Thinning skin? Try a change in diet, plus CoQ10

Yesterday we talked about how Advair can cause your skin to thin and become easily damaged. But what if you aren't taking Advair, or any other steroid medication, and you still have thinning skin?

My research tells me that one cause is aging, another is genetics, another is too much sun exposure. Of course, serious disease can be a cause too, but one shouldn't assume illness just because of thinning skin.

More research tells me that we can do a lot about it with diet and supplements. And water - drinking plenty of water is one of the keys to healthy skin.

Sugar seems to be a culprit - as it is in so many other cases. But back to the diet - try plenty of green leafy vegetables, anti-oxidant fruits such as blueberries and raspberries, and fish such as tuna and salmon.

Recommended supplements include CoQ10 (which is good for almost everything), multi-vitamins containing C and E, and alpha lipoic acid.

Seems like we keep coming back to the basics - plenty of water, good overall diet, a minimum of sugar, and anti-oxidant supplements to fight back against the pollutants in our modern environment.

Diet seems to be the toughest part - because we're all rushing around all day and it's so fast and easy to choose some kind of pre-prepared food from the grocer's shelf rather than buy ingredients and cook a meal.

But we do owe it to ourselves to try...

Yours for radiant health,

Marte

The Danger from Metformin

Every health professional I've ever spoken with tells me that Metformin is a "good" drug - no harmful side-effects. Unlike insulin, it doesn't take over a bodily function and get you hooked for life, either.

But there is something it does that isn't good - I just read about it yesterday. It seems that Metformin depletes both CoQ10 and Vitamin B 12. Both are vitally important to your body.

So, while the best and safest plan would be to change your dietary habits and eliminate the need for Metformin, at the very least you should be supplementing to replace lost nutrients.

Perhaps some day all doctors will recognize the importance of nutrition and the dangers that pharmaceuticals present in depleting our vital nutrients. Until then, it's up to each of us to do the research and give our bodies what they need.

Yours for good health,
Marte