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Well, hello, I'm Liz Earl, and welcome along to Age Better. And I really hope that you are super well. For those of you who follow me on my personal Instagram, which is Liz Earlme, you'll know that I have been in the Pyrenees with a former podcast guest, actually, Dr. Sarah Pugh, who is an amazing molecular biologist, and I was away doing an immersive workshop for a week all about quantum energy. And lots of good interesting things which I will bring, I'm sure, to various episodes of this QA show. And a quick shout-out actually to a couple of ladies I met, Jill and Keizer. And I know that you guys listen to my podcast on your Monday morning walk. So big hello to you and as well to everybody else who I met on the retreat.
It was really cool. Of course, if you'd like to listen to that episode with Dr. Sarah Pugh and hear what I'm doing. Talking about, then I'll pop a link in the show notes because it is really quite fascinating. Anyway, cracking on with today, it is Monday, so I'm here to kick off your week, and as always, the floor is well and truly yours. I'll be digging into all of the health and wellness questions that you've been sending, answering them with the latest science-backed research as well as a bit of my own wellness edge to hopefully help. You age better. So if you have a question, do please send it through. All the contact details are in the episode description and at the end of the show. Well, coming up today, Lucy has been in touch to ask for suggestions on how to deal with bumpy skin on her upper arms.
Alice wants to know if nicotine patches can help with long COVID symptoms. I've got a question from Tina who wants to know. where she can access testosterone when denied by a GP. That seems to be a very common question. And then an anonymous listener is after ways to raise her ferritin levels to help her feel better. So we'll be digging into that. And then finally I'll be sharing my thoughts on how to improve chronically low vitamin D levels for Sarah. Okay, well let's kick off today's episode and a question from Lucy, who says Hi Liz, I was hoping you could help with the bumpy skin that I have on my upper arms that I've always suffered with. It's occasionally cleared, but I've never been able to work out what might have cleared it.
A beautician called it chicken skin, if that is the known name for it. It's also something both my children seem to suffer with too. I've tried exfoliating, body brushing, brushing mitts, moisturizing, sunlight saunas, ameliorate products, body wash, lotion, and cleanser. I am seeing slight signs that these might work, but I'm not holding my breath. However, my children, who are 10, wouldn't put this lotion on twice a day. Do you know why we get these bumps and spots here? We all do regular exercise, shower after exercise, and eat well, although there's always room for improvement with food. Your help would be so appreciated. Thank you, Lucy. Ooh, interesting. You know, Lucy, what you're describing sounds very much like keratosis pilaris, and yeah, commonly known as chicken skin.
It's very common, especially in children and younger adults, completely harmless. My children all had it. It and these little bumps appear when keratin and that's the protein that helps protect our skin. builds up and it forms tiny plugs around the hair follicles. And yeah, it often runs in families. So interestingly that you've had it and your children now have it. And it's also more common in those who have dry skin or eczema. So it absolutely is not caused by being unclean or not showering after exercise or sweat getting trapped in the skin. And there's no convincing evidence actually that a particular Food causes it, so I wouldn't definitely put children on a restrictive diet. You know, just keep that healthy, varied diet going, lots of protein, omega-3 fats, cutler seed oils, uh, lots of colourful fruit and veg.
You know, these are things that will generally support the skin, but of course that's not a specific cure. So keratosis polaris often comes and goes, and it can look worse when the skin is dry.
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