When children eat, you can read the menu on their faces from the milk mustaches, to the cookie-crumbed cheeks and the soupy beards. As we grow up, we grow out of wearing our food on our faces. Or do we?
Our skin reflects our health and the quality of food that we put into our bodies. Dr. Mitra Ray, Stanford University cell biologist and co-author of "Do you have the guts to be beautiful?" defines beauty as the cells in your body radiating health, and cellular health depends on good nutrition.
It's a surprise to many people but the skin is one of the largest organs of the body and it is also the dumping ground for toxins that the body is not properly processing. To the trained eye, the skin on your face, its wrinkles and spots, can tell you what's going on in your internal organs. It's an ancient art that is still practiced in Chinese medicine as well as other Eastern traditional healing methods.
The good news is that many wrinkles are not really permanent and can be reversed. Often they are simply a sign that your body needs more hydration to plump them out of existence. Sometimes the wrinkles have another message.
If you have horizontal lines across your forehead, it could mean a buildup of waste in the intestines, particularly the colon. Dr. Ray suggests that you get your bowels moving even if it requires a series of enemas in order to erase those very deep lines.
If you have 2 short vertical "worry" lines between your eyebrows, it indicates a clogged liver. Some practitioners recommend daily ground milk thistle seeds to prevent these wrinkles (unless you're pregnant), and also artichokes three times a week.
Crow's feet at the outer corners of the eye are caused by processed and overcooked foods. To reduce these, add more raw foods and fiber to your diet.
Bags and puffiness under the eyes could be telling you that sugar and refined flour are a problem, so you might want to experiment with cutting down on both refined and natural sugars, including fruit juices, as well as pasta and bread.
Blue circles under the eyes also indicate too much bread as well as too much dairy. Age spots may be telling you that there are too many impurities in your blood and call for eliminating preservatives, artificial flavorings and colorings, and hydrogenated fats.
If your lips have gotten thicker over the years and are fuller than when you were in high school, you and Angelina Jolie might think it's sexy, but in fact, you could be constipated and the answer might be more enemas.
Keep an eye on your face and skin and it will give you clues to improving not only your beauty but also your health, from the inside out.
About the Author
Margie King is a certified holistic health coach, Wharton M.B.A. and former corporate attorney. Trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Margie leads workshops on nutrition, conducts healthy cooking classes, and offers, webinars, individual and group health and nutrition coaching to women and busy professionals.
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