Protect the skin you’re in
Since it’s not reasonable to live inside of a bubble to avoid the various opportunistic elements out there that threaten our internal environment, maintaining a healthy barrier against them is critical.
Your skin is your first defense against viruses, bacteria, molds, and parasites. How well it defends you has everything to do with how you treat it.
Besides holding everything inside, your skin has several functions. It’s a solar collector that transforms cholesterol in the skin into a valuable and necessary element called vitamin D. Since we can consume this in our food, we actually can exist without this function provided our diet contains enough.
Your skin is part of your internal heating and air conditioning system. To hold heat in, your skin will reduce circulation to hold more heat in, along with muscles at the root of hair follicles making the hair stand more erect, creating a degree of insulation. To cool the system, circulation is increased close to the surface so heat can be lost along with perspiration to cool the surface with evaporation.
Your skin is responsible for holding vital fluids in. Remember that water and oil aren’t compatible. The fats in your skin hold fluid inside the cells. Since third degree burns have burned the fat in your skin, fluid loss is a the primary concern. The other major concern is the potential of infection. This is a huge reason the burn remedy Dr Otto George created worked so well. It’s a combination of cod liver oil and castor oil. Unfortunately, This product is no longer available.
The outside of your skin maintains a bacterial flora just like the lining of your gut relies on a healthy colony of bacteria. Excessive hand washing or using products that damage this friendly environment can create chronic skin damage. I’m not a fan of hand sanitizers as these can eventually set up eczematous conditions. The bacteria on the outside of your body must stay out there, and not invade inner tissues. Just as you harbor e-coli within a healthy colon, if it gets into other tissues, like the small intestine or the bladder, it will make you sick.
All epithelial cells (this includes the lining of the gut, lungs, vagina, skin, and sinuses), require specific fats to remain healthy. One fat in particular is that of vitamin A. Deficiencies in vitamin A are responsible for allowing viruses like warts and even herpes to live in the skin. When I remove multiple hardened, thick skin lesions off my patients It’s a tell tale sign of improper fat intake or fat handling.
Besides it’s role in calcium absorption, vitamin D is a major part of your skin’s health. Since calcium is important in the protection of your skin against cancer, low levels of tissue calcium can be secondary to low vitamin D levels. Unfortunately, high levels of vitamin D alone won’t suffice in protecting the skin alone. Calcium must be available in the diet, but without the assistance of polyunsaturated fatty acids, known as vitamin F, calcium can’t be transported into the tissues from the blood stream.
Vitamin F consists of fatty acids with 2, 3, and 4 double bonds. These are called unsaturated because they have binding sites which can attach to hydrogens. This is why they are called unsaturated. The naturally available fats like that of wheat germ oil are excellent for the health of the skin. This is one of the best remedies for those with acne. Unfortunately, grain products of today have had the healthy fats removed to avoid rancidity. This is why I mill my own grains at home, fresh each time to protect the good fats.
Eating grain products without the fats needed to protect the skin (intestines), may be one of the greatest causes of intestinal problems like gluten intolerance.
Keep your skin healthy. Eat good fats that have the potential of nourishing your entire body, especially your skin. It’s your first line of defense against a hostile world. Use oils like flax, borage, walnut, black currant, avocado, olive, and hemp. Keep your skin healthy!
Since it’s not reasonable to live inside of a bubble to avoid the various opportunistic elements out there that threaten our internal environment, maintaining a healthy barrier against them is critical.
Your skin is your first defense against viruses, bacteria, molds, and parasites. How well it defends you has everything to do with how you treat it.
Besides holding everything inside, your skin has several functions. It’s a solar collector that transforms cholesterol in the skin into a valuable and necessary element called vitamin D. Since we can consume this in our food, we actually can exist without this function provided our diet contains enough.
Your skin is part of your internal heating and air conditioning system. To hold heat in, your skin will reduce circulation to hold more heat in, along with muscles at the root of hair follicles making the hair stand more erect, creating a degree of insulation. To cool the system, circulation is increased close to the surface so heat can be lost along with perspiration to cool the surface with evaporation.
Your skin is responsible for holding vital fluids in. Remember that water and oil aren’t compatible. The fats in your skin hold fluid inside the cells. Since third degree burns have burned the fat in your skin, fluid loss is a the primary concern. The other major concern is the potential of infection. This is a huge reason the burn remedy Dr Otto George created worked so well. It’s a combination of cod liver oil and castor oil. Unfortunately, This product is no longer available.
The outside of your skin maintains a bacterial flora just like the lining of your gut relies on a healthy colony of bacteria. Excessive hand washing or using products that damage this friendly environment can create chronic skin damage. I’m not a fan of hand sanitizers as these can eventually set up eczematous conditions. The bacteria on the outside of your body must stay out there, and not invade inner tissues. Just as you harbor e-coli within a healthy colon, if it gets into other tissues, like the small intestine or the bladder, it will make you sick.
All epithelial cells (this includes the lining of the gut, lungs, vagina, skin, and sinuses), require specific fats to remain healthy. One fat in particular is that of vitamin A. Deficiencies in vitamin A are responsible for allowing viruses like warts and even herpes to live in the skin. When I remove multiple hardened, thick skin lesions off my patients It’s a tell tale sign of improper fat intake or fat handling.
Besides it’s role in calcium absorption, vitamin D is a major part of your skin’s health. Since calcium is important in the protection of your skin against cancer, low levels of tissue calcium can be secondary to low vitamin D levels. Unfortunately, high levels of vitamin D alone won’t suffice in protecting the skin alone. Calcium must be available in the diet, but without the assistance of polyunsaturated fatty acids, known as vitamin F, calcium can’t be transported into the tissues from the blood stream.
Vitamin F consists of fatty acids with 2, 3, and 4 double bonds. These are called unsaturated because they have binding sites which can attach to hydrogens. This is why they are called unsaturated. The naturally available fats like that of wheat germ oil are excellent for the health of the skin. This is one of the best remedies for those with acne. Unfortunately, grain products of today have had the healthy fats removed to avoid rancidity. This is why I mill my own grains at home, fresh each time to protect the good fats.
Eating grain products without the fats needed to protect the skin (intestines), may be one of the greatest causes of intestinal problems like gluten intolerance.
Keep your skin healthy. Eat good fats that have the potential of nourishing your entire body, especially your skin. It’s your first line of defense against a hostile world. Use oils like flax, borage, walnut, black currant, avocado, olive, and hemp. Keep your skin healthy!
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