The Skin Doesn't Lie

On the right is grass fed butter, golden and beautiful. On left is regular store bought..no color at all indicating it's lack of vitamin A and other minerals. Psoriasis, Eczema, Dry Skin & all other skin conditions are a sign of what is happening within us. 

My professor always says, "Dry Skin, means a dry colon". Then she'll bang her fists on the podium and say, "You gotta eat more butter!!!" I may be exaggerating a bit about the banging on the podium, but everything else is as true as can be. We are a nation starved of the good fats, and drowning in the bad ones. Let's start there; With FAT. Wonderful, P.H.A.T., fat, fatty fatter-son FAT!  :) It's not a dirty word, it's vital for the health of our brains, digestion and skin. 

Begin a regiment of healthy fats like fish oil, hemp oil, or flax oil for any skin condition. All will do but I personally prefer hemp oil because it has a nice ratio of omega 3's to omega 6's.

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Bodycare Minus the Junk

Here's a few of my favorites...

Alaffia Brand Shampoo's and soaps (anything they make is high quality and natural in the highest order). It is a little pricey (not too bad really though) and available these days at most health food stores. I LOVE this company; truly a company with a cause. You can also find them online. 

Aubreys: Their shampoos are some of the most natural available. They too are a little on the pricey side (kind of par for the course with the really natural stuff). However when I worked at Whole Foods (and still today I have to remind myself) That it's not important that you get this huge "sudsie" lather for your hair to be clean.

Lather = Detergents. Detergents are drying and overall not really that good for the hair anyway;my point is Less is More. It's a hard habit to break because it just feels good!

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A Modern Hippie sheds Light on Natural Sunscreens

I spent a couple of hours in the sun yesterday and although I skillfully avoided burning my face, arms and legs, I have a nice strip of burned skin on the unprotected small of my back exposed while pulling weeds. Bummer. Since summer is officially here, let the sunscreen shopping begin!

First lets touch on SPF or Sun Protection Factor: What does it mean?  What does it tell you about your bottle of sun screen?

Here's how it works:

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