I have stretch marks...

Full question reads:

"I have stretch marks on my body and loose skin from previously being overweight.  Is there anything that can help to tighten and smooth the skin?"

The elasticity of the skin is directly proportional to the over health and vitality of the body.  If you were very overweight for some time, it may be very difficult to restore the skin to its original size, since it has been stretched.  But your best chances for this are to generally improve your overall health, and consume a diet rich in antioxidant vegetables, as well as other foods rich in minerals such as bone soups and seaweed broths, and mineral-herbs such as oatstraw, nettle and horsetail.  If you are a woman, you might consider herbs that build up the "feminine essence" of the body including shatavari, dang gui, he shou wu and rehmannia.  Make sure to keep the affected tissues well-nourish and hydrated with regular oil massage, with oils such as coconut and almond, or shea and coco butter.  Herbal creams make from herbs such as chickweed and gotu kola may also be helpful. And don't forget to eat the chicken skin!  While everyone is told to avoid chicken fat, if the chickens are healthy, grass-fed and truly free-range, chicken skin and fat is a natural restorative to the skin, containing the protein elastin ~ the very same protein ~ that we need more of to have healthy elastic skin!  Chicken skin and fat has long been considered a special restorative to women - its why all the grandmas naturally go for the parson's nose...!

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0 #2 toddcaldecott 2010-09-17 16:03
Excellent point Chris. You are quite correct that all proteins are broken down into their individual amino acids before transported across the gut wall into the bloodstream. Nonetheless, the tradition of assigning particular protein foods and indeed all foods with specific therapeutic properties is a commonality of traditional medicine. Bones soups to maintain bone density, marrow soups to enhance immune function, gonadal tissues to treat fertility etc. Some of these products also find their way into glandulars, frequently used by NDs, which include not just glandular tissues like the adrenals, but also other tissues like heart, brain etc. And this isn't limited to animal proteins either - different types of beans and seeds all have different medicinal properties. The issue of digestion and assimilation is also found in herbal medicine as well, as many constituents in plants, such as long-chain polysaccharides , seem to exert their effects independent of the fact that they are either not absorbed or are broken down into basic building blocks. In some cases, the presence of these chemicals in the gut sets off a signaling cascade in the body, which modifies genetic expression through a series of complex mechanisms. I sometimes think that the basic premise of modern nutrition is too simplistic to account for the diverse effects of food and natural chemicals on the body. Basically, all food carries with it an energetic signature, and by consuming elastin-rich tissues there is a bioenergetic signal for increased elastin production in the body.
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0 #1 Chris 2010-09-17 05:15
All proteins we digest will be cut (hydrolyzed) in smaller fragments (peptide), and even down to the building blocks -amino acids. No protein that I know would just get as it is in our blood, they are too big; the small fragments are absorbed, transported and used for building proteins as needed when needed; therefore, contrary to common believe there is of little benefits to eat a specific protein (does not matter how great and wonderful that protein is); however, some proteins are valuable because they are easy to digest or contain rare and/or essential amino acids; please search more about protein metabolism in humans and challenge my lines
Love and peace,
Chris (Quadraticus)
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