You can get it from the sun, it’s added to foods we purchase or you can take it as a supplement. Vitamin D is not found naturally in many of the foods we eat, but it is important to the health of our bones and our skin.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is added to common foods, such as milk, and is available as a supplement. It is can be found naturally in some foods, but we get most of our natural vitamin D naturally through exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. The best natural food-based sources of vitamin D are fish liver oils and the skin of fatty fish. Small amounts can also be found in beef liver, egg yolks and cheese. Our bodies store vitamin D and use it as needed.

When you glance at food labels you see the names thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid; and probably a host of other things that you’re just not sure what they are and why they're important in our food. These are names of some of the B vitamins and they are essential to the health of your skin. 

There are several B vitamins, eight actually. They are found naturally in many foods we eat, and are often found as additives in packaged foods. The B vitamins are important for our metabolism, immune and nervous systems, cell growth and very importantly for the health of our muscles, hair and skin. B vitamins are water-soluble, which means our bodies do not store these vitamins and we need to eat or take them regularly to stay healthy.

We see these terms everywhere “FDA Approved” or “FDA Registered”, but what do they mean? 

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the responsibility of protecting public health by regulating food, drugs, medical devices, vaccines, cosmetics, tobacco products and radiation-emitting products.  They monitor and regulate all these things both for people and for animals.

…how to prevent or treat adult acne

We all remember being teenagers with acne, or we remember being teenagers who used a lot of skin care products to treat or prevent acne.  So how and why can we still have acne problems as adults?  Adult acne is actually more common than you might realize, about 50% of adult women will continue to have acne flare ups and 25% of adult men will as well.

What causes adult acne?  The exact causes are not known, but hormones, stress, cosmetics and products we put on our skin may be part of the problem.