greens give me darker skin

[Non]

Anyone get darker skin as soon as you eat greens? Maybe it's the chlorophyll?

It's not dark in a bad way but for sure it counteracts any paleness.

[speltrong]

No, can't say I've ever noticed anything like that, and I eat a LOT of greens. That said, I know people who eat a whole lot of carrots can get orange tinted skin, so I suppose it could be feasible?

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

Anyone get darker skin as soon as you eat greens? Maybe it's the chlorophyll?

It's not dark in a bad way but for sure it counteracts any paleness.
The carotenoids are known for giving a person darker skin and giving a person more sex appeal to the opposite sex. No wonder many more women have been really nice to me lately *wink* ...late afternoon meditations in the sun and plenty of carotenoids.



No, can't say I've ever noticed anything like that, and I eat a LOT of greens. That said, I know people who eat a whole lot of carrots can get orange tinted skin, so I suppose it could be feasible?
Well it's going to depend on the quality of the greens you are eating. lf you are eating shop bought produce you will obviously be getting far less carotenoids, and eating older produce will make alot of difference again. But eating decent amounts of things like algae, weeds and grasses will help boost carotenoid levels.

And we aren't just talking about beta-carotene, we are talking about the whole family of carotenoids. Best to get them as fresh as possible via sprouts and home grown vegetables, but if you can't then it's best to rely on algaes and seaweeds and weeds and grasses.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

and I eat a LOT of greens.
Can you tell us how many greens you eat on a good day?

[speltrong]

We get our greens all fresh picked from our local organic sustainable farm.. we eat them shortly after they are picked. These days, salad is pretty much the bulk of my diet. I'd say I'm eating at least two heads of lettuce each day (various kinds, whatever our farm has ready to pick), plus a few gigantic chard leaves, lots of sprouts, and various other things like bok choy, mustard greens, kale, arugula, carrots, tomatoes, leeks, or whatever happens to be fresh & ready to eat.

[magglepie]

Wow, that is a lot of greens! I love to eat lettuce, but I don't eat nearly that much :) I tend to veer towards foods that are a little sweeter most of the time.

[MysticTree]

We get our greens all fresh picked from our local organic sustainable farm.. we eat them shortly after they are picked. These days, salad is pretty much the bulk of my diet. I'd say I'm eating at least two heads of lettuce each day (various kinds, whatever our farm has ready to pick), plus a few gigantic chard leaves, lots of sprouts, and various other things like bok choy, mustard greens, kale, arugula, carrots, tomatoes, leeks, or whatever happens to be fresh & ready to eat.

Yeah, that's about the amount of lettuce I eat when i'm hitting the salads hard. Two romaine heads easy plus all the rest. I've always loved salads :)

[Non]

My skin doesn't get orange when I eat greens, it just gets I dont know.. darker? For me I'm hispanic so it gets dark, maybe in others it would get redder, etc. I think it's just counteracting any kind of paleness. I like it, it's like I just got a tan. I think it only happens with the heartier greens, or the ones with the most chlorophyll and/or nutrients like kale, etc.

I try to not to have lettuce since I think lettuce isn't all that nourishing as opposed to the darker leafy greens. That said sometimes I wil have them, to fill up some gaps, I try to have at least 1-2lbs of leafy greens a day.

I mean, green leaf lettuce is great and pretty nourishing but if it wasn't also for the fact that it's kind of "cold" in nature as opposed to other leafy greens which can be more warming like kale. Just a lot of water content I guess.

But eating a lot of the mature dark leafy greens can have an excess of heavy metals or antinutrients like oxalates and goitrogens, so it's best to have baby greens and the lighter greens like lettuces (the darker the better, ie not iceberg), sprout greens/microgreens, seaweed and algae, etc. Oh yes and if you have access to some good edible weeds and herbs.

[MysticTree]

my hens eat grass and I cut spinach for them when it's growing in the veg patch which they devour like locusts. The yolks of the eggs are always a richer orange when the grass and spinach is at its most plentiful so I suppose it could make a difference to skin colour. Eating lots and lots of carrots turns people orange apparently but it has to be a really really large amount so it seems unlikely there would be much change to observe. Maybe feeling healthier and thinking more about vitamins - especially D makes us embrace the outdoors a little more. That would darken the skin.

[speltrong]

I actually worked with someone whose skin is orange-tinted from eating too many carrots! It's kind of creepy looking. All day long, she munches away on carrots, and nothing but carrots. But as Georgina said, it has to be a ridiculously large amount of them to change the color of your skin.

[Non]

Like I said, my skin isn't turning orange or anything. I just get a darker tone on the good days when I eat the greens. Friends have also told me because they notice.

There were days though when I consumed a lot of spirulina, it seemed my skin was turning green...

[speltrong]

Non, your skin would only turn orange if you were eating tons of carrots. We are using it as an example to point out that it could be possible for foods to change skin tone.

[zinny]

My coloring changes with lots of greens (mainly when juicing a lot of greens), but it is more of a reddish color. (It was especially noticeable when I first started juicing and was asked in the dead of winter if I'd been to the beach.) It may be nicacin flush but I'm not sure.

[therawmichelle]

I have heard of foods that could encourage melanin production in the skin, but if you say the reaction is immediate, then perhaps it has to do with the flavonoids, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins in the greens that allow your skin to glow. Is it possible that a diet without greens is actually making you look more pale and that your natural skin tone is the one you have after you eat your greens? And are you sure this is directly associated with greens and not something else in your diet?
Copper is also supposedly essential in producing darker skin and hair, and cocoa powder, nuts and seeds are rich in copper.

[MysticTree]

I say the colour of our skin is unimportant on the whole as long as the colour doesn't indicate ill-health

[streetsurfer]

Sort of like what zinny mentions, if it is immediate or within minutes, I'd suspect better blood flow. Less saturated fats, more soluble fiber, as in fruits and veggies, will serve to lower the viscosity of your blood. Thinner blood ought to be able to reach the small capillaries near the skins surface.

When digestion kicks in, blood supply to the gut increases. It then has to return to the heart. Maybe that's what you notice due to healthier eating and lower blood viscosity.

Longer term changes that I've noticed from increased whole foods is less propensity for sunburning and in it's place better tanning.

[Ucat]

Anyone get darker skin as soon as you eat greens? Maybe it's the chlorophyll?

I found someone's testimonial on CureZone, who says she gets the same thing: green skin but also amazing health benefits from chlorophyll. Here is the beginning of the post but follow the link to read the full, long conversation.

Hope it's useful!

http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=1158864

TITLE: "Why does my body respond so well to chlorophyll megadoses?" by Miss Scarlet on CureZone:

"Seems I've had health issues for too many years. I used to be on this board eight to nine years ago back when they started and I couldn't figure out what was going on with my failing health. Candida, Food sensitivites, bloating, water retention, fatigue, depression, and panick attacks, liver pain and inflamation are a few of the symptoms I've been dealing with. The cleanses on this board to not work well for me, as years of stubborn belief in them and doing them has only led to feeling much sicker. They are just way too strong for my seemingly delicate system to handle.

"Going raw vegan helped quite a bit until I became less and less able to process fats. Some of the tried and true ways I maintain my health are juice fasts and green smoothie fasts. Yoga is helpful, too if I can just get myself to stick with it! But now I've found I can eat more cooked food so long as I take MEGADOSES of chlorophyll.

"I cannot intellectually understand what exactly the chlorophyll is doing for me, but it helps me feel so much better! When I first start taking it I could tell it's cleansing or detoxifying me. But here's the unfortunate thing about this: seems the more I take of this stuff (I'm talking absurd amounts), the BETTER I feel and can tolerate as far as any food or beverage. HOWEVER, it make my skin turn greenish!!! I tried cutting back to smaller amounts. My skin turned back to normal, but my health declined again!

"I'd really rather not be green (it just ain't easy, as Kermit agrees!). But I suppose I'd rather be green if it means I feel better......"

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www.cheap-health-revolution.com

[fiesty_fox]

Anyone get darker skin as soon as you eat greens? Maybe it's the chlorophyll?

It's not dark in a bad way but for sure it counteracts any paleness.

The same thing is happening to me as well. It seems like going on raw is giving me hyper pigmentation and acne . It started after I drank my first lemon and ginger blast. The main reason I want to go raw is for my skin, but it seems like my skin have got worse with dark patches and bumpy face which made me wonder whether I should stay on this diet or not. I don't want to give it up just like that because I can actually feel theres a major improvement in terms of my energy level.

[Non]

well first of all my skin doesn't turn green at all. My guess is that the taking chlorphyll as a supplement will do that do you but not from greens.

My skin only got better with raw... in fact.. no acne whatsoever. Actually the only way I got acne is if I had fruit.. but that's because I still have a good amount of fat in my diet. If you are lower carb and eat fats you will get no acne. But still a little carbs is ok, in fact it can make you good and shiny but not acne like. Definitely a difference between greasy skin and naturally shiny skin.

[albertnices]

Here you need to add some more green vegetables.