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When it comes to Healing, I'm sure you've all considered the implications of keeping a wound clean ensuring that we don't allow bacteria to enter preventing infection Etc. But how often have you considered the importance of nutrition in healing? Welcome to the heal their skin podcast. I'm Marni your host. And today I'm speaking with Fiona tuck nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Vitus all if your own attack has over 25 years of experience. It's in skin care and wellness industry and is known in the media as the mythbuster of the nutrition world. The owner is an accomplished businesswoman author nutritional medicine practitioner skincare expert yoga teacher and an accredited member of the Australian traditional medicine Society her in-depth knowledge and insight into future Trends within the wellness industry has made her a sought-after media commentator and Fiona regularly appears on Australian National Television. Asian including Channel 7's The Morning Show Sunrise Network ten Studio 10 today tonight the daily Edition and most currently as a resident nutrition expert for the Today Show extra Channel 9. Fiona is the author of the book The forensic nutritionist and she devotes the majority of her time giving Wellness talks commentating in the media and running her whole food nutrition vehicle range Vitus all Fiona shares how her journey into nutrition Have you point of prevention over q r and the importance of optimal nutrition during recovery of major surgery or aesthetic treatments that are quite intensive or invasive. I started by asking for Llorona what she thought was the biggest misconception about nutrition and healing bling. Well, I think probably the biggest misconception is that it doesn't really matter what we eat because the body is going to heal itself. So I think probably what a lot of people don't realize is how important nutrition is when it comes not only to skin Health, but particularly when it comes to skin healing so if the skin is going through healing if there's any trauma for instance or if it's going That process of wound healing then the body will require more nutrients for that. So nutrition is going to affect the skin Health, but it's also going to directly affect skin healing so making sure we have adequate nutrition. It's particularly important when the skin is going through wound healing and can you tell us what happens nutritionally when someone undergoes trauma or major surgery more in the context of Aesthetic Surgery a or aesthetic procedures So lately it's so obviously when we go through any procedures when there's any kind of inflammation to the skin the skin is going to go through different phases of wound healing. So obviously we've got sort of inflammatory phases then it goes through phases of proliferation and then maturation if need be or it depends on what the actual treatment is what the client has. Had done and the degree of intensity as well and depending on how severe the trauma is if you like will depend on the nutrient requirement. So the more our immune system is involved The more stress some more inflammatory mediators come into play that means our nutrient requirements will go up as well. So to give you an example something like protein protein we need for. A lot of different responses within the body but proteins really vital to the healing process of the skin. It's also going to be involved in in a way the inflammatory process because it's there to support or in the inflammatory phase. Should I say because it's there to support things like platelet function is going to help with the fibroblast proliferation. It's also going to be involved in the wound remodeling it's going to help with things like lymphocytes collagen production. And even the Nation of new blood vessels or capillaries? So when we're looking at nutrition, there's so many different nutrients vitamins and minerals that are involved in all of those different different stages. For instance. We need things like the B vitamins which are going to help to moderate the local wound metabolism because we need energy for when things are repairing as well vitamin C. We know it's going to help with collagen it helps to stabilize. Legend and it's also going to increase the tensile strength of the wound tissues it's going to support free radicals damage as well that can actually happen when we get more inflammation in the skin. There's so many nutrients were involved by The Mindy vitamin K zinc iron copper and all of these are working across all of the different stages of wound healing whether it be via enzyme reaction or whether it be something iron needed to deliver. Oxygen to the tissues that's all very important. So if we're if we're not getting any of these specific nutrients, it may be that your iron deficient then that's going to affect how oxygen is delivered to the tissue. It's going to affect sort of energy generation from the cells. It's going to effect the transfer of iron to the tissues. And so that's going to result in slower wound healing and impaired wound healing so Key, individual nutrients are really important when it comes to looking at how we can support the wound healing process. How fascinating and can you walk us through the pathway of how nutrients are used in the body force a repair and remodeling which you've touched on a little bit already but just expand on that. Yeah. I mean when it comes to a pathway that there is no one single pathway because we know that everything in the body is interconnected. So one tiny little cut to the skin is then going to send a Cascade of reactions throughout the body. And so depending on what's actually occurring is going to depend on you know, that actual pathway that's going to occur. What's also interesting is we even now know that what goes on topically on the skin so if there's significant trauma You the surface of the skin something like a burn for instance that creates inflammatory mediators, which we now know can actually affect the lining of the gut and the gut cell Integrity which we used to think that the gut can affect this the rest of the body, but we never realized that now even what happens superficially to the skin maybe actually affecting us on a deeper level as well. Mmm, so it's just so interconnected so interconnected and what are some of the other nutrients that we need specifically in these times you mentioned proteins, but is it just might the micronutrients also macaroon nutrients that are important or a bit of both but both so it's so we need the macronutrients and micronutrients so protein we need it for as I said, you know, it's involved in even the immune system. It's also going to Fat osmotic pressure in the body. We need it for collagen synthesis and the granulation of tissue formation. So protein is crucial and ready the more traumatic the wound the more protein we're going to need so if it's something like a burn a protein requirement is significantly going to go up carbohydrates something that often get overlooked and they've been given quite a bad bad rap and with particularly things like refined carbohydrates, but we do need carbohydrates because carbohydrates are going to be converted into glucose and we need that for energy for tissue repair and tissue regeneration. So going completely carbohydrate free or cutting out carbohydrates isn't going to be beneficial we do need some but particularly, you know, the whole grains that are going to come with the added phytonutrients are going to be really beneficial and then of course Even fats we need fats which are essential component for healthy cell membranes. We need good fats for the synthesis of new cells. So getting the good fats into the diet is important as well. But prior to surgery certain fats like your Amiga three is we would need to reduce because they can affect blood clotting. So it does get quite complicated but things like vitamins and minerals. We know that At certain things like zinc iron copper all necessary for wound healing zinc's involved in lots of different enzyme reactions. It's also involved in protein synthesis. Even if you've got the protein we need to be able to break it down and then use it. We need sink for a healthy immune system as well. And so if somebody was say low in zinc that could actually inhibit wound healing but saying that if somebody's I'm really high levels of zinc and they're taking supplements in very very high doses that can also affect wound healing in a negative way because that could inhibit copper and we need copper as a cofactor for things such as angiogenesis and for the cross-linking of the collagen fibers to help rebuild the tissue so you can start to see that it it's actually a very very complex process and really it's about getting the nutrients. The right balance so they can work in Synergy together Mmm Yeah, I can see just how complex and how there can be complications occurring when we're treading that fine line. So Fiona, what food sources should we be looking at when we're looking at foods to help with wound healing? It really does come back to having a healthy whole food diet. So if we're looking at proteins to get those important amino acids we're looking at At good quality protein. So things such as fish eggs go that poultry legumes, you know lentils chickpeas are a really good sources of that. And then of course we want to be looking at things such as whole grains because what they're going to do is to help to provide a slow steady fuel source good quality carbohydrates, which are also going to give us those necessary nutrients as well fresh fruits and vegetables and a variety of Different color fruits and vegetables because each different color frequent vegetables is going to supply different nutrients and different phytochemicals. So that's also really important. Also we're going to be getting things like polyphenols which we know are also good for not only our skin and for our capillary has but also good for gut health as well. So get even getting in some of that Prebiotic fiber is going to be beneficial for gut health which is in turn in effect going. In to help with immune function and in contrast what are some things that we should avoid? I mean we might think of junk food, but are there other things that we might not have thought of that could perhaps inhibit healing or somehow have an effect on the healing ability what junk food isn't going to be beneficial particularly anything that is high in sugar because sugar does affect the immune system. Also, it will drive up our nutrient requirement, you know thinks Things like magnesium so lowering high sugar sugary drinks lowering highly processed foods because a lot of processed food, even if they are supposedly healthy foods are still highly processed and they can have a lot of sugar in them. They can have salt they can also have additives in there things like emulsifiers, which we now know can actually affect the gut microbiota which can therefore lead to more gut issues. It can throw off the gut Bacteria can put that out of balance that in turn can then cause knock on reactions things like gut dysbiosis. We can see inflammation within the gut as well. It can even affect the immune system. So trying to eat a whole food diet with a lots of Fresh Foods. It's really important cutting back on alcohol alcohol is going to affect the immune system. Our nutrient requirement is going to Up, and so ultimately that could impair wound healing as well and alcohol can thin the blood so definitely don't want to be having alcohol prior to any treatments or surgery or even post treatment then something like smoking which will impair wound healing but you know, if you're smoking and you're having a operation or you're having surgery or even if you're just having a skin treatment that is a little bit more invasive something like collagen induction. Auction therapy, then smoking is going to deplete important nutrients particularly things such as vitamin C and vitamin C. It's really important for collagen production. It's important for healthy capillaries. And so we're going to see impaired wound healing and what we can also see is sluggish lymphatics and so they can be more pre or post-operative swelling and edema as well. Mmm. So these would be some of the risks of not Taking in the required nutrients during times of healing that yeah, absolutely. So if we're not getting enough nutrients and we're going to see this poor wound healing or delayed or slower wound healing it could also mean that we're seeing more inflammation and we could also if we're having more inflammation than impaired wound healing we can be at more risk of infection and then obviously infection can lead to more serious complications. Oceans and we can even get more risk of scarring as well. Mmm. So I guess you've touched on how important it is to have the right nutrients when you're undergoing repair. What are some signs of nutrient or nutritional deficiency or depletion particularly in these more vulnerable times when we might be healing from something that is more intensive. Well, it does depend. I mean, it's different for everybody and different nutrients will have different. Signs of depression so sometimes it can go unrecognized because I think a lot of people can be depleted in nutrients and then just put something down as fatigue down to being tired when it could actually be a sign that you are low in certain nutrients things such as iron for instance. One of the first signs is tiredness. So I think it really is about start to become aware of your body even dry skin may be a sign. That you could be low in B vitamins are not getting enough essential fats in the in the diet. But common deficiency would be something like tiredness dry hair. You might be getting Flex of white flecks on the nails or reached fingernails. There will start to be signs there. It might be that the eyes are bloodshot dark circles under the eyes. It may be that the this sign of poor wound healing maybe purple marks on the Skin after a breakout or a little Mark which means that the skin is taking longer to heal those marks hang around for longer that would start to say that you would might indicate to me that you're low in nutrients. I mean really a good thing to do prior to having any treatment is to go and see a nutritionist to even have a blood test to test to make sure that you know key nutrients are depleted particularly things like Iron, looking at zinc as well, which icky when it comes to the wound healing and then making sure you are getting adequate amounts of antioxidants and things like vitamin C in your diet to actually assist with that. That's really good advice because I think if someone is undergoing whether it be reconstructive surgery plastic surgery or more intensive aesthetic treatments, they might not particularly even have had that discussion with that practitioner or their clinician about nutrition. So Yeah, really loves that you've highlighted that it is actually good to have a look in and have a bit more of an investigation into where you nutrition is currently sitting or where your levels are currently sitting before you undergo some of those treatments. You know, I've seen people with delayed and poor wound healing after treatments and things such as collagen induction therapy. I've actually seen people that have actually had permanent petechiae why because they've been so low in vitamin C and they've been a heavy smoker. Okay, so that's actually then contributed to being depleted in the vitamin C and the skin literally can't heal itself that angiogenesis that we need when we've got that formation of new capillary Network just cannot occur because there's not enough nutrients in the skin and where we've we've caused trauma to the skin rather than the skin heal itself. The skin has become, you know permanently left traumatized with permanent scarring so it Is really important and if somebody is even a heavy smoker, you know, 10 20 cigarettes a day certain treatments are but I wouldn't really hesitant to perform. It makes so much sense. So what kind of nutrition do for healing like it is just having good nutrition and good levels going to kind of ensure that we get the best healing outcomes or is it sometimes just a limitation and just a piece in the puzzle. Well having good nutrition is going to be really really crucial to having good wound healing something. I didn't mention which is probably overlooked quite often and it plays a huge role in wound healing is water. Now, you know, we all say about drink drink water for healthy skin, but water is one of the most essential things when it comes to good wound healing so making sure that we are adequately hydrated because if we have a lack of moisture at the surface of the whoa And that can actually halt cellular migration. It can decrease blood oxygenation and it can actually quite seriously delay wound healing and that's why again, you know having high sodium diet can actually be, you know, have a negative effect as well so we can become dehydrated by having too much sodium. So making sure we are adequately hydrated is really important and actually upping the fluid in in take if you are having you know something that's more invasive is actually going to be beneficial because you're going to need more water to actually help with the transfer or the transport of those those cell mediated. So it is a very important thing so diets important, but I'd include water in that as well. But if somebody does have a healing issues, you know, like a genetic malfunction of the skin nutritions not And to help that we can't change if there's a genetic defect in the skin and the skin isn't functioning at its Optimum best. So therefore if somebody had keloid scarring, it doesn't matter how good your nutrition is. It's not going to affect that. Hmm and just I guess for water would we be needing to increase our intake of water during this time or what would kind of the recommended intake be? Yeah. It's a increasing so there's actually not a guideline of how much each water we should be drinking and what I mean by that, you know, we can see on Easter Graham Instagram or whatever people say. Oh you must have 3 liters a day and that's not necessarily true because it really does depend on your side's your activity level and how much fluid you're actually losing. So if you are somebody that's very active that sweats a lot. You're going to need are not a lot more fluid than a small person that's relatively sedentary and doesn't sweat very much. So how much fluid Jeepers is a good gauge as to how much fluid you should be replacing but at the guides that have one and a half litres is a is a very average guideline, maybe two liters going, you know upping it. If you if you're not, you know having that much fluid prior to having a treatment. But again, some people will be having a diet that's very high in fruits and vegetables and they're going to be getting fluid that way. They're also going And to be getting fluid through what they're drinking things like milk and drink let her abilities so it doesn't just have to be through water. But water probably is clean filtered water the best way to get your fluid intake up. Yeah that absolutely makes sense. If you know someone experiencing a skin conditional concern and you're enjoying these episodes then be sure to share the podcast with them. It may help them on their skin Health Journey more than you realize. And just shifting gears a little bit Fiona with kind of spoken about nutrition and inflammation when it comes to when we're had trauma or surgery, but I want to talk about inflammation. Perhaps being caused by a nutrition and can nutrition really cause inflammation. There's been some different things coming out over on line, you know social media referring to certain diet certain nutrition cause Inflammation in the body. Are you able to expand on that a little bit? Yes, and I always say, you know, there's no one-size-fits-all. So some foods get a bad rap because they're supposedly inflammatory, but there may not be so to give you an example of gluten if somebody has got celiac disease than glutens. It's dreamy inflammatory and they need to stay away from it and it can be very damaging to the lining of the gut and cause Associated problems that She has malabsorption and nutritional deficiencies. So in that case, yes, that would be a pro-inflammatory food. But for somebody that doesn't have a gluten intolerance, it won't be so people will react to Foods differently the same goes for dairy. If somebody has got a dairy allergy or a dairy intolerance. There's going to be more of an inflammatory response and if somebody somebody doesn't but as a whole, you know, the standard Western diet is an inflammatory. diet where we've got processed food with additives in their high sugar and a lot of refined processed oils, which are often very high in omega-6, which if we have a lot of Amiga thick thin the diet it can affect our Amiga 3 now Amiga 3 is an essential fatty acid that sort of goes down that Pro inflammatory pathway also read the anti inflammatory Pathways whereas Amiga Sticks kind of shunts towards the pro inflammatory Pathways. So the more omega-6 we have the more likely we are to have more inflammation in the body if our Amiga 3 and Omega 6 ratio isn't imbalance. So a lot of processed food has a lot of refined vegetable oils in and that's where we're seeing a lot of the problem. Also if we're having a lot of animal products, you know, we're having a lot of fatty foods fatty Meats. I'm if we're having pies and Cakes and Pastries with trans fats in them. These are also potentially inflammatory inflammatory foods. We've then got the whole gut issue that we have to look at. So if somebody is eating foods that are causing what we call Gut dysbiosis where we getting an imbalance between the beneficial bacteria in the gut and then the pathogenic bacteria if that becomes out of balance and we're getting more pathogenic bacteria. And that in turn can create more inflammation within the gut and then we can see increased gut permeability further inflammation and even more sort of autoimmune type responses. So what we eat can play a very big role in inflammation and we're not talking about sort of localized topical inflammation where we see redness or swelling and then it subsides we're talking about sort of a chronic low-grade. Inflammation which long-term can actually have a negative effect. Hmm, and I guess it's probably more referring to inflammatory markers as opposed to as you mentioned inflammation on the skin and swelling. Yeah, they say, I mean if you think about it inflammations and integral integral component of the normal immune response and that's going to occur whenever cells encounter something like a harmful stimuli or is in, you know wounding to this. Skin, it might be because there's invading pathogens. It might be damage to the cell or it might be irritants. So those irritants can be topical at irritants or they can be ingested irritants and during that time of inflammation that cells will activate an inflammatory process and response so that we're going to see an increase in the production of things like cytokines, you know proteins that are going to recruit and activate our immune cells. But but what's interesting instead of that inflammatory process and their mitochondrial metabolism in the cellar very closely associated. So the mitochondria often referred to as a little powerhouses of our cells which help to produce energy and they're so important to help the cells to function normally because we need energy to produce or convert fatty acids and glucose to give us this age. ATP which gives us energy now during inflammation the mitochondrial metabolism is temporarily reprogrammed to suppress this. And so instead of making ATP these fatty acids and glucose are diverted to increase the production of pro-inflammatory mediators. So this then increases reactive Jin species so basically free radical attack occurs, and this is going to be particularly negative effect on aging and damage to the cells. Normally what will actually happen is once we've sort of that inflammatory stimulus has been taken away. Everything goes goes back to normal, but when we see long-term chronic inflammation, but That they're going to be getting an increase in free radicals and increase in harmful modicum of molecules, which is going to increase the need for antioxidants and anti-inflammatory has otherwise we're going to see more things on the skin if we're looking directly in a referring specifically to the skin. This is why we can also see premature aging glycation and pigmentation from chronic low-grade inflammation internally within the body. That's absolutely Fascinating. So what impact exactly does inflammation within the body have on the skin and again more on the context of healing when we had some kind of trauma surgery aesthetic treatment Etc. What we need the inflammation for the healing to cut to occur because what the inflammation is going to do is bring sort of is have a knock-on effect to call on all the inflammatory mediators to basically common. And see if there's any damage if you like and to see what needs help and What needs destroying I mean in a very basic basic way to describe that and during that activity. That's when we're going to start to see more free radical damage occur. So look any inflammation is going to increase free radicals, which is going to increase the need for antioxidants. So we need to get that fine balance of some Emotion to help with the healing process but not too much because too much inflammation as I kind of said sort of chronic inflammation is going to lead to premature aging but even a cute temporary inflammation if there's too much then we can also see a breakdown of collagen because it if we've got to get inflammatory mediators to the site of the wound. We're also going to see things like collagenase stimulated. So that is inflammatory mediators. Mediators can actually get easier to the wound and more and more quickly. So if you're doing a treatment say like collagen induction therapy, if you're traumatizing the skin too much, you know going to aggressively we need to get that fine balance between some inflammation to stimulate the wound healing process, but not too much to actually cause too much trauma that makes sense absolutely and then enough nutrients to the cells so that when they do Replicate and remodel they are of good quality exactly. So if we're not having the nutrients and then the wound healing is going to be impaired and we going to get more trauma and more damage. Yeah, and what are your thoughts on like nutritional supplements that claim to assist in repair and Recovery. I know chemist shelves are just filled with these types of supplements ranging from things for Jim supplements to more skin hair and nails. What are your thoughts on the Reese in these types of products in the market. Yeah. It's a good one. It depends on the actual supplement. I'm always first and foremost get nutrition through food get it through Whole Foods because when you get your nutrients through food, it comes with all the necessary bioactives and cofactors for maximum Bayer bioavailability and maximum absorption when you take isolated nutrients then You're losing all those bio actives and the cofactors and as a result. There will be side effects and you will have sort of knock-on effects long-term that could be detrimental. I mean there was a recent study that came out of I think it was Sydney University about supplementation with isolated amino acids and things like branched-chain Amino. I said have long-term supplementation even being linked to shortening of Life Span and I think you know, it's Common sense if we isolate something and take it out of its natural habitat, and then we try and cheat the system there is going to be a negative side effect. So then maybe a place for some sort of hide those synthetic supplements, but we do know long-term, you know, something like zinc for instance if we take zinc long term, then you're going to actually throw out other nutrients in the body particularly things like copper. You can also affect iron which both of all of them actually are needed for wound healing and you can actually lower the immune system long-term because rather than have an effect on gene expression that we're getting from certain plant compounds which have the ability to regulate gene expression and switch on or off certain genes that are actually going to help with things such as antioxidant production in the body or apoptosis of the cell. So we sort of cleaning up the debris of the seller even killing off the cell if there's too much damage. When we take supplements, we can actually kind of overall these Pathways and so long term we can actually have have more damage. So I think that the research isn't therefore particularly isolated nutrients and synthetic supplements. I do think long-term effects could actually be detrimental and I think we need to be really looking at getting nutrition from natural Whole Foods so that we are getting all of the plant compounds that that we need for healthy gene expression to maintain the cell health and also to protect the DNA function of the cell. Hmm, and I guess it's also would be appropriate now to ask in regards to Vitus or you being the founder and how this differs as to those isolated supplements that you have kind of been discussing. Are you able just to give a really brief kind of I guess overview? How's they differ absolutely? I mean one of the reasons we wanted to sort of bring vitamin Soul into the skincare industry in particular was because we wanted to develop something that was natural using organic ingredients that were in their whole food so that they do come with all of the cofactors the bioactive, you know, things like phenolic compounds things that are going to actually help with with Helping that natural gene expression. That's something that recent research has shown called the Nrf2 Activator that has the ability to up or down regulate over 500 different genes, which we know are involved in things such as your own antioxidant production and actually helping with clearing up the cells to actually help to put you know, things like DNA repair enzymes. So to actually help to protect against DNA damage and Mutations that we know can actually long term lead to disease and damage. So vital really was based on helping to support DNA helping to reduce inflammation within the body helping to support gut and liver and also support detoxification Pathways of the body all of the things that we know have been linked to premature aging and of course, all of these things will be linked to skin conditions as well. You know, you can see Imitation glycation all of these things and the gut if we've got probably so be seen on the skin such as breakouts. We can see rosacea acne Etc. So it's about treating the skin from within and supporting with the nutrients as they would be found in nature to support a healthy skin as opposed to taking high dose in thetic supplements, which can actually knock out the natural. Pathways or biochemical Pathways and then long-term maybe have a detrimental effect. Hmm fascinating and also appropriate I guess when we are at these more vulnerable times and we might be having more of these intensive treatments where their nutritional needs are increased. Absolutely. So yeah increasing nutrition is important when I say increasing nutrition and are getting the right nutrition during times of maybe it's pre-post. The surgery so it's it's important generally for General Health and well-being and for the condition of the skin, but if you are having something that's a little bit more invasive a treatment than we definitely need to make sure that we have enough of these nutrients in our diet and we can get that via food and that's when if you feel like you want that extra boost and that's when you would be looking at taking something like but so which is going to support with all the necessary nutrients the vitamins and minerals the amino acids, though. Specific nutrients that are going to support the wound healing process. Hmm. That's great. And that's a perfect segue. I wanted to ask you three pieces of advice for someone that is perhaps going through or has a loved one that's going through major surgery Aesthetic Surgery you having intensive, you know revision of scarring or aging or whatever it is. What could three pieces of advice be from you to them? Well, I think the setting yourself up really for success. This is the best thing possible. So looking at the diet looking at what needs to be cleaned up in the diet. So reducing things like alcohol sugary Foods processed foods, but really try and prepare yourself. So three months prior, I would say really is a good time frame depending on obviously if it's surgery or not or whether it's something less invasive, but three months prior is really going to give you a good time frame with really Now participative get those nutrients up because some nutrients are stored in the body and some aren't so the diet getting in the fresh fruits and vegetables. The fiber protein is very important reducing alcohol reducing processed foods, and of course Fitness so exercise if we are exercising building up muscle tone that's going to help with lymphatics just a general movement is going to help with the lymphatics and we know that a healthy the lymphatic system is so important for sort of healing I guess but also recovery time and getting in the right mindset as well positive mindset is everything so looking at things such as yoga meditation exercise. That's also going to help with the mind because how you know, they're limited research, but we know that how we think can affect our body and I think if we're in a Positive state of mind it's going to have a lot more powerful effect on our healing than if we feelings sort of unhealthy or depressed or we weren't mentally prepared for the downtime post-surgery. That's wonderful advice. Thank you. And what would you like to see more of in the industry relating to either surgery and nutrition perhaps considering that that is your specialty I think really in the skincare industry in general. Neural, we really need to be looking more closely at the importance of nutrition. We spend so much time looking at topical skincare and invasive treatments to treat conditions and skin, but I think really starting to look at the importance of good nutrition the role that it plays in skin health is going to make a real difference to the condition of the skin and also looking at gut health we often stay in a wear sunscreen to protect from aging but let's start Looking at protecting the gut and looking at what we're eating for maximizing the health of the gut which ultimately is going to actually help to help us with the aging process as well. And I don't think we're looking enough at that. So looking more at within and how that's actually going to help with the healing process of the skin and I think that really comes down to education there needs to be more education in the medical system and also in the skin Care industry on the effects of nutrition and the skin mmm. Thank you and Fiona where can people find more about you and what you do. Well, I've got a website so to websites if you're interested in more boosting nutrition in a simple way, but getting nutrition as naturally as possible and you are looking for something that you can take to support a healthy diet. Then you can check out Vitae cell which is all-natural whole foods that are Easy to type specifically designed for specific skin conditions and that Vitus also be ITA - Sol.com. We've also got some information on healthy eating on there as well the longevity diet, but can be downloaded that's free to download and then of course if you want more information on nutrition, then my personal website Fiona top.com. We've got a lot of Formation inflammation. I've been talking about that too much information on there regarding nutrition. There's free downloads those fact sheets. There's handouts that you can download as well for additional information. I think if you're gonna and thank you so much for being a guest on today's show. It was an absolute pleasure to hear you and the wealth of information that you bring as well absolute pleasure to talk to you money now and thank Having me bye-bye. What a wonderful interview with Fiona Fiona shared with us some real insights in regards to nutrition when it comes to Healing something that we haven't really discussed on this show, but I think as has been highlighted is so very important for not just skin Health but overall health and integrity when it comes to Healing whether it be from surgery whether it Be from Aesthetics treatments and the 3D. / that's then skin insights that stood out to me were well Number One Nutrition can be really intricate and really complicated depending on exactly what that particular individuals needs or requirements are so I think you know that just highlights. It's not just a simple thing of just, you know, eat more of a certain type of food. There are so many nutrients used in different ways and it He depends on that individual that it's important that I guess when looking at nutrition with these more intensive treatments, it really needs to be individualized to that person. Number two water water intake how how much do we consider that not just on a daily basis? I know that's hard on about but when it comes to Healing so Fiona mentioned that a lack of water or dehydration can have an impact on Cell migration and even wound healing So that was a really important take-home point but also not just to take you know, 3 4 5 liters of water a day. It really comes back to that individual need as well and it depends on how much water you're losing. So I guess that comes down to activity level age Etc. And number three was We can think about yes eating healthy when we're healing and things like that. But even to think of it that way before that and actually start preparing our bodies to heal the most Optimum optimally that they can when we are undergoing these types of treatments and Fiona suggest perhaps even three months before to maybe speak to your healthcare provider nutritionist about the procedure that you may be having if if it is something that Um, I guess is elective or something that is in the future and preparing your body so that when you do undergo this type of treatment, your body is going to have the nutrients it needs to be able to heal as optimally as possible. You know, there's one thing that I love more than skin. That's probably podcast reviews. If you're enjoying these podcast episodes. We would love to hear about it jump onto your podcast app scroll down hit the five stars go on. We know you want to and leave a review. We'd love to hear from you. Otherwise, you can connect with us on social media at Durham health.com. 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 Welcome to series 2 of the Heal Thy Skin Podcast, I’m Marni, your host and today I am speaking with Fiona Tuck, Nutritional Medicine Practitioner, and founder of Vita-sol. Fiona Tuck has over 25 years of experience in the skincare and wellness industry and is known in the media as the 'myth buster' of the nutrition world. Fiona is an accomplished Business Woman, Author, Nutritional Medicine Practitioner, Skincare Expert, Yoga Teacher and an accredited member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society. Her in-depth knowledge and insight into future trends within the wellness industry has made her a sought-after media commentator. Fiona regularly appears on Australian national television including Channel 7’s ‘The Morning Show’, ‘Sunrise’, Network Ten's ‘Studio 10’ , ‘Today Tonight, ‘The Daily Edition”,  and most currently as a resident nutrition expert for The Today Show Extra, Channel 9. Fiona is the author of the book The Forensic Nutritionist and devotes the majority of her time giving wellness talks, commentating in the media and running her wholefood nutraceutical range Vita–sol. Fiona shares how her journey into nutrition inspired her view point of prevention over cure and the importance of optimal nutrition during recovery of major surgery or illness. I started by asking Fiona…. What she thought was the biggest misconception about nutrition and healing? About Fiona:  https://www.fionatuck.com/   https://www.vita-sol.com/  Thank you to our sponsors, Allied Magazine for sponsoring this episode www.alliedmagazine.com. 