How To Eat Personalized Foods & Nutrients To Make Your Skin Glow From The Inside Out

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Hey would you like to learn how to holistically feed you skin the right nutrients so that it is glowing from the inside out?

A lot of us focus on anti-aging procedures but those cost thousands of dollars and quite frankly are not as effective if you had some of the basics down first.

On this conversation I bring on Dr Mark Tager who has been in the aesthetic industry for decades and we discuss skin tips from his new book called Feed Your Skin Right.

Mark Tager, MD is CEO of San Diego-based ChangeWell Inc., an organization that trains and coaches healthcare practitioners to enhance their presence in person, on camera and online.

As a physician, he is well grounded in aesthetic, lifestyle, regenerative and integrative medicine.

02:45 Dr Mark Tager’s Background

He’s been in integrative functional world for years
20 years ago got excited about aesthetics and helped bring Fraxel laser to market
He’s happy that inside and outside wellness is going mainstream

04:30 Layers Of Skin

Epidermis is outer layer with no blood flow
Dermis has collagen, elastic, nerves, blood vessels
Hypodermis has a lot of fat and muscle

08:00 The Building Blocks Of Collagen

Amino acids, Vitamin C, iron and silicon is needed for body to create collagen
5% of blood flow goes to the skin to deliver these nutrients
Must get diet in place before supplementing and doing procedures
Combinations of phytonutrients are great in plants

10:00 Overarching Principles For Healthy Skin

Eat foods like they were created
Grains, veggies, some meat, fatty fish
Avoid processed foods and sugary sweets at all costs
Sugar, dairy and unhealthy fats can cause acne

18:50 Foods That Help Your Skin

Eat foods as they appear in nature
Cut out sugar
Avoid foods with food reactions IgE
Avoid foods with food sensitivities IgG
Avoid foods with food intolerances – enzyme deficiencies or hydrochloric acid
Correct Omega 3:6 ratio important. Currently 1:20.
Avocado oil, olive oil, nuts, seeds are great to balance this ratio
Omega-3’s are also anti-inflammatory

22:20 How To Do Food Testing

Food, exercise, stress and sleep
Basic blood tests: hsCRP, HbA1c, Ferritin, magnesium, zinc, vitamin D, choline
Nutrigenomics: sometimes genetic variants require more nutrients of a particular type, or pigment, glycate, or break down collagen
Microbiome: 16S consumer tests are broad but not functional, diversity and balance is important
Food sensitivity tests
Other GI tests: organic acids, Zonulin etc.
Hormone testing: sex hormones, thyroid and dried urine tests
Vegans are susceptible to low folate, B12, iron and collagen

30:30 Collagen Sources – What Are The Best?

Collagen is made up of amino acids
Hydrolyzed collagen works
You can also get the amino acids from meat
Bio-stimulatory procedures such as laser, microneedling or ultrasound can lightly injure skin
This injury causes new collagen to be created in your skin
Liposuction and fat transfer to face also works to recreate new fat