To the average Joe, massive vitamin C doses are undoubtedly the first words that spring to mind when hearing “common cold”. Natural health enthusiasts argue that flooding your body with vitamin C is a shield against cancer and heart disease. Every winter, as the first clouds of green-coloured flu stalk the streets, people dash to […]
One annoying thing about the human body is that it’s endlessly complex, with so many immune system players perfectly targeted to individual bacteria, and yet, we can’t control any of them. We can’t direct a wound to heal, we can’t redirect collagen from our joints to our skin, and we can’t realise that our nose
We recommend zinc all the time on this website. It calms down pimples like dropping an Arctic ice blanket on them, and deactivates the complex chemical reactions that lead to new pimples rearing their ugly head. Zinc achieves this by controlling your immune system and cutting off inflammatory responses… …but which is the best form
Something that all clear skin maniacs should know is that acne should be cleared from the inside out. It’s a theme we preach with religious fervour all over this website. Topical treatments are great as bonuses, with mangosteen reducing pimples by 50%, but they can’t compare to dampening the fires of inflammation inside your body
In the acne canon, two of the most unresearched bonus supplements are undoubtedly burdock root and fenugreek. These herbal remedies are strangely similar. They are both widely used in folklore, including for acne, but had no studies directly on acne. They both had some promise when examining the root causes of acne, like inflammation, but
