Dr. Teo Soleymani

So there's a lot of layers to unravel on this. So if you're going to pick one simple diet for optimal skin health, it's a high protein anti-inflammatory diet. So high protein animal source proteins, fruits and vegetables, based on your ability to tolerate the fibers in the fruits and vegetables. Things that are inflammatory are inflammatory for two reasons. One, the glucose-insulin pathway.

But number two, the bacteria in our gut process and release byproducts of metabolism of certain things. And those byproducts, basically they're digestive products, can be very pro-inflammatory. Often you hear these anecdotal stories of, I eliminated tomatoes and my psoriasis got better.

But number two, the bacteria in our gut process and release byproducts of metabolism of certain things. And those byproducts, basically they're digestive products, can be very pro-inflammatory. Often you hear these anecdotal stories of, I eliminated tomatoes and my psoriasis got better.

But number two, the bacteria in our gut process and release byproducts of metabolism of certain things. And those byproducts, basically they're digestive products, can be very pro-inflammatory. Often you hear these anecdotal stories of, I eliminated tomatoes and my psoriasis got better.

That person may have had an inability to tolerate tomatoes because of their gut microbiome's ability to digest the lycopene or whatever it is. We do know for certain that anti-inflammatory diets do improve skin health that are measurable and seen in clinic. So absolutely, absolutely. high protein, a complete protein.

That person may have had an inability to tolerate tomatoes because of their gut microbiome's ability to digest the lycopene or whatever it is. We do know for certain that anti-inflammatory diets do improve skin health that are measurable and seen in clinic. So absolutely, absolutely. high protein, a complete protein.

That person may have had an inability to tolerate tomatoes because of their gut microbiome's ability to digest the lycopene or whatever it is. We do know for certain that anti-inflammatory diets do improve skin health that are measurable and seen in clinic. So absolutely, absolutely. high protein, a complete protein.

When I say complete protein, tends to be animal-based products, eggs, meat, chicken, fish, less so plant proteins just because of bioavailability and complete amino acid profiles. You want a high protein anti-inflammatory diet. That's number one. In terms of what you can introduce to your skin to improve one or two parameters, I don't think that's real.

When I say complete protein, tends to be animal-based products, eggs, meat, chicken, fish, less so plant proteins just because of bioavailability and complete amino acid profiles. You want a high protein anti-inflammatory diet. That's number one. In terms of what you can introduce to your skin to improve one or two parameters, I don't think that's real.

When I say complete protein, tends to be animal-based products, eggs, meat, chicken, fish, less so plant proteins just because of bioavailability and complete amino acid profiles. You want a high protein anti-inflammatory diet. That's number one. In terms of what you can introduce to your skin to improve one or two parameters, I don't think that's real.

Why I bring this up, we see a lot of talk and you've had a lot of people discuss collagen, for example. And this is an incredibly popular product in the skin world because its claim to fame is it does everything. It keeps you looking young, keeps your skin healthy, et cetera, et cetera. Well, we know collagen is essential to our skin health.

Why I bring this up, we see a lot of talk and you've had a lot of people discuss collagen, for example. And this is an incredibly popular product in the skin world because its claim to fame is it does everything. It keeps you looking young, keeps your skin healthy, et cetera, et cetera. Well, we know collagen is essential to our skin health.

Why I bring this up, we see a lot of talk and you've had a lot of people discuss collagen, for example. And this is an incredibly popular product in the skin world because its claim to fame is it does everything. It keeps you looking young, keeps your skin healthy, et cetera, et cetera. Well, we know collagen is essential to our skin health.

Literally, it's what our dermis is made of that give us our suppleness, our youth, no wrinkles, you know, things like that. Collagen is made of three amino acids, glycine, proline, and usually hydroxyproline or hydroxylysine. Those three amino acids are non-essential amino acids, meaning your body has the ability to synthesize these from sugars and fats that it eats.

Literally, it's what our dermis is made of that give us our suppleness, our youth, no wrinkles, you know, things like that. Collagen is made of three amino acids, glycine, proline, and usually hydroxyproline or hydroxylysine. Those three amino acids are non-essential amino acids, meaning your body has the ability to synthesize these from sugars and fats that it eats.

Literally, it's what our dermis is made of that give us our suppleness, our youth, no wrinkles, you know, things like that. Collagen is made of three amino acids, glycine, proline, and usually hydroxyproline or hydroxylysine. Those three amino acids are non-essential amino acids, meaning your body has the ability to synthesize these from sugars and fats that it eats.

So collagen supplementation is not an essential protein, unlike glycine. animal proteins, which provide all 20 amino acids, including the essential ones your body cannot synthesize. Now, you may ask, okay, well, I see all these studies that suggest collagen supplementation improves skin health, skin appearance. There's several reasons for that. I don't think it doesn't.

So collagen supplementation is not an essential protein, unlike glycine. animal proteins, which provide all 20 amino acids, including the essential ones your body cannot synthesize. Now, you may ask, okay, well, I see all these studies that suggest collagen supplementation improves skin health, skin appearance. There's several reasons for that. I don't think it doesn't.

So collagen supplementation is not an essential protein, unlike glycine. animal proteins, which provide all 20 amino acids, including the essential ones your body cannot synthesize. Now, you may ask, okay, well, I see all these studies that suggest collagen supplementation improves skin health, skin appearance. There's several reasons for that. I don't think it doesn't.

I think there is some benefit. The question is, what are the confounding variables to this? Where the people in the studies... on restrictive diets because they were thinking about beauty and aesthetic? Were they restricting patterns of food, dietary food, things like that, in which they weren't getting a sufficient amount of protein source to begin with?