Today, as we open the newspapers or magazines, we find advertisements promoting various types of creams and ointments for various skin conditions. Many who try these colorful and over-promoted products have ended up with side effects more costly to deal with than what they paid for the ‘miracle cure’! In this same vein, individuals affected by the skin condition known as acne often are understandably reluctant to take oral antibiotics or to apply chemical-based products. This has resulted in more and more affected individuals turning to more natural treatments.
Many dermatologists say that the main causes for acne are:
- Lack of exercise. Most Americans today lack sufficient exercise. Many may leave their homes, enter a vehicle, drive to the office, sit in a chair all day, get back in the vehicle to sit all the way home, eat dinner sitting in a chair, and finally finish up with a nice television show (while sitting on the couch). “Couch potato” is a funny expression, in a graveyard humor sort of way.
- Poor eating habits stem sometimes from busy work schedules. Having no time for proper meals, many rely on junk food just to fill their stomachs so as not to be hungry. Most junk foods are slow killers. They contain little or no nutrition; but high amounts of unnatural fats (including transfats); chemical additives for flavor, color, texture or preservation; white flour and sugar with every particle of food value removed; genetically-modified foods; and so forth. Acne commonly shows up at puberty, which is when the body is in great need of certain nutrients that allow the body to mature.
- Lack of relaxation. Each individual needs a certain amount of unwinding in order to get rid of stress.
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