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How your liver health affects your skin A congested and sluggish liver means that: Toxins are not being efficiently excreted from the body, leading to an excessive build-up of toxins, inflammation and eventually skin eruptions, spots, breakouts or accelerated ageing.

Sex hormones are not being adequately deactivated and cleared from the body , often leading to excessive circulating testosterone which means a higher rate of sebum production, a trigger for oily and acne-prone skin and breakouts.

Fat is not being adequately broken down , leading to undigested fat entering the digestive system, causing a build-up of waste widespread inflammation in the body and the skin.

Blood sugar levels are not being kept in check , increasing insulin levels, androgen hormones which is often linked to hormonal acne. When excessive toxins build up in the deeper layers of the skin, inflammation can appear as Acne and hormonal breakouts Accelerated ageing and loss of skin firmness Brown liver spots Eczema and dermatitis Red itchy rashes that can show anywhere on the body Psoriasis Non-skin related signs may include tiredness, hormonal imbalances, digestive disturbances such as constipation and IBS, headaches and aches and pains.

Turmeric root - this bright yellow herb has been used for centuries and is powerful when it comes to supporting detoxification and support liver bile flow.

Liver loving foods The first and most important method of detoxification is ensuring you are providing your body with nutritious and liver loving foods. Pack in fibre Ensure you are getting enough fibre in your diet. Increase your antioxidant intake Antioxidants protect your cells against oxidative stress and damage caused by free radicals.

Brush your skin! Detoxify your environment: Your home and work can be major sources of toxins as can your beauty products. Anna Mitsios Adv. Com Honours Anna is a certified naturopath and nutritionist and founder of leading Australian natural skincare and wellness company, Edible Beauty Australia.

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Do you desire youthful, healthy, glowing skin? In the pursuit of better skin, it is common to seek out beauty salons, spas, specialists, lotions, serums and more.

However, as the saying goes, beauty is found from within. To be specific, our skin is an extension of the liver. In Chinese Medicine, ailments of the skin are regularly treated by remedying imbalances in the liver.

That is because our liver is greatly responsible for two dominant functions that effect our skin health; digestion and detoxification. The liver is both a detoxification organ and a digestive organ.

When the liver is functioning properly, our blood is clean, free of pathogens and rich in nutrients, which feed our skin cells. When the liver is congested or toxic, our blood is poorly filtered a primary job of the liver and ends up becoming toxic and nutrient deficient.

What we eat goes into the stomach for digestion, is processed by the small intestine, then portal vein vagus nerve , then the liver, which lastly sends nutrients or toxins into the blood.

Because our blood is what nourishes our skin, if it is not healthy, our skin will not be healthy — simple as that. More specifically, if our skin is riddled with harmful microbes our immune system is activated, we become inflamed and some of the first places we notice this is on our skin.

Acne, eczema, psoriasis, and other skin problems are basically inflammatory responses. In short, whatever the condition of our liver, so is the condition of our skin. The Liver The liver is hands down the most important organ in the body. It is the largest detoxification and digestion organ in the body.

It is the body's filter — it filters everything we come into contact with; the air we breathe, food we eat, water we drink, anything we put in or on our bodies, the liver has to process.

When we consume food, it is up to the liver to metabolize and eliminate any harmful preservatives, pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, chemicals, bacteria and the plethora of additives that may be present.

And though it is much more complex and dynamic than a piece of machinery, it can only withstand so much abuse. The consumption of obvious toxicity such as drugs, alcohol and cigarettes is one thing, but we live in a world today where our air, water and food are more toxic than ever before.

Not just that, but most personal hygiene products shampoo, conditioners, soaps, lotions, etc. are highly toxic. This places a heavy burden on our livers that it is not used to and it is possible for our liver to become congested and fatigued from the constant work of processing this abundance of toxicity.

When this happens, our healthy declines greatly and it shows up on our skin. To give you an even better idea of the importance of caring for your liver consider this — aside from filtering everything you eat, drink, breathe and bathe in, the liver has at least functions, including: Produces glucose, a basic source of energy.

If the liver is diseased, poor glucose regulation is likely, which is linked to skin keratinocytes , and other skin problems associated with oxidative damage. Makes amino acids, which become PROTEIN in your body for the use of hair and collagen production and more.

Makes steroids, hormones and sex hormones. Makes blood clotting elements. Creates digestive fluids to digest foods, especially bile and lipase to break down fat.

Without it, our skin would be deprived of essentially fatty acids it needs to smooth and supple. It regulates cholesterol and eliminates inflammatory, rancid fats that can cause oxidative skin damage.

Kills bacteria and viruses — a root cause of skin problems is often bacterial. Produces interferon, a powerful germ killer that prevents cancers, including skin cancer.

Makes most of the body's lymph fluid — eczema is often a symptom of toxic, sluggish lymph. It also houses much of our immunity, it produces lymphocytes and white blood cells. There are just some of the hundreds of functions of the liver. However, with these alone, you can begin to see the strong correlation between liver health and the skin.

While a deeper evaluation is necessary, it is safe to say that if you are experiencing persistent skin problems, that your liver may be stressed out. Chronic fatigue, feeling run down, low on energy Hypothyroidism — constant sweating Memory problems, foggy brain, poor cogitative function Emotional problems; chronically depressed, frustrated, angry, easily stressed out and irritated.

PMS symptoms; menstrual cycles are supposed to be light, cleansing periods, not painful and awful. Digestive problems — hemorrhoids, constipation, bad gas, diarrhea, indigestion, heart burn, bloating. At basic, anything in excess, that is toxic and places a great deal of stress on the body, will fatigue the liver and effect the skin poorly.

Some examples include: Poor nutrition — processed, fast foods, conventional foods, factory farmed animal products, GMOs, etc. Sugar — especially refined sugar, HFCS, or any sugar in excess. Excess alcohol consumption, especially low quality alcohol made with poor quality, fluoridated, chlorinated water with low quality ingredients.

Cigarettes Prescription drugs and medications, especially NSAIDs, pain pills like acetaminophen, antibiotics, antidepressants, and tranquilizers like antihistamine.

Claritin for example contains arsenic trioxide , which causes liver tumors. Another primary function is the filtration of our blood our skins nourishment. Lastly, the liver aids in digestion, which provides our blood with the nutrients it needs to feed the skin cells.

Therefore, by supporting the detoxification and functioning of the liver, we can experience hormonal balance, less inflammation, strong digestion, greater immunity, cleaner blood, and radiant skin.

The good news is that there are simple things we can do daily to detoxify and tonfiy our livers. Here are 7 simple things you can start doing today to experience greater overall health and the most beautiful skin of your life: Detoxifying Diet Cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, arugula and radishes contain DIM, which promotes the detoxification of the liver, especially of excess hormones.

Welcome back to episode of the Healthy Skin Show! Today I want to tackle questions around liver detoxes — when a liver detox could be helpful, when is it best to avoid doing one, and is a detox better for certain types of rashes versus others!

What many of these things fail to specify is that your liver has its own ability to detoxify. The obsession with detoxing your liver is largely misguided by way of fairly false analogies like the one about your liver being a fish filter.

Now with that being said, there can be a time and place for a liver detox so I figured this would be a great opportunity to discuss this topic further so that you can make a more educated decision on whether a liver detox is right for you. Before we go any further, I do want to clearly say that I see the good intentions behind doing a liver detox.

One of the biggest reasons why is because your liver needs support in the form of the appropriate nutrients MORESO than it needs to be detoxed. AND some people can react negatively to them, especially if they have a ragweed allergy since most liver detox herbs like milk thistle and dandelion are in the ragweed family.

Especially if you suspect or have known gut microbiome issues that you want to work on because your liver must be running well before you start tackling the gut issues to avoid a flare up.

I talk about this in my 3-part liver detox series — Part 1 episode , Part 2 episode and Part 3 episode One of those instances would be in cases of psoriasis.

With psoriasis, we know from research that liver dysfunction and metabolic issues unfortunately go hand-in-hand. So in this instance, a liver detox can sometimes be really helpful if there is a lot of liver dysfunction.

My suggestion is to ALWAYS support the liver first before adding in detoxifying ingredients or products because again — if there is an insufficient amount of key nutrients like glycine, glutathione and other nutrients required by your liver , a liver detox could just throw your system out of whack even further.

With all other chronic skin issues that I talk about here on the Healthy Skin Show and work with in my clinical practice , a liver detox would only make sense if liver dysfunction is still present after other root causes have been worked through to a significant degree.

Someone struggling with significant Histamine Overload is likely not a candidate for doing any liver detoxes until their histamine reactivity is noticeably reduced without the use of more antihistamines.

I have repeatedly been told by clients and readers that liver detoxes made their skin worse. Jennifer Fugo, MS, CNS is an integrative Clinical Nutritionist and the founder of Skinterrupt.

She works with women who are fed up with chronic gut and skin rash issues discover the root causes and create a plan to get them back to a fuller, richer life.

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