Nourishing Skin Health: Diet and Immunity

Episode Highlights With Robyn

• Common misconceptions about nutrition and skin health
• Food fears around skin health: i.e., dairy/gluten is bad for the skin
• Top ways to support skin from the inside out
• Fixing the environment the food is landing in vs restrictive diets forever 
• When it is helpful to avoid certain triggers for a short term and how to then retrain and be able to eat them again
• The mindset and emotional shifts and how they are so important 
• How psychoimmunology comes into play here 
• What to know about eczema and how it is often an immune miswiring vs hormones with acne
• How to truly hydrate the skin and nutrition and hydration from the inside out 
• What the phospholipid bilayer is and how to support it with nutrients
• The particular fats that support skin: olive oil, butter, avocado, etc, plus vitamin E
• Why she isn’t a fan of chemical-based sunscreens or endocrine disruptors in any skincare
• There can also be risks with clean skincare ingredients
• How healing skin and gut can actually improve skin reaction to the sun as well
• Iron and copper balance also play a role in sun/skin health as well
• How red light therapy can help collagen production, and how minerals are supportive 
• Iodine and fluoride compete at a cellular level

Resources Mentioned

• The Clear Skin Lab
• Nutrition By Robyn on Instagram
• The Hidden Cause of Acne book - and my podcast interview with the author
• 928: The Root Causes of Acne and How to Address Them with Robyn Spangler