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The Modern Hippie is me ~ Desiree Winans, Natural Health Educator. I teach my clients and classes how to use the tools of Naturopathy to heal themselves and their families through natural, non-invasive, holistic means. Learn more about me here and check out my recent blog posts below!

 

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Monday
Mar052012

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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