Sometimes it's really quick and sometimes you meet something you're allergic to, you get itchy,

and it's easy. We know what the relationship is, but there's a much more nuanced relationship

between food and skin, and I guess that's where most of my work of research lies. For example,

for a group of people who have acne, milk, particularly low fat or skim milk,

can trigger breakouts, and the root by which that happens is very different from the root by which

milk, my trigger, exmer, so the way that your skin can react to certain foods is very different.

Well, that is the voice of Dr. Fivi Marathapu, the UK's first and only dual qualified dermatologist

and nutritionist, so she is exactly who we need to hear from to learn how and what to eat

and how it affects our skin. I'm Lizelle and this is the Lizelle Wellbeing Show, the podcast

helping us all to have a better second half, and you're probably here because you know that I'm

on a mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in later life by investing in our health and

wellbeing today, and that includes ways for our skin to age well too. Do you know the skin

is our largest organ, but I wonder how much thought you give to what it's actually made of,

you know, how we're fueling and protecting that organ. Over the years, for me, I've come to realise

that what we eat and the supplements that we may choose to take can all have a massive impact

on the way our skin health, from sorting out issues such as my own exmer,

to warding off the visible signs of premature aging, skin wrinkling, sagging and the like.

And so with this in mind, alongside better health, obviously, I now eat a diet that's much

higher in protein. I take omega-3 fish oil supplements alongside the capsule version of collagen.

So what else works to keep our skin radiantly glowing? Well, Thivis pioneering expertise bridges

that gap between diet and skin health. She works in the NHS, as well as having her own practice

in London, and she's often invited to give keynote speeches for healthcare professionals on the

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