Top 3 Foods To Help Acne And Bring Back The Radiance In Your Skin

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You've probably heard conflicting information about the food you eat and how it can cause acne.  Some say what you eat has nothing to do with acne.  Others disagree.  Well, have you bothered to check it out for yourself? After all if you have acne prone skin, you need to find out for yourself if certain foods trigger an acne breakout.

I've discovered that there are three top foods to help acne; really they are food types.  The nay sayers will tell you it doesn't matter what you eat but don't you owe it to your skin to check it out?  I'll get right to it because your time is precious and so is mine.

Here are the top 3 types of foods to help acne:

Bright Red Fruits - watermelon, cherries, tomatoes (yes it's a fruit), mangoes

Orange Fruits - oranges, tangerines, cantaloupe, apricots, mangoes (hey it could be red or orange)

Vegetables - carrots, sweet potatoes, brocoli, squash, spinache, collard greens, red peppers

Do you know the one thread that these foods to help acne have in common?  They are all rich in beta-carotene which your body easily converts into vitamin A.  What's the big deal about that?  Hmmm, let's see. Vitamin A reduces excess oil in the skin which guess what? Encourages acne!  Overactive sebaceous glands cause an increase in  oil production so much so that the glands can get blocked up, resulting in bacteria which causes....you guessed it. Acne.  If you can normalize your skin's oil production, you actually stand a fighting chance of preventing or at the very least reducing the number of acne breakouts you have.

Foods to Avoid

Now you know it wouldn't be right if I provided you with foods to help acne without sharing with you the foods you should avoid that actually encourage acne.  Here are foods you should avoid:

1. Iodine rich salt
2. Shellfish (sorry sea food lovers) - this food is full of toxins
   
3. Sugary deserts (you can enjoy pure chocolate though yippee!)

So, go get those foods to help acne that I mentioned above. Not only will you have a healthy level of beta-carotene to help you fight acne, but you'll also fight off certain cancers.  What a bonus!

 

Natural skin care enthusiast and published author, Michelle Howard give women of color skin care advice in plain English. If you like this article, then you'll want to subscribe to Michelle's information packed monthly Skin Natural newsletter.  Do so and you'll receive a free "Basically Beautiful Tips Guide" to help you accomplish basic beauty routines with style and ease.