Acne Supplements and Other Methods to Achieve Clean Skin

The best way to achieve good, healthy skin is to nourish yourself from the inside out. This can be done in a number of ways, starting with your diet. Of course, this is much easier said than done. There are many obstacles to overcome on a daily basis which can make your skin dirty. However, a personal commitment to eating healthy and living healthy will put you in the best position to consistently look and feel great.

In order to achieve clean skin, be sure to drink plenty of clean drinking water. Water helps flush out all of the toxins that we inadvertently consume by eating foods with chemicals and processed ingredients. Drinking water helps rid our bodies of these things faster.

Eating clean food also really helps. Rather than having a staple diet of fast foods, fried foods, and foods without much nutritional value, your best bet for great looking skin is to think natural. Any food from the ground or from an animal or other living organism is a safer option than fried or processed food. Also, if this food can be consumed in an organic, untouched state, even better! Some of the very best foods for your face are fresh, wild caught salmon, leafy green vegetables such as broccoli and kale, blueberries, almonds and citrus such as lemons and oranges.

However, what if you don’t like fish or can’t stand the thought of eating broccoli or kale? Oranges are delicious, but how many can you eat in a day? For many individuals, the answer to these concerns is healthy supplementation, in addition to a good diet. Let’s take a look at what supplements can help rid yourself of acne and other skin conditions. You can get some of the most beneficial ingredients in supplement form, even if you don’t like getting them from the foods themselves.

Vitamin A, most commonly taken in Beta Carotene form, promotes healthy cell production and turnover and can prevent breakouts and clogged pores from occurring.
Generally, you can get vitamin A in carrots, leafy greens, and other orange colored fruits and vegetables. However, a beta carotene supplement will also do the trick if you think your diet falls short.

Zinc is a mineral that can be tricky to get enough of in a diet, yet is very easy to take in supplement form. Zinc comes in lozenges and in tablet form, and helps to reduce the appearance of irritated skin. Sometimes, whether or not one has acne, skin appears ruddy or has a reddish tone, and zinc can help with this type of inflammation.

Vitamin C is another powerful vitamin that keeps the immunity of the body at optimum levels and can really help cell turnover as well. Since Vitamin C is not easily stored in the body, make sure to consume plenty of this supplement even if you do eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.

There are some herbs, too, that may help the skin clear itself, and supplements are not just limited to vitamins and minerals. One of these herbs is burdock root, which is the root of a plant that grows freely in many parts of the world and has been used for centuries for various medicinal purposes. Initially, the oil from the plant was used as a tonic for the hair and scalp, to treat conditions like dandruff and to help with hair loss. However, it has since become popular for many different conditions and found to be most helpful as a blood purifier to cleanse toxins. When used this way, it helps from the inside out to clear the skin as it removes impurities from the blood.

Another helpful root herb is yellow dock root. This too is part of a flowering plant, found mostly in Asia and in parts of Europe. Its leaves are actually full of vitamin A and good protein, and it has been shown to bind with heavy metals found in the body to help remove them from the body via the liver. These toxic metals can contribute to the general toxicity of the skin, so yellow dock is helpful in removing toxins that contribute to acne.

If you start on a supplement regimen to help treat your acne, consider any of the above supplements or perhaps a combination of them. Begin in moderation, and make sure you are limiting your consumption of ‘empty’ calories and white foods like flour, sugar, and white cakes and breads. These empty sugars and useless carbohydrates do not provide your body with anything nutritious and healing. Rather, they rob it of its nutrients and cause higher toxicity. If you get rid of these poisons on your own, and eat in a balanced and nutritious manner with plenty of water, you will be well ahead of the game when you start your supplement regimen.