Gut Health + Skin: The Gut-Skin Connection
- Jennifer Hanway
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
As the colder weather arrives, many of us notice changes in our skin - dryness, dullness, and flare-ups of conditions like eczema or rosacea. While it’s easy to blame the drop in temperature, the root of these skin shifts often begins deeper: in the gut.
Your gut and skin are intimately connected through what’s known as the gut–skin axis. A balanced gut microbiome produces short-chain fatty acids (such as butyrate) that reduce inflammation, strengthen the skin barrier, and support collagen production. But when the gut lining becomes compromised, sometimes called “leaky gut”, toxins such as lipopolysaccharides leak into the bloodstream, driving systemic inflammation that shows up as redness, dryness, and breakouts.
Leaky gut also impairs nutrient absorption. This is crucial for skin health as vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin C, Zinc, and Biotin are required for collagen production, wound healing, and maintaining elasticity. Without efficient absorption, even the healthiest diet may not deliver enough of these beauty-building blocks, leaving skin more vulnerable to dryness and premature aging.
This is especially relevant on World Menopause Day (October 18th). Hormonal changes in perimenopause and menopause already compromise skin hydration, elasticity, and collagen. Add seasonal dryness and poor gut function, and the result can be accelerated skin aging.
The good news? Supporting gut health with optimal protein intake, fiber-rich vegetables, fermented foods, probiotics, and stress management techniques boosts digestion, enhances nutrient absorption, and fortifies the skin barrier. By tending to your inner ecosystem, you create the foundation for glowing, hydrated, and youthful skin, through every season of life.
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Jennifer Hanway is a Board-Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Beauty Nutrition Expert with 19 years in the nutrition, fitness, and wellness industry. Celebrated for her beauty-first approach to metabolic health, she translates cutting-edge science into rituals that deliver luminous skin, lustrous hair, and ageless confidence.
She has worked with members of the British Royal Family, Hollywood A-listers, and Olympic athletes, and her insights feature in Well + Good, MindBodyGreen, O Magazine, and Martha Stewart Weddings. She heads the Regenerative Aesthetics Program at Russak Dermatology in NYC, where she merges targeted nutrition with advanced skincare, is a founding member of NewBeauty Magazine’s Brain Trust, and a nutrition consultant to L’Oréal Paris.
Via her 1:1 coaching, programs, podcast, and social media, Jennifer pioneers evidence-based strategies honoring women’s health. Her mission is to empower women worldwide to master metabolism, calm inflammation, elevate hormonal harmony, and radiate beauty from the inside out every single day.
Learn more at Jennifer Hanway’s website: www.jenniferhanway.com
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