Let's talk about dermal fillers.
Better yet, let's talk about soup. And Jello.
Last year I read a book called Deep
Nutrition, Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food, by Catherine Shanahan MD
and Luke Shanahan. Read my thoughts about it here.
Here’s Dr. Cate on mineral-rich soup stocks for skin:
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| Better yet, let's have Jello. |
“The highest quality skin care products contain the
collagen-building ingredients your skin needs to restore itself. Even skeptical
doctors agree that regular use of these expensive products can have impressive
results. However, skincare expert Dr.
Dennis Gross, MD warns that it’s not an overnight solution. “It takes time, molecule by molecule, to
build collagen fibers.” Dermatologists advise patience and regular application
to get anti-wrinkle creams in contact with skin as much as possible. Why not also feed your skin from the inside?
If a cream containing two or three collagen-building
nutrients can help your skin, imagine how effectively you could nourish and
rebuild your dermal collagen if you ate a meal containing dozens of dermal growth factors. The nutrients in bone stocks
switch the genes for collagen manufacture to “on.” This effect is magnified by vitamins A, D, E
and C, and a few common minerals.
Whether in a skin cream or your soup bowl, the same natural ingredients
help you look young. But when you ingest them, you infuse all the layers of
your skin, and all the other tissues in your body, with rejuvenating nutrients.
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Word.
According to Weston A. Price Foundation President and
prominent nutrition researcher Sally Fallon
Morrell, stock not only contains gelatin, it has “minerals in a form the
body can absorb easily—not just calcium but also magnesium, phosphorus,
silicon, sulphur and trace minerals. It contains the broken down material from cartilage
and tendons--stuff like chondroitin sulphates and glucosamine, now sold as
expensive supplements for arthritis and joint pain.”
Now, I will admit to being a regular consumer of that broken
down material from cartilage and tendon. I take daily hyaluronic
acid and silicon supplements for the health and hydration of my skin. They’re
not cheap but they and a good skin care regimen work well to decrease the giant
chasm that too many years of refusing to wear glasses has etched deep between
my brows. Still, nutrients from real
food are always best since they work together synergistically in a way that
isolated supplements never can. For the health of my skin, my hair, my
digestion, and my overall body, I make and consume many quarts of mineral-rich,
nutrient-dense, and delicious broth every week, for soup broth and as the base
for sauces. I also channel Betty Draper
and make a great
big jello-mold every week for snacks and kid lunches. Yes, gelatin is just
powdered bone broth, without the savory flavor. And it’s actually a health
food.
A good gelatin makes beautiful, smooth, cellulite-free skin. It’s one of my favorite “beauty treatments”
and it’s easy as can be.
My recipe is over at The Slow Kitchen. What are your favorite “beauty foodie”
staples?
