The skin is the largest organ in the body. It performs a number of vital functions, including serving as the protective covering for the other organs of the body, regulating your body temperature and a barrier to let nutrients in and toxins out.
For years, people have searched for the ‘fountain of youth’. The fact is that great skin starts from within. The foundation of great skin no matter what your age is good nutrition. This means a healthy, balanced diet packed with nutrients. One of the healthiest diets that has been trending recently is the raw diet.
The Raw Diet Revealed
As the name suggests, the raw diet involves eating food in as close to their natural form as possible, with no processing or cooking. Cooking is believed to break down essential nutrients. A raw diet is believed to be healthier overall, but also excellent for the digestion, and by extension, the skin.
Digestion
When you eat raw foods, you are getting more of the essential vitamins and amino acids your body needs to perform all of its many functions, including digesting the food you eat and distributing it to all parts of the body in order for them to stay healthy. As you can guess, the skin is the furthest extremity of the body, so it gets it share last. If there aren’t enough nutrients to go around, your body will lack the essential building blocks for healthy skin.
Excretion
Raw foods are full of fiber and help keep you regular. This is one of the beat ways to get rid of toxins in your body.
Hydration
Raw foods such as fruits and vegetables also tend to have a very high moisture content, which keeps you hydrated and helps eliminate waste and toxins through the process of urination. If you are dehydrated, you skin will show it at once. It will look dry, lose its firmness and elasticity, and start to wrinkle.
You Are What You Eat
Your skin is an indicator of what’s going on in the rest of your body. If you’ve ever wondered why some people just seem to give off a glow, we are betting it is due to their balanced diet.
If you have ever experienced the ugly ‘orange peel skin’ of cellulite, you might be surprised to discover that even thin women can get it. If they eat a lot of processed foods, for example, the toxins start to build up and the skin sags and allows fatty tissue to poke through.
Try a raw diet and see what a difference it can make to your skin.
