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Originally posted 2010-02-02 13:20:29.

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When you develop acne, it can have a major change in your strong and active personality.  It has the power to make you feel helpless, insecure, and bashful.  To get a smooth and clear face, you need a new attitude about your health.  Your acne and treatment that you use for it should start with improving your health.

 

Hormones that are released by the various organs are controlled by your overall health.  The releases of excess hormones, which cause acne, is a result of your health.  If you do not have a healthy body, then you will have an imbalance in your hormones.  This imbalance may not cause acne, but in many individuals it does.

 

The medical industry and many dermatologists think that diet does not cause acne.  The result is when they treat you for acne, and they don’t tell you to improve your diet.  Their idea of treating acne is to use drugs and antibiotics.  When you use drugs, they imbalance your hormones even more.  Using drugs can give you temporary relief, but your acne will come back.

 

If you been struggling to get rid of pimples, then its time to get serious about your acne and treatment.  Take curing your acne into your own hands.  What you have to do is to realize that acne is caused by the food you eat.  The food you eat determines how your body works.  Put good food into your body and gain good health and you will have a clean face.

 

For you acne, eating a good natural diet is a good start.  By changing your diet, you will not clear your acne in three days.  For your diet to make a change in your body, it takes at least 3 months.  But, if you never change your diet then, it will take forever before you see an improvement in your health and a change in your acne face.

 

To make your diet more effective, there are some lifestyle changes you can make that will accelerate your health.  First, you can start being more active by not watching so much TV.  The movement of your body helps to route toxins out of your body, so do some exercise.  If you smoke or work where there is a lot of air pollution, you need to consider making changes.  Pollution will definitely shorten your life and create blemishes on your skin during your life time.

 

So, what should your diet consist of for acne and treatment?   Here are the foods you need to stop eating and substitute a better choice.  You don’t need to stop eating these foods instantly. Few people can do this. You need to do this gradually. I know it will be hard to stop eating some of these foods that you have enjoyed, over the years.

 

*   Minimize the use of breads and other flour products, unless they are made with multi-grains.  When you eat bread, always eat vegetables with it.  Bread and other flour products do not have fiber.  Fiber will help to move the bread through colon must faster.

 

*   All foods in packages or boxes are junk food. They take from you because they use up minerals, vitamins, and digestive enzymes during their digestion. They contain no fiber, so they cause constipation.  Foods with artificial flavors and preservatives

 

 

*   Milk is also one of the foods that are over rated and commercials have created an atmosphere that if you don’t drink milk you will lack calcium.  You don’t need milk to get all the calcium your body needs.  Milk has a lot of fat, causes allergies, and mucus.  Milk compromises your health and can cause you to break out with pimples and skin infections and other blemishes.

 

*   If you eat fried food, you will want to back off slightly from doing a lot of frying.  The high temperatures used in frying cause the oils you use to breakdown into free radicals.  These free radicals are responsible for many deadly illnesses and cause a disruption of body functions.  If you cook with oil use coconut oil, since it can withstand high temperatures without breaking down.

 

To have more control over your acne and treatment, you need to improve your health.  If you have a poor diet, then your health has been diminished.  By improving your health, you will start to see changes in your skin appearance, the amount of energy you have, and the excitement you have for life.

Originally posted 2010-03-18 19:03:13.

Acne pimples come in various sizes, shapes, and forms.  There’s a name to go with each as well.  But you’re probably not as interested in the names of your acne forms as much as you are in finding a cure for those pesky, painful red bumps on your face, back, and chest.

The first thing you must know about acne pimples is that caring for your acne and controlling it does not come for free.  You cannot expect to simply wash your face with the same bar of soap you wash your body with and hope your zits go away.  However, you don’t necessarily have to spend a fortune trying to cure your acne either.  There are several economical methods by which you can go about treating your acne pimples without breaking the bank.

1. Professional care: Some dermatologists cost a lot of money.  However, many dermatologists offer free up front consultations.  In my case, my consultation was free, and I spent $60 for a chemical peel on my back and chest.  This peel lasted for months, and I have very few problems with acne there now.

2. Cleansers and lotions: There are cheap cleansers, and there are expensive cleansers.  There are cleansers that work well every time, and cleansers that work for a few months and then stop working, for no good reason.  And then there are cleansers that never work at all.  Sometimes these are the most expensive in their category, and thus are the most frustrating to use.

When using a cleanser, don’t pick the most expensive kind; they don’t always work.  Start with a relatively inexpensive kind, one available at Walmart or Target, and work up from there.  These cleansers worked for me for several years before my hormonal acne kicked in and made it quit working.

3. Acne Diet Plan: Your most formidable ally when fighting acne is a proper diet plan.  Note that this diet plan doesn’t have to be a change in your diet forever.  It might only need to last a few days.  It just needs to work long enough to clean out your body and allow the cleansers to activate on your face.

Originally posted 2009-10-28 09:10:05.

Acne – What Causes Acne?

While there are always changes to consider, a lot of the contributory factors relating to acne outbreaks have been exhaustively researched.

Hormones and Sebum

It is not surprising that acne is usually suffered by teens. It strikes over four out of five of us during those years. It’s in our teenage years when the levels of hormones seem to go through the roof. Androgen production increases in both males and females.

Among the results, the sebaceous glands that produce sebum produce more of, the natural oil found in hair follicles. Most of the oils are secreted in the face, and upper thorax – so that is where acne tends to concentrate. .

Increased oil or sebum isn’t generally a problem if it can reach the skin surface. It’s spread around and is often washed off by those who take good care of their skin. Still, blackheads may form as a result of the excess oil.

Pores can close, and become blocked with that excess oil. This encourages the growth of whiteheads. Also, the resulting pressure can cause follicles to rupture. The pressure will be made worse because the bacteria are in an ideal environment. At the same time, bacteria and the white blood cells that deal with them (usually quite successfully) also get trapped. The result is pus and inflammation. .

Stress

Stress itself doesn’t produce acne but it can make it worse by affecting the production of hormones. Stress can weaken the immune system thus leading a weaker counter to bacteria. This is only a minor factor in the acne cycle.

Drugs

Prescription drugs can enable an outbreak of acne. Barbiturates and tetracycline certainly do not help in the control of acne. Anabolic steroids are acknowledged by medical practitioners to be especially culpable with those taking them. Forgoing these, unless medically controlled, can reduce the number and/or severity of attacks.

Heredity

Genetics is another contributor. What contribution genetics make is still to be estimated. Genetics, as a contributory factor is subject of ongoing research and so clear conclusions have not yet been drawn. Investigations support the belief that acne is hereditary. Also we need to think about what the family eats or other common family circumstances. All things considered, genetics is a factor in the development of acne.

Diet & Skin Care

Diet and skin care are less culpable than is generally accepted. Just because foods are greasy, they don’t give rise to a greasy skin. It is accepted that poor diet can often go hand in hand with poor skin care. Any food that causes an over production of skin oil or certain hormones will probably contribute.

Nothing indicates that the common suspects – soft drinks and fatty foods, chocolate, cream cakes and hamburgers, among others – make a significant contribution to acne attacks. Bad hygiene is a contributory factor because surface bacteria sometimes remain ‘unmolested’. Good cleaning habits will help. Make sure that you don’t ‘over do’ the cleanliness. That can create a worse situation by leaving the skin unprotected.

Dirt and makeup can lead to a vulnerability to an acne attack, especially if they get forced under the skin surface and block the ducts from the sebaceous glands. Surface dirt itself isn’t responsible for acne. The dark head on blackheads is the result of exposure to air, it has nothing to do with dirt.

You cannot change heredity and puberty is a normal part of life. Reasonable hygiene, prompt treatment of symptoms and common sense precautions can help reduce the acne level.

Originally posted 2010-02-17 16:32:22.

Since acne and diet are so interrelated, and because diet has an indirect effect on the way acne is created, people will get different results when they change the way they eat.  We all metabolize our foods very differently.  Some people are more sensitive to certain kinds of food and so there are foods that will have a greater impact on their acne than other acne sufferers.  People that don’t have metabolic issues won’t really suffer any impact on their acne as much.  Acne and diet go much deeper than that, however.  One example is people with sensitive skin and are prone to acne are shown to be resistant to insulin.  Insulin regulates carbohydrate metabolism and plays a key role in both fat and protein metabolism.  Insulin strictly regulates how our cells use the energy that is in our bloodstream.

People that are resistant to insulin respond differently to the normal amount of insulin released and their bodies.  Due to the regulation of blood glucose levels and its importance, the pancreas produces more insulin and liver and fat cells don’t respond.  Blood glucose can build up if the body continues not to respond.  So, for people with insulin resistance certain carbohydrates can be a problem.  Certain types of carbohydrates digest quickly and enter the bloodstream even quicker.  For acne sufferers, especially women, this is can be a real threat.  Acne and diet habits do correlate greatly amongst each other and depending on your condition, you should be able to simply implement natural cures to completely mitigate the problems that acne and diet inconsistencies present.

Originally posted 2010-03-02 19:32:45.