acne

Acne problem? What are they trying to tell you?

1 & 2: Digestive System — 

• Eat less processed or junk food, 
• reduce the amount of fat in your diet, 
• step up water intake and opt for cooling things like cucumbers.

3: Liver — 

• Cut out the alcohol, greasy food and dairy. 
• This is the zone where food allergies also show up first, so take a look at your ingredients.
• do 30 minutes of light exercise every day and get adequate sleep so your liver can rest.

4 & 5: Kidneys — 

• Anything around the eyes (including dark circles) point to dehydration. Drink up!

6: Heart — 

• Check your blood pressure and Vitamin B levels. 
• Decrease the intake of spicy or pungent food, cut down on meat and get more fresh air. 
• Besides this, look into ways to lower cholesterol, like replacing “bad fats” with “good fats” such as Omegas 3 and 6 found in nuts, avocados, fish and flax seed. 
• Also, since this area is chock-full of dilated pores, check that your makeup is not past its expiry date or is skin-clogging.

7 & 8: Kidneys — 

• Again, drink up! And cut down on aerated drinks, coffee and alcohol as these will cause further dehydration.

Zone 9 & 10: Respiratory system — 

• Do you smoke? Have allergies? This is your problem area for both. If neither of these is the issue, don’t let your body overheat, eat more cooling foods.
• cut down on sugar and get more fresh air. 
• Also keep the body more alkaline by avoiding foods that make the body acidic (meat, dairy, alcohol, caffeine, sugar) and adding more alkalizing foods like green veggies and wheatgrass juice.
• Another thing that most of forget – dirty cell phones and pillow cases are two of the top acne culprits and this area is what they affect the most!

Zone 11 & 12: Hormones — 

• This is the signature zone for stress and hormonal changes. 
• And while both are sometimes unavoidable, you can decrease their effect by getting adequate sleep, drinking enough water, eating leafy veggies and keeping skin scrupulously clean. 
• Another interesting point: breakouts in this area indicate when you are ovulating (and on which side).

Zone 13: Stomach — 

• Step up the fibre intake, reduce the toxin overload and drink herbal teas to help with digestion.

14: Illness — 

• Zits here can be a sign that your body is fighting bacteria to avoid illness. 
• Give it a break, take a yoga class, take a nap, take time to breathe deeply, drink plenty of water and know that everything always works out!