It’s the bane of youth and the destroyer of vulnerable self-esteem. Acne. We’ve all been through the awkward pangs of adolescence and the changes brought on by a sudden new flood of hormones. But some side effects of this natural transition in life are less pleasant than others.
First, what is acne?
The pores in your skin are designed to serve as escape hatches that the body can use to dump unnecessary waste. When toxins and oil builds up in the pores, they can become blocked. The skin naturally covers and remedies this block by forming what appears as a pimple. It’s natural. Everyone can get this result if they have oily pores that become blocked.
This is more pronounced in teenagers because the sudden flood of hormones that signal the change into adulthood kick the facial oils into high gear. It’s an unfortunate byproduct of the hormonal surge. However, there are several things about modern lifestyles that contribute to excessive toxins in the facial pores and we can make the choice to eliminate those in favor of a more free, unclogged, and cleansed detox of toxins through the pores.
First… Avoid foods and drinks that increase the oil content in your bloodstream and, ultimately, your skin. These include things laden with high-fructose corn syrup like soda, as well as sugary candies and greasy fried food. All of this puts an added strain on the body to dump the toxins, which usually end up being routed to the pores.
Second… Excercise and good old fashioned sweating are natural ways to help the body eliminate toxins through the pores without an excessive build-up that results in pimples. Sweating clears the pores and helps the toxins flow out without unsightly blockages.
Third… Keep your face clean! This seems obvious and, in truth, it’s the one thing most people agree on and most anti-acne campaigns focus on. But it’s not the only thing. Keeping your pores scrubbed and cleaned out allows the toxins to escape easily but if you aren’t keeping your body cleansed inside, you’re fighting against yourself.
Growing up is tough… but it isn’t unmanageable.Stay clean with simple body cleanse techniques and you’ll feel more triumphant in the battle against low self esteem.
Browsing Posts published in October, 2009
Many people take sweating for granted. Many deodorants and
anti-perspirants today are made to stop your body from sweating.
Sweating is a natural mechanism the body uses to cleanse and remove
harmful toxins and parasites that build up in your body by secreting them through your pores. The following step by step guide will show you how to not only sweat more BUT get the most out of every situation to help your body to what it was made to do.
1. First thing you need to know is that Sweating is NOT BAD no matter what the advertisements tell you! If you’re like me, you tend to sweat a lot, which may or may not cause some confidence issues… BUT just know that the more you sweat, the more waste your body is removing. A jog a day keeps the doctor away! :)
Even if you’re not a big jogger or feel like jogging isn’t the best choice for you, try to be active even while you’re at home. You’d be surprised how satisfying it is to not only do housework and spring cleaning, but burn a few calories and detox your pores at the same time.
2. Switch Deodorants!!! Check out the deodorant you’re using and make sure it isn’t an antiperspirant. A deodorant is made to mask the natural smell our bodies put off when we sweat, but an antiperspirant is made to STOP the sweat which is not a good step towards our goal of a Total Body Cleanse.
3. Everything you do burns calories (a nice bonus) and sweating helps in ways most people don’t appreciate or understand. If you’re at home, turn the air conditioner up a few degrees or don’t use it at all. This will allow you a bit of extra sweat time to help cleanse your body a bit more. Let’s say you’re at home and you want to sweat a little while watching TV, you could easily throw on a sweatshirt or Long sleeve shirt to help your body sweat even just a little bit more without fooling with added exercise!
4. Have you ever stayed at a Hotel and wondered why they would have a Sauna room?? Well most people don’t understand the multitude of health benefits a Sauna can provide. A Sauna is helping your body to sweat at an accelerated rate, along with some muscle relaxation. So next time you’re at a “Fancy” hotel, check it out for a few minutes and
see if it helps you feel more cleansed.
5. DON’T be AFRAID to SWEAT! :) One thing about our culture that I
believe is negatively affecting the health of our society is the
advertising that makes everyone believe sweating is bad! It is clearly
not and once you get out and realize how healthy it is to just sweat a
little, you’ll realize the wealth of benefits sweating can truly have.
Let’s do a quick recap of all the benefits sweating can have!
1.Toxin Removal The Natural Way
2.Clearer Skin
3.Healthier Weight Loss
4.Healthier Lifestyle
5.Last But NOT Least… a Happier Soul
Before we begin we should clarify 2 types of toxins that can cause you to feel out of balance on the way to a total cleanse.
Environmental Toxins: Sometimes called exogenous (made outside your body) toxins, environmental toxins include all the chemicals and pollutants that you’re exposed to through air, water, and food.
Common environmental toxins include pesticides, herbicides, prescription and over-the-counter medications, carbon monoxide, triclosan, bisphenol A, phthalates, and volatile organic compounds.
Metabolic Toxins: Sometimes called endogenous (made inside your body) toxins, metabolic toxins are produced by each of your cells as they go about their everyday metabolic processes. Metabolic toxins can also be produced by microorganisms that act on incompletely digested food in your digestive tract.
Environmental Toxins are definitely the more dangerous of the 2 types in that they are all around you and are almost impossible to avoid unless you make positives steps towards eliminating them. Almost everything that you do involves some sort of environmental toxin.
One thing that most people don’t realize is how prescription and over-the-counter medications can negatively affect your health. Many people are lured into believing that a “pill” can help solve all of their problems when in all actuality the key to being truly detoxed is learning to live your life without relying on medications. Society puts such an emphasis on pharmaceuticals that almost every quirk that someone has that makes them unique can be “cured” by taking one prescription pill.
Instead, remember that there are natural, healthy processes for dealing with toxins, poisons, germs, and bacteria. A body cleanse may be exactly what you need.
A museum that deeply explores the hot-button topic of Psychiatry and the evils associated with it can be found here @ www.cchr.org. They currently have a museum set up in LA, California that explores the deep-rooted problems with Psychiatry and the diagnoses’ that a lot of modern day doctors think are absurd. The exhibit is titled Psychiatry: An Industry Of Death and has been receiving a lot of attention lately.
