Do you look in the mirror and see bumps, bumps and more bumpsall over your face and in the most embarrassing places likeright on your lips? Do you look at other people’s faces andwonder what it will be like to have smooth and even skin and notbe told by sympathetic friends and relatives trying to consoleyou that “It’s not what’s on the outside that counts but what ison the inside…” (Bet you hear this and go…yeah, that’s easyfor you to say, you don’t have acne!)
Take it from a guy who was afflicted with acne for close to 8years…this image distorting skin crisis characterized bybumps, excessively oily or dry skin and an accompanying lowself-esteem and depression (in most cases) is simply horrifying!
The good news my friends is if you suffer from acne, or knowsomeone who does, it can be controlled and eventually curedwithout spending tons of money on drugs, visits todermatologists or as I have heard, even plastic surgery. Trustme, I have been there and know how acne can ruin a person’swhole self-image and the desperate measures one might beconsidering to get rid of it.
The first thing any acne sufferer must realize is that anydisease-regardless of its medical diagnosis-is a product ofconstipation, a clogging up of the body tissues. Consequently,as the body fights to unclog its organs, the process becomesmanifested in several ways.
Disease is an attempt of the body to rid itself of these toxinsand since, according to Dr. Stanley Burroughs, the skin is thenext most important eliminating organ (second only to thelungs), acne is merely an indication that you need to cleanseyourself internally and take simple measures to alleviate theouter symptoms as the cleanse proceeds.
Just how does one do an internal cleanse?
Well, as I have mentioned in quite a few of my articles, thebest way to do an internal cleanse (and the fastest I must say)will be to undergo a juice or water fast. Being a radicaldiscipline, it must be undertaken with care but it is withconfidence in a fast’s unmatched ability to restore health thatyou can be rest assured to see a drastic improvement in yourskin condition at the end of about a 3 to 4 day fast.
I have covered the subjects on the types, when, why and how longto undergo a fast in my e-book, but you can always do your ownresearch in regards to this restorer of health.
As a preliminary stage to a fast and as a suggested dieteticlifestyle, if you are serious about curing your acne and keepingit off, you must make a change in your diet and eliminate allmucus (acid) forming foods such as processed (junk) foods, fastfoods, confectioneries, soft-drinks and eat more wholesome andnatural foods like your fresh fruits and leafy vegetables, nuts,root vegetables, fresh juices-basically foods that are mucus(alkaline-forming) binding.
Though covered in chapter 13 of the core e-book of my site, youcan type up ‘mucus forming and binding foods’ in any searchengine like Google and educate yourself more on this subject. Itis not by co-incidence or an error that Hippocrates ‘the fatherof medicine’ once stated that: “Let your foods be your medicineand your medicine your foods as nature is the healer of alldiseases!”
Although knowing what to eat is of uttermost importance, youmust learn when and how to eat these right foods. I will make astatement here that may go against every thing you may have reador heard on nutrition but I know what I am saying from close to6 years on trying this simple method on myself. The worst mealthat we as humans partake of is ‘breakfast.’
How so the uninformed may ask; well based on scientificallyproven research on thousands of people for over two centuries onsuch health principles as food combination and the realizationthat the human body goes through a cleansing process from twelvemidnight until twelve noon, and a building program from twelvenoon to twelve midnight, your meals during these respectiveperiods should be harmonious with the natural processes.
As a result here is a suggested daily menu plan
Breakfast:
A choice of the following
1.A tall glass of Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice.
2.A tall glass of Fresh squeezed lemonade flavored with genuinemaple Syrup (the darker the grade the better)
Lunch:
A mono-meal of an organic fruit in season for example Apples inthe fall and winter, Melons in the summer, Berries in spring.
Dinner:
Fresh, home-made salads.
A simple dressing could be
(a)Lemon juice, olive oil and un-iodized sea-salt
(b)Avocadoes or Green coconuts blended with tomatoes and somesea salt
Or
Raw and/or cooked root vegetables such as Celery, Carrots,Potatoes, Plantains, raw or slightly heated fruit veggies (thesecan be blended into Soups or dressings for your salads)
Some factors that must also be noted to ensure the maximumassimilation of nutrients from our meals include thoroughlymasticating or chewing the mouthfuls of one’s meals for as theIndian proverb goes “chew your foods well as the stomach has noteeth.” In addition, I have also outlined the menu plan abovekeeping proper food combinations in mind.
For free information on this subject, you can type up ‘foodcombining’ in any search engine or check out the URL in the nextparagraph. Moreover, refrain from the habit of drinking liquidswith your meals, as I stated in the free resources section of mysite on controlling asthma, drinking ANY liquids with your mealstends to dilute the digestive juices in your stomach whichconsequently deters digestion, assimilation and increases thetendency for constipation. If you must drink water after orbefore a meal, wait a solid hour or so before or after eating.
As is known in the drugless healing world, this simple, yetextremely effective dietetic change has been known to alleviatemost otherwise incurable human ailments including acne, asthmaand obesity. One factor I must add (from my own personalexperience with this device while undergoing a 10 day juicefast) is to AVOID THE USE OF MICROWAVES STARTING NOW.
For more information on this device, refer www.bodyhealthsoul.com/acne.html, you will also see freetips for controlling acne and the photos on facial massaging,which will be part of the external measures needed to aid withalleviating acne symptoms.
Now that I have briefly covered the internal measures toreducing acne, let’s go over the external ones.
*Never repeat the use of a pillowcase in 2 days, always changethem nightly so get 7 clean ones. Be conscious of how they arefolded to ensure you sleep on the unexposed side upon unfoldingthe pillowcases.
*As much as possible, keep unwashed hands off of your face, ifyou must touch it, say for example, to scratch an itch, ensureto use the back of your hands.
*Try to sleep on your right side. Besides making your sleep morerefreshing, this practice ensures that you keep your face off ofthe pillow and freer to breathe during the night. As an addedbenefit, your heart functions much better as you are not puttingpressure on it based on this position of the body during sleep.
*Wash your hair with a mild shampoo every night especially ifyou use greasy hair products, or use a wrap-around nightcap thatcovers the hair and ensure the cap is washed every morning.
*Make frequent visits to the steam room of a gymnasium or youcan steam the face at home as an alternative. The aim here is toaid the skin in eliminating toxins through sweating.
*Massage the face regularly as this not only aids in cleansingthe face, but it firms up the skin and alleviates unwanted signsof aging such as crow’s feet, bags under the eyes, lines andwrinkles.
*Engage in some form of exercise to aid the body indetoxification and metabolism. Being one of the three limbs ofdrugless healing, exercise keeps you younger, fit andhealthy…like you didn’t already know that. I must single outYoga as one of the best forms of exercise to choose. Some posessuch as the Sun Salutations, the Shoulder-Stand and the Peacockpose have been known through the ages to help alleviate manyskin disorders and did I mention they give you the added bonusof making you stronger.
*For my male readers; if you are of African or Hispanic descent,most barbers recommend you use electric clippers to shave. ForCaucasians & Asians, I have observed that using razors might notbe a problem although if you prefer, you can use electricclippers also. Ensure that you shave in the direction of thehair’s growth (mostly downwards) for an after-shave; it isadvised that you perform the facial massaging as well afterwards.
In conclusion, acne, as impossible as it at times may seem, is(like almost every other disease) very easy to control and withdrugless, all natural methods at that. You just need to be shownhow. It is my hope that in a few weeks after you read AND applythe steps in this article; you too can go out and get that date,or flaunt that smooth face to the world as I can guarantee youthat acne will become a thing of your past…and will stay thatway for life.
About the author:
Foras Aje is the author of the e-book Fitness-Inside and out, abook on Naturopathy about Yoga, Calisthenics, Proper diet andmental attunements. For more information on how to control acne,health, fitness and Drugless Healing, www.bodyhealthsoul.com/acne.html or read his blog www.bodyhealthsoul.com/wp/index.php />
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