Aside from clogged pores
creating small whiteheads or blackheads, acne is generally an internal
issue. Especially problematic and
hormonal acne producing deep, sore red acne or underlying multiple bumps that
show up.
If you understood how the
body works and eliminates toxin, you would understand it is fairly simple fix
that does not require prescription drugs.
If you can imagine
problematic acne as internal toxins that are erupting to coming to the surface
as a way to escape, you are half way there.
The red sore acne can be compared to a toxic volcano. But where do all
the toxins come from?
There are several aspects to
acne. I like to start with the face if the person does not have an issue with
weight or digestion. In your cheeks by your jaw on both sides are glands called
the Parotid Glands. Though we know a lot about the body, we do not know
everything yet but what we do know is that the Parotid Gland is your body’s
first defense against toxins entering the body.
The easiest way to explain it to an adult is when you take a shot of
alcohol or take a sip of dry red wine…if you pay attention you will notice that
your cheeks contract and suck in the toxins from the drink. You may experience a headache or neck
stiffness following (usually the next day) if the Parotid cannot catch or
process all the toxins in a timely manner.
Or you may find the next day that you are starting to break out.
The Parotid Gland works with
the Liver (basically the master toxin handler) to eliminate toxins from the
body. Therefore, if the Liver is
overloaded, the Parotid is not able to hand off it’s holdings until the Liver
gets caught up. That could take several days for some people, yet other people,
only a few hours.
Many things can overtax the
liver. Stress, mineral deficiency, vitamin deficiency, lack of essential fatty
acids (or the inability to process vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids) inactivity:
which causes less movement of blood and also if you are sitting slumped over,
you can be compressing the liver and restricting it’s freedom which is why is
it always a good idea to get up and stretch after long periods of sitting.
Hormones require proper
mineral balance and stress as we know it is basically nonexistent with proper
mineral balance. There are several factors that I am aware of that can
interfere with mineral absorption however. One key factor is a lack of
Essential Fatty Acids (EFS’s) and even some people have issues breaking down
EFA’s. EFA’s help minerals absorb and
not all EFA’s are equal.
Many medical doctors recently
have been focusing on Vitamin D (which is a vitamin that your body produces
when it is exposed to sunlight when there are EFA’s available in your body)
What I have found is that they are not considering the EFA factor and why the EFA factor is not
working…why.
In my research, I have read
that some people have trouble breaking down EFA’s so they need to introduce
“predigested” EFA’s into the system. I
have found with many of my patients that when I simply have them take a broken
down predigested EFA, everything changes. Their energy increases, their minds
clear up, they are able to sleep better, they have less stress and their acne
goes away. I believe the reason is that now their body can process minerals.
I believe minerals are the
modern day key to health. Many of my patients refer to me as the mineral doctor
simply because I find most everyone is mineral deficient because their response
is always better when a good multi-mineral is added to their regimen. If we look at the way we eat, the food quality
and lack of mineral content in the food we eat, we can find the answer to our
deficiencies.
In Chinese Medicine they say
we are born with Original Qi (Chee)….Qi can be described as a type of energy
but I like to compare it to our bone quality.
If your parents were in good health when they conceive you, you are born
with strong Original Qi (or strong bones). Since bones are constantly building
up and breaking down (they are not stagnant) over time, our bones can become
depleted and if not replenished or built up with minerals, they become less
dense, weak and fragile and as we age we might discover we have holes in our
bones or something called osteopenia (meaning little bone) or osteoporosis
(meaning porous bone).
So through our digesting is
how we rebuilt our bones. Several
generations ago, it was common practice to eat meat, rich in minerals and soups
and stews cooked for days with meat bones, which added minerals to our diets.
Dark leafy and root vegetables were common. Today people rarely support eating
beef, root veggies are almost non-existent and only the health-conscious go for
dark leafy veggies.
No wonder we all feel so much
stress and anxiety, have weight problems as a result of hormone imbalances,
infertility or inability to carry a baby to term and cannot process our toxins
resulting in problematic acne.
Since food is our best source
of nutrition and since our food is so depleted these days, and if you are
already deficient in minerals you would probably not be able to eat enough of
the right food to restore your reserves, I have my patients supplement with
food-based nutrition. I personally
prefer a product line that you can purchase through health care practitioners
because it is made from organic, whole food and super potent. It is currently impossible to purchase
anything of this quality over-the-counter because of how the food and drug
administration (FDA) regulates labeling.
Food would never have exactly the same levels because different batches
and even from one to another it can vary (for example one apple could have more
or less of something than another) so it is impractical to make a different
label for each bottle. Over the counter
supplements are considered nutriceuticals because they are created in a lab to
make them compliant for the FDA labeling.
Whole food based supplements have minimal labeling, so you will only
find minimal labeling and they are sold through practitioners because the
patient would be informed through the practitioner and the supplements would be
regulated by a professional. Generally
nutriceuticals are 10-35% absorption compared to whole food based supplements
which are 100%. This makes it more cost
effective to purchase whole food supplement.
Instead of paying 10.00 and only being able to absorb 3.50 worth of
product with a nutriceutical, you would either have to spend 35.00 and take
more of the nutriceutical or take less of a whole food based supplement. The company I like is Standard Process TM and
their prices are very reasonable for the quality. I recommend that you look them up online and
read about the company to get a better understanding of the product but from
what I experience with my patients, they offer the best available.
If you are chronically ill,
sometimes even nutriceuticals can help improve your situation, because you still
get the 10-35% and if you are accustomed to nothing, 10-35% is a big increase
for your body. But what most people find
is after a month or 2, the results reach a plateau and I find this is because
you actually need something better to move forward.
When it comes to Acne
however, you really might consider whole food supplements to avoid any possible
added toxicity from the nutriceuticals. Since all supplements are not equal,
generally the less expensive it is, the cheaper the ingredients and some lesser
quality ingredients can actually interfere with the body and may not be
bioavailable (able to be processes by the body)
There are a few other issues
that can add to acne: poor intestinal flora, enzyme failure etc.. These might
be considerations if you are also overweight or have issues with digestion. In
this case, I would start working with the small intestine first but we can
leave that for another day.
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