Thu, Nov-09-06, 16:21
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Plan: various
Stats: 140/140/140
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Originally Posted by cs_carver
Plus high-dose vitamin C. Not sure that's completely related, but it is part of the "regimen."
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Good info. Thanks. How much C? What form?
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Originally Posted by cs_carver
Lots of flax oil caps--7 daily, may add more now that it's winter. I've been taking Bio-Sil for a while and it was capsule-form silica for a long time before that; maybe 10 years now? Part of the collagen matrix. (Plus, a snot-load of other supplements to the tune of ~ 30 pills per day maybe more it hurts to count, but these are the ones with the biggest skin effects, I think.)
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Flax or Borage seed or fish oils or Salmon oils? (plus vit E, I've been told) -- which of the many EFAs are best for skin health? Any? Is this mostly a matter of making your skin more oily?
I don't know what the collagen matrix is, though.
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Originally Posted by cs_carver
Elsewise, it's cheap soap and Buff-Puff and whatever lotion doesn't make me break out, usually from the cheaper section of a big-box store.
The dermatologists who sell $$$ creams will say, "dietary supplements don't reach the skin in amounts high enough to make the same difference our products do." Maybe. I kinda think the condition of my heart and brain cells is actually more important than my skin, and there's only so much money to go around. Would rather spend it internally than on creams.
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My research leads me to similar conclusions: putting things on the skin is good, but putting things under the skin (injesting) is better. The right things, of course.
Thank you again. This is good info.
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