I found this awesome video on YouTube last night.
It’s a video of an actual doctor who’s talking about natural skin care, and how to prevent premature aging and acne through natural treatments.
I love this video because this doctor confirms everything that I talk about with natural skin care and healing acne. And I love it even more because he talks a lot about how important nutrition is.
I can’t stress enough how important food and diet is for your skin, your body, your mind, your soul ..everything, so it’s awesome to actually hear it confirmed from someone who has a medical degree.
If you want to get serious about having clear, glowing skin long term, then you will at some point need to look at the foods you’re consuming.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been spending a lot of time researching alternative nutritional medicine, and have discovered some really quite amazing information that I’ll be writing or videoing about on my blog over the next few weeks.
It just makes me realize how holistic everything really is. The food we eat, the water we drink, the place we live, activities we choose to do, television shows we watch, even the attitude we have towards life ..it’s all connected and it all mixes together and manifests into our health and well being.
Fran
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Thank you for that video. It really helped me put everything together that I have been learning from you and your website. I eat plenty of fruits and veggies. I recently cut out sugar and caffeine out of my diet. I exercise everyday. I am taking a supplement for fatty acids. I drink a lot of water. So I am doing many of the things that he had mentioned in this video. I know that my birth control and or an allergy is the main culprit of my acne. He had also mentioned that you need silica. What foods have silica?
wow, i just watched this video and now i’m going downstairs to have a glass of water and a peach.
Ive been eating well and exercising for the past couple of months
ive tottaly cut out sugar from my diet
I dont eat any processed or refined foods, i read labels like crazy
I’m very gentle with my face
And yet I’m still getting these cysts on my cheeks
I went to the dermatologist recently
and he just wanted to prescribe me acctuane, I of course refused to take something with that many side effects when it only had a 28% chance of working (he got annoyed and just perscribed more anti biotics and sent me on my way. I’m not going to take them)
But Im not sure what more I can do
Im getting so fustrated and sick of my skin problem its been a whole year now..
I havent cut out wheat from my diet or dairy because I never had a problem with those foods
could it be possible Im getting acne because of them just this year??
To Shiva: maybe try taking the Accutane. I tried plenty of holistic treatments myself, all of which made only slight differences. I started Accutane two and a half months ago, and so far the only side effect I’ve had are dry lips. Otherwise, I treat my body as holistically as I can, which still helps. It keeps my skin healthy. Accutane is very abrasive for the skin, but through healthy eating, exercise, and natural moisturizing and cleansing, you protect both your skin and your body.
Fran:
About your comment about how everything we do affects our health, you should read Dr. Maoshing Ni’s book about living to be one hundred. It’s an easy read, and full of advice stemming from traditional Chinese medicine and following the advances of modern Western medicine. It’s a treat for holistic health-nuts.
Hi Fran, loving your blog(:
Just wanted to tell you I saw a video on Utube recently on Jason Mraz who’s a raw natural foodist and he mixed up cacao with avacado to make “chocomole”. Just an idea for a way you can consume your cacao beans(:
Shiva- I won’t know exactly why you’re getting acne until I get a proper history from you. It sounds like you’re doing everything right so I’m guessing it’s a couple of things. First, it could be induced by stress (which was my problem). Secondly, (and the mistake that I made too), if you all of a sudden changed to being SUPER healthy, then your body will start releasing stored up toxins rapidly. If we don’t help our body to push these toxins out of our colon, then they can come out of our skin. If we have acne prone skin, then they can come out as acne.
Write a post in the forum and I’ll help you out in more detail in there.
Chemistryz- Thanks for the tip! I’m collecting a list of raw foodists at the moment to aspire too, and I’m learning a ton of great info. I have a recipe already for cacao + avocado at the moment (to make chocolate pudding) which I want to try sometime
You add cacao powder, carob powder, dates, avocado and agave (I think that’s it ….)
To shiva:
I’ve been reading the e-book clear for life by seppo puusa and I have cut out as much grains and diary out of my diet as possible because it just doesn’t do anything for your body. The book also shows u that just focusing on diet wont get you clear.
p.s sorry fran , not trying to advertise
Lily- There are some grains that are exceptionally good for your body because they’re packed full of vitamins and nutrients, like amaranth and quinoa (just to name a couple).
And you’re right, just focusing on diet will rarely make you clear. You also need to use good skin care, practice relaxation, and take supplements.
Hey Fran!
Just first I would like to say thanks for this website. It’s wonderful. I have been eating rather well, and my skin has improved except for those darn acne scars. Is there anything or any kind of food that can help replace new skin cells or revitalize my skin so that I don’t have to deal with this pain anymore?
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for the feedback
If you’re already eating well, there’s no particular food that you can eat that will help the scars to heal faster. As long as you’re eating enough vitamins and minerals, your body will heal as well as it can.
My suggestion is to try working on the skin on the outside, by applying manuka honey, or a honey product daily. Or you could try an oil like bio-oil or emu oil which many have had great success with.
And of course, regular exfoliation is always essential and makes a big difference
Hey Fran, since u mentioned exfoliation, i’ve actually heard alot about using baking soda along with our cleanser 3-4 times a week, what do you have to say? i have oily acne-prone skin btw. thanks.
pavan- Yep, baking soda mixed in with my cleanser is actually my fav method of exfoliation!
AHH!! I really don’t know how to cut the sugars out of my diet. I need to Google foods to avoid or something. I’m sad…going for some water.
How can i contact you fran? I have something awesome to tell you about but when i sent you an e-mail, i never got a response. I dont think it worked
Hi Siepri, if it’s really important you can send me a private message in the forum – http://www.highonhealth.org/forums/
Thank you Fran for letting us know about this video, it was very enjoyable to watch. I myself have believed in taking care of your body from the inside out, and I appreciated hearing from a doctor as well. You mentioned you have been doing additional research and will be writting about it soon, will you also send emails letting us know when you have posted them? I look forward to reading your findings, thank you Fran.
Hey Fran! You’re blog, forum and site is so fantastic the only words to describe it aren’t rated PG. I’ll just say its awesome.
You’re so right about diet: I have a diet that is a million times healthier than most people I know, and most people I know have perfect skin! I eat loads of fruit, veges, I’m a vegetarian, I eat minimal dairy and sugar, I take flaxseed and fish oil supplements and a multivitamin, I hate white bread, rice and pasta, I basically only drink water and herbal tea and I love lentils, chickpeas and tofu. Yet I’m the 3rd spottyest person in my grade.
I think my acne is from a) teenage hormones and b) stress. Definitely stress. I’ve had a terrible case of anxiety disorder, insomnia and panic attacks for about 18 months.
I am going once again to the Sydney Adolescent Medicine clinic this week to talk about relaxation strategies and I’m also seeing my dermatologist to talk about the Pill and Oratane. I hope to goodness they work, because nothing else has.
Thanks again for helping so many people and for inspiring us!
Hi there!
I consider myself to be an extremely high raw-fooder (maybe 80-100% of the time) and I used to have cystic acne too. Now, I barely have anything, MAYBE a white head or two AT WORST. But the problem went away.
Yes, you’re right about the healing crisis. Your body releases those toxins via the skin and thus, you might get more acne. Patience. If you’re athletic, it takes your body 6-8 months to generate new cells so give yourself that window. Yes, you heard correctly. You can essentially ‘grow’ a new body in 6-8 months with proper nutrition + lifestyle.
Since I became a raw fooder-
a) skin glows (duh, you’ve taken out ALL of the harmful cooking agents. Cooking destroys the enzymes in raw foods causing your body has to recode cooked food in your system. Basically, it’s guessing how and where to place the nutrients from cooked foods to your cells)
b) Drop a ton of weight. I lost 35 lbs in 3 months. No lie!
c) RIDICULOUS athletic abilities if you want to pursue it. I did ZERO exercise in the months I struggled with cystic acne. Now, I bike 10 miles in the morning and run 8 miles at night. I sleep 6 hours since my body doesn’t need all that time to digest. I just ran a 5k race that my average mile time was 5:20. Anybody wanna race?
d) Clear eyes. Yep, your eyes will clear so quickly it’s incredible.
One thing about candida albicains…go read the 80-10-10 diet by Dr. Graham. A woman had acne and she had a case of candida. The doctor put her on Banana Island (all you can eat are bananas) for 10 days. Acne = gone. Candida = gone. Point: FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ARE GOOD AND ALKALIZING FOR YOU. I ate 30 bananas yesterday. By most people’s definition of avoiding fruit to cause candida, I ought to be in a hospital. I took my blood sugar reading and guess what: 93 after I ate 10 bananas for lunch. Incidnetally, that’s medium-low. So kapow to the blood sugar / insulin reponse when you get your sugar from fruits.
There’s a lot out there on raw foods. I challenge all of you to do it.
and one more thing….
I don’t take a SINGLE SUPPLEMENT. Supplements, it turns out, are not ‘raw’ and in fact HIGHLY PROCESSED ‘foods’ if you want to call them that. There is such a thing as raw vitamins but these cost an arm and a leg.
Consider this, fruits are ranked first in vitamin content with vegetables being second. Vegetables are ranked first in mineral content next to fruit. Supplements and green powders are composed of: fruits and greens. So, why bother taking supplements that are processed when you can just eat fruits and vegetables and save the money for…you guessed it…MORE fruits and vegetables!
Seriously, you don’t need supplements. Here’s a great example for you. Go to: http://www.rawmodel.com. This guy is a real life model and he is raw most of the time. He uses very little on his face (I think he washes with only Dr. Bronners). I don’t even use soap on my face anymore.
I actually found this video during my desperate acne times and began the process about April of 2009. It is now August and I have full results. Of course ill get a clogged pore or one on my chin when i get my period but that is normal. My pain problem was cysts and over the summer i still got them but they do go away. It takes a while but my best advice to achieving a goal of a clear face in addition to a healthy diet is to live life and forget about them! They will go away and you will notice a lot of people have the same problems. And when you are happy your body will respond positively!
Hope this helps.
Adriana
P.S. i drank ridiculous amounts of water sometimes with lemon in it and aimed to work out everyday (of course if my body couldn’t do it one day, i would skip and relax) to help rid my body of toxins.
Hi fran, I’m taking zenmed acne treatment which is Chinese herble medicine, I was wondering can I take cod liver oil? Is this good for healing acne? Also I was browsing on net and found Egyptian magic, I heard it’s good for healing acne scars, have tried it before? And is it good?
Thanks
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Zinat
Sorry Fran, I wrote my name twice, it looks really silly. Also I was meant to say have you tried Egyptian magic before?
Zinat
Hi Fran!
I’m from Sweden and I’am thinking about joining your program. Do you think the distans is going to be a problem? I’m thinking if I have to get up in the middle of the night to join the teleconferences and the costs of the telephonebills…
I’m also doing an acnetreatment at the moment with phytic and omnilux..is it a good idea to join anyway?
Thanks! /Emma
This didn’t help for crap. its hormones for me, I’ve decided. I don’t drink soda. I’m not on medication. This natural health stuff is so useless. People tell you these things, but do not give you any specifics or research data.
It’s good advice, but the guy in the video isn’t a MEDICAL doctor. He’s a D.C., C.C.N. – Doctor of Chiropractic and a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. It doesn’t make his words any less valuable but they’re not exactly coming from someone in the mainstream Western medical community.
Dottywine… want to know how to balance your hormones? Live a healthy and happy lifestyle. It truly is the answer to everything. And, nutrition is a huge part of it.
hi, Fran. I have combination skin. My pores are rather big so I got quite a few blackheads on both of my cheeks, my forehead. I am using neutrogena pink grape fruit scrub every other day before going to bed. Besides, I am also using cetaphil gentel cleanser tiwce a day every day. I tried to keep my face clean, drink lots of water but my skin problem still doesnt get better and I’ve been suffering from acne for 4, 5 months now. I’m devestated and don’t know what to do anymore. I dont smoke nor eat hot foods. However, I usually stay up late at night, maybe 2 3 am. Do you think it is a cause for my skin problem. Thank you
Hi Fran, thank you for sharing this video! I am a 41 year old woman whose suffered with acne for pretty much my whole life! I recently started going to a chinese doctor who has me on a 3 month regimen of acupuncture, taking various herbs and teas and eating vegan (no sugar, no dairy, no meat)! She has also put me on supposed natural skin care regimen as well with weekly facials! I’m coming down to the last few weeks of the regimen now and am still breaking out around my nose and chin! I don’t know what else to try I’ve tried EVERYTHING!!! I’m so frustrated and embarassed…since starting with the chinese doctor my hormones have gotten so much better but has had no affect on my acne!
Would you have any other suggestions for me to try? I’m lost…….
I can say to those of you frustrated with trying natural methods-FOLLOW THE ADVICE ON THIS BLOG. I have been on prescription and every over the counter med that said they would work and NONE helped my cystic acne permanently. It feels like it takes forever, I have been in tears looking at myself in the mirror, but truly cutting out all sugar whether refined in carbs or mixed in drinks is a great first step. Eat mostly fruits and veggies and excercise and you will see a difference! Also I recommend using Dr Bronners to cleanse and creating your own natural toners, exfoliants, masks, etc. Google or youtube it and you will find lots.
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