The following is a repost from a previous answer I gave someone about the same (or a similar) topic.
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If you would like to proceed from acne to much more serious health problems and die at the age of "bald-and-fat-40", continue to do everything you have been. If you would like to completely cure your acne problem and live a healthy, long life... then read the following and do more research:
1: Acne is NOT caused by bacteria or a bacterial infection. Here's a list of causative cause-and-effect:
- You eat a pizza; No fruit, no raw vegetables, and you drink soda.
- This digests (very, very slowly...) and constipates you, but during digestion releases acidic ash content; What's left after digestion.
- You are unable to absorb nutrients efficiently because of constipation, and now your body finds the acids (normally as strong as car-battery acids) and creates a mucus lining on the intestines and some organs to keep them from getting damaged.
- Your body releases calcium from the blood, body tissues, ligaments, bones, teeth, and fluids to neutralize and carry out that acid. (Ionized calcium has plenty of room to spare for detoxification of harmless acidic waste.) Along with this calcium is a plethora of vital minerals and serum-alkaline fluid levels which could have been used to protect the cells themselves from damage. Meanwhile, that mucus back in your digestive tract is hardening into a plastic-paste.
- Your body is already using vital detoxification organs (liver, kidneys, gallbladder, etc) to rid itself of specific ingested and absorbed threats, and this overheated, overprocessed, over salted, meat-laden, dairy-contaminated rotting food is the last on its list to be run through and sifted... So evacuation begins. While your liver and kidneys and blood vessels carry the worst of the load, which flows around waiting for its turn to be kicked out, your body takes it a step further and evacuates what it can through the SKIN and LUNGS. Heard of sweating? Try getting an acne sufferer to do heavy cardio 30 minutes after eating something very high in sugar. It comes to the top faster with sweat.
- What goes through the lungs CAN cause lung problems, if there's no control over the diet and this continues to happen. Asthma is one thing that can develop. If you're an acne sufferer, though, guess what your body finds most useful for evac-detox. ; ) When acidic waste (primarilly) reaches the skin, your skin goes from being a balanced, 7.x pH environment to an over-acidic hell hole.
- The bacteria blamed for acne swoop in; for they thrive in this specific pH level and environment. They make their way to hairs first, as it's an easy way in, and because you're excreting acidic waste through sebum, which DOES reach the surface.
- So, these little guys cultivate in a pull of your own acidic oils, and make their way down to the inner layers of your epidermis. You don't have acne yet, bud; Just an oily face.
- These bacteria grow and grow and grow in number, and your body notices. Your body sees this as a huge problem, because if the bacteria spreads enough, it can pose a threat to the entire body's health... not just the face (or neck or back or chest; etc).
- And... here's what you'll never, ever hear a doctor telling you:
Your body gives you acne; Not the bacteria.
Your antibodies hustle in and cause a big swelling, and there you have it! If the fluids can escape, you have what appears to be a clogged pore. Pores can appear clogged for many reasons, but only very rarely for the reasons of " " " dirt " " ". If the fluids cannot escape, or the infection is deep, then you get those lovely puss pockets of gratuitous love we all call "pimples" or "zits".
So... Your body is telling you something. Acne is not the problem; It's the sign. It's the symptom OF a problem.
Here are some steps to getting rid of your acne (or at least quieting the battle):
1: Shop primarilly in the produce sections of your market or eatery. A minimum of 90% of your diet should be fresh and RAW fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and grains. The rest should be decided by you as either a type of meat or legumes; or if you'de rather neither of them be in your diet, more fruit or vegetable content.
2: Drink as much water as you can stomach, but drink it in sips and swallows and NOT glugs. Drinking too much at a time can overload the kidneys, so make it a goal to finish X-amount by the end of the day. Also, water should not be had 10 minutes before a meal or until 10 minutes after, as it dilutes the stomach's acids. Otherwise, you're all clear.
3: Stop drinking sodas (artificial sugar is no excuse), all carbonated beverages, alcohols on any list of ingredients, pasteurized fruit or vegetable juices, etc. Water, FRESHLY MADE juices, freshly made herbal teas, and... water are all fine to drink at almost any time.
4: Stop eating anything from a diner of any sort (There is little room for excuse here; One being "It's a 'raw-food' diner!" I just don't think many of you weak individuals will be able to handle a real-life diet. ; )
5: If it has added sugar, corn syrups, or any sweetener other than stevia or low-glycemic substances like agave nectar, don't buy or eat it.
6: If it has hydrogenated ANYTHING in it, any kind of coloring agent (that isn't a plant pigment), or anything that generalizes without specification (ie: 'spices', 'artificial flavor', 'natural flavor', etc), don't eat it.
7: Make sure that every meal contains a green plant food or at least a red or purple fruit. Eat more bananas, raisins, plums, dates, etc for your sweet tooth, and eat more avocados and healthy, cold pressed oils (olive oil, coconut oil, etc) for your fats. You may obtain a very good source of dietary fat from certain fish; canned or fresh.
8: Don't e at more than one serving of animal flesh per day. (Until, that is, your acne has partially cleared. You've reached the stage of detox after that to where your body may be able to handle detoxification of heavy red meats and dairy again. . . BUT-->)
9: Don't eat dairy or anything that has a dairy product or derivitive in it... unless it's from a human's breast. Quite simply put, if you're drinking (eating...) milk, your mind hasn't progressed beyond the intellectual level of a small child. You're dependent on that milk.
10: Last but not least, take, eat, drink, stuff up your butt, inject into your arm, sniff up your nose NO DRUGS; MEDICAL OR OTHERWISE. These make acne worse, 99% of the time. If it's an Acne-Helping-Happy-Miracle-Drug, do realize that it's also a drug that has been proven by science and testimony to destroy such things as liver tissue, kidney tissue, intestinal tissue, blood vessel tissue... brain tissue... Catch what I'm saying? Now, what do you depend on the most to keep acne from getting bad? Why, your detoxification routes! (such as the liver, kidneys, blood...)
Before I decide to stop typing, I'll add one more positive note:
Isolated sugar has been proven to be 3 times more chemically addictive in our bodies than an allowance of nicotine alone, so good luck in quitting, you weak bastards. : P
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Addition:
1: Don't pick at your face unless there's a white head, and then only apply very gentle pressure. Do NOT squeeze the hell out of it. This spreads the infection and a 4-day problem of a single pimple will turn into several weaks of problems. The best way to avoid picking at your problem spots (face, back, neck, etc) is simply to just avoid looking into a mirror or at your problem area. You won't feel as big a need to do anything if you can't see it. (Besides, no one else notices it the same way you do... No one's going to sit there and stare at your bumps and black heads and scars and analyze and write books.)
Go to the mirror at this moment and look at the bottom of the mirror. This should be the frame of the mirror, or whatever's under it. Now, spend exactly one second (1 second) glancing from bottom to top at your figure or visible parts. That's what most other people see, and they'll see even less if you're a generally confident or strongly spoken person.
2: Produce section; Now! Don't shop in the frozen food section or the cereal aisle... Just produce and your fish/meat market areas. That's all you need; At least until your body has detoxed a bit.
3: Don't use acne medications or drugs.
4: Don't use acne medications or drugs.
5: Don't use acne medications or drugs.
6: For anti-bacterial, use something like teatree oil. It should be pure, essential teatree (tea tree) oil, or else diluted with ONLY water. This is fairly easy to find, so there's no excuse. Something else that may work better for you is Hydrogen Peroxide (H202). Don't use medical grade H202, but food grade. After you've used this, you may feel dried out... Now, this isn't necessarily a bad sign, but next time dilute the H202 more (with warm or cold, preferably filtered (unbottled) water) before applying. H202 is natural and is used in smaller amounts by white blood cells to kill bacteria, viruses, fungus, etc, and will not do permanent damage IF used correctly, IF diluted, and IF you have good nutrition. This goes for all natural medications. (However, this is not true for drugs, which will continue to destroy your liver and kidneys, among other things.)
Apple Cider Vinegar (with the 'Mother'; easy to find) is a great way to boost your complexion, and it's a very strong bacteria killer. This stuff can be used to clean toilets, too... So, use properly. It's not just an acid, but many acids. In good ACV, there is also a huge amount of beneficial nutrition packed into it. Dilute in warm or hot water, add a smidgen of baking soda or sea salt (IF you can't dilute it well enough, have sensitive skin, or if you can't dilute it at all; Sea salt and sodium bicarbonate act as neutralizers).
Now, I'm running out of time. I have to rush out the door... But follow the advice here and PLEASE do some of your own research. Acne is not the problem! Acne is the symptom! Become HEALTHY and you will have no problems, and thus will rid yourself of the symptoms of those problems.
Update: How stupid of me... DRINK A LOT OF WATER, but drink it steadily; No guzzling.
2007-02-28 07:39:39
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answer #9
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answered by peaceful_shmn 2
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