You Are What You Eat: Food Intolerance and Your Skin

We are what we eat—and if we’re eating junk, it just, might show!

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Too much junk food makes your skin look bad. No huge surprise there. But what about some seemingly healthy foods? These too could be causing you skin issues, like acne, rosacea, and wrinkles. Yikes! And did you know other (healthy) foods you eat could be showing up as skin problems too, especially if you have a food intolerance? Find out how, and which foods you may want to avoid.

Food intolerance can make you susceptible to gut imbalance, which can then show up on the outside. AKA, on your face. Have you noticed certain foods that break you out, or even cause rashes? Leave us a comment to let the community know how you it figured out!

Dr. Nigma Talib, naturopath and celebrity skin specialist, has written a book on what she call “digest-aging.” In other words, what you eat can cause unwanted skin issues that can make you look older. Dr. Talib breaks it down in her book, Reverse the Signs of Ageing: The Revolutionary Inside-Out Plan to Glowing, Youthful Skin.

Pizza, while ridiculously delicious, contains gluten and dairy, which may cause inflammation and indigestion in some people.

How Food Intolerances Show Up On Your Face

Gluten is a common food intolerance. While the list of symptoms is long, the way gluten sensitivity looks on your face is pretty specific. Gluten intolerance causes inflammation in the body, which can cause swelling and redness of the cheeks. It can also throw hormones out of balance, resulting in breakouts around the chin.

Dairy is another common intolerance. If you find dairy foods difficult to digest, your face may show this as puffy skin and bags under the eyes. If you are consuming dairy with added hormones, blemishes could be part of the ballgame too.

Other foods that are best consumed in moderation for a healthy lifestyle are caffeine, sugar, and alcohol. And you guessed it, these can also change the look of your skin.

Caffeine can be friend and foe to the complexion. Used in skincare or consumed in moderation, caffeine is a great de-puffer. Overdo it and your skin is left dehydrated and sporting some decent under eye circles.

Dr. Nigma Talib’s Cortisol Balancer

If you’re a caffeine fiend, you might be driving up your cortisol levels and creating imbalance in your body—not great for skin, nor your stress levels! Come back down to earth with the help of a Cortisol Balancer that contains adaptogens like ashwagandha and magnolia bark, the herb Epimedium koreanum, and the amino acid L-theanine. It may even help you get a good night’s sleep you’ve been desperately needing.

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Dr. Nigma Talib’s Super Vitamin C Cocktail

Sugar is awful for your skin, immunity and overall health. Instead support your skin and overall wellness with Dr. Talib’s Super Vitamin C Cocktail.

Aw, the love/hate relationship we have with sugar. So sweet and lovely. Until it saps your skin of collagen and elastin, leaving it droopy and aged before its time. Instead of reaching for the Kool-aid when you’re craving a sweet treat, try swapping for a beverage that actively supports your health. A favorite of the OA team is Dr. Nigma’s Super Vitamin C Cocktail, which contains no sugar or artificial anything, yet still manages to pack a flavorful punch with a signature super fruit blend that may promote antioxidant activity and support collagen (aka, good for your skin!).

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As for the alcohol. Yes, it causes puffiness. Duh. Did you also know it can cause redness and broken capillaries in the cheeks, deepened nasolabial folds, and enlarged pores? Not good. Swap your weekly skin-destroying cocktails with Dr. Nigma’s Beauty Cocktail Collagen Powder + Natural Berry Hydration Powder and you’ll get a different kind of buzz—eternal youth, dare we say?

If you’ve been having skin issues that aren’t the usual or are hard to address, maybe you have a food intolerance or are consuming too much sugar. Worth a look.

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