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now you can get a lot of great

information nutritionally with just

looking at someone’s lips so today we’re

going to talk about how to use the lips

to help diagnose what’s going on inside

so let’s start off with um just pale or

gray lips this is usually a situation

where you are anemic okay

now there’s two main types of anemia one

would be an iron deficiency anemia and

the other one would be a b12 deficiency

anemia so it could be either or

but if you’re deficient in copper

that could affect your ability to absorb

iron and so that can cause the

deficiency as well so it could be a lack

of copper iron or b12 now normally you

get iron in red meat and especially

liver and seafood

spinach is not a good source of iron

despite all those popeye cartoons so as

far as the scenarios that you could be

iron deficient

it could be you just don’t consume

any meats at all you you’re more of a

vegan it could also be a lack of

hydrochloric acid let’s say for example

you’re on an antacid

that can create a deficiency of iron or

let’s say you’re

consuming a lot of

grains with these phytates phytates are

like anti-nutrients they will block the

ability to absorb minerals especially

iron so if you’re doing a lot of grains

that could be why you’re iron deficient

now it could also be that you’re a

female and you have heavy periods and

you’re losing a lot of blood that’s

another reason why you’re anemic and

also it could be that you have

inflammation in your gut let’s say you

have

ibs or some type of

crohn’s or

diverticulitis or any type of

inflammatory problem with the bowels

that can definitely stop you from

absorbing

minerals including b12 now as far as the

anemia with b12 that can also be a lack

of hydrochloric acid it could also mean

that you’re not consuming enough animal

products because that’s where you get

b12 from animal products and so the same

things that can create an iron

deficiency could also create a b12

deficiency

all right what about if you have blue

lips okay well it could be that you just

came out of the cold

that could be one reason because

temperature can drive all the blood

internally and create a lack of blood

flow to your lips but it can also be

other things like you’re in shock

it could also be a cyanide poisoning and

just as a side note there’s a natural

remedy for cyanide poisoning i want to

bring your attention to it’s called

hydroxyl cobolamine it’s a type of b12

that you can actually order online

b12 combines with cyanide to form

cyanocobolamine and helping reduce that

toxicity now what about if your lips are

becoming darker

that could be your smoker or exposed to

a lot of secondhand smoke so of course

smoking has a lot of chemicals smoking

decreases oxygen and circulation in the

body but smoking will interfere with the

pigment melanin too and create a darker

appearance on your lips you’ll you may

also notice these vertical wrinkles

around the mouth if you’re a smoker all

right now what about dry lips

well there could be a couple different

reasons for dry lips the biggest one

would be a lack of essential fatty acids

uh specifically omega-3 fatty acids and

that could be either you’re not

consuming enough omega-3 because you

don’t eat fish or cod oil or it could be

more commonly a situation where you’re

consuming a lot of omega-6 fatty acids

that would be in the typical foods

that you would eat at a fast food

restaurant or even a lot of the other

restaurants out there it’s omega-6 fatty

acids that include corn oil soy oil

canola cottonseed oil which is in so

many of our foods

so a lot of people are heavy on that and

they’re not doing enough omega-3 and

that will just totally dry out in your

lips which can also cause you to have

chapped lips so

dry lips and chapped lips kind of cross

over but if you have just generally dry

lips i would start to beef up your

omega-3 fatty acids with cod liver oil

or consuming more salmon things like

that wild caught salmon now if you have

chapped lips that could be a combination

of omega-3 fatty acid deficiency it

could also be a vitamin d deficiency

which you’ll see in the winter time

and so this is why people have chapped

lips during the winter and they use

carmex or they might use different types

of lip balms but that usually dries out

the lips because it has a mineral oil

make sure you never put anything on your

body that has mineral oil because it can

extract the fat soluble vitamins that

includes taking mineral oil in any of

your products because that’ll

extract the fat-soluble vitamins and end

up drying out things externally and

internally it’s not good for the liver

it could also be a zinc deficiency or it

could be that you’re getting too much

vitamin a so vitamin a toxicity

which would usually come from

a supplement you’re taking with just

high doses maybe you’re trying to get

rid of your acne and taking a lot of

vitamin a

and that is creating the vitamin a

toxicity which then will lead to um

chapped lips so any one of these

imbalances can create that when you have

too much vitamin a you can it can

actually deplete your vitamin d

um so it’s really the balance of these

fat cyber vitamins and of course the

best way to get vitamin d is for the sun

okay so the sun will give you a good

amount of vitamin d um i have a lot of

videos on vitamin d i will put some

links down below now of course zinc you

would get in red meat okay you would

also get in seafood shellfish oysters

things like that now what about the

cracks in the corner of the mouth

that is usually a b2 deficiency that

usually occurs because you’re consuming

too many refined carbohydrates okay

refined carbohydrates will create a b2

deficiency and it can show up as a crack

corner of the mouth the other way that

people become deficient and the other b

vitamins is they’re lacking the

microbiome they usually had an

antibiotic or they’re eating foods that

don’t support the microbiome because

your microbiome can make b2 and the best

diet to give you b2 would be

a good amount of eggs egg yolk uh also

cheese make sure it’s high quality

cheese not

american cheese

and the leafy greens will give you a

good amount of b2 and of course you’re

gonna have to avoid the refined grains

so i just wanted to do this quick video

to kind of help you diagnose the inside

of your body just by looking at your

lips now i have a lot of other videos

to help diagnose internal deficiencies

by looking at a certain external parts

of the body including the nails so that

would be a good video for you to check

out i put it right here

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