Did you know that because your skin is your body’s largest organ, it’s also one of the best ways to assess your overall health? That’s right, you can tell a lot about your inner gut health just by examining your skin.

But what does “gut health” mean? How do your insides affect your outsides? Let’s explore this more.

How Does My Gut Affect My Skin?

Your gastrointestinal tract is responsible for filtering and monitoring all your body’s bacteria—the good bacteria and the bad bacteria. One of the most important aspects of a healthy gut is your gut biome, also known as gut flora. Your gut flora refers to the millions and billions of bacteria that live within your digestive system. This system works hard to ensure that your body gets all the essential nutrients and vitamins it needs while removing any nasties. It’s kind of like your email junk mail filter hard at work keeping spam mail at bay. However, sometimes your gut can get a little overwhelmed with bad bacteria or other problems, leading to what’s known as “leaky gut syndrome”. When this happens, your filtering system doesn’t work to its best potential and sometimes, more bad bacteria gets through than we can handle. Too much bad bacteria can be caused by a number of things, including what you eat, poor sleep, stress and anxiety, and sensitivities to medicine and food. The irony is that having problems with your gut often leads to more stress, anxiety, loss of sleep, and altered food patterns, leading to even more gut health issues. 

So, How Does This Affect Your Skin?

When we develop poor gut health, our body begins to focus on trying to remove the bacteria from the body as quickly as possible. Often, this evacuation is fastest through the skin barrier, which then triggers a reaction from the immune system. This reaction causes redness and irritation and leaves you with unhappy skin.  

How to Improve Your Gut Health and Skin

Improving your gut health is one of the best ways to help heal your skin. At Nuovo, we believe that the best way to get that healthy, glowy skin, we need to take a holistic approach working from the inside out. To learn more about our Gut Skin Connection treatments, book in today for a skin consultation.We are also fortunate enough to stock some incredible products from Bestow Beauty.Bestow Beauty offers a natural range of organic superfood blends designed to support, nourish and protect the skin from within by improving your gut health. Each product contains a potently gut-loving cocktail of vitamins, antioxidants, and pre and probiotics to improve gut health. They help increase digestion so that your body quickly absorbs the nutrients it needs for healthy functionality. We also work very closely with a Clinical Nutritionist who specialises in evidence-based nutritional therapy and dietary education. With the added boost of our amazing skin supplements and gentle treatments, your skin will be glowing in no time. Book in for a consultation with Nuovo today to discover how your gut health might be affecting your skin. For those unable to visit in person, our Virtual Skin Consultation is perfect for anyone who is ready to begin their skin transformation journey.