# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVPNcFCkb3o
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61793311-ciarafoyinc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-26T22:20:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

## Caption

As a 49 year old functional nutritionist with 20+ years specializing in women’s hormones and metabolism, I see this constantly.

Beautiful women investing in the best serums, retinols, and collagen creams. Still looking tired. Still losing their glow. Still aging faster than they would like.

Because gorgeous skin after 40 is an inside out job.

Here is what actually controls how your skin looks:

🩸 Blood Sugar Balance
Repeated blood sugar spikes trigger glycation, a process where glucose attaches to and destroys collagen and elastin. No cream can reverse this. You have to stop it from happening in the first place.

😴 Sleep Quality
Skin repairs itself while you sleep. Chronic poor sleep elevates cortisol, which breaks down collagen and drives inflammation. This shows up on your face.

🦠 Gut Health
The gut skin axis is documented in peer reviewed research. What happens in your digestive tract produces compounds that travel through your bloodstream and reach your skin. A struggling gut creates a struggling complexion.

🌿 Anti Inflammatory Nutrition
Dairy, gluten, and processed foods drive the systemic inflammation that causes acne, puffiness, dullness, and premature aging. I removed them and my own chronic cystic acne disappeared completely in my 20’s.

I get compliments on my skin constantly at 49. I literally have young women approach me in public. This is the reason.

Fix the inside first. The outside follows every single time.

Comment “GUIDE” and I will send you the first step to blood sugar balance to stop the damage.

👉 SHARE this with your friends and follow so you can thank me later 😉🙏

#womenover40 #perimenopause #skinhealthfromwithin #guthealth #bloodsugarbalance

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guthealth, skinhealthfromwithin, womenover40, perimenopause, bloodsugarbalance

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