Turkey Day Tips
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there celebrating it today!
I’ve been posting a lot of dietary tips related to skin care lately, but being that a big part of today (and most holidays) is food, I thought I’d offer a bit more diet advice anyways. I’ll make this one quick, but I want to hit on one important principle that effects your body’s ability to break down skin oil and fight off acne.
As vitamin B5 theory has shown (as well as prescription science), the major factor for most acne sufferers is excess skin oil. This oil builds up in your pores too quickly and hardens under the pressure into clumps which are too large to exit your pores naturally. Getting rid of that oil before it builds up means metabolizing it faster. Basically, acne has a lot to do with your metabolism.
Your body has limited resources to metabolize everything from skin oil to the food you eat. This relates to your diet simply because some foods take more resources than others to metabolize. Without getting too technical here, suffice it to say that there are food groups which are easily metabolized (such as fruits and vegetables) and others which use up more resources (such as carbohydrates, many dairy products and most meats). If your body is constantly having to metabolize a large amount of those more taxing dietary items, it’s left with less resources to combat problems such as skin oil. Some people can get away with this (particularly those whose bodies don’t produce much skin oil in the first place), but for most people when it comes to preventing acne, it helps to make sure your body has resources to spare (proving that extra fuel for metabolism is actually what B5 does).
On days like to today, it’s easy to load up on carbs, meat and dairy products - and don’t get me wrong - in moderation these things are usually good for you. Just try to keep that “moderation” factor in mind, especially if you have acne-prone skin.
