When you eat foods that are high in fats or sugars this affects the production of hormones in your body. Too many hormones increase the production of oil and causes clogging of the glands and infection, which leads to acne. The liver metabolizes the hormones that your body produces. The body has too much hormone when either too much is produced or the liver is unable to appropriately metabolize the hormones that are being produced.
One food that helps to keep your skin clean are apples. As the intestines are digesting apples the food keeps the bad bacteria in the intestines so they are not eliminated through the skin.
Vitamin A and carotene have also been found to help rebuild healthy tissue and prevent outbreaks. (2) Drinking fresh juices is also considered an excellent natural acne treatment. Cucumber juice, either by itself or mixed with the juices of carrots, lettuce or alfalfa, has been found to be another natural acne treatment. Fresh juices should be made and drunk within 12 hours since the active living enzymes die after 12 hours.
A good cystic natural acne treatment is to juice or blend a fresh apricot and apply it to the affected area for both relief and a cure. Many over the counter facial scrubs are made with apricots although the concentration is negligible and the living enzymes have died after 12 hours.
References:
(1) Healing Adult Acne: Your Guide to Clear Skin and Self-Confidence
http://books.google.com/books?id=XGwrMQaapKsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
(2) Linus Pauling Institute Oregon State University: Vitamin A
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminA/
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