Probably the most frustrating thing is to follow a strict acne diet only to wake up every morning with a new acne breakout.
One reason is that your diet may still require some fine tuning.
The fact that a certain food is healthy doesn’t mean that you can consume as much you want. Another reason is that your diet is great but there are other underlying causes to your acne that have not been addressed yet.
If you live in a polluted city, spend most of your time indoors, have no plants at home or live in a northern climate, then chances are that you are not getting adequate amounts of sunlight exposure and fresh air as you should.
Sunlight and the exposure to the sun are essential to our health, as well as to your emotional and mental well being. Similar to diet, proper nutrition, exercise and sleep, a controlled and moderate daily exposure to the sun and to adequate amounts of fresh air are two important foundations of good health.
Every acne sufferer knows at least a few people that never had acne when they were young and have always had a flawless skin.
When I was 14 I had terrible acne and I always envied my friends who could eat whatever they want and still maintained such a smooth skin.
What did they all have in common? Was it their genes?
It certainly wasn’t the food because they were having junk food for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Unfortunately, when an acne condition is aggressive, as it was in my case, besides emotional scarring, the acne war doesn’t end without casualties. After a severe form of acne heals, it leaves broken red veins and scars in different shapes and sizes.
After going a long way to achieve the desired clear skin, it seems that achieving a definitive clear skin demands not only eliminating the source of your acne and maintaining the results, but it also requires the banishing of acne reminders as well.
I always suffered from cystic acne on my cheeks but I noticed that pimples would appear on other areas of my face depending on what I was eating, drinking and even feeling that day or the day before.
If we could pinpoint exactly why we get acne in specific areas we could basically prevent it from happening. But how much truth is there to the acne facial map?
Did you know that people with acne, eczema and psoriasis tend to suffer from Candida yeast overgrowth much more than those who have no skin issues?
Candida, a very stubborn fungal organism thrives and feeds itself in a variety of ways, with a significant help of modern industrial foods, western nutrition, modern urban lifestyle and low quality human maintenance.
So many studies have found Omega 3 to have real disease-countering benefits such as lowering the chances of having diabetes, arthritis, heart attack and even psoriasis. Omega-3 oil may also help in lifting depression, reducing hypertension and even aid in cancer prevention.
Hormonal balance (crucial to reduce the symptoms of acne) and your health in general are highly dependent on the proper fat ratio intake. You simply need to maintain a proper ratio between saturated fats and essential fatty acid fats.
I love tofu. It tastes good but I didn’t realize that it can affect my hormones and trigger acne on my face.
I don’t necessarily eat soy products on a daily basis but whenever I do a new pimple or two will appear on my face, especially on my forehead. Am I simply allergic or am I reacting to the effect of soy on my hormones?
Having acne during puberty is one thing, but to have pimples scribbled on your face post adolescence is quite another.
If this seems to strike a nerve in you– then the good news is you are not the only one.
But the bad news is just the other side of the coin – adult acne is on an overdrive, cures seem inefficient, and the rising adult acne trends are well on its way to depict the dimensions of an epidemic!