The cells in the body require a tremendous number of nutrients as well as metabolites in order to thrive. Many of these nutrients are derived from food, which include minerals, vitamins as well as the essential amino acids. Yet many other nutrients are created within a healthy as well as a well nourished body. There is no skin care product which can replace these processes.
Skin Care
Applying a nutrient enriched skin cream does not guarantee that the nutrients will actually penetrate the skin cells. It is possible that the nutrients just rest on the top of your skin until the next time that you wash. The quantity of active ingredients actually absorbed into the skin cells is dependent on a number of factors, such as, the condition of the skin, amount of active ingredient in the product, the way the product is manufactured and many other similar things. This doesn’t mean that skin cream is of no value but they can be unreliable. It is the nutrients that you gain through healthy eating which are the most reliable as it is certain that they will get into your skin cells.
Nutrition also has an effect on the aging process as a whole as it slows down the aging mechanism, which will also slow the aging process in the skin.
Foods with high nutritional value tend to benefit not only the skin but even the other bodily systems as well as general health.
Skin cannot be nourished from the inside only
The aging process for the human skin happens due to a combination of reasons which include, innate biological functions combined with environmental factors like the sun, wind and pollution. Good nutrition tends to slow the ageing process but it is not able to provide protection from environmental hazards. Proper use of sun block, besides limiting exposure to the sun as well as other steps which are discussed elsewhere in this site must also be taken.
There is no safe way in which to ingest a heavily concentrated amount of active ingredients in order to enrich the skin cells. Topical treatments are the safest as well as the most effective means of creating a fairly fast and effective set of results. As an example of this, you can use a topical cream with a concentration of 10 per cent or more of Vitamin C safely but ingesting that much orally is very dangerous. This is because the vitamin C is excreted by the kidneys and high dosages can lead to a large number of serious problems.
Ingredients safe for topical use may be dangerous if taken orally.
Other substances like growth hormones as well as peptides are not easily broken down in the digestive system. They are neutralized during their time in the GI tract and thus can only be used in topical form.
Care should be taken while choosing the nutrients which you plan to take orally. Some of these cannot be absorbed effectively via the GI tract, which can lead to digestive issues such as hypoacidity.
Conclusion
In order to keep you skin looking healthy; maintain a diet that is well balanced nutritionally. Although healthy eating may not produce striking results, but not eating a healthy diet makes your skin age much faster. Lack of nutrients such as vitamin A, B-complex as well as some of the essential fatty acids can lead to dermatitis besides other skin problems. Low level deficiencies are quite common and are quite often undiagnosed which may not lead to serious issues but they can surely have a negative effect on the skins ability to renew itself or to heal quickly. Improved nutrition often results in younger looking skin and possibly even a partial reversal of aging. Skin care products are a lot less likely to be effective in case your skin is lacking in the essential nutrients. Finally, there are certain nutrients, which, if ingested in doses which are higher than the minimal requirement (but still within a safe amount) may produce benefits to the skin. These amounts may be greater than what regular basic balanced nutrition can deliver.