biologyweeps: freshgirljade:dopest-ethiopian:sassy-aleks:secretly-a-mad-scientist:begikodien
biologyweeps: freshgirljade: dopest-ethiopian: sassy-aleks: secretly-a-mad-scientist: begikodienorastis: What is your acne telling 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. Besides all this, 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 (mine was slightly high) 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! So the next time you break out or notice dark under-eye circles, look to your face map: your skin is probably trying to communicate on behalf of the internal organs. However, do remember that, as with all medical issues, it is always best to see your doctor or dermotologist for a proper prognosis. This is just a general guide to head you off in the right investigative direction – just because you break out between the brows doesn’t always mean you have a bad liver! whoa. I’m keeping this. I DONT THINK ANYONE REALIZES HOW MUCH THIS HAS HELPED ME OH MY GOD This makes so much sense OK I’m calling bullshit after reading “keep the body more alkaline” by eating vegan basically. biologyweeps your thoughts? unsourced graphics on the internet are bullshit by default, but this one has a few specific markers that I think we ought to be talking about. Indicators that food/health advice is bullshit: ‘cooling foods’. Cooling as in what, physically cold? anti-inflammatory? cold according to traditional Chinese medicine? ‘alkaline food’ this is resounding bullshit with absolutely *no* basis in science. You cannot change your blood pH in meaningful ways without fucking yourself up real bad. If you manage to actually give yourself an acidosis, acne is the absolute least of your problems. ‘you can tell which side you ovulate on’ again, bullshit. The released hormones would disperse evenly through your blood and there is exactly zero reason why you’d only get one sided acne. ‘your body is fighting an illness so take a yoga class and breath deeply’. NO. IF YOU ARE SICK GO TO THE DOCTOR. IF ACNE IS THE SOLE PROBLEM THEN YOU’RE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD NOT ACTUALLY SICK. ‘toxins’ AS WHAT. Anytime someone uses ‘toxins’ or ‘detoxification’ in such nebulous terms and follows it up with ‘less processed food uwu’ they’re lying to your face. Be aware that they are lying to your face. Don’t let them get away with lying to your face. So this? resounding fucking bullshit. -- source link