Hey guys I'm Dr. Jason Barker with the Natural Athlete's Clinic and today I want
to share with you the most effective ways I know to treat and get rid of acne
naturally. Now I've been in clinical practice for nearly 20 years now so I've
seen tons of acne and other skin conditions and I can tell you there's a
lot of misconceptions especially in the conventional medical world about how to
treat acne and that is they like to give you antibiotics for several months or
even years at a time to get rid of it because the premise is that acne is
based on a bacterial imbalance which that is partially true but if you think
about it, our skin is one of the largest organs in our body and it's also one of
the largest organs of elimination. So our skin is constantly secreting oils and
acids and minerals and even biological toxins that we ingest and that we
produce in our body so we know that our skin is a reflection of what our
internal health is like. So if you look at your pet and their coat is nice
and thick and it's shiny and it's soft, you can make an assumption that your pet
is doing pretty well health-wise. Well as doctors, we're also trained to
look and feel people's skin - if it is dry, is it hot, is it moist, is it flaky,
is a trashy, is it bumpy, are there lesions on it? etc. I can tell a lot about a
person's internal health by looking at what condition their skin is in. So how
do we take care of acne naturally? Well, the first thing we need to do is look at
what you're eating and so the worst foods that you can eat for acne
are sugar foods. So anything from like soda or food that is rapidly turned into
sugar in your bloodstream like processed grains, like white flour food, so cookies,
crackers, cakes, pastas, breads, bagels, all that stuff.
Sugar causes acne because: one, it feeds the bad bacteria so there is that
bacterial component, sugar is also pro-inflammatory and can inflame your skin
and then whenever you eat sugar, you also release a hormone called insulin which
you need to metabolize as sugar. But insulin helps stimulate the release of
androgens which are another class of hormones that end up secreting oil. So
when you've got oily skin, inflamed skin, and bacterial imbalance in your skin,
it's a breeding ground for acne so get rid of the sugar. Second food group you
need to lose if you're serious about getting rid of acne is dairy.
Okay so dairy is anything made out of cow's milk right. So
obviously milk, cheese, yogurt, sour cream - dairy causes acne the same way that
sugar does and that it also helps you release a lot of insulin independent of
any sugar content in it. So if you're eating lots of dairy and lots of sugar,
bad news for your skin okay. So get rid of those. So third food group are processed
oil - so hydrogenated vegetable oils are not good for you. There are in alot of
processed foods, they're not good for your skin because they're rich in
omega-6 fatty acids. Now you need a little bit of omega-6 fatty acids for
overall health, but if you're eating a lot of processed foods, you're getting
way too many of them. Omega 6 fatty acids are pro-inflammatory,
especially in the skin so another great way to get active if you're eating a lot
of processed junk that has that in there. Okay
fourth food group that you need to get rid of is any food that you are
sensitive to. So we figure this out by doing a food sensitivity test and I've
been doing these in the clinic for 20 years now too and it's a great tool to
figure out and how to dial in a person's individual diet because what you may be
sensitive to, may not be what I'm sensitive to or the next person is. So
we've got food sensitivity tests online on the website. You can order one - all it
takes is a couple of drops of blood on a little card - you can have somebody you
live with poke your finger. It doesn't even hurt. Mail it off and they'll test
96 different foods in your blood and see which one's you're sensitive to and by
knowing this, you're armed with really good information about your own
individual physiology and how that affects your skin and your overall
health. So I really recommend getting a food sensitivity test done as well okay.
So now how do we treat acne naturally? So four main natural ingredients or
medicines that you can use and the first one is vitamin A. So best way, safest way
to get a lot of vitamin A in your system is by eating foods that are rich in it.
So think orange colored foods which are full of carotenoids which vitamin A belongs
to that family of compounds - so carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, certain, squash,
even black-eyed peas and broccoli have tons of vitamin A in them so get lots of
that in your diet. Vitamin A is an antioxidant in your skin and it's also
anti-inflammatory in your skin, does great for acne as long as you combine it
with zinc. So zinc works really well for your skin because it is also
anti-inflammatory and helps dry up that oil secretion. So it
makes the skin less oily and it also supports your immune system even on the
outside of your body in your skin helps you help support the good bacteria and
helps your body balance out and fight off that bad bacteria that contributes
to acne. So vitamin A and zinc in combination is a great protocol for acne.
You also need to be on a good probiotic. We love the HLC probiotic - that's what
I've been using in the clinic now for over ten years as well it's the best one I've
ever come across so that's why I don't change it ever. But you need good
bacteria because not only are you full of bacteria inside of your body,
you're also covered in bacteria too and it's always a balance between the
good stuff and the bad stuff and we know that by taking a probiotic internally,
that also influences the outside of your body's bacterial balance. So probiotic is
super important when you are fighting acne and trying to get rid of it. And
then the last one is an omega-3 fatty acid. We of course have a couple of good
ones that we love - either the Eskimo EPA is a capsule and I also love the pharmax
liquid because you can dose it really high. But omega-3 fatty acids are
of course very anti-inflammatory and as I just eluded to earlier, most of us get
too many omega-6 in our diet and it tips that balance out so we need to lower the
omega-6 and boost that omega-3 again for that anti-inflammatory effect. So there
you go, get rid of the sugar, get rid of the dairy, get rid of the processed
hydrogenated oils, get a food sensitivity test. That's how you fix up your diet so
your skin can be its healthiest. And then boost your vitamin A through diet, take a
zinc, take a probiotic and get some omega-3 fatty acids in your body and
your skin is going to clear up and it's going to look really healthy and nice. So
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