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[F481]Foods That Prevent Acne
by Esteri Maina, Est

The outright truth is that acne is unattractive, disgraceful and painful for anyone to want to suffer from its imprisonment. It commences at puberty in many victims then stops during early twenties, and then shamelessly returns at old age. Nonetheless; it is not all people who suffered from acne since their teen age will be released from this agony at some point in their lives, some will tolerate it forever. Today though, there are many medications aimed at healing acne, some works marvelously while others accelerate the problem, but this does not mean you should not prevent acne.

If you had acne previously, currently or have never had it, your aim must be to prevent acne on your skin, because as long there is a skin nearby, the causative bacteria p. acnes will for all time hang around it. Prevention therefore will include all the measures that you must take to ensure that you stay away from acne bacteria wrath because one thing you must understand is that your skin plays the host role. However this role might turn bitter to you when the intruder decides to show gratitude by devouring the same skin's sebum (a secretion of the sebaceous glands at the dermis). What makes the problem worse are the enzymes released by the same bacteria as it eats thus causing more irritation to the pimple of whatever kind.

In order for you to do this, you must learn to maintain high sanitation standards of your skin at all times, understand your skin type and the products that are specially made for such. The dry, oily or a combination of the two is the most desirable for the bacteria as opposed to a normal skin. They say that a healthy looking skin will say much about a person's lifestyle and to some extent this is true. if you want to prevent acne at all times, then start by checking your diet, and if its is not balanced, then ensure you make with a special supplements of vegetables and fruits.

Again if you are the dormant type, who prefers working indoors all the time, it is high time you do something to treat yourself. Nothing comes so easily, not before you break your back trying to achieve it, simply learn to value exercising your body, not only to maintain a healthy weight but to allow free circulation of air. The other thing you should ensure is ensuring that before you purchase any cosmetic, you find out which skin type it was made for and for what purpose. Most products for acne are made to unclog the congested pores, others to reduce sebum production and yet other are made to kill bacteria.

One can be lucky to have no pimple ever in their lives but this is rare, at least one will one will not hurt. If you catch one, make sure that you do not pop it open because this will attract more germs to make it worse. You must also make sure that, stress and anxiety is far because this will show on your skin. At all times find coping skills that will enable you to deal head on with your problems and if you can not do any thing about them, then let go. Adopt an open- minded personality instead.

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For over four decades, vitamin A has gained medical attention for its anti-acne traits. Because of this vitamin's versatility and efficacy at treating acne, there are now over three generations of vitamin A derived medicines used to combat acne. So what is the secret to vitamin A's pimple-preventing action?

The varied functions of vitamin A

The nutrient vitamin A serves a key role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division, and cell differentiation. In addition, vitamin A enhances immune strength by helping produce white blood cells that attack bacteria and viruses.

Vitamin A and acne control

According to an investigation in Cutis, vitamin A can control or modify the steps involved in creating acne lesions. One of those steps involves improper shedding of skin cells. Vitamin A can help improve how the pores remove dead skin cells and this reduces the chances of developing clogged pores that encourage surplus growth of the acne activating bacteria Propionibactium acnes.

Moreover, a report in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society have found that a vitamin A deficiency can induce inflammation and escalate existing inflammatory states.

Clinical research supported this finding. For example, report in Clinical & Experimental Dermatology detected a direct link between blood levels of vitamin A and acne. In this investigation, researchers compared the blood levels of vitamins A in 100 newly diagnosed, yet untreated acne patients to 100 age-matched, healthy volunteers without acne. Overall, the healthy, acne free group had higher amounts of vitamin A in their circulatory system than the acne sufferer group.

Based on these findings, investigators concluded that low vitamin A blood levels could cause or worsen an acne outbreak. Years earlier, an investigation in the British Journal of Dermatology found that low vitamin A blood levels corresponded to heightened levels of severe, cystic acne in male volunteers.

How much Vitamin A to take

The daily value for vitamin A for an adults is 5,000 IU (international units). The recommended dietary allowance for vitamin A is 900 miligrams per day or 3,000 IU per day. The tolerable upper level of vitamin A for adults is 10,000 IU each day. Excess dosages of vitamin A can cause liver toxicity, birth defects and/or nausea.

Where to get vitamin A

Vitamin A found in animal-based foods is called "preformed" vitamin A. Animal-based vitamin A is absorbed in the form of retinol. The body can then transform this retinol into other active forms of vitamin A like retinal and retinoic acid.

Food sources of vitamin A include beef liver, chicken liver, fortified milk, cheese and eggs. According to the Mayo Clinic, the best source of needed nutrients is a balanced diet. However, for individuals whose health conditions, lifestyle choices or medications hamper their bodies? ability to receive or absorb proper amounts of vitamin A from foods, a supplement is in order.

In short, clinical research has definitely recognized vitamin A as an acne preventative. Thus, adequate consumption of vitamin A should be considered a integral part of treating acne.

Sources:

Ayres, S Jr & R Mihan. Acne vulgaris: Therapy directed at pathophysiologic defects. Cutis; 1981, vol 28, no 1, pp 41-42.

El-akawi, Z; N Abdel-Latif & K Abdul-Razzak. Does the plasma level of vitamins A and E affect acne condition? Clinical & Experimental Dermatology; May 2006, vol 31, no 3, pp 430-434.

Mayo Clinic. Answers to Common Questions About Multivitamins. April 4, 2007.

Micha?lsson, Gerd; Anders Vahlquist & Lennart Juhlin. Serum zinc and retinol-binding protein in acne. British Journal of Dermatology; March 1977, vol 96, no 3, pp 283?286.

National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Dietary supplement fact sheet: Vitamin A and carotenoids. April 23, 2006.

Reifen R. Vitamin A as an inflammation controlling agent. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society; August 2002, vol 61, pp 397-400.


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