subject: Get Rid Of Acne - Some Healthy Skin Tips [print this page] Get Rid Of Acne - Some Healthy Skin Tips Get Rid Of Acne - Some Healthy Skin Tips
I once found myself waiting to be seated in a hotel dining room with a well-known sports woman in the line in front of me. I was struck by how good she looked. She looked the picture of fitness and health - her skin seemed to be glowing, her eyes and her hair were shining - and there was energy about her. She could not look that good on the outside without being healthy on the inside. She was often seen in the media promoting a range of health foods and a healthy lifestyle. Looking at her, you had to say she practiced what she preached. Her health started from the inside. I think if I had asked her for healthy skin tips she would have told me to make sure I had a healthy body. Eliminate White Sugar From Your Diet If health starts from the inside then where do we start? We start by eliminating products that do not add to our good health, which means they are probably having a negative effect. Foods that have absolutely no nutritional value at all: white sugar and food heavily laden with sugar. This means many popular breakfast cereals, many of which have up to 30 percent sugar in them. Their manufacturers claim they are healthy because vitamins have been added but in most cases the negative effect of the sugar far outweighs any positive effects of the vitamins. Forget the fact they may be made of grain and should have natural goodness because this has long been processed out of them. Eliminate White Flour From Your Diet Another food that has lost its nutritional value is white flour and the products made from it. This means white bread, cakes and cookies. These products have a double barrel effect - too much no-nutritional sugar and low nutritional white flour. They are not only not improving our health but they are actually having a negative effect. They are harming our bodies. Why won't this food help us get rid of acne? This food breaks down into sugar quickly and easily, raising our blood sugar. The body deals with this surge of sugar by producing insulin, which is a hormone. This causes a hormone imbalance in the body and, if you are prone to acne, an acne breakout can occur. If you are continually putting this food into your body, then your body will respond with acne breakouts. So you are getting acne breakouts continually. Will giving up these two foods cure your acne? Possibly not, but it is a good start and it should lessen the breakouts. Then you can move onto other parts of your diet by including dark green leafy vegetables to act as anti-oxidants to get rid of the toxins and other vegetables and fruit to gain nutrition.
