subject: Best Way To Prevent Acne: The Top 3 Tips For Preventing Acne And Maintaining Healthy Skin [print this page] If you're suffering from acne breakouts right now, don't worry, because acne is just that it's a skin disease that can be treated but more importantly, it can be prevented.
Here are the top 3 habits you can develop to keep your skin healthy and free from acne:
1. Drink plenty of water
From a homeopathic standpoint, acne, like all other diseases, is caused primarily by accumulated toxins in your body. Although your body has a 24/7 detoxification system composed of the skin, kidneys, lungs, ureter, urinary bladder and urethra, sometimes bad habits can prevent these organs from performing at their best all the time.
If you want to help your body's detox system, drink plenty of water. Drink at least two liters of water everyday. Drink more if you have acne. To make sure you are getting enough water, bring a water bottle with you wherever you go.
2. Take stock of your diet
What have you been eating these days? Are you eating a lot of simple carbohydrate foods like bread, cake and doughnuts (as well as other processed foods)? You won't have any problem if you eat these types of foods once in awhile, but when you eat them everyday, your body will need MORE vitamins to process these carbohydrates food properly. Otherwise they'll just saturate under your skin and become food for bacteria, which can cause acne.
Apart from acne breakouts, eating too many servings of bread and processed foods is the leading cause of diabetes and other diseases, so it's better to avoid them altogether.
3. Supplement with vitamins if you have to
Did you know that by simply increasing your intake of zinc, you can improve your acne condition by as much as 60% in no time? And that when you take zinc along with Vitamin A and its co-factor Vitamin B2 Riboflavin, there a good chance you can improve your acne condition by 80%?
If it's not possible for you to get adequate nutrition from your diet, then supplement with vitamins. (The average American diet is woefully low in zinc no thanks to processed foods.)
Be careful though about the type of vitamin supplements that you take. Some brands of vitamin are loaded with synthetic nutrients that are difficult to absorb from the intestines, and thus go straight instead to your bowels. To be on the safe side, go for the very absorbable vitamins types - organic, sublingual or liquid vitamins.
So think about it. By simply drinking more water and making sure you get enough nutrition will keep your skin healthy and acne-free.
