Thursday, April 12, 2012

Treating Acne

By Owen Jones


Most people with acne attempt to treat their broken skin with creams, face washes, natural soaps, lotions and treatments. However, the easiest way to cure acne is by altering your diet and avoiding acne-producing things such as fried food. A healthy diet, rich in natural unprocessed foods like vegetables, fruits, grains and beans is the first bit of advice for curing acne.

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

However, not all fats are bad for you, but the fats and oils that the average American uses make them more prone to get acne and other skin problems. Items that can cause are ice cream, cheese, bacon, chocolate and milk. Furthermore, acne can't actually be treated using external skin creams and expensive soaps because the basic cause of the condition is beneath the skin.

Pimples, spots and blemishes are produced by bacteria and other irritants embedded underneath the skin's oil glands and hair follicles, which are most often caused by insufficient hygiene, scratching and poor diet.

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

Such fibre-rich foods can help ensure a clean gastrointestinal tract, which is so important in the control of acne. You ought to eat three healthy meals daily in order to supply you with sufficient vital nutrients and decrease your craving for sugary or/and greasy, 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, beans and whole grains, because they are rich in zinc, which is also be useful in treating acne breakouts. It's also important to drink plenty of water to help clean the toxins out that cause acne.




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