What does a poor diet, sedentary lifestyle and high stress have to do with acne? The Clear Skin Diet: How to Defeat Acne and Enjoy Healthy Skin by Alan C. Logan and Valori Treloar, demonstrates the difference between treating our health ailments and chronic conditions via natural health care instead of the mainstream medical system. Part of greening our lifestyles means greening our approach to health care as well.
Acne and bad skin, although the bane of most teenagers, is also a life-long battle for many adults. Skin problems or acne is experienced, in one form or another, by the majority of people living in Western nations, in some part due to ‘…the typical North American diet with its current excesses and nutritional voids’. The Clear Skin Diet reports that there are approximately 20 million adults diagnosed with acne in North America, with millions more who do not seek medical treatment.
Acne is on the increase, and research indicates that diet and stress are two major contributing factors to skin problems. Unfortunately, medical vision may be clouded by the vested interest in patented prescription skin creams and pills, writes author Alan C. Logan, but mostly it’s due to a lack of attention paid to the advances of nutritional medicine. Many medical doctors and dermatologists do not have the same degree of nutritional training, if any, as naturopath doctors and choose to treat acne with antibiotics, topical creams and ointments rather than taking a more holistic approach. However, as with many medical conditions, a natural balanced diet, exercise and vitamins can show significant skin condition improvements.
The Clear Skin Diet offers a holistic approach to treating skin and health. The book does not offer a quick detox or oversimplified 14-day approach, but rather demonstrates how changes to our eating habits and lifestyles can make a real difference in supporting skin conditions. The overall cost of treating acne in the United States alone is in excess of a billion dollars a year.
Changes to diet and lifestyle represent a much greener approach to treating acne and other problematic skin-related conditions. The Clear Skin Diet begins with an explanation of the various types of acne; the traditional medical approach to acne and then the majority of the book is devoted to diet, nutritional advice, stress management and suggestions for various supplements that will promote better skin health.
For individuals who have been attempting to treat their acne with conventional treatments, there is an overview in the first section of the book of some of the most commonly used over the counter cures including topicals, prescription topicals, and prescription systemic treatments. The remaining chapters cover Putting Out The Flames of Acne, Hormones And The Clear Skin Diet, Acne - A Gut Reaction, The Brain-Skin Connection, Action Plan For The Clear Skin Diet and The Clear Skin Diet Recipes.
The Clear Skin Diet covers everything your doctor doesn’t want you to know or doesn’t know themselves. Did you know milk is a major contributor to acne in some individuals? Or that trans fats can also play a significant role. It may surprise a lot of people to know just how significant food allergies and food intolerances can be in relation to acne or in creating an inflammatory response in the body.
Just as some foods can hinder health, other foods are important tools to help nourish the body and heal the skin including turmeric, green tea, ginger, fish oil, whole grains and fresh vegetables. A healthy low-allergen diet, combined with exercise and various vitamin supplements can make a world of difference in healing skin conditions.
The Clear Skin Diet is the only skin book you should be reading. For every person who has suffered the discomfort or embarrassment of problem skin, buy this book.
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Publisher: Cumberland House
281 Pages
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