Consuming water can help to clear up acne.
For years, most scientists said that there was no link between diet and acne. Recent studies in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology seem to indicate that there is a link between acne and nutrition after all. With this in mind, here are some tips to help control your acne through dietary changes.
Lay Off the Caffeine
Acne is a result of hormone-triggered overproduction of oil in the sebaceous glands of the skin. Sometimes, these hormones can be set off by stress. That's why teens have a tendency to get pimples before a big event such as class picture day or a big date. Since consuming too much caffeine can add stress, cutting caffeine from the diet -- including large frothy lattes or giant bottles of soda -- can help reduce pimples.
Avoid Processed Foods
Natural health practitioners, including naturopathic physicians, herbal practitioners and practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine have all maintained that acne can be the result of undigested toxins in the body leeching out through the skin. Many of these undigested toxins come from highly-processed foods. To help control acne, some naturopathic physicians maintain that a person should eat more whole foods, including raw vegetables, whole grain starches and fruits, and avoid junk food such as refined sugars and starches.
Water
Although doctors have always said that a person should drink from six to eight glasses of water daily, many people barely drink a fraction of this. Water acts as a natural flushing agent in the body. Water helps to regulate hormones by diluting them, while it also works as a natural cleanser to flush impurities from the body. Water also helps to process the food you eat, so drinking extra water will help your body to process more impurities and remove them so that they do not show up in the form of acne.
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