Acne Causing Foods To Avoid

Regardless of what other remedies you use, you must stay away from acne causing foods. Otherwise, you just keep making the acne re-occur and those remedies can't do what their supposed to do.

In Oriental medicine, the redness and inflammation seen with acne pimples are called "heat." The pus is called "damp". So, you have to stay away from the foods that cause this "heat" and "damp."

In conventional terms, you could say that excess "heat" and "damp" are similar to hormonal imbalances that cause acne.

For everyone, and teenagers in particular, that means to keep away from spicy, oily, greasy, fatty foods, dairy and sweets. They cause the "heat" and "damp."

That includes foods like:

• Sodas
• Desserts
• Candies
• Burgers
• Fries
• Ice cream
• Processed cheeses
• Large amounts of red meat

Problem is, although these are major culprits, there are hundreds of other foods that cause "heat." Most people can't memorize or recognize all the problem foods. Fortunately for you, there is...

An easier way...

Rather than focus on what not to eat, it's much easier to focus on what to eat.

My patients follow the Chinese Dietary Principles. This can bring your internal environment gradually back into harmony, correct hormonal imbalances, and clear the "heat" and "damp" conditions I mentioned above.

You can learn about this at the best diet for acne page. Besides your skin clearing up, your overall health will improve... a lot.


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