Preventing Acne With Fish Oil and Diet

Acne cure and prevention

Your diet plays a not only a key role in your overall heath and well being, but in the health of your skin as well. A good diet with the proper nutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc) can result in smooth, shiny and blemish-free skin. Good diets can not only prevent breakouts, but treat current one's, though a good diet will take about 2 weeks before improvments begin to be seen.

Most acne prevention and treatment options focus on treating the skin at the surface level. While this is good for spot treatments, it does not tackle the actual problem. In order to truely treat and prevent acne and blemishes you need to treat the source of the problem...diet, health, etc.

Essential fatty acids, or EFA's as they are more widely known are animportant part of any healthy diet. They help to build up the lipid-based cell membranes that hold in water and nutrients in the skin's cellular structure and those lipids also form an oil barrier that protects the skin from UV damage and pollutants.

Without EFA's skin-cell membranes, which are the overall protective barrier, can't work effectively. This causes the skin to end up being over exposed, dehydrated, and prone to produce a more harmful type of thickened sebum, leaving it dry, inflamed and blemished. This is why I always tell my acne clients..."oil is not your problem." To make sure you get these EFA's and keep your skin looking greatyou need to make sure they include primarily the omega-3 and theomega-6 fatty acids.

Omega-6 is found in many common foods, including poultry, grains and cooking oils (I recommend olive and peanut), so more than like you're getting plenty of that. Omega-3's take a little more work but can be found in cold-water fish like salmon and sardines, along with flaxseed and safflower oils, kidney beans, walnuts, and spinach. I also recommend another EFA, gamma linolenic acid (GLA), for its anti-inflammatory effects. GLA is found mostly in plant oils and can be taken in supplement form. You'll find those in most grocery stores, and definitely any natural foods store. EFA's can improve your complexion from the inside out. They are easy to add to the diet and have health benefits for the entire body.

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