On this website, we constantly talk about how chemical contaminants hiding in foods, cosmetics and tap water are secretly causing everyone’s acne. There’s no doubt that heavy metals like arsenic and supposedly healthy additives like fluoride are joining forces and fuelling the fires of the global acne pandemic… …but one group we haven’t discussed yet
With the current popularity of folklore remedies, one old foodstuff has been catapulted to elite status – apple cider vinegar. It all started around 5000 years ago, with the earliest recorded usage by Ancient Egyptian and the Babylonians. By 400BC Ancient Greece, the father of modern medicine Hippocrates (or maybe grandfather by now) prescribed apple
Iodine is perhaps the most controversial nutrient in the world of acne. On one hand, lack of iodine can make you fat, weak, sick and tired. Iodine deficiency is rampant and you need it for proper thyroid function, preventing goitre, and manufacturing all your T3 and T4 thyroid hormones. On the other hand, iodine has
It’s not a well-known fact, but herbs and spices are among the most powerful acne-clearing foods in a grocery store. Packets of ginger, oregano, basil, and turmeric are often as cheap as sand, yet very few acne-clearing enthusiasts are taking advantage of them, and nothing illustrates this better than cinnamon. This spice is actually the
Milk thistle, or Silybum marianum, is a purple plant with brutally sharp spikes, which has been used as a herbal supplement for at least 2000 years. Ancient people used it as an antidote for snake bites and poisonous toadstools, while nowadays, the extract is most famous as a liver shield. Milk thistle can supposedly regenerate
