Using a Detox Diet to Cure Acne

Article by MyrnaLynn

The acne detox diet notion has been around for a while now, and has created more than it’s share of controversy. Is an acne detox diet a true acne cure, or just another “concept” that is yet to be proven? I thought a bit of fact-finding was in order, and you’ll never guess what I found.

The acne detox diet notion resulted from the latest clinical studies that examined the findings of two other landmark studies conducted in 1969 and 1971. These studies surmised that acne was the result of a genetic irregularity that causes your body to develop an excessive amount of sebum oil, a natural substance that your body uses to keep your skin soft and supple.

Excess sebum oil tends to come together in hair follicles and skin pores, plugging the pores and furnishing a perfect breeding ground for the P-acne bacteria (Propionibacterium Acnes), which is present on everyone’s skin. In normal numbers, the P-acne bacteria is actually beneficial, controlling other, more menacing, bacteria that come our way.

Unfortunately, excess sebum oil lets the bacteria multiply to abnormal numbers, resulting in skin over sensitivity. Your body’s natural defenses then send white blood cells to the area to control the bacteria. The resulting conflict causes more irritation and the formation of white heads, blackheads (once exposed to the air), pimples, and, well…acne.

But… How does that effect an acne detox diet?

Quite a bit, actually. The more modern studies have found that the determinations reached in the 1968 and 1971 studies were not only incorrect, but that the studies, themselves, were inherently flawed. Apparently, once they found the DNA-sebum oil connection, they stopped looking for other causes.

Researchers in the later studies didn’t stop, and eventually found that there is a absolute link between diet and acne. What they didn’t see coming was to find that the link wasn’t so much what you were eating, but much more about how what you’re eating is made.

A large percentage of the foods we eat, both at home and in restaurants, are made with chemicals that act as preservatives. This keeps the food safe and fresh for a longer period of time, which, in itself, is not an undesired thing.

What is a bad thing (and the reason for using an acne detox diet) is that these recent studies also found that, over a period of time, these chemicals tend to build up inside your body until they reach a dangerous level, causing your body’s natural defenses to try to eliminate the poisons.

They also uncovered the fact that, in people prone to acne, the body cleans itself of these chemicals by emulsifying them in sebum oil (remember that from earlier?) and secreting it out through your skin. This replicates the exact same conditions as those produced by faulty DNA, and results in acne outbreaks.

So, you can see how an acne detox diet that rids your body of these chemicals <u>before</u> they reach a dangerous level, can be not just an acne cure, but <u>the</u> acne cure.

Learn more about acne diets at The Anti Acne Diet

You may also want to read Effective Ways to Treat Acne

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