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How to Care for the Skin on Your Body

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When it comes to skin care, we often focus on caring for the skin on our faces and neglect the skin on the rest of our bodies. But the truth is, the skin on your body and on your face is a direct reflection of what’s happening on the inside! This means that the rest of your skin just as important. Skin all over your body, not just your face, provides clues about your health. And just as your face has a delicate pH balance and skin microbiota (community of bacteria) that are crucial for its health, the same applies to the rest of your body. 

There are some differences between body and facial skin, but one thing is for sure: all of your skin needs proper nourishment from a healthy diet, a healthy lifestyle, and pure, natural, and pH-balanced skin care products. 

Six Differences Between Facial and Body Skin

  1. The skin on your face is more prone to sun damage because it isn’t covered up as much as the rest of the skin on the rest of your body. 
  2. Facial skin is also more delicate than the skin on your body, but the skin on the rest of your body is more prone to cuts and scrapes, and healthy skin is essential to promote a normal rate of wound healing, which ensures skin can do its job to protect the inside of your body.
  3. The skin on your body is generally a little thicker than the skin on your face, neck, and décolleté. Thicker body skin leads to an increase in dead skin cell build-up. The skin on the soles of your feet is the thickest skin on your body. 
  4. Body skin has fewer sebaceous glands than your face, so it is less oily than the skin on your face. The neck, shoulders, and chest have more sebaceous glands than other parts of the body, as well. This is one reason the skin on other parts of the body tends to be drier than the skin on your face.
  5. The skin microbiota (microorganisms like bacteria, yeast, and fungi) vary greatly on the face compared to the rest of the body. That’s one reason why certain infections like athlete’s foot occur on the feet rather than the face.
  6. The skin on the rest of your body has a slower cell turnover rate, another factor in developing dry, scaly skin. Age also slows down the process of cell turnover. You may have found that your knees and elbows tend to be drier than other parts of the body. If your skin is dry all over, techniques such as dry brushing can enhance your circulation, remove dead skin, and detoxify the body.

These differences are part of what inspired me to bring body-specific products to The Spa Dr. skin care line. The other part was feedback from YOU, and I want you to know that we are listening!

That’s why this month, we are launching three NEW skin care products, and that includes the Body Essentials! Today, I am excited to introduce these products to you.

CLEAN: Body Wash

Melt away perspiration, pollution, and debris from daily life naturally, with a cleanser that you can feel good about putting on your body. The Spa Dr.’s new CLEAN: Body Wash is a luxurious and gentle body wash that contains gluten-free colloidal oatmeal, Hawaiian lava salt, bamboo extract, almond oil, argan oil, and coconut oil. 

Let’s learn more about these nourishing ingredients. Colloidal oatmeal is anti-inflammatory, soothing and contains collagen-promoting polysaccharides. Hawaiian lava salt is rich in activated charcoal. In addition, charcoal is known for its detoxifying, deep cleansing, antimicrobial, soothing and sebum-balancing properties. It also helps reduce pore size and softens skin.

Bamboo extract, which you can also find in our Skin, Hair and Nails supplement, has high concentrations of silica, which assists with collagen and elastin development.

CLEAN is also formulated with soothing aloe and arnica, two ingredients you can find in the Daily Essentials Step 1 cleanser. 

Perfectly pH-balanced, CLEAN is free of synthetic fragrances, harsh cleansing agents, and other harmful ingredients. Not only is this body wash is gentle enough for babies, but it is also effective enough to wash away even the most intense gym session. 

So many body cleansers leave skin feeling dry and parched, or “squeaky clean,” when instead, the skin should feel clean and nourished after bathing. CLEAN will not leave your skin feeling dry, and it contains mild essences zesty bergamot peel oil and revitalizing grapefruit peel oil that add a pleasant scent. 

HYDRATE: Body Moisturizer

After cleansing with CLEAN and gently patting dry but leaving skin damp, you can moisturize with our second step in the Body Essentials line, HYDRATE: Body Moisturizer. Saturate your skin with clean and pure moisture with this pH-balanced body moisturizer. HYDRATE is infused with skin-loving ingredients, including niacinamide, murumuru butter, MSM, gluten-free colloidal oatmeal, turmeric, green tea, wakame algae, apple fruit extract, plus apricot kernel oil and camelina oil. 

How do these ingredients soften skin? The topical use of niacinamide can dramatically improve skin moisturization and helps barrier function. It also boosts collagen and elastin production, which help achieve a more even-looking skin tone. Plus, softening murumuru butter readily penetrates the skin without clogging pores. Its high Vitamin A content helps soothe skin, and it is high in essential fatty acids that hydrate, such as lauric acid, which is also antibacterial. Some research has shown that apple extract relieves the occasional discomfort of sensitive skin and helps to significantly reduce wrinkles.

Finally, HYDRATE helps you drench skin with moisture while helping tone, firm, soften and soothe skin.  Moisture is locked in, helping to replenish the skin’s natural barrier without leaving a greasy residue behind. And you can choose from two varieties, unscented for those who are sensitive to scents, or lemon zest, which contains the essence of bright and energizing Sicilian lemon peel oil.

Purifying Mud Mask 

The last item in our new skin care release is the Purifying Mud Mask. This purifying mask helps tone skin, purge pores of impurities, and fights the visible effects of pollution and unveils smooth and refreshed skin. And I know, because my friends served as the original testers, and they couldn’t rave about it enough! 

This mask is made with wildcrafted Moor mud, a therapeutic Austrian peat that is produced through natural decomposition of approximately 300 different medicinal species of herbs, flowers, and seeds. Moor mud has been used for its therapeutic properties for more than 2,000 years! It was even used by the Ancient Romans for its healthful properties. Today, you may have heard some of your favorite celebrities raving about Moor mud and its luxurious properties!

Also, Moor mud is known for its detoxifying, regenerating, soothing, nourishing, sebum-balancing, brightening, tightening and wrinkle-smoothing effects. Rich in amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids, Purifying Mud Mask is suitable for all skin types because it is not drying. This mask is also infused with extracts of milk thistle, gluten-free colloidal oatmeal, chlorella, and olive butter, making it ideal to reveal radiant, healthy-looking skin.

Olive butter contains high amounts of Vitamins A and E, two potent antioxidants. And despite its thick consistency, olive butter is lightweight and does not leave a greasy residue behind. It is also suitable for all skin types. Milk thistle is another potent antioxidant that helps calm many skin issues, such as psoriasis. 

Before applying the mud mask, it is important to conduct a sensitivity test. You can do this by placing a very small amount on the inside of your elbow area to test for any allergic reaction before use. 

I hope that you are excited to see these new skin care products coming to The Spa Dr. store, soon! These products are suitable for most skin types, even sensitive skin. And if you are unsure of whether you are an Amber, Sage, Olivia, Emmett or Heath skin type, head to The Skin Quiz to find your type and what skin care habits and lifestyle changes will be best for you. 

October 2019 Podcast Round-Up

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Happy Halloween! It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is officially just around the corner. During the holidays, with all that is going on, it is sometimes difficult to focus on minding our health. If you missed the October episodes of The Spa Dr. Podcast, catch up next month; maybe it will help you stay focused and balanced during this joyful, but sometimes stressful, time of year! Here’s what you missed.

Overcoming Sadness and Despair

During the first week of the month, I tackled a serious topic that is also one of the leading causes of death in the United States. It is the second leading cause of death for people ages 15 to 44 years old, and on average, one person dies every 12 minutes from it: suicide. It is an epidemic that isn’t talked about enough.

If you are depressed, struggling, and you’re having suicidal thoughts, go get help. It’s really important for you to talk to someone. Sometimes it’s just a matter of talking to someone and having someone there to listen to you, and other times there are hormonal imbalances that trigger these emotions. If you have ever wondered, “am I enough?”, I encourage you to listen to this episode—and learn how you can find support for depression.

A Holistic Approach to Aging with Dr. Anthony Youn

My first guest of the month on The Spa Dr. Podcast was Dr. Anthony Youn, known as “America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon.” I was so happy to have repeat guest Dr. Youn on the show discussing less invasive alternatives to plastic surgery that can be used safely to look younger. We cover everything from food and skin care routines, including devices you can effectively use at home, to in-office procedures that slow visible results of aging.

I have received so many comments and questions from my followers about these procedures, it is great to have Dr. Youn’s perspective on what really is safe and effective. And, I don’t think you want to miss the compelling story Dr. Youn even shares about the real truth behind plastic surgery, and what inspired him to take a more natural approach.

Lyme, Mold, and Depression with Dr. Jaquel Patterson

On October 17, I interviewed Dr. Jaquel Patterson, the president of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. As a child, Dr. Patterson saw her mother’s struggle with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and noticed many unmet needs with conventional medical treatments. This experience instilled in her great hope for a different and more holistic way to provide care.

In this interview, Dr. Patterson shares what it is like to be the president of the AANP and why it’s such an important time for access to safe and effective natural medicine. After that, we discuss how Lyme, mold, and depression. I think you’ll find it really interesting how it all ties together. Instead of looking at the body as isolated organs, it’s important to know how they all work together. So many times the different systems of the body are discussed as though they are isolated, when in reality, they’re all interconnected, and they work together.

Dr. Patterson and I discuss this in addition to how to address the root cause of health issues and restoring balance for your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. And of course, I tie it back to skin care! Skin is just an outer reflection of what’s going on with our overall health. Dermatology should not be totally separate from everything else that we do with our health, but rather one of the first signs on the outside. Like the tick-borne illnesses we discussed, skin is usually the first sign that something is wrong on the inside.

Celebrity Confidence Boosting Tips

Last week, I did something a little bit different and shared two interviews I recently did at a 2019 pre-Emmy Awards event, Eco-Luxe Lounge, in Beverly Hills, CA.

The first interview was with Carolyn Hennesy, an American soap opera actress, author, and animal advocate. She is known for her role as Diane Miller on the daytime TV series General Hospital, for which she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination.

The second interview was with Brooke Anne Smith, an American actress known for her lead series regular role on two seasons of Tyler Perry’s Too Close To Home. She is also known for her recurring role on MTV’s hit show, Awkward.

I wanted to highlight these women because they both exude so much inner radiance, and that confidence really shines through them. It takes a lot of courage to be on camera like these TV actors, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to pick their brains for confidence-boosting tips.

I asked them a few simple questions, including:

  • What is your superpower?
  • What is real beauty?
  • What is your favorite self-care practice?

If you want to hear their celebrity answers, you don’t want to miss this episode!

Self-Care Wrap-Up

On today’s podcast, if you enjoyed this month’s Self-Care Rx blog series, you can catch the recap in today’s episode of The Spa Dr. podcast.

And we have a treat for you in today’s podcast that you DON’T want to miss!

I really appreciate your support of The Spa Dr. Podcast. Each episode brought to you is my way of helping you reclaim your most vibrant health. It is never too late to start caring about your body, mind, and spirit! If you have been enjoying the podcast, thank you. And if you haven’t listened just yet, I hope that you will listen to an episode and see what you think!

Self-Care Rx: Stress Management

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Today, I’m excited to bring you the first in this month’s self-care prescription series. This series is about improving your skin from the inside and out, helping you look and feel your best. Self-care is often the last thing women prioritize, but it is one of the most important aspects of a woman’s well-being. If you’re someone who has viewed self-care as something selfish or that you don’t have time for, it’s time to look at it differently. 

As women, we often put other people’s needs first – our children, spouses, parents, clients, pets, and others. But, if you’re not taking care of yourself, you won’t be able to fully show up for others. Remember that you deserve nurturing, too. After all, not only will it put you in a more positive mood today, it will help protect your health and skin for years to come. That’s why this self-care prescription is about stress management and maintaining a positive mindset.

Why is this so important?

Negative self-talk is something we all do, but it’s simply unproductive and unhealthy. It adds more stress to our already hectic lives. Unmanaged chronic stress makes us more susceptible to depression, weight gain, sleep problems, colds, and other health issues we just don’t have time for!

In addition, stress shows up on our skin. Many skin conditions, such as acne, eczema, rosacea, psoriasis, and even premature aging, can both cause AND be triggered by stress!

Acne

When we’re stressed, the adrenal glands release the hormone cortisol. A surge in cortisol causes increased sebum production, which triggers acne. Chronically high levels of cortisol can also lead to sugar cravings, and eating sugar increases acne breakouts.

Eczema

Because stress triggers inflammation, it worsens skinflammation issues, including itchy, irritated skin conditions like eczema. Studies have shown that lack of sleep due to stress plays a role, affecting our skin’s ability to heal eczema. The itching and discomfort eczema causes is stressful and may even keep you awake at night.

Rosacea

In a National Rosacea Society survey, 70 percent of people with severe rosacea symptoms reported the condition negatively affected their professional interactions, and 41 percent said rosacea compelled them to avoid public contact or cancel social plans.

Stress worsens the root causes that trigger skin and other health issues that I talk about in my book, Clean Skin From Within, such as – inflammation, microbiome disturbances, hormonal imbalances, and nutritional deficiencies.

The solution to stress is taking time for self-care. Self-care practices such as positive affirmations, breathwork, and meditation can effectively manage stress and shift your outlook on life (and your skin), especially when you make them a daily practice.

3 Tips for Your First Self-Care Prescription

Before you start your skincare and beauty routine, take a look at your skin in the mirror. What do you notice? Is it dry? Oily? Red and inflamed? Splotchy? Dull? Breaking out?

Here’s the key here: avoid the temptation to criticize your skin! Instead, realize it’s giving you valuable information. Did you have these issues yesterday or last week? If not, what have you been doing differently that may have contributed to this change? Think about your sleep, eating, and skincare habits, and whether or not you are stressed. Now, try these three tips.

  1. Use your skin as a positive magic mirror. While we often beat ourselves up over skin issues, I encourage you to look at your skin differently today. What secret messages is your skin trying to tell you about your health and lifestyle?
  2. Next, while you’re looking in the mirror, give yourself a heartfelt compliment. Do your best. Maybe it’s, “you’re beautiful!” Or, “thank you for giving me messages. I appreciate you.”
  3. Then, tell your skin one thing you’ll do today as a self-honoring choice. This includes saying something like, “I see you’re telling me I need more sleep, so I promise to set us up for a restorative night’s sleep tonight.” Or, “I know I’ve been hard on you, so I promise to make healthier choices starting today.”

And don’t forget to take at least 5-10 minutes for one of the following activities today:

  • breathwork
  • gratitude
  • meditation
  • relaxing bedtime ritual
  • step into nature


Breathwork

Sit in a relaxing position with your eyes closed.

  • Place one hand on your chest and the other on your lower abdomen.
  • For five to ten minutes, just focus on your breath, noticing your inhalation and your exhalation. As you inhale, allow your lower abdomen to swell like a balloon.
  • With each breath out, practice relaxing your face, jaw, and shoulders. If your mind wanders, bring your focus back to your breath.


Gratitude

Gratitude is about appreciating what you have around you. Research shows that gratitude helps us feel happier, deal better with problems that arise, and build solid relationships, and it improves our health. My favorite way to anchor in and reap the rewards of gratitude is to keep a gratitude journal. Write down at least one thing today that you are grateful for.

Meditation

Research suggests that meditation helps lower stress, increases our compassion, improves sleep, boosts mood, decreases inflammation, and even helps lowers yearly medical costs. The goal of meditation is to focus and quiet your mind to achieve greater clarity and inner calm. Try this simple meditation.

  • Choose a quiet place, and turn off any electronics
  • Sit in a relaxing position  
  • Focus on a word, such as “gratitude”
  • When your mind wanders, gently bring your attention back to your focal point
  • Let go of expectations


Relaxing bedtime ritual

Ideally, we all should get about eight hours of uninterrupted sleep each night. Create your own relaxing bedtime ritual with any of the following:

  • Listen to soothing music
  • Take a warm bath
  • Perform breathing or other relaxation exercises
  • Journal about your wins for the day

Don’t forget to turn off electronics, turn down the lights, and avoid caffeine and sugar before bedtime to help set yourself up for these rituals and a restorative night’s sleep.

Nature

Step away from your computer, phone, or any energy-zapping scenario, and escape into nature. Even if it’s just a quick walk around the block, a few moments in the sun and fresh air can boost your mood and give you a little extra Vitamin D to brighten your day.

When you choose daily self-care, you’re choosing a self-honoring routine that helps you shift your mood and show up more fully in your life. This helps today and it supports a healthy, fulfilling road ahead!

Coming up over the next few weeks, I will share more self-care prescriptions that I found to be most important in my 20 years of seeing patients. The goal is to help you be your healthiest, most vibrant self. Stay tuned for more and don’t miss the video, too!

The Beginner’s Guide To Podcasts + The Spa Dr. Show

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One of the things I love about the on-trend podcast movement is that you can listen to your favorite talk show anytime, anywhere. Here is my beginners guide to podcasts to help you understand the ins and outs of maximizing the benefits of this fantastic industry.

That’s because podcasts are SO MUCH more than a regular radio station.

Today there are hundred of thousands of podcasts covering every imaginable topic like history, health and wellness, serial dramas, business and marketing, skincare, and comedy… and it’s all free. It’s like having your own on-demand, customized radio station.

So, What Are The Basics?

All you need to get going is a smart device and a podcast player app that you install on your phone. Once you set up your podcast player, you can see “what’s hot and trending” or search by topic.

Next “click” on the episode of your choice and then download it and listen or save it for later. You can even subscribe to a channel like The Spa Dr. on your podcast player so you don’t miss a single episode.

You can also go straight to YouTube to access select video podcasts. It really is so simple.

Here’s a list of the top podcast players for your smart device.

  • Google Play Music – FREE
  • Apple Podcasts – FREE
  • Spotify – FREE
  • Overcast – FREE WITH PREMIUM FEATURES $

There are desktop players too, if you want to listen in from your home computer. Check out:

  • iTunes (integrates with Apple) – FREE
  • gPodder (integrates with Android) – FREE

How To Get More Out Of The Spa Dr’s Podcasts

  1. Listen during your commute. It will make the time pass so much more pleasantly plus you’ll be educated and motivated when you arrive at your destination.
  2. Take The Spa Dr. with you when you go to the gym. There are so many expert guests and insightful information it’s bound to keep you engaged and entertained.
  3. As you’re listening to an episode of The Spa Dr. podcast, choose at least one idea that you can apply to your life right now.
  4. Share what you learn with your family, friends, and co-workers. It’s a great conversation starter.

To get you going, here are three of the most popular The Spa Dr. podcast episodes that I know you’ll enjoy:

The Scary Facts About Sugar And Your Skin

3 Keys For Natural And Effective Skincare

26 Natural Beauty Tips

Clean Eating Is Easier Than You Think

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Eating clean really is easier than you think and has so many benefits, including better skin. I find that there is often some confusion about what clean eating is and how to achieve it, though, which is why I want to take a moment to address how it can be easily achieved and what foods to look out for—both good and bad.

To start, clean eating is described as a dietary lifestyle that involves eating natural foods as much as possible and avoiding any processed or refined foods. When you try to focus on clean eating, you should be focusing on eating as many fresh, whole foods as possible. Eating clean has a lot of benefits and can greatly change your lifestyle. Many people notice that eating clean gives them more energy, contributes to weight loss and can even contribute to clearer skin and overall improvements to health. It’s no surprise that when you eat natural, whole foods, your body responds by working at optimal levels.

Below I’ve made a list of foods that should be avoided when eating clean as well as a list of a few foods that you should eat and why they have so many great benefits. These are foods that are often refined or processed and sold with additives that can have adverse side effects. When you eat clean you should be able to know all of the ingredients in the food you’re eating. This means that things with additives or artificial ingredients are out, so opt for the more natural alternatives where you can.

Start by avoiding these foods and drinks–listed in order of importance–as much as possible:

  1. Sugar
  2. Dairy
  3. Gluten-containing grains
  4. Alcohol
  5. Caffeine
  6. Eggs
  7. Corn
  8. Nightshades
  9. Peanuts
  10. Soy

Now, let’s focus on a few of the many things you CAN, and should, be eating when looking to achieve a clean eating lifestyle:

Avocados

Avocados are high in antioxidants such as polyphenols and vitamin E, which help combat oxidative damage that can accelerate skin aging. While Avocado is known for being high in fats, these are healthy fats that your body needs to contribute to healthy hair, skin and nails. Vitamin E, for example, is often found in products like lotions and balms to help heal wounds and lessen the appearance of scars because of its hydrating ability to fortify your skin.

Olives

Olives are a great source of monounsaturated fats and antioxidants. If you love olives, feel free to add an extra serving to your daily fruit intake. However, be aware that many olives are high in sodium, so you may want to drink more water if you eat olives to make sure that your body isn’t retaining water.

Papaya

Papayas are rich in vitamins A and C and contain potassium, folate, fiber, and other skin-enhancing nutrients. They also naturally contain the enzyme papain, which can help us digest food. These tropical fruits look like a cross between a banana and a melon and can be found in most grocery stores. They also make great additives to things like smoothies and salads as they have a very light flavor and contain a lot of water.

Coconut

Enjoy the whole coconut. There are benefits from the water, milk, meat, and oil this precious plant produces. Coconut contains lauric acid, which is full of immune-enhancing properties that are great for skin health. You can also get a lot of benefits from different coconut products, as long as those products are naturally processed and don’t contain any extra chemicals, sugars or ingredients. Enjoy things like toasted coconut chips, coconut water or even use coconut oil in your cooking instead of olive oil.

There’s so much more that I’d love to tell you about legumes, fermented foods, oils, berries, and clean animal proteins. In fact, that’s one of the reasons I wrote the book, Clean Skin Within. If you haven’t accessed my book, which is also a 2-week program to glowing, naturally, youthful skin, then do it now! It’s FREE. All you pay is shipping.

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Eat clean and enjoy better skin and health. You can do this!

 

7 Spices for Glowing Skin

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7 Super Spices for Glowing Skin

Are you looking for a quick, easy way to improve your skin health while also reducing systemic inflammation and healing your gut at the same time?

The answer might be as close as your spice cabinet.

Spices go beyond adding flavor to your food; some have medicinal properties that naturally heal and rejuvenate your skin. These same spices, more often than not, are potent digestive aids and antioxidants that can help you fight oxidative stress and heal your gut. Many even contain high levels of anti-inflammatory agents and nutrients that will not only have your skin looking and feeling great in no time, but also drive down systemic inflammation, which is a leading contributor to a wide variety of chronic illnesses including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease.

So today, I want to tell you how seven natural ingredients can give your beauty routine a boost while helping you heal from the inside out at the same time. Use more of the following spices for glowing skin!

1. Cinnamon for that natural flush

Just as a stick of this unassuming herb can drastically change the flavor of any dish, it can have the exact same effect on our senses. Cinnamon, when used externally, creates a stimulus so strong that it draws blood to the surface of the skin, speeding up blood circulation, helping your skin to breathe, and consequently eliminating acne. I would consider this one of the better spices for glowing skin.

How to use it:

Try making this cool lip polish at home and add some cinnamon to it. The spice will draw blood to your lips and give them a natural, rosy look.

2. Fennel for irritation and redness

This root, with its slight licorice flavor, is especially good for sensitive skin; it decreases redness and irritation and can help minimize sensitivity caused by sun exposure. Fennel is one of the great spices for glowing skin and is fairly easy to integrate into your daily life.

How to use it:

Soak 1/2 teaspoon of fennel seeds in 1 cup purified water and use it to spritz your face and neck to cool your skin.

3. Cumin to prevent premature aging

Cumin contains skin-nourishing vitamin E. And cumin’s natural antioxidants help fight the free radical damage that can lead to premature skin aging (not to mention the “rusting” of your internal organs). This powerful spice even has disinfectant properties that help keep skin clear of toxins and infections, dramatically improving skin health.

How to use it:

Mix cumin seed oil and apple cider vinegar in equal proportions to prepare a skin toner. Let the mixture gel. Then apply to your skin. It is an excellent cure for boils, pimples, and acne.

4. Chamomile, a natural anti-inflammatory

Chamomile has amazing healing properties and is one of my recommended spices for glowing skin. Why? Its anti-inflammatory properties effectively reduce redness, itchiness, and swelling. Wounds even heal more quickly and are disinfected simply by drinking chamomile tea.

How to use it:

Easy! Buy a high-quality chamomile tea, steep it in boiling water for a few minutes, and enjoy! Drinking chamomile tea regularly offers nourishment and moisture to your skin while providing your body with an abundance of anti-inflammatory benefits.

5. Nutmeg, a natural antiseptic

Nutmeg helps reduce inflammation and irritation of the skin, promotes hydration, and gives your skin a smooth appearance. This delicious spice reduces the signs and marks of acne, and can also help out with dry skin because it’s extremely moisturizing and assists exfoliation.

How to use it:

Try sprinkling a bit of nutmeg on vegetables such as sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, winter squashes, cabbage, cauliflower, and spinach.

6. Ginger for radiant and refreshed skin

A ginger treatment can renew the overall radiance of your skin and is one of the spices for glowing skin that I use most often. This spicy root has the ability to improve skin tone, fight blemishes, and lighten age spots. It’s full of anti-aging antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, minerals, and skin brightening nutrients that can be of special benefit to those with rosacea, acne, eczema, psoriasis, or an uneven complexion.

How to use it:

Kick start your day with a ginger and lemon tonic water.

7. Curcumin (Turmeric) to fight bacteria

Although it sounds similar to cumin, curcumin is completely different. Curcumin (Turmeric) is one of the most well-researched herbs on the planet. You can consider it the granddaddy of the anti-inflammatory spices. Its effects are so powerful that it’s not only an effective anti-inflammatory agent for your skin but may also help with joint pain and other inflammatory conditions as well. In addition, Turmeric has been shown to significantly decrease the number of bacteria that typically trigger acne.

How to use it:

Get more curcumin in your diet. One way is with my tea recipe. Experiment with the ingredients and flavorings until you find a combination that suits your taste.

Another way is to experiment by sprinkling a little on your food. Veggies and meat are all delicious with a little curcumin added.

There are literally hundreds of different spices available with amazing skin benefits.  What is your favorite skin spice and why? Please share with me; I would love to know.

 

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