible. Fad diets that eliminate whole food groups may deprive us of nutrients we need. We should eat an amount that will balance our caloric needs. We should slow down and chew our food thoroughly so that our bodies can use as many of nutrients as possible.
The one most important nutrient to our skin?
Water.
None of the other nutrients we intake will do as much as water will for our skin. It brings nutrients to the cells in usable form, and flushes away toxins resulting from cellular breakdown of the nutrients. When there isn't enough water getting to our skin cells, toxins build up in them, and eventually they die.
One of the most useful diagnostic tools a doctor has is the observation of skin health. If a person's bodily functions are out of balance due to illness or malnutrition, their skin will tell the tale.
Skin health begins with appropriate intake of water and nutrients.
So what is the second step to beautiful skin tone?
Protect your skin from the environment in which you live.
Everyday, we deal with wind, sun, heat, cold, and chemical onslaughts that we don't even think about. Placing physical barriers between our skin and the elements offers the simplest and most overlooked solution to maintaining skin health from the outside.
Appropriately cover skin exposed to damaging elements. Use gloves when washing dishes, dealing with cleaning solvents, working in the garden, or fixing your car. (You gotta be kidding me. No we're not. Some of the fluids and road grime can really do a number on your skin, and if you regularly work on your car and have a problem with your skin health on your hands, try protecting them with gloves. Sometimes the answers are too simple.).
Shade your skin from the sun. Cover it up in the cold. Cold air lacks humidity, and will suck moisture from your exposed skin as quickly as hot air.
Practice simple, appropriate levels of personal hygiene. Wash your skin when it's dirty, with simple gentle cleansers. Don't overwash it. Don't use extra chemicals to strip your skins naturally secreted and protective oils. Let your skin function the way it was intended. It makes its own emollients and moisturizers, and they work well. Your skin is alive, it's not an engine block in need of degreasing.
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