Show Notes
Dr. Nigma Talib is a licensed naturopathic doctor with more than 20 years in practice across London, Vancouver, New York, and now Beverly Hills, where she just opened her clinic, Naturopathic Longevity.
Her patients have included Penélope Cruz, Sienna Miller, and Stella McCartney. She wrote Reverse the Signs of Ageing (also published as Younger Skin Starts in the Gut), and she’s had her own skincare line since 2015.
This conversation is about what your skin is telling you. Why does everyone who walks into her clinic get a poop test? Gluten face, dairy face, sugar face, and wine face - what all of these mean and what you can do about it. How stress leads to leaky gut and shows up on your face. Why a salad can be challenging for a struggling gut, why she only puts vitamin C on at night, and why she keeps sunscreen in her car for her hands. We also get into her new book, The Clean Hormone Journey, why menopause is actually one day, and why she thinks your 50s are the sexiest decade.
If you keep buying product after product and your skin still isn’t changing, this is your episode.
Your body wants to heal. Give it the right environment.
Follow Dr. Nigma on Instagram @drnigmatalib, find her skincare and supplements at healthydoc.com, and look for The Clean Hormone Journey in February 2027.
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Chapters
(00:00) Meet Dr. Nigma Talib
(01:15) Everybody Gets a Poop Test
(04:38) Why She Chose Root-Cause Medicine
(06:33) Western Medicine and Eastern Medicine
(07:34) Face Mapping
(09:03) Gluten Face, Dairy Face, Sugar Face, Wine Face
(11:07) Dairy, Garlic, and FODMAPs
(12:32) Making Peace With Food
(13:24) When in Rome
(14:21) The 80/20 Rule
(15:42) Thank You for My Hands
(17:17) How Stress Shows Up on Your Skin
(17:58) The Rat Study and Leaky Gut
(20:20) Meditation, Sleep, and Finding the Balance
(22:02) Training Stress and Hustle Culture
(23:57) There Are Seasons for Things
(24:46) The Clean Hormone Journey
(27:35) Your Gut Clears Your Estrogen
(28:27) Frozen Shoulder and Other Surprise Symptoms
(29:03) Menopause Is One Day
(32:28) Eating for Your Cycle
(33:34) Dante Joins the Show
(33:59) Topicals: What Actually Works
(35:16) Her Routine: Cleanser, Serum, Cream
(36:56) Why Vitamin C Goes On at Night
(37:36) Morning and Evening, Face and Neck
(38:41) Hands and Sunscreen in the Car
(40:03) Ingredients to Look For on a Budget
(41:27) Don’t Be a Perfectionist
(42:35) Aging Is So Sexy
(44:14) The Salad Mistake
(45:01) Too Many Products, Not Enough Cleansing
(47:49) What Actually Moves the Needle
(48:37) Vitamin D, Erewhon, and Salma Hayek’s Favorite Mask
(49:31) Stella McCartney, Moms, and CEOs
(51:04) Where to Find Dr. Nigma
(51:48) Farewell
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