Skin is an amazing organ, but is often poorly neglected. It does far more than cover our bones to make us look presentable!! It has a number of functions, but most importantly it is one of the five major organs of elimination.

To be healthy skin needs to be able to breathe and release toxins (remember the poor girl whose whole body was painted in the film "Goldfinger" and what happened to her!!).

Many skincare products on the market today contain ingredients that actually smother the skin and would be more at home in a garage than in a cosmetic. Whatever we put on our skin is absorbed straight into the body, so we need to make sure that what we use every day is safe, thus avoiding a build-up of toxins.

One of the reasons why skin is having such a hard time these days is because of the lack of natural oils in our diet. Without these our skin can become thin, dry and itchy and more liable to allergy. The fad of the low-fat diet was probably one of the worst contributors to this and did our skin no favours. Not that we are advocating hydrogenated fats from animals and refined cooking oils, but people have poured the baby out with the bathwater and have failed to realise there are "good" fats that are not only essential to the body but are absolutely necessary to have a healthy skin - but more on this later!