I recently cooked and ate a whole beef heart. I didn’t used to be the kind of person who eats offal, I've been pretty repulsed by it my whole life, but moving from California to Utah changed how I eat. In California there was a more abundant selection of organic vegetables. Living there I ate mostly ...
STRESS & YOUR SKIN
For the first year of having melasma my spots were light and small. My doctor told me this was normal, that a lot of women get melasma when they quit taking birth control. I was a statistic. Of course, stopping birth control wasn’t enough to reverse the condition. Since the doctor told me there ...
THE LIVER-SKIN RELATIONSHIP
*Liver detox can make your skin worse. If you haven’t prepared the body for toxin buildup, this step can be a make-it-or-break-it moment. Too many toxins circulating in the body can be a contributing factor to melasma spread. Please follow these steps correctly to prevent the worsening of the ...
HEAVY METALS & YOUR SKIN
Four years into my healing journey, I had done everything from gut healing to hormone balancing. I was moving forward, applying all the information I had learned, and making some real progress. Next up was taking care of my liver, which my research suggested would be vital for curing my melasma. I ...
THE GUT-SKIN CONNECTION
The gut is your gastrointestinal tract, the passageway from mouth to anus, and includes the esophagus, stomach, and intestine. The bacteria in the gut play a crucial role in health in general and skin health in particular. Many skin diseases are found alongside an altered gut ...