Clean Skin from Within: The Spa Doctor's Two-Week Program to Glowing, Naturally Youthful Skin

Great book , excellent info highly recommended.

It's a very good book but I missed two elements.Pictures for each recipe and a dietary plan.Otherwise I used it for 2 weeks of smoothies and I switch to a dietary plan from another provider.Also there is a lot of talk before getting to what I wanted, the recipes.

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Important book and one of few skin care experts to properly treat the skin as the amazing organ it is !!Our largest organ, most people unknowingly harm their skin (and body and brain) with chemical laden products, just to get that special ingredient (often way down the ingredient list) featured on the front label. Or get skin spa treatments either with temporary benefits, or that actually damage the skin in the short or long term.*** Anyone who treats skin without proper attention to the inside of the body is getting a fraction of the benefits, and could be doing more harm than good.If you go to a skin spa, I recommend first reading as well as listening to at least 2 podcast interviews with Dr. Anthony Youn. Then look for someone qualified and experienced. And understand that there are always risks, even with well qualified professionals.TIPI always treat HALF of my face for 3 months with any new topical (currently trying Youn Retinal moisturizer). Did you know there's a major *placebo* effect in skin care?? In research studies, many people think they look younger when they were given a placebo cream with no anti-aging ingredient.At some point I plan to get microneedling with platelet rich plasma, But I will find a skilled aesthetician and do only *one* side of my face. If I'm happy with the outcome on *one* side of my face, and it lasts for 3 months, I'll do the other side after 3 months.MOST IMPORTANT SKIN CARE TIPRead and use this book by Dr. Trevor CatesCOLLAGEN--- Vitamin C and Zinc are needed to make collagen in the skin. But vitamin C and Zinc compete for absorption and should be taken separately.--- Like most doctors, the author mistakenly lists certain food sources of Zinc that are poorly absorbed due to high phytic or oxalic acid in those foods. ***Please look up high oxalic acid foods, and high phytic acid foods. Phytic and oxalic acids interfere with absorption of ALL minerals. Ancestral people soaked and sprouted their plant foods. This removes or reduces phytic and oxalic acids (if done properly).--- Since our soil is depleted of nutrients we do need to supplement. One study found that we get only 1/8 of the vitamin C from an orange than our great grandparents did. If supplementing with Zinc, be aware that Zinc depletes copper. 1-2 mg of copper per 15 mg zinc is a general recommendation.--- Collagen is a large molecule and must be properly broken down into amino acids and peptides to absorb. (Adding collagen to any topical is misleading) Collagen powders that we drink must be *Hydrolyxed Collagen Peptides* on the ingredient label.

Okay but a lot of information already available