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A glance down the personal care aisle at the grocery store or seeing the number of skincare ads online will tell you something about our society: we all want good skin. With everything from pollution to age affecting the appearance of our skin<\/a>, there is no shortage of skincare regimens, creams, and lifestyle habits to help us maintain that youthful glow.<\/p>\n A common practice that can have skin benefits is intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting involves eating all your meals during a certain timeframe (usually about eight hours) and fasting for the rest of the day. It\u2019s been shown to have a variety of benefits<\/a>, from weight management to gut health support<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another benefit of intermittent fasting? It supports our skin.<\/p>\n As the body\u2019s outer layer, our skin takes a lot of hits throughout our lifetimes, which add up as we get older. Pollution, sunlight, stress, diet, dehydration, decreased collagen production\u2014these are just some of the factors that can affect the health and appearance of our skin.<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t mean our skin is doomed, though. Good skincare practices can help preserve the look of youthful-looking skin for years. And those benefits of intermittent fasting you\u2019ve heard about? They apply to skin health, too.<\/p>\n When you fast for an extended period of time (at least 14 hours), your body begins a process called autophagy<\/strong>, or which is the body\u2019s natural cleaning and recycling process. During this time, the body eliminates damaged cell components and stimulates the production of new ones.<\/p>\n This renewal process takes place all throughout the body, but since our skin is so visible, this is where we\u2019re likely to notice its effects first. Taking regular breaks from food allows our bodies to do some of our skincare work for us, getting rid of old and damaged skin cells to unveil healthy-looking, glowing skin.<\/p>\nFactors that affect skin health<\/h2>\n
4 ways intermittent fasting supports skin health<\/h2>\n