Jacqueline is a former member of the Canadian National Swim Team with over 10 years experience as a fitness professional. She holds a graduate degree in Health Sciences and is also a nutrition expert. Jacqueline is the co-owner of Move to Heal, a sport injury, yoga, and pilates clinic located in the heart of downtown Toronto in the Thompson Hotel Residences.
Lifestyle is extremely important when it comes to healthy skin. Your skin’s ability to react to outside stress, sun damage, and your environment (city vs country life) relies a lot more on your daily choices than your daily sunscreen or skin creams.
Everyone spends crazy amounts of money, or at least some, on the latest anti-aging cream or gel, botox, cosmetic surgery… the works! This is how the medical and pharmaceutical worlds not only make their money but also see the general population – eager for the next easy fix. However, it’s not so easy. Your face isn’t just your face. It is your liver, kidneys, heart, blood cells, blood vessels; everything is interconnected and that is not something you can change (there are no loop holes!).
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That being said, glowing skin and your skin health are related to the same things that will help your heart, control your weight, control your hormones, and lower your risk of obesity, heart disease, cancer, and lung disease, among other things. You need to exercise, get enough sleep, ditch the junk food, and cut back on the booze. If any aspect of your health is suffering, it means your body as a whole is suffering, including your skin!
So, how do we help? Well, as one famous philosopher once said, “Let food be thy medicine.” Here are some of my favourite skin improving, glow inducing, beauty foods.
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What are some of your favourite snacks that give your skin a little boost? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @ViewTheVibe.
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