Paleo Diet: Raw Paleo Diet and Lifestyle Forum
Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Health => Topic started by: mark2012 on January 31, 2012, 06:23:40 pm
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Hello, needs some help for my younger sister her age is 15, and she is just getting really bad acne. She breaks out a lot, and is looking for home remedies which she can use at home, instead of buying from online or stores. please refer some useful home remedies.
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Are you a raw paleo diet practitioner?
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Tell her to cut out all sugars and starches. Add lots of leafy/colorful non-root, raw veggies, she can juice them or eat them whole. And get rest of nutrition from meat, fish, eggs, dairy etc. The meat should be raw, but the most important thing for acne is to not eat carbs.
Later as she heals she can play with her diet more.
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Juicing works really well for some people. Acne seems to have two causes, excess carbs, or excess toxins. The juicing works for people with excess toxins. Cutting carbs helps those whose acne is carb-based.
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I heard that acne could be a sign of liver congestion{ usually caused by excess carbs, food tolerances, and other miscellaneous toxic overload.
Once the liver becomes congested, it can no longer metabolize the hormonal waste of the body. During the teenage years there is excess levels of new hormones being produced by the glands, that the body has not yet had time to adapt to. What realy makes it worse is the poor diet of the average teenager , that overburdens the livers ability to handle this upsurge of hormones. The excess hormones that cant be metabolized by the liver will make their way to the skin where they will be excreted through the oil ducts. Excess excretion will cause the ducts to clog up and develop the little pustules known as acne. The little red infected bumps are really a way for the body to detox.
My general advice for treating acne from a raw paleo perspective (Goes as follows)
First; Seek out and eliminate the most suspected culprits in the diet and environment.
Acne often erupts in cycles that are hard to break. I had bad as a teenager. I discovered that trying to over wash with astringent cleaners made things worse. Sun tanning seems to help. I remember my acne wasn't so bad in the summer when I was outdoors all day, getting fresh air , lots of sunlight and exercise.
There is no single magic solution. Acne is a sign of an overall imbalance, and should be dealt with holistically. Once the suspected foods are found and eliminated, and all the fancy cosmetics thrown in the trash, and the skin gets enough fresh air and sunshine; then you can begin to think about adding some good paleo nutrition to finish the treatment.
Raw egg yolk seem like a good start, They are cleansing and nourishing to the liver, and the skin. Replace the carb rich starches, sugars, grains, and whatever else is thought to be an acne trigger, with more paleo friendly healing foods like fatty meats, and avocados.
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Thanks for sharing this information guys.........
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The wai diet is quite effective regarding acne, as far as I know. It's quite similar to raw paleo, at least the raw part.
There are some results posted there, like http://www.waiworld.com/waitalk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3020 (http://www.waiworld.com/waitalk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3020)
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Drinking fruit juices and wheat grass juice almost daily are really good for the treatment of acne.