Pure aloe vera juice.It’s a great support for your digestive system and helps maintain stomach PH balance. The taste is hard to get over, but it does great things for your stomach and skin. I drank a quarter of a cup every morning for a month before my wedding, and it contributed to the best complexion I’ve ever had. Lily of the Desert is a good brand – get the juice, not the gel. I find it’s also helpful in soothing minor eye and gum inflammations. I use it as a mouthwash sometimes – better than the standard over-sweetened, chemical concoctions out there.
Detox tea by the Yogi Tea company.It’s not too pricey – about $3,50-4,50 for a box of 16 teabags. It contains burdock root and a multitude of other ingredients that promote liver and kidney function - imperative for a healthy skin. They also sell berry and peach detox teas if you get tired of the original flavor. Yogi Tea is sold in major city supermarkets, but you can also buy it online through yogitea.com or get larger quantities through amazon.com.
Like for many others, health problems pushed me into going gluten, dairy, meat and sugar-free. I had skin dermatitis and a really sensitive stomach as a child. In school, I’d walk around in long-sleeved tops and white cotton gloves to cover up all the rashes. I was even hospitalized when I was 11 because of my skin.
I moved to New York City, and my rashes were joined by awful heartburn and eye infections. I decided to figure this mess out and put an end to it. It’s been a loooong experimentation process. I feel like a chemist. I’ve tried many diets: vegan, macrobiotic, ayurvedic, raw. I took the elements that work for me and left the rest.
In a stroke of luck, I ran into a nutritionist who gave me free advice: avoid wheat, dairy and soy. Being such a food lover and passionate cook, that has been really hard. But it works for me. My dermatologist is blown away by my progress.
I live in LA and work all the time. I also have a MAJOR pet peeve with the snobbery in the over-priced food industry that caters to people like us. Living healthy is not a class issue. So I’ll share recipes that are flavorful, easy, quick to make, and affordable for the single parent or starving artist!
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