Hey, guys, Dr. Axe here, doctor natural medicine and founder draxe.com.
In today's video, I'm going to be getting in-depth on how to get rid of acne and cystic
acne fast, including blackheads in pimple treatment.
You know, this is an issue that plagues a lot of people including kids in elementary
school, teenagers, and even adults throughout their life.
And so I'll be going through the top essential oils, the diet, the supplements, and all things
natural to help you heal acne and cystic acne fast.
So let's start off going through the best things you got to start adding into your diet
right now, and what the root cause of acne is.
Here's the root cause of acne.
It's too much of certain types of oil building up on your skin and bad bacteria, okay?
And inflammation.
So we want to address all of those.
And for some people there's also a hormonal component as in a lot of young women.
So let's dive right in.
Number one food you can eat are probiotics.
Remember probiotics are good bacteria that help keep bad bacteria at bay.
They also say this, is that acne starts on the inside.
If you have acne, most skin issues start with the health of your gut, so your small intestine
in your colon.
So you've got to work on your digestive health if you want to improve acne.
Probiotic foods help do just that.
They clear out the bad bacteria, replace it with good bacteria to naturally fight acne.
Number two, you need high zinc foods.
Remember this, a lot of times acne is an issue with your gut lining.
Zinc is an immune boosting food that helps repair your gut lining, in fact a condition
called leaky gut as well.
So you want to do foods that are really rich in zinc such as pumpkin seeds, grass fed beef,
garlic, mushrooms, spinach.
Those are some of the most zinc rich foods you want to be getting in your diet every
single day.
But remember pumpkin seeds are at the very top of the list, along with organic grass
fed beef, spinach, garlic, we've talked about here as well.
Let's see what next.
Vitamin A foods.
Now, Vitamin A can be converted to beta-carotene.
So you want to get certain types of vegetables and fruits that are high in vitamin A. One
of the most vitamin A rich foods are carrots.
You know, consuming carrots every single day, or as I've always said, consuming a carrot
a day will keep the dermatologist away in case of acne.
So again carrots, one of the best foods for helping fight acne, as are other foods rich
in vitamin A like kale and collard greens.
So getting more green leafy vegetables.
Egg yolks have a little bit of vitamin A, more vitamin E there as well.
And there're also foods vitamin A include chicken liver.
But in general, if you're wanting more vitamin A do carrots on a daily basis.
Number for, vitamin C rich foods.
Now zinc is known as the immune boosting mineral.
Vitamin C is known as the immune boosting vitamin.
It's all about boosting your immune system.
Vitamin C helps with that.
So you want to consume citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, and limes, and grapefruits
every day.
So get more of those.
Also some surprising foods high in vitamin C include broccoli and bell peppers.
In fact, red bell peppers specifically are very high in vitamin C, as are kiwi.
So kiwi fruits another vitamin C rich super food.
Those are some of the best, and mango, also very high in vitamin C, and papaya.
High fiber foods.
I recommend consuming more vegetables, more berries.
And then sprouted whole grains like oatmeal and rice.
Those are going with the most friendly for the body in terms of fighting acne fast.
But again high fiber foods, chia seeds, flaxseeds, vegetables and fruits are going to be the
best and the best for boosting up your fiber content.
And number six, consume clean lean proteins.
Wild caught salmon, organic chicken and turkey, organic lean grass fed beef or bison are all
some good sources of clean lean protein sources great for the health of your skin.
It can help you fight acne, cystic acne, blackheads and pimples.
Now, here are the big things you want to avoid in order to get rid of cystic acne fast.
And let me say this, if you follow these tips I'm sharing with you, you can get rid of acne
and see radical results in as little as three days.
And look almost completely different in two weeks if you have a serious acne problem.
But the number one villain that will cause acne on your skin is excess sugar and carb
consumption.
If you're eating potato chips, that's excess carbs.
White bread and wheat bread.
If you're drinking soda, that's the worst of the worst offenders.
Pizza, all of those types of foods.
Crackers, all these foods that are really high in sugar and carbs, fruits, snacks, things
like that.
These foods are really high in sugar.
You've got to eliminate the sugar and carbs in order to avoid cystic acne.
Number two, you want to get rid of the gluten and wheat.
Don't consume wheat bread products, instead if you're going to consume your grains, do
something made with oat flour or rice flour are much better options.
You know, the other issue with gluten is they cause a lot of inflammation.
Remember I talked about inflammation along with hormone imbalance, along with too much
bad oils, along with bad bacteria.
All of these things in combination create acne.
Again sugar causes inflammation, gluten causes inflammation, and fried and fast foods high
in hydrogenated oils are highly inflammatory as well.
We want to reduce inflammation through diet and through supplements, which we'll talk
about as well.
Number four, again, we talked about hydrogenated oils here.
Now a lot of times these fried or fast foods are cooked up in hydrogenated oils.
So if you're using oils in your house like vegetable oil, corn oil, canola oil, cottonseed
oil, soybean oil, or any type of those vegetable oils.
Get rid of them.
Switch over to coconut oil instead as a natural oil, or even avocado oil can be another good
option.
So avocado oil and coconut oil as your oils.
Number five, conventional dairy products.
Ditch those, if you're going to do dairy, make sure it's a fermented dairy product like
a grass fed organic yogurt, or kefir, much better options.
But in general, stay away from regular milk products, stay away from cheeses.
Instead do yogurt and kefir instead.
So here are some other holistic treatments that you can use topically and naturally to
fight acne fast.
Number one, essential oils.
You know here's what I'd recommend, make a blend of Manuka honey or local honey, and
tea tree oil.
Tea tree oil is also known as Melaleuca.
Mix tea tree oil with honey, rub it on your face, let it sit there for two minutes and
rinse it off.
Essential Oils are powerful of fighting acne, especially tea tree oil and Manuka essential
oil.
Two of the most powerful.
Lavender can also be beneficial as can others, but again tea tree oil, probably the best.
Number two, here's a tip.
Don't wear makeup to bed.
Now guys, most of you don't need to worry about that.
But women, you always want to cleanse your face with a natural cleanser before going
to bed.
Do not wear makeup to bed.
Number three, skin brushing.
You can actually do some skin brushing, it can be beneficial.
And if you want to learn to more about skin brushing, just Google search "Dr. Axe skin
brushing," and I teach you how to do it there on my website.
Number four, clay and charcoal mask.
Doing bentonite clay, mixing it with water and doing a clay mask can help detox your
skin.
This is especially good for treating blackheads.
Number five, gentle cleansing as well.
Number six, don't pop your pimples.
This is big, a lot of times we pop pimples.
That can create scarring and more inflammation in the area.
Instead take a hot or warm compress with a little bit of tea tree oil.
And the hot or warm compress, keep the area warm and moist, do that instead.
Dry the area out of that oil.
Don't pop those pimples.
Number seven, use gentle detergents.
You want to make sure when you're washing your clothes that you're using all natural
detergents and things that don't irritate the skin.
So here are some things you've got to consider doing.
Number one, you want to consume foods rich in probiotics, kombucha, kefir, yogurt.
Also even doing other types of fermented foods like fermented vegetables, like sauerkraut
or . . . Again zinc rich foods like pumpkin seeds and grass fed beef.
Vitamin A rich foods like carrots.
Vitamin C rich foods like oranges, broccoli, and red bell peppers.
Fiber rich foods like chia seeds, flaxseeds, berries, and vegetables.
Clean lean protein sources like organic chicken and wild caught salmon.
And then again avoid the sugar, the gluten, the fried foods, the hydrogenated oils, and
conventional dairy.
And use natural treatments like essential oils, like tea tree oil to naturally get rid
of cystic acne, blackhead, and pimples.
And I'm telling you, this natural treatment program works.
And let me give you an example ideal diet of what you can consume during the day to
get rid of acne.
So breakfast what I would do is a smoothie for breakfast, a handful of berries, a little
bit of coconut milk, or almond milk, and one scoop of a bone broth powder that comes from
protein, or a bone broth protein powder.
Do that for breakfast.
For lunch, hey, do a healthy super a big salad.
Just drizzle a little bit of olive oil on there and balsamic vinegar.
Also hey, you can do a sandwich, or get organic lunch meat on something like gluten free bread,
Ezekiel bread with a side of veggies, and hummus or guacamole.
For dinner, organic meat, lots of veggies, maybe some rice as well, or quinoa as a side.
You follow a diet like that, you're going to get rid of cystic acne fast.
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