During the time of the Paleolithic age to the Neolithic age, where the invent of refrigerators and microwave was not present, man lived a healthier life because most of what he consumes are fruits and vegetables even if he has to cook some of them are fresh from his farm to the kitchen but with the rise of technology, most of our food have lost the vital nutrient due to preservatives and chemicals.
Eighty-percent of all health disease we have today are caused by our life style, that is the food we take in daily, they contribute to obesity, heart disease, hypertension diabetics and even kidney failure and a lot of others. It is true that some beauty procedures such as exfoliation facial masking, facial steaming and so on are so important for treating and retaining a beautiful youthful look, but all these will work well on a healthy skin.
Most people will go to any length to get a facial treatment per week but what they might just need is changing their diet. No beautician will tell you that what you need is a proper diet because he wants to make his money out from you. So if you are in the habit of visiting beauty salons and they mix different “concoctions” for you all in the name of Acne fighting creams, then solution is far from your reach.
Useful Tips
- Eating excessive portions of food filled with saturated fats and refined sugars can contribute to your acne.
- Invest in optimum health eat a diet based on fruit, vegetables, lean protein and low fat dairy
- If you want to get rid of your acne fast, get hooked on fish.
- Hard fats not only come in from of butter and margarine, also hide as transfat in many commercial baked foods such as crackers, cakes, cookies, chips, popcorn, chocolates, candy etc.
- Dieting is never the answer to permanent Acne cure-making simple but lasting charges to the way you eat, is the answer.
- Dairy products. Dairy products are acid forming in the body and our bodies need to remain slightly alkaline. The hormones found in many dairy products can cause skin problem ranging from Acne to Dermatitis
- Animal protein: Meat should be taken in moderation
- Most meat and other animal protein especially red meat take a long period of time to digest. During that time, most of the Animal proteins we eat sit in our colon for weeks, months and years, where it slowly putrefies and ferments bloating our stomach and poisoning our bodies. Eat more of fish or white meal instead of the red ones.
- Refined carbohydrates. Eating refined or processed sugar or starchy foods (cakes white bread and cereals) only provide short-lives protein they lead to increase in insulin, this leads to excess in the production of sebum (oil gland), which is a breeding ground for bacteria. Antioxidants from fruits and vegetables are good for the skin.
- Eat food that has fiber like oat need, boom bread and wheat for proper digestion.
