How often do you consider your scalp as a part of your beauty and health regimen?

This article by the "Secret Life of Skin" explains how powerful ingredients like coconut oil can aid in maintaining a healthy scalp and modulating the scalp microbiome.

"The scalp, an often-neglected area of beauty and personal care, is essential for our health and wellbeing. The condition of the scalp determines the state of the skin in this area as well as our hair, with a healthy environment preventing irritation and disease and promoting optimal hair growth. However, as well as the scalp itself, it is also important to consider the scalp microbiome."

Our intestinal lining acts as a critical line of defense, preventing toxins and gut bacteria from passing into our bloodstream.

This barrier can weaken due to intestinal permeability and toxins or undigested food particles pass through. This promotes an immune response where the body attacks the foreign substances, resulting in a state of inflammation.

Since our skin is so closely linked to our gut (through the gut-skin axis), this altered immune response can promote the development of skin conditions like acne, rosacea, and psoriasis.  

It's important to remember that everything we consume and put into our bodies and onto our skin affects us from the inside out.

4 Ways to Promote Digestive Healing

1. Omit all potential food sensitivities, processed foods, highly refined carbohydrates, sugar, and reduce use of NSAIDS and/or antibiotics.

2. Add in the key components to optimal digestion including digestive enzymes, dietary fiber, and filtered water.

3. Add probiotics to your diet; best dietary sources include plain yogurt, kefir, tempeh, sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, miso, etc.

4. Integrate supplements, herbs, and therapeutic foods into your diet like bone broth, L-glutamine, probiotics, and Vitamin C

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- Suzanna