Your skin reflects your state of health. If you follow a healthy, balanced lifestyle, eat sensibly, keep stress in check and allow enough time to paper yourself and recharge your batteries, you are less likely to suffer the skin diseases and disorders. If, on the other hand, you subject your body to all the things we are told not to do (smoking, poor diet, lack of exercise and overload at work), the chances are you’re not going to look as good as you could after a few months. The warnings are unmistakable, but it is important to remain realistic one’s lifestyle: there is only so much each of us can do to try and reduce stress levels; apart from recycling and trying to contribute as little as possible to pollution, there’s very little we can do about it, and it is not always easy to give our bodies exactly the fuel that they need. The key is to try to live as vibrantly as possible. Supplement to replace missing nutrients, take time out when you need it and have fun. It’s all about making an effort to live well, because that is your insurance for good health and great skin.

"Good Skin" by Ingrid Wood