Juliette Scarfe
Juliette founded Bare Skin Beauty in 2008, with the aim of redefining the concept of beauty and empowering people to feel confident and radiant in their own skin. Natural beauty flows from inner health. Juliette seeks to enlighten others through her articles, that luminous skin and inner vitality begins with removing toxins from your life and consciously reconnecting with your body. She passionately believes that “we are what we absorb” and that her unique Skinfood skincare can nourish, balance and repair the whole body.
Where corporations clog, Bare Skin Beauty redresses the balance to our skin and the environment.
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DETOX A LITTLE EVERY DAY AND RECLAIM YOUR VITALITY
Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:00 Published in Detox Natural skincare expert and Natural Health guru; Juliette Scarfe explains why detoxing a little every day is an achieveable and profound way to achieve optimal health and vitality.
Sugar - The Sweet, Aging Poison - Learn about what alternatives there are
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 00:00 Published in Health Sugar has become our constant companion in modern society. Whether added to our hot drinks, or hidden in our favourite packaged and processed foods, it’s hard to imagine life without sugar.
Animal and other natural saturated fats from whole plant foods are naturally beneficial for our bodies, brains and our waistlines – they are nutrient dense meaning you get a lot of nutrients per calorie. For millennia we have eaten saturated fats as the basis of a nutritious and nutrient rich diet.
THE LIVING FOOD REVOLUTION: RAW MILK - The Amazing Health Benefits of Raw Organic Milk
Monday, 19 November 2012 00:00 Published in Food I was prompted to write this article, after recently meeting with the Food Standards agency, as part of a consumer committee consisting of health professionals. We presented our individual cases as to why we believe passionately in the provenance of raw milk as a nutrient dense superfood.
We've all heard of monosodium glutamate, but what is it? Glutamic acid and its ions and salts are known collectively as glutamates. They are flavour enhancingcompounds providing an umami (savoury) taste to food. The sodium salt of glutamic acid, monosodium glutamate (MSG), is an additive that’s widely used by foodmanufacturers to activate and excite our taste buds. This additive is commonly found in pizza, TV dinners, pasta, canned food, all sauces, frozen desserts and soft drinks.
Spotlight Series: Auricular Acupuncture – A Powerful Defence for Seasonal Allergies
Friday, 20 July 2012 02:00 Published in Acupuncture
I have suffered with seasonal allergies since childhood – it manifests as flu like symptoms and can last for months. What little summer we have in the UK, is blighted for me, by my allergies.
Nutrition Series: Artificial Sweeteners, the Bitter Truth that May Kill You
Sunday, 08 July 2012 00:00 Published in Health
In my last article, we discussed how sugar, and not fat, makes you gain weight. Sugar makes you fat because, as a refined form of carbohydrate, it rapidly raises blood sugar levels affecting insulin production and increasing the rate at which the body lays down extra fat cells. This article discusses the alternatives to sugar, and why some of those are even more destructive to the body than sugar.
Our bodies are powered and nourished by solar energy, which we consume directly by exposing our skin to sunlight, and in the form of foods, which have themselves collected and stored solar energy. We all need a minimum of 15 minutes of sunlight on bare skin every day, to maintain optimal levels of health and wellbeing.
Superfoods are natural foods that have an array of nutrients that synergistically work to together to expand the individual nutritional components. Many raw, organic vegetables fall into this category. One of the beauty superfoods are cucumbers.
Cucumbers are found in the same botanical family as melons and squashes. They are considered one of the absolute best foods for the health of the skin, joints, liver & kidneys. They are also a natural energy tonic for the body with their rich array of phytonutrients and electrolytes.
Those close to me know that I have an inherent issue with authority. Woven into this, is the fact that I have exceptionally high standards and expectations of others and myself. As a result, I rarely experience admiration and respect concurrently. Dr Deepa Apte is a unique lady, who vibrates on a different level and exudes youth and vitality – and who I connected with and respected instantly.
