The Best Kept Secret About Skin Problems
Keith Giaquinto
DC
Do some of your patients have dry, flaky, scaly, or inflamed skin patches? Do you ever wonder what causes it? Or better yet, how to treat it? Not many patients consult a chiropractor for persistent rough or dry skin, skin blemishes such as acne, or red itchy patches known as dermatitis. However, those symptoms do cause subluxation patterns that continually recur until the actual cause is found. Organ dysfunction from nutritional imbalances can cause recurring subluxations.
The answer can be simple. You just need to know where to look.
The skin is the largest organ in the body, and while it has many functions, it should always be seen as an organ of excretion, just like the lungs, sinuses, bowel, and kidneys. The skin excretes waste materials through perspiration.
While there are creams and lotions to rub on the outside of the body, the actual cause is comingfrom organ dysfunction on the inside. It all starts with a poor diet, weak digestion, bowel toxicity, and an exhausted liver.
And that's the secret. The skin is always the organ of last resort for eliminating waste.
When it comes to balancing nutrients, regulating blood sugar, and detoxifying waste for excretion, the liver is our organ of choice. The liver needs a steady supply of essential nutrients to make its own enzymes to perform these functions. Whenever those nutrients are in short supply and when the need for detoxifying waste becomes burdensome, the skin has to make up for the exhausted liver. The skin becomes the compensating organ or the overflow valve and slowly begins to show the effects of the symptoms previously mentioned.
The skin also requires essential nutrients to remain healthy. Did you know the skin stores water, fat, glucose, and vitamin D? Consider that the earliest sign of dehydration is dry skin, but it is also a sign of fatty acid deficiency.
The liver makes bile to break down fats and oils so they can be digested and absorbed. Clearly, there is a direct connection between the appearance of skin problems and the earliest warning signs of an exhausted liver. The skin needs enough protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals to have a healthy glow. The liver metabolizes all of those ingredients. Both the liver and skin can suffer from a careless diet and poor elimination. Problems caused by this suffering can be found in specific subluxation patterns that may overlap the problems your patient has come to your office to have corrected.
By supporting your patients' organ dysfunction with diet modification and strengthening digestion, liver, and skin function with enzyme nutrition, you can help your patients feel confident about wearing shortsleeve shirts, shorts, or a bathing suit. Say goodbye to dry, scaly patches and hello to beautiful, glowing skin.
Dr. Keith Giaquinto has more than 12 years of clinical experience as a chiropractor and ^ internal health specialist. He frequently lectures to companies and groups in his community on topics of health and wellness. He has created a new patient lecture system for growing your practice through lecturing. You can contact him at www.drkeithgiaquinto. com. For more information on seminars andfood enzyme nutrition, chiropractors may call the Food Enzyme Institute at 800-662-2630 to set up an account.
