by Gail Jones
Most sufferers of acne attempt to cure their itchy skin with astringent creams, fruit washes, expensive soaps, lotions and treatments. However, the easiest way to cure acne is by changing your diet and shunning acne-causing things like fried food. A healthy regimen, comprising natural unprocessed foods such as vegetables, fruits, grains and beans is the first bit of advice for curing acne.
Foodstuffs with trans-fatty acids, milk, milk products, margarine, shortening and synthetically hydrogenated vegetable oils, as well as fried foods, should be avoided. It seems that the prevalence of acne in the United States is exacerbated by the average American diet. Americans typically eat fried food in large quantities, usually cooked in the most harmful of fats and oils.
However, not all fats are bad for you, but the fats and oils that the average American eats make them more susceptible to develop acne and other skin problems. Items that can cause are ice cream, cheese, bacon, chocolate and milk. Furthermore, acne can’t actually be cured using external skin creams and expensive soaps because the basic cause of the problem lies underneath the skin.
Pimples, spots and blemishes are produced by bacteria and other irritants lying below the skin’s oil glands and hair follicles, which are generally caused as a result of improper hygiene, squeezing and poor diet.
This poor diet could be caused by too high a proportion 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 especially important in the management of acne. You ought to eat three healthy meals every day in order to provide you with sufficient important nutrients and decrease your desire for sweet or/and oily, fried food.
You should eat more foods that are rich in vitamin A, such as apricots, watermelons, and broccoli, as well as lean beef, lentils, nuts, beans and whole grains, because they are rich in zinc, which can also be useful in reducing acne breakouts. It’s also imperative to drink lots of water to help flush the toxins out that contribute to acne.
