Eat your way to lighter skin color
Beauty Cred on 27 Jun 2008 at 12:00am
Skin discoloration and hyperpigmentation are widely discussed topics on RealSelf.com. So when I came across Dr. Thienna Ho's book, it caught my eye. Dr. Ho has a PhD in scientific nutrition and her book is titled, "Unlocking the Mystery of Skin Color: The Strictly Natural Way to Dramatically Lighten Your Skin Color Through Diet and Lifestyle" ($64.95 retail).
Her theory is that by adopting behavioral patterns to maintain high levels of sulfur in your diet you can lighten your complexion.
What foods are sulfur-rich?
Eggs, organ meats, cauliflower, onions, garlic and brussels sprouts is a partial list. I haven't read Dr. Ho's book, but I did check out her website, thienna.com, wher
e in the FAQ section I learned that for a 120 lb person, the suggested sulfur intake for health maintenance is 2,400 mg; for skin restoration, it's 4,800 mg; and for skin lightening, it's 9,600 mg. So if you can do the quick math (and this is consistent at every weight level's recommended sulfur intake), to achieve skin lightening you need to ramp up the sulfur intake by 400% of the amount required for health maintenance.
And, of course, Dr. Ho has her own line of Thienna supplements and skin care (with body care launching summer '08 and makeup launching year-end '08). There's also a ThermoDetox In-Door Steam Sauna (at right) "for brighter skin"--though I'm not sure what a $4,199.99 sauna is buying me in terms of lightening my skin.
While sulfur is an FDA-approved ingredient for OTC acne treatments, and you can find plenty of articles on the subject, there isn't as much to be found in terms of its skin lightening benefits.
What's your take on eating your way to lighter skin? Have you read Dr. Thienna's book? Let us know!

Tanning and lightening are the same thing on opposite ends of the spectrum, eventhough I don't care about skin colour I'm bright enough to see that it doesn't matter what we think of what she looks like or looked like, what matters is that she is fit healthy and setting world records and I'm sure she feels beautiful in her skin colour.
Could it be possible that she stumbled upon the lightening effect by coincidence? I think so, and I also believe that like any other Person she use it to get to where she is now, it's safe for those want it and that means people will avoid dangerous products available in the market. Main point it's safe so who cares if u want to be light, I suspect it is also safer than tanning due to harmful uv rays etc hopefully there will be another discovery for a safe way to tan skin. :) good day.
three months now, however, not buying from her, and simultaneously trying other stuff.
For me, it has been HELL to be a black female. The skin colour is by and large reviled by whites (talking from 42 years' experience of living in UK), and the 'shadism' within the race can often be worse than the prejudice from whites. I have known lighter skinned black females who would not go around with me because I would not be liked in places where they go out and get accepted/or the whites are not too bothered to have them around; yet my features are actually more or just as attractive as theirs, I am also slim and not even the darkest of black, just a couple shades 'too much'. And those couple shades 'too much' make a CRITICAL and CRUCIAL difference! The result is predictable and instantaneous repeated REJECTION! Outcasted socially, professionally and romantically; "no one wants a black woman/glad I'm not dark". For me, as an educated and intelligent black woman, this has been so serious a cross to bear, that it has caused me to overdose three times during my life; if it had not been for a certain member of the public who found me lying unconscious the last time, I would not be around today. And even though I have lived so far to tell the tale, I am still suffering from depression and unable to work. And so, VICIOUSLY AND AGGRESSIVELY REGARDLESS of what a soul thinks on this planet; the colour gets lightened! I do my research and the money is there to pay for any treatment necessary.
and this is beautiful revitalash