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Diet and Acne
Two day detox
The timings of meals are a rough outline, adjust these to fit in with your schedule. Bear in mind that if the detox is very different from your normal daily food consumption, you may feel less energetic. Try and do a detox when you can relax. The frequency of drinking the water is up to you, but try and avoid having it with food, or straight after a meal. Make sure you drink at least 2 litres each day.
After you've finished the detox, try to stick to a diet consisting mainly of the foods that can help acne. If you go and eat foods that can aggravate acne, you may suffer a breakout. Detoxing itself can bring on a breakout, this is a sign that your body is cleansing from the inside.
Continue to eat cleansing foods and your kidneys and liver will do all the detoxing for you and it won't show up as acne on your face. Our bodies get rid of toxins in the easiest way possible, people with acne often have sluggish digestive systems and inefficient liver and/or kidneys and so the body gets rid of toxins through the skin. By helping your body to work more efficiently to flush out the toxins, your acne will fade.
Use the day planner below. You can also use your judgement for changing the snacks of fruit and nuts to get a good variety over the course of a day, depending on your prefered fruit, nuts and seeds. Don't worry if you don't follow the plan exactly, just go with what you prefer.
Day planner
8am |
Wake up to a glass of still mineral water at room temperature with the juice of a lemon squeezed into it. |
8.30am |
Body brush your skin before having a luke warm shower. Skin brushing helps slough away dead skin cells, increase the blood flow to the skin and encourage lymphatic drainage. It helps release the toxins near the skin's surface into the blood stream and out of the body via the lymphatic and digestive systems and not through the skin. Buy a body brush and use it dry every day before you shower. Brush with long strokes towards the heart. Do not use on the face (the bristles are too harsh for the face). Brush gently over any areas of your body affected by acne. |
9am |
Mango and carrot juice. |
9.30am |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
10am |
Handful of grapes |
10.30am |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
11am |
6 brazil nuts |
11.30am |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
12pm |
Tomato and red onion salad |
1pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
2pm |
Handful grapes and an apple |
2.30pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
3pm |
Handful grapes |
3.30pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
4pm |
Handful pine nuts |
4.30pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
5pm |
Handful grapes |
5.30pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
6pm |
Avocado, mango and pinenut salad |
7pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
8pm |
Meditate, do some yoga or have a massage. |
9pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature |
10pm |
A glass of still mineral water at room temperature with the juice of a lemon squeezed into it. |
10.30pm |
Bed |
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| Did you Know? |
| Hey! Your not alone, an estimated eighty percent of the people suffer from some form of acne in their life! Learn more... who gets acne? |
| Acne Facts |
| The skin responds to acne bacteria by producing Hydrogen Peroxide to kill them, generating free radicals that cause premature skin aging very much like acne products with benzoyl peroxide. Learn more... acne and aging |
| Scientific Research |
| In recent years research has changed the perception of acne from being caused mainly by acne bacteria that normally lives in symbiosis in human's hair follicles but gets out of control, to a perception of acne as an immoderate inflammatory reaction. Read more... acne inflammation |
| What causes the Acne? |
| Several factors are involved in acne breakouts. Central are untreated lesions caused to the cells lining the sebum canals by its first outflow to the surface during puberty and also when sebum can not outflow swiftly to the surface. Read more... causes of acne lesions |