121: The Gut-Skin Connection

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Today I’m kicking off part one of a two-part series on the connection between gut health and skin health.

Many of you already know that your skin is your largest organ, but we often forget that addressing skin conditions often requires us to go beyond topical solutions. Conventional/allopathic medicine tends to focus on the organ in question. For skin issues, the "solutions" are always skin-focused with treatments like dermatology, steroids, cortisone creams, Acutane, etc.⁣ They work from the outside.

The truth of the matter is that skin is almost always an inside job. Sometimes it's hormones. Sometimes it's overburdened detoxification pathways. Often it's gut-related. Functional medicine likes to take a step back and ask, what's driving the imbalance? What are the triggers? Where did it start? How can we address the root so the organ can self-heal?⁣ These are the questions I ask in my practice, and how I attempt to address skin issues from the inside-out.

This episode is all about the connection between gut health and skin health. I go into detail about these connections and explore how what we put IN our bodies can affect how we look and feel OUTside our bodies.

In this episode:

-Why sound byte nutrition does us a huge disservice [1:34]

-New registration dates for Erin Holt Health programs [6:48]

-Big (and little) shifts that are happening on the pod [8:11]

-Business transparency, back end decisions, sponsorships and my continued commitment to YOU, the listener [11:16]

-Why skin is an inside job [14:19]

-Gut/skin/inflammatory issues: decoding the chicken/egg situation, and the valuable role functional testing plays with this [16:54]

-Your skin, your gut and the unique connection they share [19:50]

-Turmeric, curcumin and the therapeutic effect they have on the skin [22:55]

-Nutrients the skin loves [25:14]

-The specific way skin conditions are tied to gut health [27:54]

-The first step to take in healing your skin [30:24]

-How identifying food sensitivities can help your skin [33:52]

-The drawbacks to elimination-style diets [35:52]

Resources mentioned:

Organifi Gold powder (enter code FUNK at checkout for 15% off!) https://www.organifi.com/FUNK

Erin’s Online Dispensary https://www.erinholthealth.com/purchase-supplements

FREE DIGESTIVE GUIDE https://www.erinholthealth.com/digestiveguide

Eat to Achieve https://www.erinholthealth.com/eat-to-achieve

Carb Compatibility Project https://www.erinholthealth.com/carb-compatibility-project

Your Hormone Revival https://www.erinholthealth.com/hormones

Vibrant Wellness Food Sensitivity Testing https://www.erinholthealth.com/tests-and-consults

Blog: How to Heal Your Dry Skin https://www.erinholthealth.com/erin-holt-health-1/2016/11/7/how-to-heal-your-dry-skin

The Gut Microbiome as a Major Regulator of the Gut-Skin Axis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048199/

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Hormone-safe Skin & Personal Care https://www.beautycounter.com/erinholt