Dietotherapy: A Beautician’s perspective When you choose, eat, digest, assimilate and absorb, utilize and animate the cells of your food, a process far more vital than “burning fuel” takes place. In every sense you merge with those foods. They become you and you become them, too. In the merging what emerges? Not simply a well fuelled machine, but a slightly new you. It is not “consumption” but a living union “consummation”. In choosing your foods, you not only choose to “be nourished”, you choose specific qualities in your foods that nourishes those qualities in yourself - Steve Gagne

1. Sana Afreen
Msc 1 (Food and Nutrition)
Isabella Thoburn
College (LU)
Lucknow
sanaafreen849@gmail.com

2. The power of Food
 When you choose, eat, digest, assimilate and
absorb, utilize and animate the cells of your food,
a process far more vital than “burning fuel” takes
place. In every sense you merge with those foods.
They become you and you become them, too. In
the merging what emerges? Not simply a well
fuelled machine, but a slightly new you. It is not
“consumption” but a living union “consummation”.
In choosing your foods, you not only choose to
“be nourished”, you choose specific qualities in
your foods that nourishes those qualities in
yourself
- Steve Gagne
(Author of the book Food Energetics)

3. Food and beauty
 Glow and vitality are a result of good health, not cosmetic
products.
 Food goes beyond tasting good and is more than survival.
 Beauty is skin deep hence food and beauty are linked
very closely.
 Nail, skin, hair are all a result of the food choices made.
 Right food has the ability to change the blood condition in
four months.
 Entire cell structure can change within two years of right
eating.
 True beauty comes from a diet of good, wholesome and
natural everyday food, a balanced approach to eating,
exercise and daily care of your body.

4. Basic rules
 Eat seasonal- just like you wear your clothes
according to the season, do the same in eating too.
 Go local- Buy veggies from your sabziwala instead of
grocery stores
 Be traditional- Avoid modern day stress foods and
stick to standard Indian diet
 Watch out the cooking styles according to the type of
food and season.
 Eat intelligently-Sit and chew silently, slowly, timely
like a sacred ritual. Take out time for meals.
 Vary meals- Love your food, experiment and try new
things.

5. What to eat
 MCFA’s - the energy powerhouse
(Ghee, coconut oil)
 Vegetable protein
 Complex carbohydrates
 Whole grains
 Green and sweet vegetable
 Fermented foods

6. Face: Mirror to the insides

7. Your face never lies.

8. Eyes
 A dark colour around the eyes reflects
exhausted kidney and intake of excessive
salt, roasted , baked, dried foods.
 Puffiness around eyes means that kidneys
and liver are having mucous around them. If
these eye bags are watery and swollen then
it indicates excessive liquid intake

9. Nose
 Expanded and broken capillaries in the skin of
the nose means heart and liver being
overburdened due to excessive salt
consumption.
 Swollen tip is indicative of excess intake of
sugars, fats, oils. It also means that circulatory
and excretory system are not in order.

10. Cheeks
 Pimples are an indication of an elimination of
excessive fats and mucous caused by intake
of dairy, oils, fats, meats and a build up of
mucous and fats in the lungs and digestive
system.
 Dark color comes from excessive sugar, salt,
dried foods

11. Mouth
 Dark lips indicate that the blood has too many
salts and fatty acids and shows slowness in
the kidneys, bladder, liver function.
 Black spots shows excessive sugar and
carbohydrates.
 Pale lips indicate a haemoglobin deficiency,
anaemia and lethargic circulation.

12. Feed your face
VITAMINS WHY SOURCES
Vitamin A Smooth, healthy skin. For elasticity
and prevention of dryness,
wrinkling, ageing
Carrots, all yellow
vegetables, dark leafy
greens.
Vitamin B2 To prevent whiteheads, fat deposits
on skin, cracking around mouth,
oily skin. To control acidity levels.
All whole grains,
legumes, green
vegetables, tomatoes,
liver.

13. VITAMINS WHY SOURCES
Vitamin B3 Improves circulation,
supplies oxygen to skin,
hair, nails. Prevent scaling of
skin, dry skin, skin
disorders.
All whole grains, fish, nuts,
seeds, legumes.
Vitamin B5
(anti stress
vitamin)
Anti inflammatory. Keeps
skin healthy.
Eggs, sunflower seeds, corn,
cabbage, all green vegetables,
cauliflower, unrefined vegetable
oil.
Vitamin B6 To prevent dandruff, scaly
skin. Maintain hormones,
skin, nerves,
Brown rice, bananas, wheat
bran, brewer’s yeast.
Vitamin B9 Forms RBC’s. Synthesize
fats. Prevent anaemia,
blotchy skin, hangnails.
Red kidney beans, chickpeas,
wheat germ,
beetroot,asparagus.

14. VITAMINS WHY SOURCES
Inositol Grows hair. Reverses hair
fall. Prevents eczema.
Whole oats, barley,
citrus fruits, beans,
seeds, nuts.
Vitamin C
(Antioxidant)
Gives soft, plumped, toned
skin. Aids in healing
wounds, bones, RBC’s
formation. Strengthens
elasticity of blood vessels.
Prevent wrinkles, early
ageing and hanging of skin
Melons, strawberries,
yellow vegetables,
papaya, sprouted
seeds.
Vitamin E
(Antioxidant)
Keeps skin young, aids
blood circulation,
Soybeans, sesame
seeds, tuna, sardines,
whole grains, leafy
vegetables.

15. Building blocks of beauty
MINERALS WHY WE NEED IT FOOD SOURCES
Zinc Helps prevent ageing,
Builds collages, prevents
wrinkles.
Pumpkin seeds, sesame
seeds, dark chocolate, liver,
egg yolk
Iron Gives restful sleep and
glowing skin
Meat, fish, chicken, almonds,
dates, sunflower seeds, leafy
greens
Magnesium Strengthens bones, teeth,
nails and important for
Vitamin D absorption
Cashews, almonds, raisins,
green veggies, whole grains
Calcium Controls cholesterol, aids
the absorption of B12,
affects sleep quality,
Strengthens bones, teeth,
nails
Millet, parsley, sardines, non
dairy milk, leafy greens,
pumpkin seeds

16. MINERALS WHY WE NEED IT FOOD SOURCES
Potassium Maintains fluid levels in the
body, maintains blood sugar
levels, cleanses at a cellular
level
Grapes, dates, tomato,
flax/chia/sunflower
seeds
Chromium Balance blood sugar levels,
helps to reduce cravings,
prevents ageing process
Beef, liver, eggs,
apples, bananas,
chicken, wheat germ,
leafy greens

17. Enzymes
 Enzymes helps in-
 Assimilate the nutrients from the body better
 Maintain normal weight
 Repair DNA, slowing ageing
 Give glowing skin
 Foods providing enzymes-
 Fermented foods
 Plant based diet
 Green smoothie

18. Transition into a new you
OLD HABIT NEW CHANGE
White rice Brown rice
White bread Brown bread
Milk chocolate Dark chocolate
Refined oil Cold pressed olive/sesame, rice
bran oil
Dairy milk Nut milk
Butter Ghee

19. Thank you