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Previously I talked about nutrition and skin and focused on fiber. In this post I’d like to talk about specific nutrients and what they can do for your skin. The journey towards healthy skin begins with good nutrition. A well balanced diet is essential for healthy skin. If you eat garbage, it will more than likely show up on your face. Good nutrition may not reverse some damage already done but it will prevent more damage from occurring and nourish you skin by supplying the essential vitamins and minerals your skin needs to keep it looking healthy.

Vitamins and minerals play an important role in maintaining the quality of your skin. Some much more so than others. Vitamins A, C and E and minerals such as selenium and zinc are essential for good skin. And, some minerals such as selenium are deficient in our soils and must be added to the diet in the form of supplements to assure you are getting the daily amount needed for optimum general health as well as skin health. Let’s break this down further so you can see what role specific nutrients play in skin health and how you can get them in your diet.

Vitamin A maintains and repairs skin tissue. If you are lacking Vitamin A, your skin may appear dry and flaky. You can get Vitamin A in yellow and dark green leafy vegetables, whole milk, liver and butter.

Biotin, a member of the B family of vitamins, forms the basis for skin, nail and hair cells. Biotin is pretty easily obtained from the diet as you can get it from bananas, eggs, oatmeal and rice.

Vitamin C protects the skin from the sun, smoking and pollution by acting as an antioxidant. When excessive amounts of oxidants or free radicals are produced due to sun exposure, smoking and pollution, they can cause damage leading to disease and aging. Antioxidants help to remove these free radicals thereby reducing the damage. You get Vitamin C from citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruits, broccoli, bell peppers, Brussels sprouts and leafy greens.

Vitamin E offers the same benefits as Vitamin C. Vitamin E comes from vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, olives, spinach and asparagus.

Selenium is a mineral which protects your skin against sun damage by helping to minimize the damage caused by free radicals. There are small amounts of selenium in whole grains, seafood, garlic, eggs and liver.

Zinc chanclear skin by controlling oil production. It is also important in cell growth. Eat oysters, lean meats and chicken to get your zinc.

So, you can see that most of us are probably not getting some of what we need by diet alone. Oysters and liver, who eats that stuff? So, you always have the option of supplementing your diet. Fantasia highly endorses supplements and carries the Isagenix product line. We have a nutritionist on staff if you have any questions.

While most people are aware that hair loss is a common side effect of chemotherapy for cancer treatments, they may not be aware of the side effects to the skin. This is why Lindi Skin was created. Because Fantasia has worked with many people over the years undergoing chemotherapy treatments, we were thrilled to learn of Lindi Skin and have been carrying it in our salon almost since it first became available.

Lindi Skin care products are made from very unique formulations of special ingredients. The LSA Complex is one of Lindi’s most important features. When setting out to create a skin care for those on cancer treatments, they were determined to create something which would offer the comfort, soothing and healing needed. Lindi wanted to have something that did more than the creams already in the marketplace. The company owners met with doctors, nurses and patients. They set criteria as to what their products needed to provide to the customers.

LSA Complex embodies those criteria. Some of the properties of LSA include:

• anti-inflammatory
• anti-microbial
• wound healing
• soothing
• antioxidant

Special botanicals like curcumin, white tea, willow herb, chamomile and especially astraxanthin, were carefully selected to promote the properties listed above and are part of the Lindi Skin’s LSA Complex.

Whether you are affected by intensely dry skin, burns or rashes, Lindi Skin’s products have the botanical and antioxidant benefits to help heal your skin. Healthy skin starts with vital hydration. The unique properties of Lindi Skin provide you with a soothing, protective veil of moisture for lasting hydration. Your skin will be properly moisturized to promote healthy skin that looks beautiful and feels great!

Even if you have the most sensitive skin, Lindi Skin products are safe to use. These products are exceptionally gentle and non-irritating. The products are dermatologist-tested, hypo-allergenic, paraben-free and are not tested on animals.

If you or anyone you know has compromised skin, Fantasia is please to offer a skin care line that is luxurious, effective and safe for everyone, even those with the most difficult skin conditions. The Esthetician at Fantasia would be happy to talk with you about Lindi Skin products.