Monday, December 12, 2011

Treating Acne

By Owen Jones


Most people with acne try to cure their blotchy skin with creams, face washes, special soaps, lotions and treatments. However, the best way to cure acne is by altering your diet and shunning acne-producing items such as fried food. A healthy diet, rich in organic unprocessed foods like vegetables, fruits, grains and beans is the first bit of advice for treating acne.

Foodstuffs containing trans-fatty acids, milk, milk products, margarine, shortening and man-made hydrogenated vegetable oils, as well as fried foods, should not be eaten. It seems that the prevalence of acne in the United States is made worse by the typical American diet. Americans typically eat fried food in great quantities, often cooked in the most damaging of fats and oils.

However, not all fats are bad, but the fats that typical Americans eat make them more susceptible to get acne and other skin problems. Products that can cause are ice cream, cheese, bacon, and milk. Furthermore, acne cannot really be treated using creams and soaps because the root cause of the condition lies below the skin.

Pimples, spots and blemishes are caused by bacteria and other irritants lying beneath the skin's oil glands and hair follicles, which are generally caused by insufficient hygiene, scratching and poor diet.

This poor diet may be a result of too high an amount of items like processed, fatty, fried and sugary foods in your diet. A diet that is healthy for your skin emphasizes raw and lightly cooked vegetables, especially green, leafy vegetables that are rich in valuable trace minerals and fibre. Fresh green vegetables are essential, but you should also include lean protein sources and complex carbohydrates, such as rice, whole-grain bread and potatoes in your diet.

These fibre-rich foods will help ensure a healthy gastrointestinal tract, which is so vital to the control of acne. You should eat three healthy meals a day in order to supply you with sufficient important nutrients and lower your desire for sweet or/and fatty, fried food.

You should consume much more food that is rich in vitamin A, like apricots, watermelons, and broccoli, as well as lean beef, nuts, lentils and whole grains, because they are rich in zinc, which is also be useful in treating acne breakouts. It's also vital to drink plenty of water to help clean the poisons out that encourage acne.




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