- Grilled, roasted or B-B-Q meats on open fire. Based on my personal experience, this cooking method is most
detrimental to the health of the skin. In 1976, Takashi Sugimura, manager of the national Cancer Research
Institute of Japan, found that charred residues of fish or meat we eat everyday contain a carcinogenic
(cancer-causing) substance. This carcinogenic substance causes a change in human gene DNA, and acts as trigger
for its growth into cancer cells.
- Food or meat high in fat, especially animal fat.
Examples: sausage, fatty ground meat (better to ground your own with lean meat), chocolate deserts or pastries
high in fat, such as pecan pie, croissants and donuts.
- Fried foods.
Examples: fried chicken, French fries, fried potato chips (baked chips are better).
- Certain seafood: oyster, herring & shrimp.
- Food with preservatives.
Examples: preserved meats which do not need refrigeration, such as sausages, (especially Summer Sausage), beef
or pork jerky, hot dogs, bacon, deli meats.
- Iodized salt if you eat seafood. It has been found that excessive iodine can aggravate acne condition.
Most "junk foods" contain too much iodine because they are generally made with iodized salt.
- Tobacco use.
- Alcoholic beverages.
- Junk Foods, especially the fried kind. Typically, they contain cotton seed oil, which is the cheapest oil
on the market. Cotton is the most heavily sprayed cultivated plants with insecticides. Cotton seed oil must be
detoxified before it is used for human consumption. It is uncertain how good a job manufacturers do to detoxify
the cotton seed oil before it is sold. Toxins from cotton seed oil can cause toxicity in the liver and inhibits
normal fatty acid metabolism.
Examples: potato chips and corn chips.
- Fatty nuts, especially the roasted nuts.
Examples: roasted peanuts or cashew nuts. Peanuts must be avoided because they often contain the carcinogenic
compound aflatoxin, a toxic substance from some strains of fungi. My personal experience also proves that roasted
peanuts are detrimental to acne control.
(OK to eat small amount of fresh walnut or almond, about 6 per day).
- Beverages with caffeine.
Examples: coffee, Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Surge.
- Excessive cheese and dairy products. Excessive cheese and dairy products are very mucous forming foods.
They cause constipation. Milk protein allergy can be manifested as acne.
- Excessive concentrated sweets, especially if you are overweight.
Examples: candies, sugar cookies.
Tip: Read label to determine the nutritional values of foods. If not sure of its contents or nutritional values, don't buy it.
- A variety of fruits and vegetables. Variety is important for you to get all the nutrients good for your body from whole food. Apples are one of the best fruits. Other than vitamins, they also contain plenty of pectin (a water soluble fiber), which helps to cleanse your intestinal tract, lower the cholesterol level and improve your skin complexion.
- Whole grain foods such as whole grain cereals, whole wheat bread and brown rice.
- Soy bean products such as tofu, and fresh soy protein fruit drinks.
- Seaweed ( different kinds are usually available in Asian grocery stores)
- Mung beans (usually available in Asian grocery stores)
- Fish, especially fresh salt water fish.
- Natural spring water or tap water with additional filtration (6-8 glasses a day).
- Olive oil.
- Canola oil or flaxseed oil.
- Sesame seed oil.
Avoid: butter or lard, coconut oil, palm oil, corn oil or cotton seed oil, which is in most snack
foods. Read ingredients on labels before you purchase.
- Raw (for suitable foods). Eat plenty of green salads and fruits. Cooking destroys a considerable
amount of vitamins and enzymes in raw food, which help with digestion and metabolism of nutrients from food.
- Steaming.
- Simmering or boiling in water.
- Slow cooking such as in crockpot.
- Baking or broiling.
- Microwave.
- Stir fry with small amount of oil.
Avoid:
- Roasting or B-B-Q on open fire.
- Deep-frying in any kind of fat or oil.
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